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• Bristol taco bar to reopen with minimum spend of £150 for four

  03-07-2020 22:41 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Cargo Cantina is part of Bristol's Season & Taste hospitality group, which also includes Bravas, Gambas, Bakers & Co and Masa + Mezcal
  
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• 'Reports of planned mass gatherings' in Bristol this weekend

  03-07-2020 21:58 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Marvin Rees warned of people reportedly planning to gather en masse at Bristol City's Ashton Gate stadium
  
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• PCs failed to investigate Bristol sex assault claims

  03-07-2020 21:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two Avon and Somerset officers did not believe the woman because of "unconscious bias", a panel hears.
  
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• Dates confirmed for reopening of Bristol play parks and more

  03-07-2020 20:45 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol City Council has announced changes set to come in for weddings, funerals, libraries and other public amenities
  
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• Call for a 'Truth and Reparation Commission' on slave trade

  03-07-2020 20:35 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Two major British businesses have already pledged to pay money back
  
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• Live EuroMillions results and winning numbers for Friday

  03-07-2020 20:31 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Euromillions jackpot is £115million in tonight's National Lottery EuroMillions draw, with Thunderball results to come too
  
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• 'Invaluable' culture centre fighting closure from council sell-off

  03-07-2020 20:19 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  1,200 sign a petition in one week against 'gentrification'
  
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• Police officer could be sacked after stealing £3k in cash

  03-07-2020 20:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  He's due to face a misconduct hearing
  
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• Bristol binmen 'crying and breaking down with exhaustion'

  03-07-2020 18:18 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Waste collectors allegedly face a choice of “breaking the rules or not finishing their round on time”
  
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• Sex offender caught in France after crashing into toll booth

  03-07-2020 18:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Martin Williams was prohibited from driving an HGV or being in France
  
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• Bristol teen challenging stereotypes in a beauty pageant

  03-07-2020 18:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The teenager is also interested in music and law
  
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• Premiership clubs allowed to move to close contact training from 6 July

  03-07-2020 17:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Premiership Rugby still aims to restart the season in mid-August after clubs were allowed to move to close contact training from 6 July.
  
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• We went to the pub for a pint before they open this weekend

  03-07-2020 17:16 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Landlords have had to introduce a raft of new measures, making a trip to the pub a whole new experience
  
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• I went to the pub for a pint before they open this weekend

  03-07-2020 17:16 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Landlords have had to introduce a raft of new measures, making a trip to the pub a whole new experience
  
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• Bath PCSO creates series of lockdown portraits of colleagues on the front line

  03-07-2020 17:14 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  A Bath PCSO has been using his artistic talents to boost team morale during lockdown by creating a series of oil portraits of his colleagues. PCSO Mark Trueman, of the Bath city centre beat team, was inspired by a fellow artist who volunteered to produce portraits of NHS staff in full PPE amid the coronavirus outbreak. Mark, who joined Avon and Somerset in 2016 after spending a decade working for...
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• All the Cabot Circus restaurants and shops reopening this weekend

  03-07-2020 17:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Some food outlets have already reopened for takeaway and delivery service at the centre
  
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• The outdoor UK wedding venues replacing Europe's top destinations - Bristol Live

  03-07-2020 16:24
  
  The outdoor UK wedding venues replacing Europe's top destinations  Bristol Live
  
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• French restaurant chain 'to appoint administrators'

  03-07-2020 16:24 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The chain made a loss of more than £683,000 in the last financial year
  
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• Protest to call for police to stop Colston Statue investigation

  03-07-2020 16:17 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "The tearing down of the statue was not a criminal act"
  
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• Banksy artwork to be put up in Weston-super-Mare town centre

  03-07-2020 16:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The artist gifted it to North Somerset Council after his Dismaland 'bemusement park' left the town
  
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• Two overseas players allowed in County Championship & One-Day Cup from 2021

  03-07-2020 15:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two overseas players will be allowed in County Championship and One-Day Cup teams from the 2021 season.
  
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• Plan to restock herd in 'goat gully' delayed

  03-07-2020 15:46 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Two goats died of old age last year and two were chased off the cliffs by dogs
  
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• Anssi Jaakkola: Bristol Rovers goalkeeper extends contract until 2022

  03-07-2020 15:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Finland and Bristol Rovers goalkeeper Anssi Jaakkola signs a new deal with the League One side until the summer of 2022.
  
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• Stoke Gifford residents' well-being 'ruined' by gym

  03-07-2020 15:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Residents say they want action taken to stop loud thuds and reverberations before it reopens.
  
