In the latest installment of Bristol Live's podcast, three of our most senior journalists discuss what the future has in store for them as they leave our newsroom and fly off to pastures new.


Education editor Michael Yong is not only leaving Bristol Live, he is leaving the UK and heading back to Singapore, the country where he grew up to take over as __ in the Asian news website ___. This challenge will involve him overseeing dozens of journalists across the world reporting some of the most important international stories.


Michael has been recognised across the country as an award-winning and nominated journalist particularly for his campaigning on a number of issues including homelessness. Most recently Bristol MP Thangam Debbonaire name-checked him in parliament for his important work in documenting the number of rough sleepers who have died in the city over the last year.


We will also, unfortunately, be saying farewell to our senior content editor Bethan Evans who has been offered the exciting opportunity to head up the BBC Bristol newsroom as a content editor. She has led Bristol Live over the last year and will hope to use that experience to inspire those she edits in future.


Senior reporter Alex Wood will also be taking up a new role, exiting newspaper journalism he now plans to bring Bristol its news through the medium of broadcast.
From the new year, Alex will be working as a production journalist for ITV and is looking forward to the challenge ahead of him learning the ropes behind the camera.


For stories written by Alex or Michael please visit the Bristol Live website and look for their author pages.


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In the latest instalment of Bristol Live's podcast, our reporters discuss how South Bristol’s version of Hollywood is expanding, bumping into Poldark, the closure of one of the city’s most famous clubs and how student flats are taking over the city centre.


Politics editor Kate Wilson is up first in the studio to talk about the breaking news this week that there are big plans for the Bottle Yard Studios in south Bristol, and the effect having such a world-renowned film and TV studio in the city has.


Entertainment specialist Robin Murray is up next to talk about a big story in Stokes Croft - the closure of one of the city’s nightclubs, which has been announced.


He talks about how the influx of student flats into this most trendy part of Bristol is actually changing the area to be less, er, trendy.
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Bristol Live's very own podcast is back with the inside track on what has been a very busy week in the newsroom.


Two reporters join host Alex Wood on this week’s episode to discuss the viral sensation that is Bradley Stokes - the local league footballer who plays for namesake Bradley Stoke Town FC - and a hard-hitting new BBC documentary about life inside schools in the Bristol area.


Reporter Neil Maggs is first up, talking to us about what it’s like to see a story ‘go viral’.


Neil is the reporter who first learned of Bradley Stoke Town FC’s namesake player, and the reporter who broke the story via Bristol Live.


Within hours of being published, however, the story started to attract national - and even international - media attention, with news websites and papers in France, Italy, India and the US picking up on the story.


It even went on to make BBC Sport’s very own ‘gossip’ column - with Bradley Stoke Town FC’s new signing named alongside the latest rumoured moves for stars of the game such as Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba and Alexis Sanchez.


And Bradley Stokes, the young man at the centre of the story, has since been interviewed by Greg James on the Radio 1 breakfast show - the most-listened to radio show in the UK.


Neil talks us through how he found the story, what it was like seeing it shared around the world and what follow-ups he’s now working on.


And then, to complete the line-up on this week’s episode, senior news and education reporter Michael Yong joins Alex in the studio to talk about a brand new documentary on BBC Two, called School.


The six-part series was filmed over an entire year at South Gloucestershire academies.


Exploring the difficult decisions heads and teachers are making daily on the back of cuts to education funding, the series brings home the harsh realities schools in the Castle School Education Trust (CSET) are facing.


Michael, who has written extensively on the issue of school funding cuts, dissects the first two episodes of the series and highlights why more people need to take stock of what is happening - before it is too late.


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Every Friday, Bristol Live will give you an insight into the things happening in your area and give you exclusive access to the team.


To listen to the podcast you can click here or alternatively download from wherever you get your podcasts. Just search ‘Inside Bristol Live’.


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Links to this episode's stories:


Bradley Stoke Town FC has a new player called Bradley Stokes


BBC Two documentary School should make you worried about the future of our education system


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Neil Maggs: @NeilMaggs2


Michael Yong: @Michael_Yong


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On this week's show, Bronwen - our brilliant Welsh part-time host - chats to Tom Canning, a member of Reach PLC's central team who has taken a foray into Bristol's newsroom to find out if he's got what it takes to be a local journalist.


Tom describes what it was like to be sent out to do his first door-knock and how he has found it learning the ropes at a busy newspaper. 


Second up, is senior reporter Tristan Cork who is back on the buses this week. Talking all things First Bust, after a climactic month of complaints has resulted in protests, petitions, and even an apology. We take a deep dive into the world of public transport to find out what is really going on and how journalism is helping bring about change. 


Links to this episode's stories:
Tom:
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/crime-park-pavements-what-you-2167098
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-favours-residents-parking-zone-2159933
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/how-went-cashless-bristol-absolutely-2123649
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-bar-become-first-city-2090688


Tristan:
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/first-bus-boss-bristol-nightmare-2100349
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/full-statement-first-bus-boss-2120375
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/first-boss-reveals-cause-delays-2134184


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Bristol Live's very own podcast returns with the latest from inside the newsroom.


