Lisa Durston
@lisied.bsky.social
Bristol parent. VAWG Campaigner. Working in the sexual violence sector.
Labour councillor for Filwood Ward 🌹she/her
Labour councillor for Filwood Ward 🌹she/her
Proud to have brought this motion to full council and so pleased that it passed with cross-party support. Looking forward to this work moving forward.
🆕 Councillors unanimously endorsed our plan to make parks safer for women and girls
Better lighting along paths, more help and information points, visible staff or wardens on site and more, coming soon 👇
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
Better lighting along paths, more help and information points, visible staff or wardens on site and more, coming soon 👇
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
Parks to be made safer for women and girls
A pilot will be rolled out to make Bristol's parks more accessible after dark
www.bristol247.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Proud to have brought this motion to full council and so pleased that it passed with cross-party support. Looking forward to this work moving forward.
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Nigel Farage wants to abolish protections for kids online and put porn back in their pockets.
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Nigel Farage wants to abolish protections for kids online and put porn back in their pockets.
Now and always, we will remember them
November 9, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Now and always, we will remember them
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We stopped the Green Party's plans to hike the Clean Air Zone charge to £14 a day
To improve air quality, the council needs to boost public transport and phase out its own polluting vehicles - not tax working people to fund new Residents Parking Zones
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
To improve air quality, the council needs to boost public transport and phase out its own polluting vehicles - not tax working people to fund new Residents Parking Zones
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bristol Clean Air Zone: Councillors vote against fee hike
Plans to raise the Clean Air Zone charge from £9 to £14 a day have been blocked.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We stopped the Green Party's plans to hike the Clean Air Zone charge to £14 a day
To improve air quality, the council needs to boost public transport and phase out its own polluting vehicles - not tax working people to fund new Residents Parking Zones
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
To improve air quality, the council needs to boost public transport and phase out its own polluting vehicles - not tax working people to fund new Residents Parking Zones
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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What we see online doesn’t stay online.
Violent pornography is putting young people in danger - that’s why we’re banning it.
@womensaid.bsky.social @evawuk.bsky.social @whiteribbonuk.bsky.social @mollyroseorg.bsky.social
#ukpolitics #uklabour #onlinesafety #violenceagainstwomen #choking #psa
Violent pornography is putting young people in danger - that’s why we’re banning it.
@womensaid.bsky.social @evawuk.bsky.social @whiteribbonuk.bsky.social @mollyroseorg.bsky.social
#ukpolitics #uklabour #onlinesafety #violenceagainstwomen #choking #psa
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
What we see online doesn’t stay online.
Violent pornography is putting young people in danger - that’s why we’re banning it.
@womensaid.bsky.social @evawuk.bsky.social @whiteribbonuk.bsky.social @mollyroseorg.bsky.social
#ukpolitics #uklabour #onlinesafety #violenceagainstwomen #choking #psa
Violent pornography is putting young people in danger - that’s why we’re banning it.
@womensaid.bsky.social @evawuk.bsky.social @whiteribbonuk.bsky.social @mollyroseorg.bsky.social
#ukpolitics #uklabour #onlinesafety #violenceagainstwomen #choking #psa
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🚞 The West of England has waited 25 years for the Portishead Line
🌹 Under a Labour Government, a Labour Mayor, and a local Labour MP, it's finally being delivered
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
🌹 Under a Labour Government, a Labour Mayor, and a local Labour MP, it's finally being delivered
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
'New chapter' as key Portishead Railway work begins
The railway which closed in 1964 is due to reopen by 2028
www.bristolpost.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🚞 The West of England has waited 25 years for the Portishead Line
🌹 Under a Labour Government, a Labour Mayor, and a local Labour MP, it's finally being delivered
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
🌹 Under a Labour Government, a Labour Mayor, and a local Labour MP, it's finally being delivered
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
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😤 Bristol Greens pre-election: "we will return this youth club to the community!"
🤥 Bristol Greens post-election: "actually, we're going to demolish it - or just let it become derelict"
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
🤥 Bristol Greens post-election: "actually, we're going to demolish it - or just let it become derelict"
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Former youth club to be demolished, despite election promise
The building is leased to a church until May next year, after which its future is uncertain
www.bristolpost.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
😤 Bristol Greens pre-election: "we will return this youth club to the community!"
