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• The South Gloucestershire areas with the highest number of coronavirus deaths

  12-06-2020 22:49 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The ONS data shows covid-19 deaths divided by area
  
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• Map shows the areas in Bristol that have been hit the hardest during pandemic

  12-06-2020 22:34 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  One area has recorded more than 20 deaths
  
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• Bristol's Grosvenor Hotel developer denies wrongdoing over failed rebuild

  12-06-2020 22:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Investors paid £7m into converting a hotel into flats but work was not completed, a court hears.
  
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• Latest figures for Bristol Covid cases as 'R' rate is above 1

  12-06-2020 22:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Next Monday (June 15) will see the biggest easing yet of the lockdown law
  
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• Merchants admit it was 'inappropriate' to stop second Colston statue plaque

  12-06-2020 21:51 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "The fact the statue has gone is right for Bristol"
  
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• Colston's Girls' School to launch 'transparent consultation' over name change

  12-06-2020 21:38 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The school resisted calls to change the name in 2017
  
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• Part of cycle path running along Temple Way has been closed

  12-06-2020 20:47 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A diversion is in place
  
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• Man gave £2m from Grosvenor Hotel project to son, court hears

  12-06-2020 20:35 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  And he 'used his wife as another front'
  
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• Colston Hall refurbishment suffers yet more setbacks

  12-06-2020 20:06 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The scale of the delays and additional costs are still being assessed but the problems have already halted the design process
  
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• Student stalked woman, warned her off men and hinted he had a gun

  12-06-2020 19:24 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Jack Blewett deployed secure emails to reinvent himself as victim's Guardian Angel, threatening her man friend and taunting police on his cyber trail
  
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• 'R' rate is above 1 in the south west now, say latest government figures

  12-06-2020 19:17 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It is the highest rate in England
  
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• First look at 'virucidal' sanitiser being used to clean GWR trains

  12-06-2020 19:04 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The special treatment is sprayed inside train carriages overnight
  
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• Three arrested on suspicion of supply of Class A drugs after dawn raid

  12-06-2020 18:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Police raided the property in Highbridge early this morning
  
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• Multi million pound project to build new homes in Bristol

  12-06-2020 18:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The new project will look at innovative housing solutions for the city
  
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• Paddleboarding returns to harbour - how to give it a go

  12-06-2020 17:05 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "Paddleboarding is a perfect way to de-stress at a time when lots of us feel cooped up"
  
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• Man jailed for 20 months for online stalking

  12-06-2020 16:43 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  A man has been jailed for 20 months after pleading guilty to stalking a fellow student in Bristol. Jack Blewett, who has since turned 20, spent five months sending stalking emails and messages from false and encrypted accounts between September 2019 and February 2020. He sent abusive and threatening messages to his victim, culminating in him claiming packages would be sent to her.
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• What XR says about Colston statue and its future

  12-06-2020 16:36 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Extinction Rebellion support the idea of the statue being moved into a museum
  
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• Warning over scammers pretending to be working for the council

  12-06-2020 16:23 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  People are being urged to be wary of bogus council officers knocking on doors offering energy efficient home improvements
  
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• Stunning art deco house up for sale for first time in decades

  12-06-2020 16:07 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The art deco style property was designed by 'pioneer of modernism in Britain', artist Doris Hatt
  
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• All lanes closed on motorway - latest traffic updates

  12-06-2020 15:56 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The fire has happened between Burnham-on-Sea and Weston-super-Mare
  
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• Man who lost everything in fire says he's 'lucky to be alive'

  12-06-2020 15:44 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Paul, a postman in the town, lost everything in the fire, escaping with just his work shorts, pyjama bottoms, a t-shirt, phone and wallet
  
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• CCTV issued in attempted bag theft enquiry – Taunton

  12-06-2020 15:44 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We’re now able to issue a CCTV image following our appeal for witnesses and information after a man attempted to take a vulnerable woman’s bag in Taunton. Do you know this man? The attempted theft happened at about 1.30pm on Monday 4 May at a bus stop opposite Nightingale House, East Reach. The woman, who is in her 50s, called police to report that a man on a bicycle had followed her...
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• Keeping R number below one 'will cause public health catastrophe'

  12-06-2020 15:25 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "The amount of life expectancy lost would be enormous, and people of all ages would be dying earlier than before"
  
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• First-ever baby zebra born at Bristol's Wild Place Project named after singer

  12-06-2020 15:21 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Not everything in life is black and white
  
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• Fascinating discovery inside Colston statue revealed

  12-06-2020 15:12 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Conservation workers said they found two "surprise additions" after the statue's retrieval from Bristol harbour
  
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• People warned not to swim at beauty spot as e.coli found in water

  12-06-2020 14:54 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It could be out of action for swimmers for several weeks
  
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• Will First Bus provide hand sanitisers to passengers in Bristol?

