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• Tributes to larger than life Bristol restaurateur Barry Yuille

  20-05-2020 23:04 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  His restaurant La Bon Auberge was the place to be in the 1980s
  
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• Tributes to larger than life Bristol restaurateur Barry Youlle

  20-05-2020 23:04 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  His restaurant Bon Viveur was the place to be in the 1980s
  
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• Here's how to apply for a coronavirus test

  20-05-2020 21:56 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Key workers will be given priority but everyone over the age of five can now apply for the tests
  
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• Man alarmed by result after going to airport testing centre

  20-05-2020 21:48 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  “I think it’s pretty dangerous, and the advice should be rectified"
  
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• Two more people have died with coronavirus in Bristol

  20-05-2020 21:40 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  They passed away at the BRI
  
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• Bristol's Society of Merchant Venturers appoints first black member

  20-05-2020 21:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Marti Burgess joins Bristol's Merchant Venturers wanting to make such a move "not news but the norm".
  
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• Woman injured after bus and car collide

  20-05-2020 20:56 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There were initially conflicting reports over the involvement of a bus in the Gloucester Road crash
  
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• Boy ran into street asking for ambulance after being stabbed, court hears

  20-05-2020 20:17 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Tyrone Hayman died in hospital  - another boy, now aged 15, denies murder
  
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• Live Lotto results: Winning National Lottery numbers for Wednesday, May 20

  20-05-2020 19:47 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
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• Police investigating after pig's trotters left hanging on front door of house

  20-05-2020 18:58 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It is being investigated as a racially-aggravated public order offence
  
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• Soldier had face bitten by drug-addled man on violent rampage

  20-05-2020 18:40 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Shaun Lock had taken a cocktail of booze and pills before damaging property and going on an attack spree
  
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• Camera and sat nav among items stolen from vehicles left at car park

  20-05-2020 18:07 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The thefts happened earlier this month
  
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• Warning after dog needed two blood transfusions after snake bite

  20-05-2020 17:32 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  One dog underwent emergency treatment after being bitten in woodland near Bristol
  
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• 'Miracle man' sees family for first time after months in hospital

  20-05-2020 17:21 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "The staff never gave up on him"
  
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• Massive Attack's 3D raises £106,000 for Bristol food banks with art print fire sale

  20-05-2020 17:05
  
  Robert Del Naja calls for government support to fight food poverty following hugely successful sale to aid frontline workersMassive Attack’s Robert Del Naja (AKA 3D) has called for more government support to be given to those in food poverty after a fundraising drive in his home town of Bristol raised more than £100,000 to help feed frontline workers and at-risk groups.Del Naja supported Bristol Food Union – a collective of restaurants, food businesses and community organisatio
  
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• The rules on truancy fines when schools reopen

  20-05-2020 16:42 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Many parents say they are reluctant to send their children back into school
  
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• Updates: Main railway line between Bristol and London blocked by animals

  20-05-2020 16:35 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There's been a major incident
  
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• North Somerset coastal cycle path link gets £1.3 million cash boost

  20-05-2020 16:31 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The new mile-long link will reduce the distance to travel between Clevedon and Weston-super-Mare
  
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• Council to move on travellers from park to 'more appropriate' site

  20-05-2020 16:31 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Travellers will be asked to move to a 'less sensitive' location
  
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• Aldi is selling its huge 'Big Daddy' steak again - and it's even cheaper

  20-05-2020 16:27 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Just in time for National BBQ Week
  
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• What Bristol schools have said to parents ahead of June reopening

  20-05-2020 16:19 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "We have worked relentlessly to make sure that children will be safe in school"
  
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• Gloucester Road closed after crash - updates

  20-05-2020 16:09 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  First West of England confirmed the crash happened at the junction with Northville Road in Filton
  
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• 105-year-old woman returns to nursing home after beating coronavirus

  20-05-2020 16:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Pat Aldridge is thought to be the oldest survivor of the condition
  
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• Homeless people to move from hotel accommodation to empty student beds

  20-05-2020 15:29 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  “Clearly our focus now is on moving people on from the hotels"
  
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• Police launch crackdown in Bristol's speeding hotspots

  20-05-2020 14:55 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It comes after the number of complaints over speeding doubled
  
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• Officers pull over motorists as speed enforcement campaign begins

  20-05-2020 14:55 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It comes after the number of complaints over speeding doubled
  
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• Mother appeals for prisoner's temporary release on health grounds

  20-05-2020 14:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Angela Monfries says her son could die because he is unable to shield safely from coronavirus.
  
