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• 'The spirit of togetherness will carry us' - Boris Johnson's response to Covid

  22-09-2020 22:10 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The virus is now starting to spread again in an ‘exponential way'
  
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• British Army could be used to help police in Covid fight

  22-09-2020 21:46 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Tougher measures are going to be rolled out to ensure people follow the new laws
  
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• The naming process for Colston Hall in detail

  22-09-2020 21:08 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It used to be named in honour of a slave trader from the 17th century
  
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• Bristol's Colston Hall to be given new name

  22-09-2020 21:08 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The city has been waiting for more than three years to find out what the venue will be called next
  
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• Bristol's Colston Hall given new name

  22-09-2020 21:08 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The city had been waiting for more than three years to find out what the venue will be called next
  
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• EuroMillions results Tuesday, September 22: The winning lottery numbers

  22-09-2020 20:56 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The jackpot stands at £69million
  
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• Bristol's top news stories Tuesday September 22

  22-09-2020 20:27 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The latest coronavirus updates, a breakthrough at Bristol University and bars and restaurants react to Government curfew
  
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• Netflix sci fi blockbuster The Last Bus filming in Portishead

  22-09-2020 20:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The new series will be an action packed, sci fi road trip adventure
  
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• Boy threatened with knife during terrifying Southmead robbery

  22-09-2020 19:46 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Call 101 if you have any information
  
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• Boris Johnson addresses the nation with covid-19 restrictions

  22-09-2020 19:37 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  New rules will come into force next week
  
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• Boris Johnson addresses the nation about covid-19 restrictions

  22-09-2020 19:37 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  New rules will come into force next week
  
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• New name for the Colston Hall to be announced

  22-09-2020 19:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It celebrates 'the unity and joy of live music'
  
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• Passengers warned of disruption to trains out of Bristol this weekend

  22-09-2020 18:51 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Essential upgrades are needed to the tracks east of Bristol Temple Meads
  
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• Appeal after boy, 16, robbed in Bristol

  22-09-2020 18:35 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We’re appealing for information after a 16-year-old boy was robbed in Bristol. It happened at about 10pm on Tuesday 8 September as he used the pedestrian route adjacent to Knole Lane, Brentry. A man approached him and demanded his Samsung wireless ear buds. The boy believed the man had a knife and handed them over. Officers carried out a search of the area with no trace of the offender...
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• Bristol bar owners react to 'cop out' 10pm curfew

  22-09-2020 18:14 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "Venues will continue to lose money and our expectation of 20% of venues closing will increase"
  
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• Bristol records biggest daily Covid case increase in 12 weeks

  22-09-2020 18:09 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Almost 5,000 new cases and 37 Covid-related deaths were confirmed across the UK today
  
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• New Airbus zero-emission planes could be flying holidaymakers in 15 years

  22-09-2020 17:48 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Exciting news from Airbus, which employs 3,000 workers at its site in Filton
  
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• Gordon Ramsay's 'absolutely stunning' roast dinner slammed

  22-09-2020 17:48 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Gordon Ramsay had taken to Instagram to share a video of the roast dinner available at his London restaurant Savoy Grill
  
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• Council says it could not justify costs of own housing company

  22-09-2020 16:59 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Councillors heard it could not build enough homes to justify the costs
  
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• Have you seen missing Martin Bowers?

  22-09-2020 16:57 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We’re asking the public to call the police if they see Martin Bowers who has gone missing. The 20-year-old is a student at the University of Bath and was last seen in the city around lunchtime on Saturday 19 September. He has links with Bath and Staffordshire but we believe he may be in the Bristol area. Martin is described as approximately 5ft 10ins, of a large build and having ginger hair.
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• New pictures of planned housing development on edge of town

  22-09-2020 16:42 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The homes would set a benchmark for responding to the climate crisis
  
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• Updated appeal for missing Bath student Alec Unsgaard

  22-09-2020 16:32 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  Our enquiries to locate missing 21-year-old University of Bath student Alec Unsgaard are continuing. We now know Alec, who is from Sweden but living at student accommodation at the university, was last seen on campus on Friday 18 September at about 6.10pm. He spoke with a friend on the phone between 10pm and 11pm the same night, which is the last known contact he’s made with anyone else.
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• Attraction to make redundancies after impact of Covid-19

  22-09-2020 16:31 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Up to 19 staff may be affected
  
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• Coronavirus: All the schools with confirmed cases

  22-09-2020 16:22 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Scores of pupils and staff are now self isolating after a turbulent start to the term
  
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• M4 crash near Bristol leaves two people in hospital

  22-09-2020 16:12 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The crash closed three lanes of the M4 near Junction 20
  
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• Owners of Weston's Birnbeck Pier to challenge council bid to buy it

  22-09-2020 16:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The owners of Birnbeck Pier say they will be mounting a legal challenge to council's bid to compulsory purchase the dilapidated landmark
  
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• Interculture: online events will 'reduce fear of others'

  22-09-2020 15:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The events aim to tackle racial inequality and promote harmony in Bristol.
  
