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• Why businessman took hotel investment millions and bought diamonds

  11-06-2020 22:13 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  He made up an 'avatar director' to do the deal, prosecutors say
  
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• Government issues new flight rules including no hand luggage

  11-06-2020 22:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The government has issued new guidance for Brits looking to travel abroad in the next few months
  
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• GMB hosts thrown after MP cut off mid-comment about Colston

  11-06-2020 21:10 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Ashworth was on the show to discuss the Colston statue and coronavirus
  
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• Southmead Hospital doesn't record any Covid deaths for a week

  11-06-2020 21:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  North Somerset is the only area to have seen a rise in new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours
  
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• Edward Colston: Slave trader's name removed from Bristol tower

  11-06-2020 20:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The block is yards from the plinth where a statue of the slave trader was toppled by protesters.
  
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• Photos show Colston's name being ripped off landmark city centre tower

  11-06-2020 20:43 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It's another milestone for our city
  
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• Live UK National Lottery results: Set for Life winning numbers on June 11

  11-06-2020 20:34 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
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• University could rename Wills Memorial after review of buildings and logo

  11-06-2020 20:27 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The university is also going to review its logo
  
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• Bristol University to change names of buildings with links to slave traders

  11-06-2020 20:27 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The university is also going to review its logo
  
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• Colston's name removed from Bristol tower

  11-06-2020 20:18 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  We are investigating whether this was carried out by protesters or official workmen
  
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• Statue of black poet Alfred Fagon feared attacked with bleach in Bristol

  11-06-2020 20:17
  
  Police investigate after bust of Jamaican-born actor defaced with corrosive substancePolice in Bristol are investigating an apparent attack on the statue of a black playwright, poet and actor in which a suspected corrosive substance was poured over it.Some residents fear that bleach may have been used to attack the statue of Jamaican-born Alfred Fagon in the St Paul’s area of the city. Continue reading...
  
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• Cleo Lake said if she was Mayor Colston statue would've "gone"

  11-06-2020 19:45 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It filled her "with relief" to see it removed
  
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• Nightingale Hospital cost a mystery as bosses plan for its future

  11-06-2020 19:34 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It has not opened to patients since opening
  
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• 'On a rollercoaster': Attractions relieved at reopening, says zoo boss

  11-06-2020 19:29
  
  Safari parks and zoos had been facing closure amid Covid-19 crisis until government lifelineCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAt the sight of new people, Tom, Tayo and Tico the giraffes are more curious than usual, coming straight over to peer down at new faces. Over in the cheetah enclosure, the welcome is more hostile, with one of the three brothers baring his teeth at sudden arrivals.The animals of the Wild Place Project, owned by Bristol Zoological Societ
  
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• 'It's been a rollercoaster': zoos in England relieved to be reopening

  11-06-2020 19:29
  
  Safari parks and zoos had been facing closure amid Covid-19 crisis until government lifelineCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAt the sight of new people, Tom, Tayo and Tico the giraffes are more curious than usual, coming straight over to peer down at new faces. Over in the cheetah enclosure, the welcome is more hostile, with one of the three brothers baring his teeth at sudden arrivals.The animals of the Wild Place Project, owned by Bristol Zoological Societ
  
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• Man found with knife in bag - but claims it belongs to someone else

  11-06-2020 19:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Joseph Merrick admitted having a small amount of cannabis but denied possessing the blade
  
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• Warning of redundancies at Bristol Energy

  11-06-2020 18:54 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A legal expert has given his insight into the future of the debt-ridden firm
  
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• Latest on man detained by armed police following axe incident

  11-06-2020 18:06 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A police helicopter circled south Bristol in search for the man, while armed police were sent to the scene
  
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• Police called to park fitness class attended by 'about 30 people'

  11-06-2020 18:02 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "As a force we continue to engage with the public, explain the rules around the public health guidelines and encourage them to comply"
  
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• Councillor resigns from North Somerset role for 'personal reasons'

