A campaigner has been "attacked" as tensions continue to escalate with a van-dwelling community. During filming on Tuesday, a ...

Organisers donned fluorescent bibs, local councillors were mingling. The chairman of Protect the Downs, Tony Nelson, made a ...

The crowd gathered to show their frustration at the council's lack of action in tackling the number of vans on the Downs ...

Around 400 people gathered by the water tower last night (June 12) and walked out to Sea Mills before ending the walk at the ...

During filming on Monday, a BBC camera was struck by a van-dweller as Tony Nelson, who founded a group calling for the vehicles to be removed, was interviewed. Mr Nelson had attempted to speak to ...

If approved, the injunction would apply to the grassed areas of Durdham Down and would allow officers to move pitched ...

A Bristol van dweller attacked a BBC camera crew in a fit of rage as tensions flare up in Bristol who are demanding an encampment of some 100 vehicles is removed. The man aggressively approached a ...

Sometimes, as the van-dwellers are increasingly claiming, that boils over into threats and discriminatory language. For this has been an argument played out just as much online as it is on the ...

Bristol City Council has acknowledged the complexity of the situation and says it's taking action on a number of fronts. | ...

The delicate ecosystem of the Avon Gorge is in peril due to increased human activity on the Downs since the pandemic. That is ...

Bristol has the highest number of van dwellers, believed to be a population of 680-700, and the majority are parked on the roads weaving around Durdham Downs, known as The Downs. Caravan dweller ...