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• Pictures show devastation caused by arson attack on sports pavilion

  30-03-2020 21:20 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A look at the sports pavilion at Oldbury Court Estate which has wrecked by a fire on Sunday night
  
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• Bristol companies to make thousands of ventilators for NHS

  30-03-2020 21:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Production is expected to start this week
  
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• Anger at The Range as staff claim freezers were installed to keep stores open

  30-03-2020 21:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  All three of the retailers' branches in Bristol now stock frozen food ensuring they can be considered "essential"
  
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• Former police officer had relationships with vulnerable people

  30-03-2020 20:53 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  He has now been barred from serving following a misconduct hearing
  
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• UK National Lottery results: Set for Life winning numbers on March 30, 2020

  30-03-2020 20:22 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
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• Coronavirus: UK death toll reaches 1,400 as cases continue to rise

  30-03-2020 20:19 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The latest Department of Health figures have been published
  
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• Coronavirus: UWE conference centre may become temporary hospital

  30-03-2020 19:01 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Sources have told Bristol Live that work has begun to turn the centre into a space for 400 beds
  
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• Aldi's popular spa pool is back on sale and available online

  30-03-2020 19:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Last year it sold out in under two weeks
  
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• Coronavirus: Bristol sees 14 new cases in 24 hours

  30-03-2020 18:34 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The surrounding areas have rising numbers as well
  
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• People caught flouting lockdown with takeaways in public fined

  30-03-2020 18:22 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  They are among the first people to receive fines in the UK after the Government gave police new coronavirus lockdown enforcement powers
  
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• Coronavirus: Bristol musicians 'stranded' in India as others go home

  30-03-2020 17:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The couple say they have spoken with other Britons who are also uncertain when they will go home.
  
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• Portishead Youth Club has had to suspend its regular sessions

  30-03-2020 17:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  People will be able to access sessions on their phones, tablet or laptop
  
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• How numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases have grown in Bristol

  30-03-2020 17:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  How numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases have grown in Bristol
  
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• Sleep expert explains why people across UK slept badly last night - Bristol Post

  30-03-2020 16:46
  
  Sleep expert explains why people across UK slept badly last night  Bristol Post
  
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• Pub ramps up security after more than £3,000 in booze and cash stolen

  30-03-2020 16:37 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The pub's owner described the theft as 'very annoying'
  
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• Woman injured in service station as police launch witness appeal

  30-03-2020 15:49 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Police have urged people who saw anything to come forwards
  
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• High street chains fall into administration

  30-03-2020 15:45 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The chains employ 4,500 people between them
  
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• Coronavirus: North Somerset Council offering help with council tax bills

  30-03-2020 15:38 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Payment holidays, reduced payments and welfare assistance are all available to residents
  
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• Bristol celebrates its poet genius who died at just 17 - The Guardian

  30-03-2020 15:24
  
  Bristol celebrates its poet genius who died at just 17  The Guardian
  
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• Bristol celebrates its poet genius who died at just 17

  30-03-2020 15:21
  
  Poems, exhibitions and a comic book to mark talent of Thomas Chatterton, 250 years after deathHe was revered by poets such as Wordsworth, Shelley and Coleridge and a romanticised painting depicting his deathbed remains an enduring image of doomed artistic talent.Now a series of projects marking the 250th anniversary of the death, at the age of 17, of Bristol-born Thomas Chatterton is under way to remind people of his extraordinary but often forgotten life, and, perhaps, inspire a new generation
  
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• Sleep expert explains why people slept badly last night

  30-03-2020 15:13 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A restless night was reported by many on social media, causing #cantsleep to trend on Twitter
  
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• Bristol chefs launch project to feed city's most vulnerable people

  30-03-2020 15:06 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Food Union will deliver food to rough sleepers, hospital workers and more
  
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• Coronavirus: 'Respected' Bristol bus driver dies

  30-03-2020 15:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Martin Egan, who worked for First Bus, had driven in Bristol for the past 40 years.
  
