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• 'Loads of police' close M32 in both directions

  22-06-2020 22:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Police have now re-opened the motorway
  
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• Missing person found after appeal

  22-06-2020 22:07 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  Officers have this evening (Monday 22 June) found Anthony Daniels after a public appeal. The 59-year-old was reported missing earlier today from Little Stoke but has been found safe and well. We’d like to thank everyone for sharing our appeal and providing information.
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• Police looking for this missing man

  22-06-2020 21:20 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Call 999 if you spot him
  
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• Bristol police warn of increase in hate crime after Reading attack

  22-06-2020 21:03 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  'Hatred cannot prevail, because then the terrorists, with their flawed ideologies, will have won'
  
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• Paraglider who died after crashing into power cables named

  22-06-2020 21:02 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Wayne Seeley was pronounced dead at the scene
  
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• Search for missing Anthony Daniels

  22-06-2020 20:44 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We’re seeking the public’s help to find missing person Anthony Daniels. The 59-year-old was last seen in Little Stoke at about 6pm this evening. Anthony is described as white, about 5ft 8ins, stocky and with a shaved head. He was wearing a grey T-shirt and grey jogging bottoms. He is believed to have driven a silver Ford Transit van, with awning, registration number LL08 HHT. If you see Anthony...
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• When 'vital' M5 roadworks will start and how traffic will be affected

  22-06-2020 20:17 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The works will take place around the junction 19 exit for Portishead
  
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• Live Lottery results: Set for Life winning numbers on June 22

  22-06-2020 20:02 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
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• No new cases of coronavirus reported in Bristol in last 24 hours

  22-06-2020 19:47 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Here are all the latest figures for Bristol areas
  
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• Old sign at long-closed pub covered up - this is why

  22-06-2020 19:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It has remained long after the pub closed
  
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• Bristol City Council responds to rave with '1,000 people' in Stokes Croft

  22-06-2020 18:58 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The party has been branded 'irresponsible' and 'alarming'
  
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• Met Office issues rare 'heat alert' warning for Bristol as 29C predicted

  22-06-2020 18:47 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  This week's heatwave could be dangerous, especially for the very young or old
  
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• When Clifton Suspension Bridge will close to traffic

  22-06-2020 18:41 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Diversions will be in place
  
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• Family cat 'sadly dies' after fire in south Bristol

  22-06-2020 18:03 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The fire broke out in a first floor flat
  
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• Weca blasted over "inadequate" response to the climate emergency

  22-06-2020 17:50 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  “Weca declared a climate emergency in July 2019"
  
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• Joint statement from Chief Constable and PCC following terrorist incident in Reading

  22-06-2020 17:22 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  Our thoughts, like yours, are with the families of those killed and everyone else caught up in the horrific attack in Reading on Saturday night. Our colleagues in Thames Valley Police have arrested a suspect and Counter Terrorism Command are now leading the investigation, having declared that these three tragic deaths were the result of a terrorist act. At this time there’s no intelligence to link...
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• Bristol company collapses into administration with loss of 47 jobs

  22-06-2020 17:21 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Drive Force UK had been running for 21 years
  
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• Alfred Fagon statue: Police release photo of man they want to talk to

  22-06-2020 17:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A statue honouring the Jamaican poet, actor and playwright Alfred Fagon was damaged in Bristol.
  
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• What happened when hundreds gathered for a rave in Stokes Croft

  22-06-2020 17:04 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The event has sparked anger from residents and an apology from the police
  
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• City centre nightclub closes permanently

  22-06-2020 17:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  But a "classier" bar is opening in its place
  
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• 'They don't seem to care' - Concern about safety of our bus drivers

  22-06-2020 16:55 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  But police officers can board "at any time" to enforce the new rule on public transport
  
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• Police crackdown on teens gathering in parks to drink and take drugs

  22-06-2020 16:46 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Police have increased patrols in Nailsea following a spike in levels of anti social behaviour
  
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• Backlash as UWE plans to scrap philosophy degrees

  22-06-2020 16:33 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "Devastated" staff and students were informed last week
  
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• Attempted murder charge over Southmead shotgun attack

  22-06-2020 16:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Blake Hoskins, 20, was arrested on Friday night, police said.
  
