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• More than 100 students at Bristol University have coronavirus

  07-10-2020 21:40 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  And two members of staff have also contracted the virus
  
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• Colston statue toppling was 'not all about Colston statue' says mayor

  07-10-2020 21:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "The issues are a lot more complicated than that"
  
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• New Christmas pop-up gin shop opens in Bristol

  07-10-2020 20:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  6 O’clock Gin is giving away free gin and tonic to shoppers throughout October
  
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• Covid marshals out patrolling Bristol's streets

  07-10-2020 20:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  “You’ve gotta take these things seriously, haven't you?”
  
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• Renewed appeal for man missing for two months

  07-10-2020 19:39 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We’re renewing our appeal to trace Lawrence Kemp from Glastonbury who has now been missing for more than two months. Officers are increasingly concerned for the welfare of Lawrence, who was reported missing on Monday night, 3 August. He has left home without his wallet, bank cards, cash, motorbike or van. He hasn’t been in touch with family members since late on Saturday night, 1 August and hasn’t...
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• Lotto results LIVE: Winning National Lottery numbers for Wednesday, October 7

  07-10-2020 19:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Check the results for the Lotto draw and Thunderball
  
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• Bristol officially launches plans to pedestrianise centre - The Guardian

  07-10-2020 19:31
  
  Bristol officially launches plans to pedestrianise centre  The Guardian
  
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• Bristol officially launches plans to pedestrianise centre

  07-10-2020 19:31
  
  Temporary street closures, backed by local businesses, will be made permanent in early 2021A scheme to turn Bristol’s historic centre into a pedestrian-only zone has been officially launched as part of moves to get the city back on its feet following the shock of the coronavirus pandemic.A chunk of the Old City, which includes restaurants, cafes, independent shops and some civic buildings, has been cleared of traffic. Continue reading...
  
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• Covid impact on cancer care still unknown

  07-10-2020 19:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The NHS needs to find out why some people aren't coming forward with their symptoms
  
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• Claims circus staff on The Downs living in 'absolute squalor'

  07-10-2020 19:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A whistleblower has described Circus Montini as a "Circus of Horrors"
  
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• Covid-19 case at school confirmed - pupils self-isolating

  07-10-2020 18:44 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A Covid-19 case has been confirmed at Fairfield School
  
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• Fuming dad says he could have been 'zapped' by live pole

  07-10-2020 18:02 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  “I’m fuming – for one, I could have been zapped and that could have been the end of me"
  
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• BS16 7NT, Prestige Developments (Bristol) Limited: environmental permit application advertisement - GOV.UK

  07-10-2020 17:48
  
  BS16 7NT, Prestige Developments (Bristol) Limited: environmental permit application advertisement  GOV.UK
  
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• City centre shop and restaurant raided for booze

  07-10-2020 17:46 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Paul Hunter admitted break-ins while struggling with long-term drug addiction
  
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• Man fined for pub crawl when he should have been self-isolating

  07-10-2020 17:34 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  He later tested positive for Covid-19
  
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• Decision on clean air zone charges expected 'before Christmas'

  07-10-2020 16:59 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol may not need a clean air zone that drivers have to pay to enter
  
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• £16.7m boost for two schools to see new sixth form set up

  07-10-2020 16:49 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  “It is sometimes like children and teachers are working with one arm behind their backs"
  
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• New farm shop opens at family attraction near Bristol

  07-10-2020 16:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It's open to local residents and people visiting the zoo
  
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• Fine for man who visited pubs during isolation period

  07-10-2020 16:32 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  Neighbourhood police have now submitted a fixed penalty notice for a man who visited three pubs in North Somerset when he should have been self-isolating following his return from holiday abroad. The 35-year-old from Portishead was still within the 14-day self-isolation period when he visited the Poachers and the Old Mill in Portishead and the Royal Oak in Nailsea on Saturday 19 September.
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• Did you witness collision on B3139?

  07-10-2020 16:22 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  Officers investigating a collision between a car and two people last week are asking witnesses to come forward. The incident happened on the B3139 in Watchfield, near Highbridge, at about 10.20pm on Monday 28 September. A silver Ford Fiesta was involved in a collision with a pedestrian who was pushing another person in a wheelchair. A woman in her 30s and a man in his 40s were taken to Musgrove...
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• This Morning couple warm viewers' hearts after lockdown separation

  07-10-2020 15:28 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Olivia and Nino spent the months of lockdown apart
  
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• Covid: Bristol MP says pubs feel ‘blamed’

  07-10-2020 15:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bristol West MP, Thangam Debbonaire, criticised the curfew in a letter to the government.
  
