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• When Aer Lingus is resuming flights from Bristol Airport

  10-06-2020 22:48 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  New safety measures will be in place
  
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• Cafe in Easton is raising funds to keep going

  10-06-2020 22:42 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Saint Marks Community Cafe is run from a baptist church
  
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• Moving photographs from tonight's Black Lives Matter protest

  10-06-2020 22:06 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The demonstration was held on College Green
  
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• One person injured and two budgies rescued in flat fire

  10-06-2020 21:55 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The fire started in a kitchen area
  
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• Minute's silence and final Clap for Carers planned for NHS birthday

  10-06-2020 21:49 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "Uniting, coming together and the acknowledgement that we all need each other is something we need now more than ever.”
  
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• Why mosques in Bristol will not open this month

  10-06-2020 21:21 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Places of worship will be allowed to open for individual prayer from next week under Government guidelines
  
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• Man killed by pick-up truck on the A38

  10-06-2020 21:04 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Several people stopped to help Jeffrey Smith
  
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• The changes planned at the spot where teen was killed by train

  10-06-2020 21:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Friends of 15-year-old Evie Wright have been campaigning for safety improvements to be made
  
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• Coronavirus: Weston hospital to re-start admitting new patients

  10-06-2020 20:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Weston General Hospital was forced to shut last month because of high numbers of coronavirus cases.
  
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• Live National Lottery results: Winning Lotto numbers for Wednesday, June 10

  10-06-2020 20:32 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  You could take home £5M tonight
  
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• No new coronavirus cases recorded in the Bristol area in the past 24 hours

  10-06-2020 20:15 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Lockdown rules will be easing again next week
  
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• After Colston, figures such as Drake and Peel could be next

  10-06-2020 20:03
  
  Street signs, sculptures and building names across the UK are under review as the debate over slavery and racism intensifiesIn the aftermath of the removal of the statue of 17th-century slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol, the future of other sculptures, buildings and street names across the country is the subject of increasingly heated debate.On Tuesday, a statue of slave trader Robert Milligan was removed at West India Quay in London by landowners the Canal and River Trust. The London mayor
  
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• Two arrested after BMW smashes into fish and chip shop

  10-06-2020 19:50 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating the incident
  
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• Bristol man dies after Gloucestershire crash

  10-06-2020 19:37 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  His next of kin has been informed
  
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• All the statues removed internationally since Colston's statue torn down

  10-06-2020 19:33 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It is expected that more will be removed in the coming months
  
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• Man and boy arrested after Brislington break-in

  10-06-2020 19:25 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The pair are being held in police custody
  
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• Toppling Edward Colston’s statue is unlikely to be enough to stop public anger

  10-06-2020 19:11
  
  Few imperial icons, including Churchill, will escape the need to reappraise Britain’s pastThe toppling of slaver Edward Colston’s statue has electrified a longer term – and already deeply polarised – debate among British historians and academics, with some celebrating a “moment of history” as others warned of dark consequences for society.Inaction over figures like Colston had bred anger that would be felt “all over Britain”, said Andrea Livesey, a
  
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• Hospital re-opens to new patients - but A&E still closed

  10-06-2020 19:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  No new cases of the virus on non-Covid wards since closure on May 25, bosses have said
  
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• Witness appeal following two-vehicle collision on the A30

  10-06-2020 18:17 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We’re appealing for witnesses following a two-car collision on the A30 at Henstridge earlier today. The collision, between a gold Honda Civic and a blue BMW 3 series, happened on Shaftesbury Road, close to the junction with Park Lane, at about 7am. A 59-year-old man, who was driving the BMW, was taken to Yeovil District Hospital with life-threatening injuries, while a 38-year-old man...
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• Commission to decide if names of monuments and streets should be changed

  10-06-2020 18:06 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It has also been decided that Edward Colston's statue will be retrieved from the Floating Harbour and placed in a museum
  
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• Black Lives Matter: Bristol's Colston protest police 'didn't lack courage'

  10-06-2020 17:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chief constable Andy Marsh said police arrests at protest would have 'risked violent confrontation'.
  
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• How the city failed to remove Edward Colston's statue before

  10-06-2020 17:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It's been the subject of controversy for years
  
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• To the far right, attacks on protesters as enemies of 'western culture' are a gift

  10-06-2020 17:37
  
  Some reaction to the statue-toppling in Bristol reveals the influence of the ‘great replacement’ conspiracy theory When the slave trader Edward Colston’s statue was sent tumbling into the harbour in Bristol on Sunday, it was easy to anticipate that the event would be folded into Britain’s febrile culture war surrounding colonialism and empire, and easier still to foresee the kinds of commentary it would arouse on the right.A broad spectrum of reasons this was a Bad Thing
  
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• Bristol could have become epicentre of global uprising - says police chief

  10-06-2020 17:22 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  “We might have become the epicentre of a new wave of protest around the whole world, never mind what might have happened in Bristol"
  
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• Road closed in Weston-super-Mare due to house fire

  10-06-2020 17:17 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A busy road in Weston-super-Mare is closed due to a house fire.Emergency crews were called to Drove Road at just before 4pm today (Wednesday) to reports of a blaze in a residential property.How to sign up for the Bristol Live newsletter and get the latest news straight to your inboxDrove Road remains closed as crews tackle the blaze and people have been evacuated from neighbouring properties.On the road is South Western Ambulance Service's Weston-super-Mare base.We will bring you live updates on
  