  12-06-2020 14:37 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Customers will have to bring their own
  
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• Merchant Venturers admit Colston's name causes 'great offence and distress'

  12-06-2020 14:33 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  They want to be part of the conversation about possibly replacing it
  
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• Bristol clinic giving out cannabis prescriptions by Zoom

  12-06-2020 14:28 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  MyAccess Clinics has received an extended licence to hold video consultations with patients because of the coronavirus lockdown
  
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• 'I Am Open' campaign launches to help Bristol businesses recover

  12-06-2020 14:17 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Non-essential businesses are reopening on Monday, June 15
  
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• The council won't tell us how much it cost to retrieve Colston statue

  12-06-2020 13:11 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Live has been asking the council all week
  
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• Councillor Elfan Ap Rees suspended after slavery tweets

  12-06-2020 12:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Conservative Elfan Ap Rees had said that Bristol should "get over" its slave trade history.
  
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• Bristol community divided on Colston's name being removed from city

  12-06-2020 11:59 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  More than 10,000 people took part in our survey
  
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• What you want to happen to Colston's empty plinth

  12-06-2020 11:47 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The results of a Bristol Live survey are now in
  
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• The changes being made at swanky Bristol hotel to ensure it reopens safely

  12-06-2020 11:38 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Hotel du Vin's boss said the hotel is making "significant yet necessary changes"
  
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• Lockdown dog heroes: Vote for our Bristol winner in the national competition

  12-06-2020 11:20 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bruno needs your support
  
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• Masked thieves steal electric scooter after breaking into home

  12-06-2020 11:09 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Cash and jewellery were also stolen
  
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• Children's services in North Somerset disjointed but improving, Ofsted reports

  12-06-2020 11:02 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Council leaders say ensuring young people reach their full potential is a key priority but change takes time.
  
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• Why huge military helicopters flew over Bristol

  12-06-2020 10:46 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There were two RAF Chinooks in the sky
  
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• Police, firefighters and paramedics called to crash

  12-06-2020 10:01 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The collision happened on West Town Lane in Backwell
  
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• How do we build a more just, equitable and inclusive society from here?

  12-06-2020 09:52 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "Anger is valid, but do not let it suffocate your determination, hope and aspiration"
  
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• A Muslim in Bristol: Are we too, still clinging to ignorance?

  12-06-2020 09:44 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "Just sharing #BlackLivesMatter is not enough – unless we are amplifying black voices."
  
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• Traffic warning ahead of road changes near Bristol station

  12-06-2020 09:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The temporary measures have been introduced to help people socially distance
  
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• Lockdown dog heroes: Winner Bruno 'completely changed' owner's life

  12-06-2020 09:21 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bruno was wagging his tail when his owners got the call
  
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• Why the UK has a two-metre social distancing rule - Bristol Live

  12-06-2020 08:49
  
  Why the UK has a two-metre social distancing rule  Bristol Live
  
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• Coronavirus updates: Bristol cases slow as UK prepares for lockdown easing - Bristol Live

  12-06-2020 08:45
  
  Coronavirus updates: Bristol cases slow as UK prepares for lockdown easing  Bristol Live
  
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• Coronavirus updates: Bristol cases slow as UK prepares for lockdown easing

  12-06-2020 08:43 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There have been no Covid-19 deaths recorded at one Bristol hospital for more than a week
  
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• Former asylum seeker on hunger strike over his age

  12-06-2020 08:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  He says officials miscalculated his date of birth which is is key to what remains of his identity.
  
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• Protests aren't an affront to democracy – they're liberty rampant | Simon Jenkins

  12-06-2020 08:00
  
  The greatest risk is not that a statue may be toppled, but that the authorities might overreact with curbs on civil libertyTwo widely reported acts of civil disobedience took place in Britain this past month. One was on the streets of Bristol and led to the toppling of a slave-trader’s statue. The other was on the Dorset coast at Bournemouth and Durdle Door, where thousands flagrantly breached the government’s social distancing law and, in the government’s words, “risked
  
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• More than half of Bristol people think Colston protesters should escape charges

  12-06-2020 07:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  More than 10,000 readers responded to a Bristol Livesurvey
  
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