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• Premiership: Bristol Bears 14-50 Exeter Chiefs - Visitors go top with seven-try haul

  07-10-2022 23:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Jack Nowell and Olly Woodburn score two tries apiece as Exeter thrash Bristol in their Premiership match at Ashton Gate.
  
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• Appeal to find motorist who helped victim in attempted robbery in Taunton

  07-10-2022 19:09 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  We are trying to identify a witness to an attempted robbery in Taunton last week. The victim – a woman in her 20s – was walking near the football club in Wordsworth Drive when an unknown man ran up to her, grabbed her and tried to steal items from the pockets of her clothes. The incident happened at about 9.10am on Monday 26 September. A passing motorist in black estate car stopped and tried to...
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• Appeal to find motorist who helped victim after attempted robbery in Taunton

  07-10-2022 19:09 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  We are trying to identify a witness to an attempted robbery in Taunton last week. The victim – a woman in her 20s – was walking near the football club in Wordsworth Drive when an unknown man ran up to her, grabbed her and tried to steal items from the pockets of her clothes. The incident happened at about 9.10am on Monday 26 September. A passing motorist in black estate car stopped and tried to...
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• Missing girl Crystal, 14, could be in Bristol

  07-10-2022 18:57 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The teenager was last seen on Thursday
  
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• Multi-car crash on M32 causing huge delays during rush hour - updates

  07-10-2022 18:41 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  One lane is reportedly closed and drivers in the area can expect delays
  
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• Marvin Rees's Bristol City Council cabinet branded 'toxic' in row over councillor no-shows

  07-10-2022 17:58 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The mayor had criticised opposition members for failing to attend
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing's Jayde Adams has 'explosive stage presence' and shares 'friendly chemistry' with partner Karen Hauer

  07-10-2022 17:45 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bedminster comedian Jayde and her partner Karen are said to have the seventh highest amount of chemistry out of all the Strictly Come Dancing pairs this year, a body language expert claims
  
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• Date given for work to transform key road to Cribbs Causeway including new bus lanes

  07-10-2022 17:36 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The scheme will see new bus lanes, cycling lanes and pedestrian crossings
  
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• DWP under fire for 'inadequate' mortgage help scheme

  07-10-2022 17:16 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A former Liberal Democrat MP said the 'safety net' had been 'dismantled'
  
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• Amerind Grove Care Home to close, residents' relatives told

  07-10-2022 16:35 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There are already plans being drawn up for a big residential development to replace it
  
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• Bristol Live launches Cost of Living group for tips and advice

  07-10-2022 15:57 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  From ways to cut down on your energy bills, advice on DWP payments and bargains in the shops
  
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• UWE students forced to live in Wales while studying in Bristol

  07-10-2022 15:25 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  One student has quit already, returning back home to her family in the Midlands.
  
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• Case against Bristol cyclist prosecuted for filming driver on phone is dropped

  07-10-2022 15:19 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Tom Bosanquet filmed two drivers breaking the law but found himself facing court
  
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• Bristol MP complains about school's 'covert cameras'

  07-10-2022 15:02 via bbc.co.uk
  A local MP responds to a school's decision to install CCTV cameras around its playing fields.
  
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• M5 driver charged with drink driving after four-vehicle crash

  07-10-2022 14:06 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Tanya Andrande Dos Reis will appear at North Somerset Magistrates Court on Tuesday, October 25.
  
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• Snoop Dogg launches new wine brand in UK supermarkets - Bristol Live

  07-10-2022 14:03
  Snoop Dogg launches new wine brand in UK supermarkets  Bristol Live
  
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• Man, 36, charged over suspected armed bank robbery in Cabot Circus

  07-10-2022 13:29 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Yasin Naaleyeh was arrested on a Bristol bus yesterday (October 6)
  
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• South West Covid-19 heat map as region's hospital admissions hit highest in country

  07-10-2022 13:10 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Cases remain high across the region
  
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• Plan to transfer Bristol City Council staff to Bristol Waste dropped

  07-10-2022 13:10 via bbc.co.uk
  The council says it will stick to an "internal approach" to facilities management.
  
