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• Bristol taxi drivers stage protest over Uber fare prices

  15-12-2022 19:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Taxi drivers in Bristol say they are struggling to make a living under current pricing structures.
  
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• Love Island new series with Maya Jama as host - what we know so far

  15-12-2022 19:29 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There has been much speculation about the start date
  
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• Boy, 12, assaulted in Bristol in suspected hate crime

  15-12-2022 19:07 via bbc.co.uk
  A 12-year-old is kicked in the abdomen, causing him to fall to the floor and his turban to come off.
  
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• South Gloucestershire bus passengers hold rally calling for franchising deal

  15-12-2022 19:01 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  They say a franchised transport model would also help address the current driver shortage
  
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• Royal Mail strikes: Mike Graham says rats at Bristol depot are 'health emergency' that will 'ruin' Christmas

  15-12-2022 19:01 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The TalkTV presenter has claimed that children will find rats in their teddy bears this Christmas
  
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• New wind turbines at Avonmouth could be installed as government lifts onshore ban

  15-12-2022 18:49 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The government recently U-turned on its ban on new onshore wind turbines
  
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• Boy, 12, victim of hate crime after being attacked in Bristol

  15-12-2022 18:44 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The victim was kicked in the abdomen by another boy, causing him to fall to the floor and his turban to come off
  
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• Chandos Road in Bristol could be pedestrianised in new plans to close road to cars

  15-12-2022 18:37 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Supporters say pedestrianisation scheme will allow businesses to 'thrive'
  
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• Woman who hit black boy, 12, with paddle in Bristol admits assault

  15-12-2022 18:34
  Fay Johnson admits causing actual bodily harm during incident in March but insists attack not racially motivatedA woman who struck a 12-year-old black boy on the forehead with a paddle at a riverside park so forcefully that he has been left scarred has admitted assault causing actual bodily harm but insisted the attack was not racially motivated.The police were strongly criticised after the attack by Fay Johnson, 32, on the boy, because she was initially not prosecuted after claiming she acted i
  
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• Bristol shopkeeper fined by South Gloucestershire Council after waste found dumped in woodland

  15-12-2022 18:19 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "Our zero-tolerance approach means that anyone who fly-tips in South Gloucestershire is five times more likely to be prosecuted than anywhere else in the country."
  
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• Recap: Traffic chaos on M4 and M5 after several crashes

  15-12-2022 18:16 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Incidents have been reported around Bristol and other parts of Gloucestershire and Somerset
  
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• LIVE: Traffic chaos on M4 and M5 after several crashes

  15-12-2022 18:16 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Incidents have been reported around Bristol and other parts of Gloucestershire and Somerset
  
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• Workers at Shelter homelessness charity in Bristol 'struggling to pay rent themselves'

  15-12-2022 18:09 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "We all feel really sad that we’ve had to walk out when our clients need us the most."
  
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• UK nurses strike: NHS worker says profession is at 'crisis point'

  15-12-2022 17:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Nearly 100 people gather in Bristol as nurses take part in the biggest strike in NHS history.
  
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• Appeal for witnesses after hate crime against 12-year-old boy

  15-12-2022 17:50 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  We’re appealing for witnesses after a 12-year-old boy was assaulted in Bristol in an incident we’re treating as a hate crime. The assault happened on Quay Street in the city centre at around 4pm last Thursday (8 December). The victim was kicked in the abdomen by another boy, causing him to fall to the floor and his turban to come off. He sustained bruising to his knees and pain to his abdomen in...
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• Bristol Pitbulls: Team starting to turn corner after three consecutive wins

  15-12-2022 17:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Bristol Pitbulls head coach Jamie Elson says "things are starting to click" for the team after three consecutive wins.
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing's Jayde Adams says Helen Skelton is 'thriving' amid 'unfair narratives' about women

  15-12-2022 17:38 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "Girl was thriving before, she's thriving now, and she'll thrive after"
  
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• Bristol nurses strike: We spoke to people on the picket line outside the Bristol Royal Infirmary

  15-12-2022 17:26 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  They stood out in the freezing cold to make their voices heard
  
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• Thousands of parcels stored outside at Royal Mail centre

  15-12-2022 17:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Photographs of thousands of packages stored outside a Royal Mail centre in Bristol divide opinion.
  