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• Award-winning pub launches crowdfunder to survive

  03-07-2020 15:03 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It will not be reopening this weekend as its landlord thinks doing so would be "irresponsible"
  
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• Car crashes into side of house

  03-07-2020 14:49 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The crash happened on Hallen Road in Henbury
  
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• Aldershot vicar 'devastated' by bishop's racial stereotypes

  03-07-2020 14:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Rev Alwyn Pereira came across the comments about him in a letter written by a former bishop.
  
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• Large Bristol pub will 'not be reopening for the foreseeable future'

  03-07-2020 14:32 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Before lockdown the pub was loved for its welcoming atmosphere and regular live music nights
  
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• Thousands of jellyfish take over UK beach - Bristol Live

  03-07-2020 14:24
  
  Thousands of jellyfish take over UK beach  Bristol Live
  
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• 'Silver Surfer' spotted in cloud above Clevedon

  03-07-2020 14:11 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "It truly was remarkable. Incredible."
  
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• Thousands of jellyfish take over UK beach

  03-07-2020 14:07 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Maybe we won't be visiting Woolacombe anytime soon...
  
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• Top Bristol restaurant to launch rooftop bar

  03-07-2020 13:53 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  An exciting new al fresco dining experience for the city
  
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• Plan for new 'outdoor dining halls' in towns near Bristol

  03-07-2020 13:18 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  So more restaurants and takeaways can open
  
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• Police officers given final warnings over treatment of sex assault victim

  03-07-2020 13:15 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  They failed to investigate the sexual assault because of an “unconscious bias”
  
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• Bath pub manager 'worried' about large party bookings

  03-07-2020 13:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Joe Cussens says it should not be up to staff to challenge customers on whether they are following guidance.
  
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• Major Bristol employers making redundancies in 2020

  03-07-2020 13:03 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Live takes look at the businesses which are reducing the size of their workforce this year - including the BBC, John Lewis, Airbus and Rolls-Royce
  
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• Colston restoration has 'no cost' for taxpayer

  03-07-2020 12:48 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  'It’s our museum and it’s our team and that is their job'
  
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• Almost 8 tonnes of rubbish left on the Downs in just 10 days

  03-07-2020 12:40 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  “It basically took all of the team a week afterwards to get the Downs looking reasonable again"
  
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• Mum reveals oven cleaning hack with no scrubbing involved

  03-07-2020 11:25 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The mum shared a video on TikTok explaining how easy it is to clean dirt from the kitchen
  
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• Calls for emergency jobs summit as thousands of redundancies expected

  03-07-2020 11:22 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Job losses are expected at Bristol based companies including Airbus, Rolls Royce, Nisbets, TM Lewin, EasyJet and British Airways
  
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• Metro mayor urges people to only travel on buses when necessary

  03-07-2020 11:07 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "The pressure on our public transport services is likely to increase"
  
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• People from Bristol will be able to visit and travel to Wales from Monday

  03-07-2020 10:51 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Wales has had one the strictest lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic
  
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• "Alarming" cost of retrofitting Bristol's council homes revealed as £600m

  03-07-2020 10:45 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It is five times the city council’s housing revenue budget for an entire year
  
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• Coronavirus updates: Countries exempt from quarantine ban

  03-07-2020 09:09 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  All the latest news on coronavirus today
  
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• Britain beyond lockdown: can social and climate justice come together?

  03-07-2020 09:00
  
  Communities in Bristol are devising their own solutions to problems linked with the city’s role in slavery
  During lockdown, the wild grass in Bristol’s Greenbank cemetery has grown higher than many of the tombstones, transforming the land above the dead into a gothic meadow. Nominally closed to the public before 4pm each day, the grounds are a popular location for joggers, strollers and dog walkers, who enter through a gap in the fence. For Zakiya Mckenzie, a local writer, this is th
  
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• St Pauls Carnival: Spirit Up to reach community online

  03-07-2020 08:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  St Pauls Carnival’s Facebook page is streaming performances instead of its annual outdoors event.
  
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• Coronavirus cases in Bristol rise as new test data is revealed

  03-07-2020 08:13 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The figures now include tests done outside NHS laboratories
  
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• Waste collector slams habits of 'posh' Bristol neighbourhoods

  03-07-2020 08:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "At the beginning it was very nice, with people leaving us drinks and nice ‘thank you’ notes... that has stopped"
  
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• 'Saturday is not a return to normal' says Police and Crime Commissioner

  03-07-2020 08:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "Public disorder, anti-social behaviour and illegal, unlicensed street parties will not be tolerated just because the pubs have re-opened"
  
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• How Weston-super-Mare pier will re-open this weekend

  03-07-2020 08:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Pier bosses say the safety of visitors and staff is a priority
  
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