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• The cost to remove statue from Colston's plinth

  07-10-2020 14:54 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The powerful statue was installed after Bristol's momentous Black Lives Matter protest
  
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• The cost to remove Jen Reid statue from Colston's plinth

  07-10-2020 14:54 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The powerful statue was installed after Bristol's momentous Black Lives Matter protest
  
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• Govt adviser claims second lockdown is now 'inevitable'

  07-10-2020 14:45 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Health Secretary appeared before Parliament this week
  
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• Fire service update on cause of 36-hour docks blaze

  07-10-2020 14:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  One fire crew is still on the scene
  
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• Two more Bristol people have died with coronavirus

  07-10-2020 14:34 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  One care home and one hospital recorded a death towards the end of September
  
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• Coronavirus: 'Children of the 90s' team to study exposure in young people

  07-10-2020 14:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The team will assess how many people are likely to have already had a Covid-19 infection.
  
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• Teenager still in critical condition months after Bristol crash

  07-10-2020 13:56 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A Ford Fiesta and BMW motorbike collided in Henbury
  
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• Greene King to close 79 pubs across the UK - Bristol Live

  07-10-2020 13:52
  
  Greene King to close 79 pubs across the UK  Bristol Live
  
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• Chairman of town's Conservative Association suspended from party

  07-10-2020 13:26 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Members were informed of his suspension this week
  
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• Bristol couple turn £700 caravan into £20,000 masterpiece

  07-10-2020 13:22 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It only cost them around £1,000 to do it up
  
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• Bristol couple turn £700 caravan in £20,000 masterpiece

  07-10-2020 13:22 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It only cost them around £1,000 to do it up
  
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• The average house price in the UK jumps to £250000 - Bristol Live

  07-10-2020 13:15
  
  The average house price in the UK jumps to £250000  Bristol Live
  
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• Heartbreak as popular village pub near Bristol closes

  07-10-2020 13:07 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Over the past five years the venue hosted hundreds of weddings and other events
  
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• All the areas in Bristol with coronavirus 'clusters'

  07-10-2020 12:57 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  According to the latest Covid-19 data from Public Health England
  
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• New Mexican restaurant opens in Old Market

  07-10-2020 12:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It's headed up by a chef who is "obsessed" with the cuisine
  
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• Scientists say life should return to normal for most people

  07-10-2020 12:29 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Great Barrington declaration has caused controversy after many criticise any reliance on herd immunity in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic
  
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• DIY SOS transforms Weston-super-Mare family's home

  07-10-2020 12:26 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  TV star Nick Knowles and his DIY SOS team descended in the seaside resort in March 2019 to help Chris and Cat Sweet and their three disabled children.
  
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• Fears ‘colossal’ housing target would threaten countryside

  07-10-2020 12:25 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Sweeping planning reforms would see 51,000 new homes built over the next two decades
  
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• Man fails to attend court because he's isolating after trip to Amsterdam

  07-10-2020 11:41 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Lewis Moseley said he couldn't attend as he was told to self-isolate when he returned to the UK on Sunday
  
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• Growing up Black in a white seaside town

  07-10-2020 11:41 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  'People would shout at me from outside their cars and throw things out the window at me'
  
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• Bristol Old Vic launches Pillars of the Past project

  07-10-2020 11:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new digitised projection, created by Limbic Cinema, features more than 250 images from 60 shows.
  
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• CCTV Appeal following bike theft in Long Ashton

  07-10-2020 11:24 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We’re seeking the public’s help to identify an individual we’d like to speak to in connection with a bike theft in Long Ashton. On Friday 25 September at about 4.50pm, an unknown offender approached a teenage boy from Long Ashton in a play park on Keedwell Hill and asked if he could have a go on his bike. After the victim agreed to this, the offender disappeared on the bike. The person we’d like...
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• Man arrested on suspicion of affray – Frome

  07-10-2020 10:25 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  A man has been arrested in connection with an incident in Frome earlier this week. We received reports at about 4.45pm on Monday 5 October that a man was in a property in the Marston Lane area with a weapon, believed to be a machete. A suspected imitation firearm was also reportedly seen. He left the scene before officers arrived. Officers last night (Tuesday 6 October) arrested a 30-year-old man...
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• Police considering new lasso to catch UK criminals - Bristol Live

  07-10-2020 08:53
  
  Police considering new lasso to catch UK criminals  Bristol Live
  
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• Meet the reporting team holding authorities to account

  07-10-2020 08:30 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Local democracy reporters shine a light on city and town halls up and down the country
  
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• Keeping track of decisions that affect you during lockdown

  07-10-2020 08:18 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Keeping people informed became a challenge
  
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• Avonmouth Docks scrap metal fire put out after two days

  07-10-2020 08:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The blaze at Sims Metal Management at Avonmouth Docks was reported on Sunday evening.
  
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• Bristol police have only fined one person for not wearing a mask

  07-10-2020 08:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Avon and Somerset police fined a man in a Sainsbury's store off St Philip’s Causeway
  
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