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• Coronavirus: Vital GWR services protected in new government deal

  30-03-2020 15:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The new deal will help provide essential travel to NHS workers
  
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• Man charged over petrol station robbery in Brislington

  30-03-2020 14:58 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  28 year-old Saeed Ali was due before Bristol Magistrates Court
  
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• E-fit issued in burglary investigation – Bath

  30-03-2020 14:53 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We’re seeking help to identify the man in this e-fit as part of an investigation into a burglary in Bath. A householder disturbed two men in his property in Gordon Road just before 4.30pm on Monday 9 December 2019. The men left when disturbed. The householder described them as: Aged in his early 20s, white, about 5ft 8ins tall and of slight build, wearing a black hoody with the hood up...
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• Names released of people who allegedly coughed and spat at police

  30-03-2020 14:31 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Three people have been charged in connection with alleged attacks on Avon and Somerset police
  
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• Major fire leaves severe damage to sports pavilion

  30-03-2020 14:19 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The roof of the building was 'well alight'
  
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• easyJet makes flights to all destinations just £29.99

  30-03-2020 13:58 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It comes as the airline grounded all its planes due to the Covid-19 crisis
  
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• How to watch WWE Wrestlemania 36 on UK TV - Bristol Live

  30-03-2020 13:53
  
  How to watch WWE Wrestlemania 36 on UK TV  Bristol Live
  
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• Thatchers says unwanted cider won't be poured away

  30-03-2020 13:40 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Breweries have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic
  
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• Woman's emotional message after she trends on social media on her 100th birthday

  30-03-2020 13:30 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  'I will never forget this lovely day from you all'
  
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• Closure orders used to tackle ASB – Highbridge

  30-03-2020 13:20 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  Neighbourhood police in Highbridge have been working with the police anti-social behaviour (ASB) team and partner agencies to tackle problem premises in the town. In the past nine months we’ve dealt with four nuisance properties. We successfully obtained closure orders from magistrates for two homes last summer (June and July 2019) after residents reported anti-social behaviour linked to drug...
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• PM's chief adviser Dominic Cummings in self-isolation with coronavirus symptoms

  30-03-2020 13:19 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson, Health Secretary Matt Hancock and the UK’s Brexit negotiator, David Frost, have all been struck down with the virus
  
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• Bristol mum shares what it is like to have coronavirus

  30-03-2020 13:15 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  She is urging people to take the virus seriously
  
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• Cumberland Road partially reopens after river wall collapse

  30-03-2020 13:02 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The road remains deserted in coronavirus lockdown
  
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• Young Bristolians taken to hospital due to substance misuse rises

  30-03-2020 12:47 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  New statistics have been released by Public Health England
  
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• 'Worried' Bristol couple stranded on coronavirus-stricken cruise ship

  30-03-2020 12:40 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Nick and Celia Jones have been stuck aboard the Zaandam, on which 130 have reported flu-life symptoms
  
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• Weston-super-Mare Air Festival cancelled

  30-03-2020 12:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  North Somerset Council chiefs say decision to cancel air festival was a 'difficult' one
  
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• Man charged over petrol station robbery

  30-03-2020 11:44 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  A 28-year-old man from Bristol has been charged over the weekend in connection with a robbery at a petrol station in Brislington on Wednesday 4 March. Saeed Ali, of Hayes Close, has been remanded in custody and is due to appear at Bristol Magistrates Court today. Ali has also been charged with a second robbery plus two counts of using racially-aggravated words to cause distress.
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• Volunteers deliver food parcels to Bristol's most vulnerable

  30-03-2020 11:27 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Parcels were delivered to residents with no food or support
  
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• People 'disgusted at refund loop' on cancelled easyJet flights

  30-03-2020 11:14 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  easyJet's system has been branded 'bizarre' by customers who were due to fly from Bristol Airport
  
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• Police making online form so you can report people for lockdown breach

  30-03-2020 10:35 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Anyone leaving their home 'without reasonable excuse' faces a £60 fine
  
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• EasyJet grounds all 344 planes due to coronavirus pandemic

  30-03-2020 10:03 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The airline operated more than 650 rescue flights to help people stranded due to the virus
  
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• Decision on alcohol sale from Bristol food store postponed

  30-03-2020 09:56 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It is because of the cancellation of meetings at Bristol City Council
  
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• Leading Bristol solicitor describes police attitude to COVID-19 as 'very lax'

  30-03-2020 09:19 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Ian Kelcey says police chiefs' guidance on coronavirus is "as much use as a chocolate fireguard"
  
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• Crash on M4 westbound near Chippenham closes two lanes

  30-03-2020 08:52 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Two lanes have been closed
  
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• Live Coronavirus updates: Figures rise, police enforcement, Domino's criticism

  30-03-2020 08:10 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It's been one week since the country went into lockdown
  
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• Coronavirus: Bristol figures, police action and Dominos criticism

  30-03-2020 08:10 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It's been one week since the country went into lockdown
  
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• Domino's worker hits out at firm amid claim people are working with coughs

  30-03-2020 08:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The worker believes management are prioritising business needs over staff health and safety
  
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