  11-06-2020 17:44 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  But Cllr Paul Gardner will continue to the lead Portishead Town Council
  
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• Mayor 'cannot keep sitting on fence' over prosecution of protesters

  11-06-2020 17:42 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Marvin Rees has not confirmed whether he will support the prosecution of Black Lives Matter demonstrators who pulled down Edward Colston's statue
  
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• Latest after fire at University of Withywood site

  11-06-2020 16:49 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The University of Withywood was used by legendary south Bristol figure Anton Bantock to educate the community for many years
  
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• Muslim community leader reacts to toppling of Colston statue

  11-06-2020 16:23 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  'Edward Colston’s statue and all that is named upon him was indeed named in honour of a dishonourable man'
  
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• Coronavirus has jeopardised Bristol becoming carbon neutral by 2030

  11-06-2020 16:03 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There is now a “high risk” of failure for the mayor’s climate emergency action plan and One City climate strategy
  
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• Obsessing over statues obscures the real problem: Britain's delusion about its past | Martin Kettle

  11-06-2020 16:00
  
  A collective failure to look the history of empire in the eye stops us from being the kind of country we could beThere were two historically striking things about Bristol’s statue of Edward Colston. The first, most obviously, was that the statue of a slave trader could still have had pride of place in a British city in 2020. The second, much less remarked, is that the statue was only erected there in 1895, fully 200 years after Colston’s life and almost 90 years after the abolition o
  
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• Fighting over statues obscures the real problem: Britain's delusion about its past | Martin Kettle

  11-06-2020 16:00
  
  A collective failure to look the history of empire in the eye stops us from being the kind of country we could beThere were two historically striking things about Bristol’s statue of Edward Colston. The first, most obviously, was that the statue of a slave trader could still have had pride of place in a British city in 2020. The second, much less remarked, is that the statue was only erected there in 1895, fully 200 years after Colston’s life and almost 90 years after the abolition o
  
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• 'Bleach attack' on Bristol actor's statue shocks community

  11-06-2020 15:52 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "Whoever came and bronze-washed Alfred - you made him look more regal, so thank you"
  
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• CCTV shows how council removed Edward Colston statue in 5 minutes

  11-06-2020 15:22 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The removal was done swiftly first thing this morning
  
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• BLM group told protesters don't 'panic and hand themselves in'

  11-06-2020 15:01 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Avon and Somerset have identified 17 suspects
  
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• Siannise Fudge and Luke T give tour of stunning new flat

  11-06-2020 14:57 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Bristol Love Island star can be seen crying as she enters her and Luke T's new flat
  
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• Merchant Venturers 'support' putting Colston Statue in museum

  11-06-2020 14:43 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  And the ownership question appears to have been settled too
  
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• National Neighbourhood Watch Week

  11-06-2020 14:29 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  This week we are marking National Neighbourhood Watch Week (8th– 15th June). ​Since lockdown began, we’ve seen a surge in community togetherness as people look out for the vulnerable and talk to neighbours more than ever before – a silver lining to what is an extremely challenging time for many people. We’re encouraging community-spirited residents to continue helping their local area by signing...
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• Councillor suspended who tweeted slaves had 'better life'

  11-06-2020 14:29 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Elfan Ap Rees was commenting on BBC Two's A House Through Time, in which David Olusoga traces the past of 10 Guinea Street in Redcliffe
  
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• Refugee on hunger strike over age dispute with Home Office

  11-06-2020 14:20
  
  Bristol man sees official record of his age as five years older than he says as theft of his identityA young man who was given permission to stay in the UK after fleeing Gaza has been on hunger strike for more than 90 days in protest at what he sees as the “theft” of his true identity on his official records.The man, who has learning difficulties and post-traumatic stress disorder, insists he was wrongly assessed as being five years older than he is when he arrived in the UK. He rega
  
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• Coronavirus bubbles: How do they work and who is in yours?