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• Police want to speak to this man and need your help

  22-06-2020 16:20 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A wallet was taken from a car
  
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• Previously suspended Labour councillor stands down due to ill-health

  22-06-2020 16:10 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Brislington West member Harriet Bradley is quitting her role on Bristol City Council with effect from July 1
  
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• Man in court after double shooting in Bristol

  22-06-2020 15:58 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Blake Hoskins has had his case sent for trial
  
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• Two men arrested and knives seized in east Bristol

  22-06-2020 15:51 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Police officers were called to St Marks Road earlier this morning
  
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• Legendary guitarist's 'joy' at seeing Colston statue torn down

  22-06-2020 15:48 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  “Change is only going to happen if whites change it. They have the key"
  
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• Long-running shop to close permanently

  22-06-2020 15:12 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It opened 14 years ago
  
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• Police issue picture of man in connection with damage to actor's statue

  22-06-2020 15:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Some kind of corrosive substance was smeared on the bust
  
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• New multi-storey car park planned for south Bristol

  22-06-2020 14:44 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Two car parks will close and one will be built on
  
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• CCTV appeal after wallet stolen

  22-06-2020 14:43 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We’re hoping to identify the man, pictured, in connection with an ongoing burglary investigation. An address and a car in Crookes Lane, Kewstoke, were broken into at some point before 5am on Sunday 17 May. A wallet, containing cash and cards, was among the items taken from the vehicle. House-to-house and CCTV enquiries have taken place and identified a white male we wish to speak to in connection...
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• Police apologise for handling of Stokes Croft rave over weekend

  22-06-2020 14:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "On this occasion we did have a chance to stop the Stokes Croft event before it got under way and we missed that opportunity. We want to apologise to all the people disrupted as a result"
  
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• Terry Dicks obituary

  22-06-2020 14:30
  
  Strident and provocative Conservative MP who delighted in throwing out insults and outraging liberal opinionEvery generation of parliamentarians produces its range of eccentric individuals and the former Conservative MP Terry Dicks, who has died aged 83, was certainly in that bracket during his tenure at the House of Commons in the 1980s and 90s. Dicks made a speciality of daring to speak his mind, and the shudders of distaste that habitually resulted, particularly among the more pompous of his
  
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• Visitors to beauty spot told to stay away

  22-06-2020 14:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Police officers will be making "regular visits" to the nature reserve
  
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• This is why the police helicopter was circling in the sky near Bristol

  22-06-2020 14:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Officers were following a car which failed to stop
  
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• Street party shook home of nurse who called police five times

  22-06-2020 14:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  'People were urinating in our doorstep - it was chaos'
  
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• Police clear 'biggest car meet ever' in South West

  22-06-2020 13:31 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Several hundred cars took over the car parks, including McDonald's and Argos
  
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• Two men arrested and knives seized in Bristol

  22-06-2020 13:23 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  Two men have been arrested following reports of disorder in Bristol overnight. Officers attended St Marks Road in Easton at about 1.45am. They arrested two men, aged 23 and 24, on suspicion of affray and possession of a bladed article in a public place. They remain in custody. Two knives were recovered under a parked car in nearby Woodborough Street. House-to-house enquiries are continuing.
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• Image issued in appeal over damage to Alfred Fagon statue – Bristol

  22-06-2020 13:12 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We’ve released an image of a man we’d like to speak to as part of our investigation into an incident which led to damage to a statue of Alfred Fagon in St Paul’s, Bristol. We were made aware on Thursday 11 June that an unknown substance had been used on the statue, causing damage. We have had a number of calls with information about the incident, including from witnesses reporting that they...
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• Statement on our response to an unlicensed music events in Bristol

  22-06-2020 12:48 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We would like to apologise to those affected by the noise and nuisance caused by unlicensed music events in Stokes Croft and St Werburgh’s, Bristol, overnight Saturday 20 to Sunday 21 June. Wherever possible, we seek to shut down an unlicensed events as they’re being set up or as soon afterwards as we can, because once large numbers have gathered public safety risks can make them harder to shut...
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• Spanish minister confirms strict tests for UK tourists - Bristol Live

  22-06-2020 11:26
  
  Spanish minister confirms strict tests for UK tourists  Bristol Live
  
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• Airbnb's new rules as it prepares to restart UK breaks - Bristol Live

  22-06-2020 11:10
  
  Airbnb's new rules as it prepares to restart UK breaks  Bristol Live
  
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• Stiff Little Fingers Rearrange UK Tour, Add Bristol, Cardiff and Birmingham Shows - Stereoboard - Stereoboard

  22-06-2020 10:47
  
  Stiff Little Fingers Rearrange UK Tour, Add Bristol, Cardiff and Birmingham Shows - Stereoboard  Stereoboard
  
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• Driver pulls reckless u-turn on M4 and drives wrong way up slip road

  22-06-2020 10:46 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The chase was caught on dash cam footage
  
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• First ever reuse shop to open at Bristol tip

  22-06-2020 10:35 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The items will be cleaned and quarantined for 72 hours before being put out for sale
  
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• Tickets go on sale for huge drive-in gigs in Bristol

  22-06-2020 10:25 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Get your tickets from 10am onwards
  
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• XR unveil 'eye-catching art installation' as week of protest begins

  22-06-2020 10:13 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It features 50 aluminium cubes
  
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• Schools could hire marquees to use as classrooms

  22-06-2020 10:10 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Hand sanitising stations, one-way systems and learning in "bubbles" are also likely to be the norm for some time
  
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