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• LIVE: M5 traffic held and slip road blocked after vehicle flips

  29-11-2022 20:38 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There is stationary traffic on the northbound side at junction 14 this evening (November 29)
  
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• Immensa lab errors may have led to 23 Covid-19 deaths

  29-11-2022 19:51 via bbc.co.uk
  A report says 39,000 people may also have been given incorrect PCR results from a private lab.
  
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• Teachers at St Brendan’s Sixth Form College in Brislington set to go on strike in row over pay

  29-11-2022 19:30 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Teachers will be on the picket line tomorrow morning at 8.00 am
  
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• Watchdog investigating police shooting find 'non-police issue' firearm

  29-11-2022 19:22 via bbc.co.uk
  The police watchdog is investigating after a man, 31, was shot by police inside a house in Somerset.
  
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• Update after collision involving a bus near Frome

  29-11-2022 18:26 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  Enquiries are continuing following a collision involving a bus in Frome yesterday (Monday 28 November). Emergency services were called to B3090 Oldford Hill at about 3.35pm after a bus left the road and overturned. Approximately 45 people were onboard at the time, including schoolchildren. Paramedics treated and checked on the welfare of passengers at the scene, but a small number were taken to...
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• Big Jeff discharged from hospital almost six months after house fire

  29-11-2022 18:18 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Local artist, Jeff Johns, is "nervous but excited" to be back home
  
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• Upper Bristol Road emergency drainage works in Bath | mnrjournal.co.uk - The Midsomer Norton, Radstock & District Journal

  29-11-2022 18:07
  Upper Bristol Road emergency drainage works in Bath | mnrjournal.co.uk  The Midsomer Norton, Radstock & District Journal
  
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  29-11-2022 18:07
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• Updated statement following incident in Wick St Lawrence

  29-11-2022 18:07 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  We continue to carry out enquiries at a property in North Somerset today (Tuesday 29 November) in which a man was shot by police. Officers yesterday (Monday 28 November) visited the address on Wick Road, Wick St Lawrence, as part of an inquiry into possible firearm offences. During the visit, a 31-year-old man was shot. The officers involved provided him with first aid before he was taken to...
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• Bristol's Big Jeff home after nearly six months in hospital

  29-11-2022 17:33 via bbc.co.uk
  The music super fan and artist suffered severe burns at his flat in Bristol in June.
  
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• Fire marshals on Bristol council tower block ‘waking watch’ will cost £200k a week

  29-11-2022 17:22 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A new report reveals the scale of costs facing the council for fire safety measures
  
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• Covid Immensa lab testing scandal 'led to 20 deaths' according to UKHSA report

  29-11-2022 16:48 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Tens of thousands of people were wrongly told they did not have Covid
  
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• Closure order granted for flat after reports of drug dealing and antisocial behaviour

  29-11-2022 16:39 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  A flat in Weston-super-Mare has been made subject of a temporary closure order after magistrates heard evidence of drug dealing and antisocial behaviour being linked to the address. Police have been called to the address in Quantock Road a number of times over the past year. Despite our attempts to resolve the issues with the private owner of the flat, we attended court on Friday 18 November to...
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• New cycle hangars to be installed outside council tower blocks for safer bike storage

  29-11-2022 16:37 via bristolpost.co.uk
  Responding to calls for safer cycling, the mayor pledged more hangars but added an underground railway will also help
  
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• Premiership Rugby Cup: Two matches added to ensure fairness

  29-11-2022 16:27 via bbc.co.uk
  Two additional fixtures are added to the Premiership Rugby Cup to allow "fair" qualification for the semi-finals.
  
