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• CCTV images released as part of Yeovil arson investigation

  04-06-2020 22:39 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We’re releasing CCTV images as part of an investigation into two incidents in Yeovil today (4 June). Objects were thrown at two properties on Monks Dale at around 1.30pm causing minor fire damage. The incidents are being treated as arson. Detective Sergeant Claire Millington said: “We’re taking these incidents extremely seriously.
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• 'Dangerous' queues causing 'near-misses' outside McDonald's

  04-06-2020 22:06 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It's taken drivers 15 minutes to travel just 500 metres
  
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• Owners' trauma after beloved horse is killed by faulty power line

  04-06-2020 21:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  “It was like walking into a completely horrendous, surreal situation."
  
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• This isn’t right and cannot continue' - Foodbanks record 258 per cent spike

  04-06-2020 20:53 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  'No one in Bristol and South Gloucestershire should need to use a food bank'
  
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• Arrest of man in Bristol was 'correct and proportionate', police say

  04-06-2020 20:52 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The officer assaulted has a triple fracture of his cheekbone
  
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• George Floyd protests spread across the UK: Crowds gather in Bristol, Portsmouth - Daily Mail

  04-06-2020 20:37
  
  George Floyd protests spread across the UK: Crowds gather in Bristol, Portsmouth  Daily Mail
  
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• Community leaders urge Black Lives Matter protesters not to go to St Pauls

  04-06-2020 20:15 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "There are people who will blame us if there's a second coronavirus spike"
  
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• Live UK National Lottery results: Set for Life winning numbers on June 4

  04-06-2020 20:03 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
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• Ex-officer accused of hiding previous dismissal while applying for new job

  04-06-2020 20:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  He applied for the cyber crime officer job at the Regional Organised Crime Unit – a paid position within the force – in February 2019
  
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• Coronavirus: Weston hospital staff 'unknowingly spread virus'

  04-06-2020 20:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Weston General Hospital temporarily closed in May due to an outbreak of coronavirus.
  
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• City centre food market reopening

  04-06-2020 19:52 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Among the stalls returning will be Low n Slow, Alp Mac, Niangs Thai, and For Mice and Men
  
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• University launches racism investigation after 'distressing' video posted online

  04-06-2020 19:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "This has caused significant pain and distress to our university community"
  
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• Coronavirus and face coverings: the correct way to wear them

  04-06-2020 18:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Across the world, people are being asked to wear face coverings to help stop coronavirus from spreading.
  
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• Llandoger Trow not sold yet, says current owner

  04-06-2020 18:37 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The owner has said they have had lots of interest but have yet to agree terms
  
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• Update on investigation into St Pauls disorder

  04-06-2020 18:35 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  Our investigation into the incidents in the St Pauls area of Bristol last week is continuing and we have in recent days met with community partners to discuss those events. A man suffered an head injury, believed to have been caused by a baseball bat, in Argyle Road at approximately 7.40pm on Friday 29 May. He was taken to hospital but was subsequently discharged. An officer was injured later that...
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• In pictures: Hundreds of Black Lives Matter protesters in Bristol

  04-06-2020 17:56 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  People lay on the ground for eight minutes and 46 seconds, as George Floyd had done when Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck before his death
  
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• Community leader calls for army to be deployed to stop river gatherings

  04-06-2020 17:35 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "A significant minority are using the easing of lockdown to cause unrestrained mayhem"
  
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• Source of North Somerset and Weston's Covid-19 spike confirmed

  04-06-2020 17:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  But there is 'no room for complacency'
  
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• Doctors fear coronavirus lockdown is 'being eased too quickly'

  04-06-2020 17:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The region's doctors' leader is warning of a second peak
  
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• Mary Shelley: Bath Frankenstein museum plans approved

  04-06-2020 16:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The novelist wrote much of her hugely influential work when she lived in Bath about 200 years ago.
  
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• Anger over parole hearing for 'sickening' paedophile Nigel Leat

  04-06-2020 16:18 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Families of Leat's victims have now set up petition calling for any application for parole to be rejected
  
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• More than £70,000 raised for 'Black Minds Matter' in 48 hours

  04-06-2020 16:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The fundraiser was set up by two friends who met at university in Bristol
  
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• Bristol study suggests up to one in five people with coronavirus test negative

  04-06-2020 16:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The former health secretary has raised concerns about the reliability of testing
  
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• Can you help us identify witness to alleged assault in Taunton?

