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• Holidaymakers urged to find alternative routes as the A38 is closed in both directions near Bristol Airport

  10-03-2020 23:43 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Make sure you allow extra time in travelling to the airport
  
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• Bath Half Marathon going ahead despite number of coronavirus cases soaring

  10-03-2020 22:38 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Organisers are continuing to monitor the situation
  
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• Man receives DWP post containing personal information about someone else

  10-03-2020 22:01 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The DWP has apologised for the error
  
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• Two Bristol pupils isolated and their school deep cleaned after grandparents test positive for coronavirus

  10-03-2020 20:57 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The pupils are to now be tested for the virus
  
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• Fears over flooding as weather warnings are issued for Portishead, Pill, Shirehampton and Portbury Dock

  10-03-2020 20:32 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Public urged to take care along beaches, promenades and roads due to large waves
  
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• LIVE EuroMillions results: Winning numbers for Tuesday, March 10, 2020

  10-03-2020 20:15 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Another huge jackpot on offer
  
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• Coronavirus in the UK: How are people responding?

  10-03-2020 19:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alongside health worries, there's anger, fear that not enough is being done... and lots of questions.
  
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• First case of coronavirus in North Somerset confirmed

  10-03-2020 19:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Six people have died of the virus in the UK
  
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• 'Significant congestion' on A4174 ring road due to emergency repairs

  10-03-2020 19:27 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A section of the busy route has been shut after a manhole collapsed
  
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• Fire at St Mary Redcliffe Church in Bristol after man 'used candle to light banner'

  10-03-2020 19:10 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The chapel is used for morning and evening prayers
  
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• Man who missed his crown court trial as he was 'self-isolating' is remanded in custody

  10-03-2020 19:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Sean Lee, who was convicted for dangerous driving in his absence, claims he was avoiding killer Coronavirus while in Malaga
  
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• Bristol's legendary gig-goer Big Jeff not going to SXSW despite crowdfunder

  10-03-2020 18:47 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Texas festival has been cancelled amid coronavirus fears
  
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• 'You've Been Flocked': Plastic flamingos appear in Yate gardens

  10-03-2020 17:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 'You've Been Flocked' challenges people to surprise others with flamingo planting for charity.
  
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• Morrisons at Cribbs Causeway 'will remain closed until April' after roof collapse

  10-03-2020 16:37 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Storm damage meant the roof collapsed last month
  
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• Bristol is crowned the UK's greenest city while Birmingham is ranked least environmentally-friendly - Daily Mail

  10-03-2020 16:36
  
  Bristol is crowned the UK's greenest city while Birmingham is ranked least environmentally-friendly  Daily Mail
  
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• Man sought in connection with criminal damage

  10-03-2020 16:34 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We are hoping the public can help us identify the man, pictured, who we wish to speak to in connection with an act of criminal damage at St Mary Redcliffe Church. We believe a candle was used to set a banner alight in the Lady Chapel at some point between 9pm on Sunday 2 February and 7am the following morning. The man we wish to speak to is described as 30-35 years old, approximately 5ft 10ins to...
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• Flights to Italy from Bristol Airport cancelled by easyJet and Ryanair amid coronavirus outbreak

  10-03-2020 16:33 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It includes a 1.35pm flight to Venice from Bristol today (March 10)
  
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• Hospice nurse forced to postpone appointments with patients after thieves write off her car

  10-03-2020 16:17 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The thieves stole the catalytic converter from the nurse's car
  
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• Woman used trampoline to escape when the flat below her blew up

  10-03-2020 16:01 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Laura Pearson was giving evidence in the trial of James Toogood, who denies causing an explosion in Hartcliffe in an attempt to make butane hash oil
  
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• Number of coronavirus cases in the South West rises as UK death toll hits six

  10-03-2020 15:57 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  This is the latest from the Department for Health
  
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• Decision to veto Bristol Airport expansion set to be ratified by councillors

  10-03-2020 15:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The application will be brought before the committee again for ratification next week
  
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• Two women arrested under suspicion of county lines drug dealing in Yeovil

  10-03-2020 15:24 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  A 47-year-old woman and a 40-year-old woman have been arrested under suspicion of possession with intent to supply illegal drugs in Yeovil. On Monday 9 February, officers from Op Remedy and the neighbourhood policing team executed a warrant at an address on St Michaels Avenue in Yeovil following intelligence the address was being used for county lines drug dealing. A small quantity of suspected...
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• Sixth person dies from coronavirus in the UK - Bristol Post

  10-03-2020 15:21
  
  Sixth person dies from coronavirus in the UK  Bristol Post
  
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• Body found in Avonmouth field by dog walker 'not suspicious'

  10-03-2020 15:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A post-mortem examination showed no obvious signs of injury, police said.
  
