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• FIFA Qatar World Cup: Dozens in Avon and Somerset told to surrender passports

  10-11-2022 21:41 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Recipients of a football banning order (FBO) will be prohibited to travel to Qatar
  
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• CCTV appeal after catalytic converter stolen at Bristol business site

  10-11-2022 19:05 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  We are releasing CCTV footage of two men we wish to talk to in connection with a catalytic converter theft in Bristol. A car, parked at a business premises in Old Gloucester Road, was targeted by thieves at approximately 3.30pm on Tuesday 6 September. We are keen to identify two men seen arriving and leaving the area in a Vauxhall Insignia, which it is suspected was on false plates.
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• Abattoir workers charged with brutal double murder are tracked before and after macabre killings

  10-11-2022 19:05 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Iacob-Bebe Chers and Ionut-Valentin Boboc facing trial after two men fatally stabbed in Easton
  
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• Stanley Ford: Aboard HMS Fratton when a torpedo hit

  10-11-2022 18:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Stanley Ford describes the attack off Normandy in August 1944.
  
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• Son banned from contacting mum for five years after harrassing her for drug money

  10-11-2022 18:12 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Matthew Derrick, 41, told police his 69-year-old mum was "easy to manipulate" court told
  
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• Son banned from contacting mum for five years after harassing her for drug money

  10-11-2022 18:12 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Matthew Derrick, 41, told police his 69-year-old mum was "easy to manipulate" court told
  
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• World Cup passport surrender deadline looms for fans with football banning orders

  10-11-2022 17:59 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  Thirty-seven people in Avon and Somerset have been sent letters telling them they are required to surrender their passport ahead of the FIFA World Cup starting next week. Recipients of a football banning order (FBO) will be prohibited to travel to Qatar to stop them from being able to attend England’s matches. Anyone that has fails to surrender their passport during the 11-14 November period...
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• Allotment plan is 'blot on the landscape' says village near Bristol

  10-11-2022 17:46 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The city's first commercial allotments business should require planning permission says parish council
  
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• Have you seen wanted man Joe Garland?

  10-11-2022 17:40 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  Joe Garland, 35, is wanted on recall to prison after breaching the conditions of his licence. He is described as being white, around 5ft 8ins tall, of stocky build, with short blonde hair. Garland has links to the Bath and Midsomer Norton. If you see Garland, do not approach him, instead call 999, or call 101 with any information.
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• Two Bristol artists nominated for UK Americana Awards 2023 - Bristol24/7

  10-11-2022 16:56
  Two Bristol artists nominated for UK Americana Awards 2023  Bristol24/7
  
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• Family pay tribute to ‘beautiful’ daughter as man charged

  10-11-2022 16:41 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  A family has paid tribute to their ‘beautiful’ and ‘brave’ daughter who sadly died in a collision in Bridgwater earlier this week. 19-year-old Bethany Branson had been travelling with a female friend in a white Citroen crossing the A38 junction of St John Street to Eastover, when they were involved in a four-vehicle collision, at around 9.50pm on Tuesday 9 November. Sadly, Bethany died at the...
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• Jacqueline Kirk murderer given another 15 years

  10-11-2022 16:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Steven Craig has already served nearly 19 years in jail for setting fire to Jacqueline Kirk in 1998.
  
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• Clifton Suspension Bridge to close for a day for maintenance

  10-11-2022 15:09 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Diversions will be put in place
  
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• Bristol University Ukrainian student wants to rebuild homeland

  10-11-2022 15:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Tomas Tokovyi got the best grade on his university course while his home city was being bombed.
  
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• Mum of missing former Bath rugby player Levi Davis flies to Spain to help in search

  10-11-2022 14:53 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The mother of the Celebrity X Factor star says she jusy wants him home
  
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• Call 999 if you see wanted man Christopher Sweeney

  10-11-2022 14:43 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Officers believe he has links to the south Bristol area
  
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• Bristol home to UK's third most prolific speed camera – how many drivers were caught - BristolWorld

  10-11-2022 13:48
  Bristol home to UK's third most prolific speed camera – how many drivers were caught  BristolWorld
  
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• Man jailed for second time for petrol attack following murder conviction