🤥 Bristol Greens post-election: "actually, we're going to demolish it - or just let it become derelict"
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
🤥 Bristol Greens post-election: "actually, we're going to demolish it - or just let it become derelict"
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
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Demolition plans for the building loom while campaigners call for it to be renovated
What will become of Knowle West's former youth club?
Demolition plans for Eagle House loom while campaigners call for the building to be renovated
www.bristol247.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Demolition plans for the building loom while campaigners call for it to be renovated
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📣 The East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood scheme needs to change. Read our full statement
www.labourbristol.co.uk/2025/10/08/s...
www.labourbristol.co.uk/2025/10/08/s...
www.labourbristol.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
📣 The East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood scheme needs to change. Read our full statement
www.labourbristol.co.uk/2025/10/08/s...
www.labourbristol.co.uk/2025/10/08/s...
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The Tories oversaw the near collapse of the criminal justice system which effectively decriminalised rape, they have nothing to say to rape victims & survivors who are being repeatedly failed so blame foreign perps, even when the perps are British, & ignoring how rape is about violent men not race.
Badenoch: "Why couldn't we deport those foreign nationals who raped girls in communities across the UK? Why do we still allow them to remain in the very same town where their victims live?" Because, yet again, the bulk of them were UK nationals, many of them born here.
October 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The Tories oversaw the near collapse of the criminal justice system which effectively decriminalised rape, they have nothing to say to rape victims & survivors who are being repeatedly failed so blame foreign perps, even when the perps are British, & ignoring how rape is about violent men not race.
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We will never tolerate racism in our city. Bristol belongs to everyone who calls it home.
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
'Bring these cowardly thugs to justice' says Labour after hate crimes
"Bristol is, and always will be, a proud, diverse place where all our communities stand with each other"
www.bristolpost.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We will never tolerate racism in our city. Bristol belongs to everyone who calls it home.
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
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📣 Our statement on recent racist attacks in Bristol
September 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
📣 Our statement on recent racist attacks in Bristol
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🤝 Pay Bristol’s bus drivers what they deserve
📣 Our statement
📣 Our statement
September 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🤝 Pay Bristol’s bus drivers what they deserve
📣 Our statement
📣 Our statement
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🎚️ A gym has opened in Fishponds. It's disturbing local residents by playing loud music from 'dawn until dusk' - even though its planning application was refused
👎 No enforcement action from the Green-led council. It needs to get its act together
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
👎 No enforcement action from the Green-led council. It needs to get its act together
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
‘Illegal’ gym causing despair for residents
The "premium gym for the community" has been accused of operating without planning permission
www.bristol247.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
🎚️ A gym has opened in Fishponds. It's disturbing local residents by playing loud music from 'dawn until dusk' - even though its planning application was refused
👎 No enforcement action from the Green-led council. It needs to get its act together
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
👎 No enforcement action from the Green-led council. It needs to get its act together
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
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The Employment Rights Bill is the biggest boost to workers’ rights in a generation – and the first step in delivering the #NewDeal. Labour will deliver the Bill in full. No ifs, no buts. 1/3
September 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The Employment Rights Bill is the biggest boost to workers’ rights in a generation – and the first step in delivering the #NewDeal. Labour will deliver the Bill in full. No ifs, no buts. 1/3
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After more than three years of Russian attacks, Odesa urgently needs new emergency vehicles
Thanks to Avon Fire and Rescue Service and the tireless efforts of Labour councillor Paul Goggin, two fire engines are being donated to support the Ukrainian city
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thanks to Avon Fire and Rescue Service and the tireless efforts of Labour councillor Paul Goggin, two fire engines are being donated to support the Ukrainian city
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bristol fire engines and kit delivered to Ukraine
A fire and rescue service delivers two fire engines and lifesaving equipment directly to Ukraine.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
After more than three years of Russian attacks, Odesa urgently needs new emergency vehicles
Thanks to Avon Fire and Rescue Service and the tireless efforts of Labour councillor Paul Goggin, two fire engines are being donated to support the Ukrainian city
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thanks to Avon Fire and Rescue Service and the tireless efforts of Labour councillor Paul Goggin, two fire engines are being donated to support the Ukrainian city
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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🆕 Odesa, Ukraine, requested emergency equipment. Bristol will provide it
🌹 Labour Councillor Paul Goggin, Chair of the Avon Fire Authority, has arranged for two surplus fire engines be sent to Odesa
🇺🇦 Bristol stands with Ukraine
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🌹 Labour Councillor Paul Goggin, Chair of the Avon Fire Authority, has arranged for two surplus fire engines be sent to Odesa
🇺🇦 Bristol stands with Ukraine
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Solidarity' sees convoy of Bristol fire engines sent to Ukraine
Avon Fire and Rescue Service volunteers will deliver emergency equipment to Ukraine later this year.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
🆕 Odesa, Ukraine, requested emergency equipment. Bristol will provide it
🌹 Labour Councillor Paul Goggin, Chair of the Avon Fire Authority, has arranged for two surplus fire engines be sent to Odesa
🇺🇦 Bristol stands with Ukraine
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🌹 Labour Councillor Paul Goggin, Chair of the Avon Fire Authority, has arranged for two surplus fire engines be sent to Odesa
🇺🇦 Bristol stands with Ukraine
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Great news!