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• Stolen war medals thought to have been found - in Romania

  20-05-2020 14:18 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Claudiu Popa was caught red-handed with the stolen goods
  
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• First Bus brings in changes including new ticket payment rules

  20-05-2020 14:10 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Passengers have also been told to be "prepared to wait" as buses will be operating at less than a quarter of their normal capacity
  
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• Coronavirus deaths in Bristol reach 200

  20-05-2020 13:46 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Office for National Statistics has released the most recent data at a local level
  
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• Man who fled 260 miles from police with child in car jailed

  20-05-2020 13:06 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  A man who hits speeds of 100mph with a child in his car before colliding with a police car on the M5 in Somerset has been jailed. Wayne Smith, 27, of Mile Oak, Tamworth, assaulted a woman at an address in Tamworth on 4 August last year before taking her child and driving 260 miles to Newquay, Cornwall, in the early hours of the following day. Wayne Smith Police were called and colleagues from Avon...
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• Tip to be reopened by council - but not to everyone

  20-05-2020 12:55 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Keynsham Recycling Centre opens next week
  
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• Government minister says pubs could reopen 'hopefully in July'

  20-05-2020 12:44 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Mr Eustice's comments raise the prospect of an earlier opening date than Government sources have described
  
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• Police confirm bones found on side of cliff are human

  20-05-2020 12:38 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  But it is not known whether the remains are male or female
  
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• Volvo introduces 112mph speed limit for its cars

  20-05-2020 11:59 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Manufacturer aims to help reduce road traffic deaths in its cars to zero
  
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• Take part in the Great Big Business Survey

  20-05-2020 11:52 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The pandemic has led to a bewildering time for everyone - not least business owners
  
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• Full list as McDonald's reopens 39 drive-thrus across the UK - Bristol Live

  20-05-2020 11:32
  
  Full list as McDonald's reopens 39 drive-thrus across the UK  Bristol Live
  
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• Call to save valued bus route between Newport and Bristol

  20-05-2020 11:30 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Concerned residents and local politicians have got involved
  
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• How these women's daily walks are helping domestic abuse victims

  20-05-2020 11:20 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Some Women Need to Walk have donated their daily exercise to a walk in honour of those who need to walk out of abusive homes
  
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• Councils asked to stop mowing grass verges and parks

  20-05-2020 11:19 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A petition is calling on local authorities to let the grass grow
  
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• Live: Tanks spotted on M4 as police warn of 'abnormal load'

  20-05-2020 11:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Motorists are advised to take care
  
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• Appeal to reunite motorists with items stolen from vehicles

  20-05-2020 10:59 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We’re trying to reunite owners with recovered property following reports of cars being broken into in Bristol. Cars parked in the West End car park in Jacobs Wells Road in Clifton were seen being broken into on Tuesday 5 May between 3-3.45pm. Items recovered include phone chargers, a sat nav and a digital camera. A man in his 30s was arrested on suspicion of theft from a motor vehicle.
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• Stop-check of car in Romania results in conviction of man for burglary series

  20-05-2020 10:40 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  A police stop-check of a car in Romania has resulted in a 23-year-old man being convicted of a series of burglaries committed in Somerset and South Gloucestershire. Claudiu Popa, of no fixed address, was jailed for three years and 10 months at Taunton Crown Court on Friday, after admitting conspiracy to commit burglaries. The conspiracy charge related to offences committed in Tickenham, Nailsea...
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• The staggering number of parents who won't send their kids back to school

  20-05-2020 10:23 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The majority feel it's not safe
  
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• Old farm to be turned in to new foodhall and kitchen

  20-05-2020 10:04 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The foodie destination is set to open in 2021
  
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• The village near Bristol that's suddenly full of scarecrows - in pictures

  20-05-2020 09:57 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "It sort of exploded"
  
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• This is how many care homes have had coronavirus outbreaks

  20-05-2020 09:56 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The figures for Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset
  
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• Rolls Royce to cut more than 9,000 jobs amid aviation crisis

  20-05-2020 08:59 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Rolls-Royce has a base in Filton, Bristol
  
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• Hospital plan garden picnic for staff - but then cancel it after review

  20-05-2020 08:23 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It would have taken place today at The Priory Hospital in Bristol
  
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• Live coronavirus updates: Bristol death toll, another tip reopens

  20-05-2020 08:10 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Coronavirus updates across Bristol and the UK for Wednesday May 20
  
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