  04-06-2020 15:32 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We’re seeking the public’s help to identify a potential witness to a reported assault in Taunton earlier this week. The incident is believed to have happened between 3.45-4.30pm on Monday 1 June. The man, pictured, was seen on CCTV helping a woman in her 20s in the High Street. We’d like to speak to him to help us with our ongoing investigation. A 26-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of...
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• City council paid consultants £198K for Bristol Energy report

  04-06-2020 15:20 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol City Council is to sell the debt-ridden company
  
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• Call for bus stops to be closed 'until they can be made safe'

  04-06-2020 14:31 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bus shelters would need to be moved or taken out of use to make them safe warns transport campaigner David Redgewell
  
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• Police find barber doing haircut after owner said he was 'decorating'

  04-06-2020 14:24 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Hairdressers are not meant to open until July 4 at the earliest
  
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• Tourists travelling to Greece from Bristol won't be quarantined

  04-06-2020 13:58 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Only a select few UK airports are exempt and Bristol Airport has called for consistency
  
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• Historic pier could soon be purchased by council

  04-06-2020 13:55 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  North Somerset Council to meet next month to agree to issue compulsory purchase order on crumbling pier
  
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• 'Horrendous BBQ gatherings of 100 people' in small park

  04-06-2020 13:43 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  'They had set up a bar on the ping pong table.'
  
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• Warleigh Weir owner urged to reopen despite safety concerns

  04-06-2020 13:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The owner of a popular swimming spot has closed the site because he is scared someone could die.
  
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• MP branded 'incompetent' for saying homeless could move back with family

  04-06-2020 13:06 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Thornbury and Yate MP Luke Hall, the Homelessness Minister, urged councils to consider "all options" for where rough sleepers should go next
  
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• What Met Office says about reports UK is set for heatwave

  04-06-2020 12:55 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Will the sun return? Will it be a Flaming June?
  
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• Two men charged with attempted murder

  04-06-2020 12:48 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  Two men have been charged with attempted murder following an incident in Glastonbury this week. A male pedestrian was injured in a collision with a vehicle at about 12.10pm on Tuesday 2 June in Pound Close. He was taken to hospital where he remains in a critical, but stable, condition. Three people were arrested in Dorset later that day in connection with our investigation. Joe Parkinson, 23...
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• Updates: Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol today

  04-06-2020 11:58 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  We will have live coverage here of the event which is set to start at Eastville Park and end at College Green
  
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• Rolls-Royce confirms Bristol job cuts

  04-06-2020 11:38 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The engineering company has a defence and civil aerospace site in Filton
  
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• Coronavirus: Lookers and Aston Martin cut 2,000 car jobs

  04-06-2020 11:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Lookers dealership cuts 1,500 staff and Aston Martin sheds 500, as latest figures show plunge in sales.
  
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• MP's fears of 'politics by baying mob' in Dominic Cummings row

  04-06-2020 10:53 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Jack Lopresti said there was room to criticise Dominic Cummings
  
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• High Street to become traffic free zone to help social distancing

  04-06-2020 10:13 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  “The measures will be in place for the duration of the pandemic"
  
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• Piers Morgan slams 'unhinged' Rudy Giuliani as argument escalates

  04-06-2020 09:48 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid were left shocked
  
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• Foreign holidaymakers can take break in UK, English tourists can't - Bristol Live

  04-06-2020 09:46
  
  Foreign holidaymakers can take break in UK, English tourists can't  Bristol Live
  
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• George Floyd protests spread across the UK: Crowds gather in Bristol, Portsmouth - Armenian Reporter

  04-06-2020 09:00
  
  George Floyd protests spread across the UK: Crowds gather in Bristol, Portsmouth  Armenian Reporter
  
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• Fears raised over child abuse and NHS delays in coronavirus lockdown

  04-06-2020 08:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Councillors are to set up a series of working groups on the issues
  
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• How the UK's new quarantine rules will work from Monday - Bristol Live

  04-06-2020 07:51
  
  How the UK's new quarantine rules will work from Monday  Bristol Live
  
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• Busy road into Portishead to close AGAIN

  04-06-2020 07:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The latest closure of Wyndham Way is for anti skid surfacing to be installed on busy route
  
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• UK weather: More downpours expected as cold snap arrives - Bristol Live

  04-06-2020 06:13
  
  UK weather: More downpours expected as cold snap arrives  Bristol Live
  
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• UK weather: More downpours expected as cold snap arrives

  04-06-2020 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Our weather is a bit different to how it was last week
  
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• How hospice volunteers have been supporting patients in lockdown

  04-06-2020 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Volunteer Brian Turner has been enjoying weekly garden lockdown visits with George Ball as part of hospice's Neighbour Network scheme
  
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