Latest News in South West

Swindon agrees town centre deal

A development agreement for a scheme with an estimated investment value of more than £200 million has been signed for a mixed-use project designed to regenerate a large area of Swindon's town centre.

Bristol drug and alcohol agencies opportunities

Drug and alcohol agencies in Bristol are to offer opportunities in education and rehabilitation to drug dealers in an attempt to tackle the city's rising substance abuse problem.

Bristol drug agencies to work with dealers

Drug and alcohol agencies in Bristol are to offer opportunities in education and rehabilitation to drug dealers in an attempt to tackle the city's rising substance abuse problem, in a scheme that organisers claim is the first of its kind.

In Depth

Langport, Somerset: innovative eco project

Bright sparks

The Beacon winners have a lot to teach us.

Fresh talent: sector faces shortage

Where have all the good people gone?

How we might address the sector's looming skills crisis.

Prescott: regrets, he has a few

Total recall

John Prescott reviews his career highlights - and regrets.

Dorling: professor of human geography at University of Sheffield

Minding the gap

Danny Dorling says the gap between rich and poor has filled with fear.

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Policy in South West

Opinion

Karen Buck

Karen
Buck

The rise and rise of silver-haired Brits

News that pensioners outnumber children for the first time has generated predictable hand-wringing.

Sir Peter Hall

Sir
Peter Hall

An anthropological look at our children

A train to Disneyland Paris, or back to London, provides an opportunity for amateur research...

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