Host Tristan Cork speaks to two new reporters who have started this week in the Bristol Live newsroom, who have had very different journeys to arrive at their new desks on Monday.


First up, Neil Maggs is in the studio to talk about his new role. He's just started as a trainee news reporter but is already well known across Bristol in the field of sports development and local and grassroots sports. He has previously written for Bristol Live, the Cable, 24/7 and worked with the BBC's Inside Out West team.


https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/tottenham-legend-ledley-king-manages-2099346


Next up is Amanda Cameron, who has come from Auckland in New Zealand via the Bath Chronicle. Amanda has been living in Bristol for four years, and is still grappling with the Bristolian burr. She's just started as one of the BBC-funded Local Democracy Reporters covering the reporting of public bodies like the council, the health service and the police.






If you have ever wished you could take a look inside your local newsroom and meet the team behind the headlines, Bristol Live have launched the perfect podcast for you.


Every Friday, Bristol Live will give you an insight into the things happening in your area and give you exclusive access to the team.
To listen to the podcast you can click here or alternatively download from wherever you get your podcasts. Just search ‘Inside Bristol Live’.


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Producer - Chris Nicholls:@TheVideoChris


Neil Maggs: @NeilMaggs2


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Bristol Live's very own podcast is back with the inside track on what has been a very busy week in the newsroom.


Two reporters join host Alex Wood on this week’s episode to discuss the potential closure of one of the city’s most iconic music venues and the shocking findings of a report into Bristol’s “educational inequality crisis”.


What’s On writer Robin Murray is up first, and he talks openly and honestly about what the potential closure of Lakota nightclub might mean for the changing face of Stokes Croft and the city’s wider music scene.


The club has hosted several big name DJs during its 30-year history, including the likes of LTJ Buken, Sasha and Carl Cox.


But after three decades, the Burgess family - who own the club - have released a statement expressing their intentions to call it a day, confirming the worst fears of many by hinting it could become accommodation and business space.


Looking at some of the other big-name Bristol music venues to close their doors this year, Robin dissects the Burgess family statement and gives his thoughts on what Stokes Croft might look like in five years’ time.


And then, to complete the line-up on this week’s episode, senior news reporter Tristan Cork joins Alex in the studio to talk about a damning new report by Bristol University - which looks specifically at why so few students in certain areas of the city go on to study at university.


According to the report, of all the students leaving school who live in Clifton, 100 per cent of them went to university whereas of all the students leaving school who live in Hartcliffe, only 8.6 per cent went to university.


Tristan examines the findings and looks at the principle reason suggested by Bristol University as to why the city’s university take-up varies so greatly.


If you have ever wished you could take a look inside your local newsroom and meet the team behind the headlines, Bristol Live have launched the perfect podcast for you.


Every Friday, Bristol Live will give you an insight into the things happening in your area and give you exclusive access to the team.


To listen to the podcast you can click here or alternatively download from wherever you get your podcasts. Just search ‘Inside Bristol Live’.


You can also rate, review and subscribe to the podcast to make sure you don’t miss out.


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Links to this episode's stories:


Legendary Bristol nightclub Lakota could be turned into accommodation and offices


Finally - this is why there's a 'shocking educational inequality crisis' across Bristol


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Bristol Live's very own podcast returns with the latest from inside the newsroom.
 
Host Tristan Cork speaks to two reporters about their work.
 
First up, in the studio to talk about her work as the North Somerset reporter for Bristol Live and the Bristol Post is Heather Pickstock.
 
Heather has a very different perspective on life as a Bristol Live reporter - she works from home, is deeply embedded in the heart of her own community, and reports predominantly for the Bristol Post print newspaper, as well as the Bristol Live website.
 
She talks about her long career working in the area, and the favourite stories she’s covered - including one about a pig drunk on cider.
 
Next up is What’s On reporter Grace Earl, with an in-depth look at Bristol’s restaurant revolution. The city and the local area now boasts FIVE Michelin star restaurants, and Grace talks us through how this has happened and what it means.
 
If you have ever wished you could take a look inside your local newsroom and meet the team behind the headlines, Bristol Live have launched the perfect podcast for you.
 
Every Friday, Bristol Live will give you an insight into the things happening in your area and give you exclusive access to the team.
 
To listen to the podcast you can click here or alternatively download from wherever you get your podcasts. Just search ‘Inside Bristol Live’.
 
You can also rate, review and subscribe to the podcast to make sure you don’t miss out.
 
For anyone who wants to get in touch you can follow us on Twitter @IBLpodcast.
 
You can rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever else you get your podcasts.
 
Links to this episode's stories:
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink/how-bristol-earned-five-michelin-2066319
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/local-news/vandals-cause-hundreds-pounds-damage-2061414
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/local-news/potential-sites-housing-development-north-2025158
 
 
Vegfest to leave Bristol
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Reporter Grace Earl: @gracejtearl
Reporter Heather Pickstock: @hevpickstock
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Bristol Live's very own podcast returns with the latest from inside the newsroom.