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• The Downs could be getting its very own playground

  22-09-2020 15:40 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Campaigners say a children’s playground is “sorely needed” in the area
  
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• Controversial Bedminster Green development could go ahead

  22-09-2020 15:32 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The 16-storey plan will kickstart the regeneration of East Street
  
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• Do not approach this wanted man and call 999

  22-09-2020 15:24 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Russell McPhee is wanted on recall to prison
  
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• Police and fire service launch wearable tech initiative to help people affected by dementia

  22-09-2020 15:12 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  A wearable tech wristband for helping people with dementia is set to be launched tomorrow on the BBC Crimewatch Roadshow. Sergeant Stuart King and Darren French from Avon Fire & Rescue will be live on the show, which starts at 9.15am, to talk about the new initiative, which is the latest part of the ongoing Dementia Safeguarding Scheme that helps to protect vulnerable elders.
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• Penny Brohn UK to cut 30 jobs due to coronavirus pandemic - Bristol Live

  22-09-2020 15:05
  
  Penny Brohn UK to cut 30 jobs due to coronavirus pandemic  Bristol Live
  
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• Bristol cancer charity to cut 30 jobs due to Covid 19

  22-09-2020 15:05 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  They are facing a shortfall of more than £750,000 due to the majority of its fundraising activities being shelved
  
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• Essex boy due in court over disorder at Bristol leisure centre

  22-09-2020 13:41 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It comes after a number of concerning incidents in Bristol
  
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• Council says it doesn't need a fly-tipping task force

  22-09-2020 13:33 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Offenders are five times more likely to be prosecuted and convicted than anywhere else in the country
  
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• Covid-19 outbreak at Gordano School - dozens of students sent home

  22-09-2020 13:30 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "Strong measures to limit the outbreak were put in place within hours of this case being confirmed."
  
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• Police looking for three men after crash at petrol station

  22-09-2020 13:10 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Police are appealing for the public's help after the incident in Weston-super-Mare
  
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• Renewed appeal to trace wanted Russell McPhee

  22-09-2020 13:05 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  Have you seen Russell McPhee, pictured, wanted on recall to prison? He was jailed for an offence of wounding with intent and released on licence from a prison term in July 2019. McPhee has an address in Weston-super-Mare but may be in Bristol. He is described as white, 6ft (185cm) tall and of proportionate build, with dark hair.
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• Bristol scientists make 'game-changing' coronavirus breakthrough

  22-09-2020 13:04 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  'Our discovery of a druggable pocket could stop it firmly in its tracks' - Prof Christiane Schaffitzel
  
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• Witness appeal following robbery in Frome

  22-09-2020 12:54 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We’re appealing for witnesses following a robbery that happened in Frome on Tuesday 15 September at around 3.20pm. A woman in her 20s forced an elderly man she’d met at Frome Job Centre to go to a cashpoint on Cheap Street and attempted to steal cash from him. When he was unable to withdraw money, she forcefully took his wallet and bank card and attempted to use it at other ATMs.
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• Kate Middleton was inspired by a brave boy at Bristol Hospital

  22-09-2020 12:42 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Duchess of Cambridge has shared the inspiration behind an image of which will be included in her community photography project Hold Still
  
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• When Peter Andre visited a Bristol student flat in a Lamborghini

  22-09-2020 12:38 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Peter Andre says he was having a 'midlife crisis' when he visited his doctor wife Emily when she was at Bristol University
  
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• School to shut for 14 days after another COVID case

  22-09-2020 12:33 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The school has had two members of staff test positive
  
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• Bristol chocolate café to move to new site

  22-09-2020 12:31 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "We have secured a bigger and better location"
  
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• Man unconscious after being floored in 'serious' attack

  22-09-2020 12:15 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  He remains in hospital after suffering a serious head injury
  
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• CCTV appeal after man injured in collision at petrol station

  22-09-2020 11:48 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We’re seeking the public’s help with an investigation into a collision at a petrol station in Weston-super-Mare on Wednesday 16 September. The incident occurred at about 3.25pm and involved a turquoise Vauxhall Corsa at Morrisons forecourt. The victim, a man in his 50s, suffered a leg injury and required hospital treatment. CCTV enquiries have been carried out and show three people we would like...
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• Where coronavirus will spread to next in UK, according to scientists - Bristol Live

  22-09-2020 11:25
  
  Where coronavirus will spread to next in UK, according to scientists  Bristol Live
  
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• Two hundred students self-isolate after Covid outbreak

  22-09-2020 11:25 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Four members of staff at Bournville Primary School have tested positive for coronavirus
  
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• Did you witness Weston-Super-Mare assault?

  22-09-2020 11:13 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We’re appealing for witnesses after a man in his 50s was left with a serious head injury following an assault in Weston-super-Mare last night. Three men approached the victim outside the Playhouse on High Street at about 10.30pm. One of the men then pushed the man to the ground causing him to hit his head on the floor which knocked him unconscious. The offender, who walked off in the direction of...
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• Car flies off road into ditch after crash with lorry

  22-09-2020 10:57 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The accident happened on the Langford Loop Bridge Bypass
  
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