内容摘要：But what Pritchard-McLean, 37, and her partner can offer is respite fostering at their north Wales farm on Anglesey for short periods, when they are at home and can fully engage with their charges.

But what Pritchard-McLean, 37, and her partner can offer is respite fostering at their north Wales farm on Anglesey for short periods, when they are at home and can fully engage with their charges.

A review has begun looking at a council's decision to approve plans to redevelop the site of a former zoo.Bristol City Council approved the plans to build 196 homes, a café, playground and conservation hub on Bristol Zoo's Clifton site after it closed in 2022.

A group of residents have opposed the plans - citing concerns over a potential loss of bio-diversity and green space - and fears that public access to the site's historic gardens are not guaranteed."We really need spaces where people can enjoy and take a respite from the city and there are vanishingly few of them," said Carrie Sage, co-founder of Save Bristol Gardens Alliance."It's completely the wrong plan for the wrong site and many trees will be cut down as a result as they add car parking and a road through the gardens as a result."

Fellow co-founder of the Save Bristol Gardens Alliance, Alastair Sawday, added: "The importance of green spaces in cities is going to become ever more relevant in the years to come so to have a 12 acre walled garden with so many amazing trees and herbaceous borders that is going to get tarmacked over is just wrong."Under the current proposals - 80 of the 218 trees currently on the site would be removed - with 44 of those

and 470 new ones planted.

Bristol Zoo originally opened in 1836 and was one of the oldest in the world at the time of closing in September 2022.will track to the south of the UK later this week, bringing heavy rains and strong winds to northern France.

Why does the weather so often ruin Bank Holiday weekends? A question for another day maybe.Not that the rain and wind stopped life carrying on in Bristol, with plenty to enjoy indoors such as the Tina Turner musical at the Hippodrome and tasty treats at bakeries in the city.

City kept up their play-off push and the Park Run competitors kept on going too.Simply the Best: The Tina Turner Musical is on at the Hippodrome until 26 April, telling the story of the multiple Grammy-winning star from her humble Tennessee beginnings to global fame.