It was both a pleasure and a privilege to interview Alex Reilley, one of the co-founders of perhaps the biggest food and drink success story to come from Bristol - The Lounges ahead of the opening of Ritorno Lounge

Mary Clark, acting secretary and the gardening lead at Friends of Horfield Library was shocked and saddened by the theft of hanging baskets paid for by the community #theft #HorfieldLibrary #community

Chris Lindop, chair of Friends of Horfield Library recounts how the community is feeling after the theft over the weekend #theft #HorfieldLibrary

Kensington Baptist church on Stapleton Road has been there nearly two centuries. The community is "saddened and disappointed" with repeated sabotage of its flower beds which were meant to "add some colour" to the surrounding

Conceptualist artist Alaric Hobbs on his recent residency at the Laundrette on Stokes Croft

Do read this gem of a book. It'll challenge your perceptions about many things

The “full story” of the Bristol Pound experiment is promised in a new book bristol247.com/culture/books/…

'Racists are not welcome in Bristol' was the message of anti-rally at Castle Park

Kai Charles, from Queers for Palestine on the anti-demonstration

School teacher Jon Reddiford addressing the rally

Stand off between 'Stop the Boats' rally and anti-demonstration separated by a sea of police on Castle Park

Seeing off the 'Stop the Boats' rally at Castle Park

A bus stranded on Bristol Bridge as the stand off between the rally and anti-rally continues

Bristol Bridge slowly easing off after the exchange between 'Stop the Boats' rally and the police

Heated exchanges between the anti-immigrant rally and counter rally outside Mercure Hotel

Kai Charles recounts the moment anti-migrant rally reached Mercure Hotel to break inside

Anti-nuclear campaigner Michal Lovejoy remembering Hiroshima-Nagasaki at the launch of the four-day peace gathering

Emmy Award-winning director Martin Smith on Britain at crossroads where millions go hungry everyday while investments for nuclear research doesn't seem to slow down

Susie Luger from Bristol CND providing a preview of the four-day peace gathering marking the 79th anniversary of Hiroshima-Nagasaki

No mass ascent at Bristol International Balloon Fiesta this morning due to gusty winds