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• Sixth person dies from coronavirus in the UK

  10-03-2020 15:13 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The man was in his 80s
  
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• Work about to start on 150 affordable flats overlooking the River Avon

  10-03-2020 14:54 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The development will be spread over four blocks up to 15-storeys high
  
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• Police issue more details as Avonmouth death no longer considered suspicious

  10-03-2020 14:21 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Further tests are being carried out after the man's body was found near the Access 18 industrial estate - a murder investigation has been dropped according to the latest police update
  
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• Man arrested by police after being spotted walking naked through city centre

  10-03-2020 14:19 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  He was later de-arrested and taken to hospital
  
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• Plane aborts landing at Bristol Airport as UK forecasters predict another day of gusty weather - Yahoo News UK

  10-03-2020 14:00
  
  Plane aborts landing at Bristol Airport as UK forecasters predict another day of gusty weather  Yahoo News UK
  
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• ‘People get drunk, so what?’ - What it's like living next to Cheltenham racecourse

  10-03-2020 14:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "We’re not nervous. We have nothing to be nervous about, it’s just like any other event."
  
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• Teen says he ‘maybe’ wants to give up weed after being busted at SWX in Bristol

  10-03-2020 13:59 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  'I'll ask my dad to pay it for me'
  
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• Helmet owners sought after crash

  10-03-2020 13:55 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We are hoping to trace the owners of two helmets left at the scene of a moped crash in Bristol. A blue Neco Azzurro moped was stolen from the Cumberland Basin area of the city on Thursday 31 October between 8.30am-5.15pm. The vehicle though was found after being involved in a crash at the junction of Sturminster Road and West Town Lane, shortly before 6.10pm the same day. Two men were seen to run...
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• Thousands raised for College Green repairs to be held in trust until cost of damage clear

  10-03-2020 13:54 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A meeting is due to take place to discuss what happens next
  
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• Plan for 'mini stadium' for community football club in Hanham reignites row

  10-03-2020 13:35 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It has re-ignited a row with residents
  
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• Update after man’s body found in Avonmouth

  10-03-2020 13:31 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  Enquiries are continuing into the death of a man whose body was found submerged in water off an access road near to Boundary Road in Avonmouth on Sunday. A forensic post-mortem examination was held yesterday and found no obvious signs of injury to the man’s body. While the cause of death is inconclusive and further tests will be required, we’re no longer treating his death as suspicious.
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• This is what happens inside a coronavirus testing pod

  10-03-2020 13:09 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  GMB presenter Jonathan Swain got himself tested at Belfast's 'drive through' Covid-19 centre
  
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• Sharm El Sheikh: The Middle Eastern city reopening its gates to the British Market

  10-03-2020 13:01 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Flights to Sharm El Sheikh from Bristol Airport will resume on 6 May 2020
  
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• New takeaway to open in Staple Hill - despite more than 100 objections

  10-03-2020 12:59 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "There are two Indian restaurants, three Chineses, two fish and chip shops, two kebab shops, a pizza shop, fried chicken and a half a dozen cafes"
  
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• Are these your stolen bikes or tools?

  10-03-2020 12:59 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We’ve launched a dedicated online gallery in a bid to return suspected stolen property to its rightful owner. Officers seized 125 push bikes and frames and more than 60 other items, mainly power tools, from an address in Hanham in January. After searching police records we’ve only been able to identify 11 bikes as stolen. DC Louise Yaldron explained:
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• Universal Credit: Claimants won't be sanctioned if they need to self-isolate because of coronavirus

  10-03-2020 12:43 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The work and pensions minister has said that discretion will be used for those unable to attend a job centre
  
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• Half price bus travel for all under-21s - promises Green mayoral candidate

  10-03-2020 12:02 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It is the second of three pledges Green candidate Sandy Hore-Ruthven is set to make
  
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• The items Tesco, Aldi, Waitrose and other major UK supermarkets are rationing due to coronavirus stockpiling

  10-03-2020 11:50 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Including information for Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Lidl
  
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• 'Bristol deserves more' - senior businessman calls on Rishi Sunak to remember city in Spring Budget

  10-03-2020 11:09 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Andrew Hodgson is concerned the city is going to miss out on Wednesday
  
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• Staff and patients at Bristol hospital raise funds for air ambulance service

  10-03-2020 10:50 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A collection at Emersons Green NHS Treatment Centre raised more than £600
  
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• A Bristol man with stage four cancer has made it to France on epic cycle to China

  10-03-2020 10:36 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  He's got as far as eastern France and is still going
  
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• Crash on M4 causes six miles of traffic as heavy rain affects the area

  10-03-2020 10:26 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Heavy rain is affecting traffic on roads around Bristol this morning
  
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• Advertising Standards Authority bans Missguided advert for being too sexual

  10-03-2020 10:26 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The standards authority said the model's pose was inappropriate and showed too much flesh
  
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• Locked up: The people jailed in Bristol in the first week of March

  10-03-2020 10:14 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  We compile this week's list of people we reported on who were sent to prison after being convicted of a variety of crimes
  
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• Bristol Airport not planning on introducing coronavirus temperature checks for passengers

  10-03-2020 10:11 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Passenger 'concerned' after not being offered temperature check on arrival at Bristol Airport from Italy
  
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• Old college building to become new medical hub for tens of thousands of patients

  10-03-2020 09:59 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The new medical hub will serve 33,000 patients across the Nailsea, Backwell and Long Ashton area
  
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