Host Krishan Davis speaks to two reporters about some of the biggest stories in the city this week and what made them.


First up, Tristan Cork is in the studio to talk about the power of video and how and why we use it in the modern day newsroom following his shocking story about armed police accosting the wrong man in Fishponds.


Tristan talks about how his story wouldn't have been anywhere near as powerful had it not had the CCTV footage to accompany it and why the ability to attach a video to a story is an amazing storytelling device.
Next up, Michael Yong returns to the story cupboard to talk about some huge breaking news on the Bristol calendar circuit and how reporters go about dealing with embargoes.


It has been announced this morning that Vegfest will no longer be held in Bristol. Michael dissects its departure and speaks about how you prepare yourself to write a big story as a reporter.


If you have ever wished you could take a look inside your local newsroom and meet the team behind the headlines, Bristol Live have launched the perfect podcast for you.


Every Friday, Bristol Live will give you an insight into the things happening in your area and give you exclusive access to the team.


To listen to the podcast you can click here or alternatively download from wherever you get your podcasts. Just search ‘Inside Bristol Live’.


You can also rate, review and subscribe to the podcast to make sure you don’t miss out.


For anyone who wants to get in touch you can follow us on Twitter @IBLpodcast.


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Links to this episode's stories:
Shocking moment armed police pointed weapons at wrong man in Bristol
Man kicked and punched on the ground in Bristol city centre violence
'Chaos' after claims Tesco mix up petrol and diesel at Bristol station






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Host Krishan Davis: @krishan_davis
Tristan Cork: @TristanCorkPost
Michael Yong: @Michael_Yong
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Bristol Live's very own podcast is back with the inside track on what has been a very busy week in the newsroom.


We join host Bronwen Weatherby on this week’s episode to welcome Sarah, our newest reporter at Bristol Live.  We also talk with Alex Wood about the MetroBus slip road which people are still using despite getting fined and last but not least Krishan Davis tells us all an Instagram account which celebrates Turbo island.


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If you have ever wished you could take a look inside your local newsroom and meet the team behind the headlines, Bristol Live have launched the perfect podcast for you.


Every Friday, Bristol Live will give you an insight into the things happening in your area and give you exclusive access to the team.


To listen to the podcast you can click here or alternatively download from wherever you get your podcasts. Just search ‘Inside Bristol Live’.


You can also rate, review and subscribe to the podcast to make sure you don’t miss out.


For anyone who wants to get in touch you can follow us on Twitter @ILBpodcast.


You can rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever else you get your podcasts.


Links to this episode's stories:


'Turbo Island in Bloom', the hilarious Instagram account paying homage to unofficial Bristol landmark


Expert gives verdict on layout of controversial Metrobus-only M32 bridge


If you'd like to follow us or any of the reporters featured in today's episode, here are the links:


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Host -  Bronwen Weatherby: @BronWeatherby


Alex Wood: @MrAlexWood


Sarah Turnnidge: @sarah_turnnidge


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Bristol Live's very own podcast is back with the inside track on what has been a very busy week in the newsroom.


Two reporters join host Alex Wood on this week’s episode to discuss a tipping scandal sweeping the restaurant industry and what happened when a young couple from Bristol went on a date - and ended up making headlines around the world.


News reporter Joe Smith, who is leaving Bristol Live after 18 months at the website and newspaper, looks back on his time in the newsroom and some of the biggest stories he has worked on.


Of course, this includes the infamous ‘Tinder Poo’ story, which went viral in September last year after a woman from Bristol got stuck in her date’s window - after launching a poo out of it.


The story came to Joe’s attention after he spotted an online crowdfunding page had been set up to replace the broken window, which had to be removed by firefighters in order to free the stricken woman.


Joe’s story ended up capturing the attention of the world’s media - appearing in publications in America, Canada, Australia, China, India and even parts of Africa.


And then, to complete the line-up on this week’s show, news reporter Bronwen Weatherby joins Alex in the studio to dissect her latest expose on the so-called ‘tipping tax’ - a controversial practice within the restaurant industry.


Bron’s work on this subject has taken her all the way to Parliament, as she looks to expose the practice within Bristol workplaces and the effect it is having on local workers.


If you have ever wished you could take a look inside your local newsroom and meet the team behind the headlines, Bristol Live have launched the perfect podcast for you.


Every Friday, Bristol Live will give you an insight into the things happening in your area and give you exclusive access to the team.


To listen to the podcast you can click here or alternatively download from wherever you get your podcasts. Just search ‘Inside Bristol Live’.


You can also rate, review and subscribe to the podcast to make sure you don’t miss out.


For anyone who wants to get in touch you can follow us on Twitter @ILBpodcast.


You can rate, review and subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever else you get your podcasts.


Links to this episode's stories:


A woman threw a poo out of a window on a first date and firefighters had to get involved


Turtle Bay restaurant employees claim they still have to 'pay to work' in Bristol


If you'd like to follow us or any of the reporters featured in today's episode, here are the links:


Inside Bristol Live: @IBLpodcast


Host Alex Wood: @MrAlexWood


Joe Smith: @jowsefsmith


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