  11-06-2020 13:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The first "support bubbles" of people who can meet indoors has been announced in England and Northern Ireland.
  
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• Edward Colston statue retrieved from Bristol harbour - The Guardian

  11-06-2020 13:36
  
  Edward Colston statue retrieved from Bristol harbour  The GuardianWatery end for statue of slave trader in UK city of Bristol  The Associated PressBristol statue provides UK with a 'Saddam Hussein moment' in Black Lives Matter protests  The NationalGeorge Floyd: Statue of slave trader Colston toppled into water by BLM protesters in UK retrieved from Bristol Harbor  9NewsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• The removal of Colston statue from harbour in eight pictures

  11-06-2020 13:07 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The statue of the slave trade was pulled out by Bristol City Council
  
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• Three people left 'embarrassed' after getting stuck in mud

  11-06-2020 13:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  'This is a great example of something we see a lot of' - Burnham Coastguard Rescue Team
  
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• PPE aprons like 'bin bags with the bottom cut off' are replaced

  11-06-2020 13:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "They obviously don't fit to human shoulders"
  
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• 'It's exciting!': Tracey Emin, Anish Kapoor and Jake Chapman on the statue-topplers

  11-06-2020 12:47
  
  Jake Chapman wants Colston beheaded, Anish Kapoor wants a memorial to the millions killed by slavery, and Tracey Emin is thrilled the ‘stale old men’ are going. Artists and sculptors respond to statue outrageThere are many ways to destroy a statue. In 2003, a weightlifter took a sledgehammer to the giant statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad. In 1966, an IRA dissident put a bomb inside Nelson’s Pillar in Dublin. During the so-called Leninfall in 2014, arc welders, saws and even t
  
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• Can you help our investigation into tool thefts in Taunton?

  11-06-2020 12:43 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We are appealing for help from the public after tools were stolen from a van in Taunton last Friday, June 5 2020. The van, which was parked on Baldwin Road, was broken into overnight between half past midnight and 1am. A number of garden tools including a strimmer, hedge cutter and leaf blower were stolen. Neighbours saw suspects wearing face coverings leaving in a dark coloured saloon car...
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• Shops and restaurants opening in Cabot Circus - full list

  11-06-2020 12:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Including Topshop, Zara, H&M and River Island
  
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• Hand luggage should be checked in under new UK flight rules - Bristol Live

  11-06-2020 12:07
  
  Hand luggage should be checked in under new UK flight rules  Bristol Live
  
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• Judge makes deal with convicted drug dealer

  11-06-2020 12:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Jerome Bowyer was told to stay of trouble in order to stay out of prison
  
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• Colston's Girls' School reacts to GBBO star Briony Williams' comments

  11-06-2020 12:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The content of the school's history curriculum has changed over the years
  
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• Bristol based Oowee Vegan launches its second UK outlet amid COVID-19 crisis - Totally Vegan Buzz

  11-06-2020 11:56
  
  Bristol based Oowee Vegan launches its second UK outlet amid COVID-19 crisis  Totally Vegan Buzz
  
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• Pictures show devastating damage after fire rips through flat

  11-06-2020 11:38 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  One person was treated by paramedics at the scene
  
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• Council installs more litter bins after resorts left swamped in rubbish

  11-06-2020 11:13 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Crowds have been flocking to resorts along the North Somerset coast following an easement in lockdown restrictions, causing a surge in litter levels
  
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• Edward Colston statue pulled out of Bristol Harbour

  11-06-2020 11:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Black Lives Matter demonstrators tore down the statue of the slave trader at an anti-racism protest.
  
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• Witness appeal after burglary in Staple Hill

  11-06-2020 11:02 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We’re investigating a burglary that happened in the Staple Hill area of Bristol on Thursday 4 June between 10am and 1pm. An address in Irving Close was broken into by unknown males dressed in dark clothing and with their faces covered. A quantity of cash, jewellery and an electric scooter was stolen. One man is believed to have left via the front door and ride on the scooter in the direction of...
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