  10-11-2022 13:23 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  A man who was found guilty of murdering his former partner nearly 25 years after he attacked her has been jailed for life. Steven Craig, 58, of Brailsford Crescent, York, was originally convicted of causing grievous bodily harm to Jacqueline Kirk in 2000 after he poured petrol on her and set her alight two years earlier. Jacqueline sustained 35% burns in the incident and spent nine months in...
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• “I spent 21 years of feeling grateful and thankful for every extra day that I got to spend with my mum”

  10-11-2022 13:23 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  The following statements were written by Jacqueline Kirk’s two children, Shane and Sonna, and were read out at Bristol Crown Court today (Thursday 10 November) as Steven Craig was sentenced to life in prison for her murder. Shane’s statement During my early teenage years, I would describe my relationship with my mum as close and loving. Mum was a strong-minded person and there were occasions when...
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• Steven Craig jailed for Jacqueline Kirk's murder decades after setting her on fire

  10-11-2022 12:59 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The attack happened in a car park in Weston-super-Mare in April 1998
  
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• Arts Council England funding in Bristol leaves some organisations 'gutted'

  10-11-2022 12:50 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  But Bristol Museums and Bristol Old Vic have secured more than £1m each
  
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• LIVE: Lower Ashley Road reopens after car overturns near M32

  10-11-2022 12:33 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The one-way route has been closed off
  
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• LIVE: Lower Ashley Road closed as car overturns near M32

  10-11-2022 12:33 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The one-way route has been closed off
  
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• I'm A Celebrity: Carol Vorderman hits out at Matt Hancock as she mispronounces his name

  10-11-2022 12:30 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The former I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! contestant appeared to make a snide dig at the MP as she travelled to the ITV studios yesterday (November 9)
  
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• Man wanted on prison recall

  10-11-2022 12:25 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  Have you seen Christopher Sweeney who is wanted by police? The 31-year-old is wanted on a prison recall. He’s described as white, about 5ft 9ins, of average build, with short dark hair and hazel-coloured eyes. Sweeney is said to speak with an Irish accent. We believe he has links to the south Bristol area. If you know where Sweeney is, don’t approach him, instead please call 999 quoting reference...
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• Man banned from city centre after acts of aggression towards emergency services workers

  10-11-2022 11:33 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "Royston’s behaviour within this zone has caused considerable harassment, alarm and distress"
  
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• Bedminster shopper used fake vouchers for 'large quantity' of goods as CCTV images released

  10-11-2022 10:30 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Police want to speak to the woman pictured as part of the investigation
  
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• Man prevented from entering Bristol city centre to tackle criminal behaviour

  10-11-2022 09:56 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  A criminal behaviour order has been issued to a man from Bedminster preventing him entering parts of Bristol city centre following a number of convictions. Scott Royston, 53, (pictured below) was convicted of public order and malicious communications offences at Bristol Magistrates Court on Thursday 3 November in relation to an incident on Sunday 11 September, where he called police...
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• CCTV appeal to identify woman in fraud investigation

  10-11-2022 09:38 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  Officers are hoping the public can help us identify this woman, seen on CCTV, as part of an ongoing fraud investigation. We have received a report that at approximately 7.45pm on Saturday 24 September, a shopper at a supermarket in Bedminster used counterfeit vouchers to pay for a large quantity of goods. CCTV enquiries have been undertaken and we are issuing images of a woman who we wish to talk...
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• Bristol home to UK's third most prolific speed camera – how many ... - BristolWorld

  10-11-2022 09:00
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• COP27: Art project shares people's views on climate change

  10-11-2022 07:30 via bbc.co.uk
  The artworks are being released to coincide with the COP27 climate change summit in Egypt.
  
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• Clean Air Zone and underground metro will make cycling safer claim council chiefs

  10-11-2022 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Thousands petitioned the council to make cycling safer in Bristol forcing a debate in City Hall
  
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• Bristol to scrap government’s ‘unrealistic’ housing targets and protect green spaces

  10-11-2022 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The council will now commission a study looking at the evidence of how many new homes the city needs to build
  
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• Bristol Remembrance Day 2022 services and events taking place across the city

  10-11-2022 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Here's a guide of all the key events in the Bristol area
  
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• Bristol Clean Air Zone test 'caught' thousands of drivers who will soon have to pay to enter city

  10-11-2022 01:01 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  If everyone who got a letter last week had to pay, it could bring half a million pounds a week to the council
  
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