📣 NEW: More night bus routes are coming to Bristol
🚌 Over 116,000 people work in our night time economy - they deserve to be able to get home safely
✅ We're pleased to deliver on our campaign
www.labourbristol.co.uk/2025/08/05/l...
🚌 Over 116,000 people work in our night time economy - they deserve to be able to get home safely
✅ We're pleased to deliver on our campaign
www.labourbristol.co.uk/2025/08/05/l...
www.labourbristol.co.uk
August 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Great news!
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Today we celebrate 62 years of Jamaican Independence. 🇯🇲
From Windrush to this day, we honour the rich legacy of Bristol’s Jamaican community, whose culture, spirit, and strength continue to shape our city every day.
From Windrush to this day, we honour the rich legacy of Bristol’s Jamaican community, whose culture, spirit, and strength continue to shape our city every day.
August 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Today we celebrate 62 years of Jamaican Independence. 🇯🇲
From Windrush to this day, we honour the rich legacy of Bristol’s Jamaican community, whose culture, spirit, and strength continue to shape our city every day.
From Windrush to this day, we honour the rich legacy of Bristol’s Jamaican community, whose culture, spirit, and strength continue to shape our city every day.
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🏗️ Fantastic to see the regeneration of Filwood Broadway continue at pace
✅ New community and commercial space, public realm improvements, and council housing - 50% of which will be reserved for members of the Knowle West and Inns Court community
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
✅ New community and commercial space, public realm improvements, and council housing - 50% of which will be reserved for members of the Knowle West and Inns Court community
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Excitement in 'forgotten' Bristol area as Government millions arrive
Residents feel "left behind" but say their neighbourhood has "so much potential"
www.bristolpost.co.uk
August 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🏗️ Fantastic to see the regeneration of Filwood Broadway continue at pace
✅ New community and commercial space, public realm improvements, and council housing - 50% of which will be reserved for members of the Knowle West and Inns Court community
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
✅ New community and commercial space, public realm improvements, and council housing - 50% of which will be reserved for members of the Knowle West and Inns Court community
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
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What a penalty! ⚽️
Well done Lionesses, you’ve made us all very proud 🦁💪
Well done Lionesses, you’ve made us all very proud 🦁💪
July 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
What a penalty! ⚽️
Well done Lionesses, you’ve made us all very proud 🦁💪
Well done Lionesses, you’ve made us all very proud 🦁💪
This data is shocking but sadly unsurprising to those of us who work in the VAWG sector. The links between different forms of male violence is well-established. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Two in five arrested for last summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abuse
Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse
www.theguardian.com
July 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This data is shocking but sadly unsurprising to those of us who work in the VAWG sector. The links between different forms of male violence is well-established. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Shocking but not surprising how once again, it’s the victims of horrific male violence that are ignored, forgotten about, and silenced.
In all this row, has anyone bothered to remember that Epstein raped and trafficked dozens of girls?
It’s like the girls never mattered at all.
In all this row, has anyone bothered to remember that Epstein raped and trafficked dozens of girls?
It’s like the girls never mattered at all.
July 24, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Shocking but not surprising how once again, it’s the victims of horrific male violence that are ignored, forgotten about, and silenced.
In all this row, has anyone bothered to remember that Epstein raped and trafficked dozens of girls?
It’s like the girls never mattered at all.
In all this row, has anyone bothered to remember that Epstein raped and trafficked dozens of girls?
It’s like the girls never mattered at all.