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• Brexit: Is the UK on course for a no deal? - Bristol Live

  10-06-2020 16:50
  
  Brexit: Is the UK on course for a no deal?  Bristol Live
  
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• Banksy artwork stolen from Bataclan found

  10-06-2020 16:37 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The artist created the artwork in tribute to those who died in the 2015 terror attack at the venue
  
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• Major changes to council budget in bid to fill £19m funding shortfall

  10-06-2020 16:34 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Schemes such as three school projects are set to be delayed
  
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• Tip opening times are changing and tennis courts reopening

  10-06-2020 15:55 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  South Gloucestershire's three tips are to closer earlier
  
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• Man accused of murdering brother in October - but trial date still uncertain

  10-06-2020 15:54 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Daniel Millett denies killing his younger brother Marc and a trial of more than two weeks is required
  
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• A bat signal has gone out to Britain's proud patriots: Save Our Statues | Joel Golby

  10-06-2020 15:45
  
  The toppling of Edward Colston in Bristol (let’s forget the slavery bit, shall we?) has raised an army of ‘heroic defenders’
  Ah yes, statues: the only subject powerful enough to wrestle the news focus away from the pandemic, the oscillating UK infection rates, the Dominic Cummings road trip movie, the global Black Lives Matter movement and the looming prospect of a second coronavirus wave.As the statue of the slaver Edward Colston was toppled into the harbour in Bristol, a sort
  
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• Youngsters break into play areas despite coronavirus closures

  10-06-2020 15:21 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Weston Town Council has closed off its play areas in a bid to keep people safe during the coronavirus pandemic
  
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• Two in custody following overnight burglary – Bristol

  10-06-2020 15:10 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We have a man and a boy in custody today, Wednesday 10 June, after a householder reported disturbing someone in their Brislington home in the middle of the night. Officers including a dog handler attended after the call at 3.10am. The householder reported a wallet had been stolen and the offenders made off. Two suspects were arrested by the dog handler in nearby Eton Road on suspicion of burglary.
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• Zoos reopening: What will change for visitors?

  10-06-2020 15:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Social distancing "won't be a problem" for open-air sites, but other limitations may prove trickier.
  
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• Latest updates from easyJet, British Airways and TUI as Jet2 delays holidays

  10-06-2020 15:07 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Many travellers are keen to get their summer holidays booked
  
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• Alison Hammond announces her dad's death with heartbreaking tribute

  10-06-2020 15:02 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Alison Hammond spoke about the grief of her father passing away
  
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• Bristol mayor wants 'citywide conversation' on future of Edward Colston statue

  10-06-2020 14:46
  
  Marvin Rees urges discussion on memorials and places with slavery links
  The mayor of Bristol is to ask historians and academics to produce a detailed study of all the local memorials and places linked to the slave trade to inform a citywide conversation on their future.Marvin Rees said the statue of the slave trader Edward Colston would be retrieved from the harbour, where it was dumped by anti-racism campaigners on Sunday, but no decision about its long-term future had been made. Related: The f
  
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• Tower collapse at Hinkley C power station creates dust cloud

  10-06-2020 14:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The incident at Hinkley C power station saw section of a tower at the plant to collapse
  
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• Black Lives Matter protest to take place in Bristol tonight

  10-06-2020 14:32 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It follows the demonstration which saw the statue of Edward Colston removed and dumped into the harbour
  
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• Why huge military aircraft was flying above Bristol

  10-06-2020 14:19 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The plane was actually an A400M Atlas
  
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• Football fans explain why they guarded the Cenotaph

  10-06-2020 13:57 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "We weren’t there because of what happened with the statue of Colston"
  
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• Edward Colston statue listed on Ebay for 99p

  10-06-2020 13:46 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Would you be willing to bid on the statue?
  
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• BBC to air Salisbury poisonings drama filmed in Bristol this weekend

  10-06-2020 13:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Anne-Marie Duffand Rafe Spall star in the drama
  
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• Wanted man in court today after appeal to find him – Yeovil

  10-06-2020 13:13 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We’ve arrested and charged a man following a public appeal to trace him. Jamie Spencer, 47, of no fixed abode, is due before magistrates today, Wednesday 10 June. He is charged with a burglary in Mudford Road, Yeovil, on 3 June in which a purse was stolen. He was arrested in Yeovil on Tuesday evening, 9 June. We are grateful to everyone who shared the appeal or got in touch with information.
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• Chief Constable backs Colston statue police chief

  10-06-2020 13:01 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "It is completely wrong for Priti Patel to get involved in this way," said MP Kerry McCarthy
  
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• Bristol's Race Equality Commission calls gin firm tweet 'racist'

  10-06-2020 12:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bristol's Commission on Race Equality says it does not accept Bristol Dry Gin's apology.
  
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• What Bristol Zoo Gardens has said about reopening

  10-06-2020 12:38 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Zoo and Wild Place have been closed for more than two months
  
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• The bad news for people who want to go on holiday in Wales

  10-06-2020 11:54 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  If you wanted to go on holiday to Wales, we have some bad news
  
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• The Bristol secondary schools reopening next week - and the ones staying closed

  10-06-2020 11:47 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Plans for schools in North Somerset and South Gloucestershire are also included
  
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• Toppling of Colston statue referenced at George Floyd's funeral

  10-06-2020 11:40 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  George Floyd's funeral was held in Houston, Texas
  
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