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• Petitioners call for safer cycling lanes for Bristol

  07-10-2022 12:57 via bbc.co.uk
  The council removed a cycle lane despite promising upgrades and more are needed, campaigners say.
  
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• South Bristol councillor blasts "ridiculous" proposed new street name at former tobacco factory

  07-10-2022 12:54 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Bishopsworth member wants developers to scrap plans to call the road Crox View
  
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• Filton Avenue roadworks causing traffic 'day and night'

  07-10-2022 12:53 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The work is being carried out by Bristol Water, but is scheduled to finish soon
  
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• Man charged after bank robbery – Bristol

  07-10-2022 12:27 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  Yasin Naaleyeh, 36, of no fixed abode, is due to appear at Bristol Magistrates’ Court today, Friday 7 October, charged with: four counts of robbery two counts of assaulting an emergency worker three counts of possessing an offensive weapon in public and one of possessing cannabis. The charges follow an armed robbery at a bank in Cabot Circus, Bristol, on Thursday 6 October.
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• Olly Murs to tour UK in 2023 - with one date just an hour from Bristol

  07-10-2022 12:22 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The pop star is making his return to the UK pop scene with his brand new album 'Marry Me', set to be released in December
  
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• Metro Mayor Dan Norris gets new role - leading the League Against Cruel Sports

  07-10-2022 12:21 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The unpaid role will be on top of his job leading the West of England Combined Authority
  
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• Royal York Crescent apartment on the market

  07-10-2022 12:18 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Royal York Crescent apartment on the market
  
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• Police searching for two men after tool theft in Easton

  07-10-2022 12:03 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A number of hand tools were reported stolen from a van in the Easton area of the city
  
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• CCTV appeal after tools stolen in Bristol

  07-10-2022 10:47 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  An investigation is ongoing after hand tools were stolen from a van in Bristol. Work tools, including a plainer, torch, saws and drills, were stolen from the vehicle in Stapleton Road, at some point between 10.10-10.45am on Friday 29 July. The Makita-branded tools are initialled with letters NS or J. We’ve studied CCTV footage and are releasing images of two men both riding a scooter or e-scooter.
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• GMB: Bristol 'wonder pup' walks himself home five miles across city

  07-10-2022 10:17 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Wondering off after chasing squirrels, Pip, a dog who has been dubbed a 'wonder pup'
  
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• West's hospitals under pressure ahead of winter

  07-10-2022 09:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Hundreds of patients are stuck in hospital beds because there is no social care available for them.
  
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• Carol Vorderman teases return to 'quiz roots' as she asks for fashion advice

  07-10-2022 09:26 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The 61-year-old, who lives in Clifton, told fans yesterday that she'd had a 'very busy day' of filming for a new project, which will be hitting our screens in 2023
  
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• Suspected Bristol bank robber attempts getaway on public bus

  07-10-2022 09:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Witnesses report seeing a man matching the suspect's description climbing onto a city centre bus.
  
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• Appeal after girl, 14, assaulted – Bridgwater

  07-10-2022 08:47 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  We’re appealing for help after a girl aged 14 was left with a bloodied nose after being assaulted by a female in an apparently unprovoked attack. It happened while the girl was shopping with a friend at The Range on Bristol Road, Bridgwater, at about 3.50pm on Thursday 19 May. Investigating officers are now issuing CCTV images of two people who were in the store at about that time who they have...
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• Student suicides: Parents seek law change to prevent deaths

  07-10-2022 08:23 via bbc.co.uk
  The group of bereaved families wants universities to have a legal duty of care towards students.
  
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• Former Bristol student's mission to find cure in memory of late father

  07-10-2022 07:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Former University of Bristol student Tim Roberts starts a PhD researching cardiac disease treatment.
  
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• Bristol one of worst UK cities for renters on local housing allowance - The Bristol Cable

  07-10-2022 07:11
  Bristol one of worst UK cities for renters on local housing allowance  The Bristol Cable
  
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• Bristol Clean Air Zone 'may be the last thing we need', says business owner

  07-10-2022 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "I do support the scheme because the traffic here is ridiculous, but it will definitely impact us."
  
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• Brislington Meadows: Government will ask itself if it can build homes there

  07-10-2022 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The saga of the Brislington Meadows takes another twist
  
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