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• Thornbury special school drunk teacher banned from profession

  29-11-2022 16:15 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  He threatened to kill Sheiling School pupil in text to boy's mum
  
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• Appeal after sexual assault in Bath

  29-11-2022 16:05 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  We hope the public can help us with our enquiries after a woman was sexually assaulted by a man in Bath earlier this month. It happened at approximately 2.30am on Saturday 5 November in Edgar Mews, close to George Street. We are making sure the victim has access to any support services she requires following this incident. Enquiries have been carried out and we are releasing a picture of a man we...
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• Bristol MP calls on Metro Mayor to take back control of 'shambles' bus service

  29-11-2022 15:53 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "Buses in our city are in a mess" - Karin Smyth MP
  
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• Voi scooters finally extended into South Bristol

  29-11-2022 15:49 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Six months after they expansion was announced
  
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• New report shows a 40% increase in e-scooter casualties nationwide, while fatalities have tripled 

  29-11-2022 15:08 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Males aged 10-19 were the most frequently involved in crashes
  
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• Jacob Rees-Mogg calls abortion rights a 'cult of death'

  29-11-2022 14:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The MP also did not agree that abortion rights should be protected in the event of incest or rape
  
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• Film night at Bristol cemetery with Twilight, Nightmare Before Christmas and ET

  29-11-2022 14:18 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It's part of the Bristol Film Festival
  
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• Beautiful Bristol hotel inside former Georgian house voted among UK's best - Bristol Live

  29-11-2022 13:30
  Beautiful Bristol hotel inside former Georgian house voted among UK's best  Bristol Live
  
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• Is Cabot Circus in Bristol Clean Air Zone? Car park 'loophole' explained

  29-11-2022 12:29 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The shopping centre car park sits on the edge of Bristol Clean Air Zone
  
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• Bristol's Clean Air Zone: The Cabot Circus car park entance which falls outside the CAZ boundary

  29-11-2022 12:29 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The shopping centre car park sits on the edge of Bristol Clean Air Zone
  
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• Police renew appeal to find missing Bristol woman last seen in August

  29-11-2022 11:47 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Denise has not been seen for more than three months
  
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• Bristol kitten's incredible recovery after plunging 50ft from flat window

  29-11-2022 11:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Her owner was unable to afford the vet bill but a charity stepped in
  
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• Renewed appeal to help us find missing woman Denise Jarvis

  29-11-2022 10:48 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  We’re renewing an appeal for information to help us find missing 43-year-old woman Denise Jarvis. Denise was last seen on the evening of Wednesday 3 August in the area of Southey Park, in Kingswood, South Gloucestershire. Denise has not been in contact with her family or friends since this date and we’re very concerned for her welfare. Det Insp Ben Lavender said: “It’s been more than three months...
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• Fire-damaged Grosvenor Hotel must be made safe, court orders

  29-11-2022 09:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The city-centre eyesore is in a "fundamentally dangerous condition" after a fire, a court hears.
  
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• Hotel inside former Georgian house voted one of UK's best - Bristol Live

  29-11-2022 09:00
  Hotel inside former Georgian house voted one of UK's best  Bristol Live
  
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• Beautiful Bristol hotel inside former Georgian house voted among ... - Bristol Live

  29-11-2022 09:00
  Beautiful Bristol hotel inside former Georgian house voted among ...  Bristol Live
  
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• Council dismisses Weston-super-Mare Tropicana sale rumours

  29-11-2022 07:08 via bbc.co.uk
  North Somerset Council's placemaking committee says the former lido is not being put up for sale.
  
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• Bristol cat survives falling from fourth-floor flat

  29-11-2022 07:03 via bbc.co.uk
  One-year-old Oreo fell out the window at her home in Bristol and is recuperating from surgery.
  
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• UK Portishead line greenlit, but fears for rest of Bristol Metro project - RailTech.com

  29-11-2022 06:30
  UK Portishead line greenlit, but fears for rest of Bristol Metro project  RailTech.com
  
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• Dog-friendly Christmassy places to visit in Bristol this festive season

  29-11-2022 06:04 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Christmas shopping, markets, walks, pints, grub, walks and even a holiday
  
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• Bristol leaseholders say 'potentially dangerous' cladding delay has left them 'stuck'

  29-11-2022 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "All the time this goes on we're stuck, paying huge insurance premiums, and we can't move"
  
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