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• Officers appeal for witnesses after collision in which car fails to stop

  15-12-2022 16:02 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  We are appealing for witnesses after a car failed to stop following a collision yesterday. Officers were called to Love Lane, in Burnham-on-Sea, at around 9pm yesterday (Wednesday 14 December) following a collision between a pedestrian and a car. The vehicle, described as a red Ford Fiesta, failed to stop at the scene and continued in the direction of Tesco, down Love Lane. The pedestrian...
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• Disused coal mines in South Gloucestershire could be used to heat and cool homes

  15-12-2022 15:22 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There are "a number of areas of interest" in South Gloucestershire
  
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• New Met Office ice warning issued across parts of South West as cold snap set to rear up again

  15-12-2022 14:51 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It was thought the weekend would bring a change in the weather
  
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• Andy Mangan: Bristol Rovers first-team coach challenges FA homophobic comment charge

  15-12-2022 14:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Bristol Rovers first-team coach Andy Mangan will challenge a charge that he made an alleged homophobic comment.
  
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• Bristol residents named worst Christmas dinner cooks in UK - BristolWorld

  15-12-2022 13:34
  Bristol residents named worst Christmas dinner cooks in UK  BristolWorld
  
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• Nurses broke picket line outside of Bristol hospital to help injured man

  15-12-2022 13:24 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The patient was put into the recovery position and was visibly shaking on the ground outside
  
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• Bristol Rovers get home draw in Papa Johns Trophy

  15-12-2022 13:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Bolton Wanderers will take on 2019 winners and League One rivals Portsmouth in the Papa Johns Trophy quarter-finals.
  
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• Recap: M4 smash between two cars and a lorry causing delays near M5

  15-12-2022 12:47 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It happened at around 10.30am this morning
  
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• LIVE: M4 smash between two cars and a lorry causing delays near M5

  15-12-2022 12:47 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It happened at around 10.30am this morning
  
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• Bristol parks face 'spiral of decline' in city council budget cuts

  15-12-2022 12:10 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The local authority needs to plug a £31m funding deficit
  
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• Operation Bluestone, our specialist approach to rape and sexual offence investigations, to help shape new national operating model

  15-12-2022 11:53 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  The success and learning from a transformative approach to rape and sexual assault investigations introduced by Avon and Somerset Police in June 2021 is to help inform the national operating model for investigating and prosecuting these complex crimes, a Government report has revealed today. Avon and Somerset was the pilot force for Project Bluestone, a collaboration with academics which involved...
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• Bristol Central Library: More than 4,000 sign petitions against move

  15-12-2022 11:24 via bbc.co.uk
  The council says cuts to its funding means things considered off limits have to be thought about.
  
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• Bristolians named worst Christmas dinner cooks in UK, according to ... - BristolWorld

  15-12-2022 09:00
  
  Bristolians named worst Christmas dinner cooks in UK, according to ...  BristolWorld
  
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• Bristol residents named worst Christmas dinner cooks in UK - The Scotsman

  15-12-2022 09:00
  
  Bristol residents named worst Christmas dinner cooks in UK  The Scotsman
  
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• Update on M32 noise barriers in Bristol after petition launched

  15-12-2022 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "While they put their hands over their eyes, we are forced to put our hands over our ears."
  
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• Furniture given to Afghan and Ukrainian refugees in Bristol in £1.5m council scheme

  15-12-2022 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Councillors said the scheme would make refugees feel at home in Bristol
  
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• Bristol couple excited for first Christmas with their ‘miracle baby’

  15-12-2022 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "When the blue line appeared, I was so happy I could have fainted"
  
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• Eight-storey building next to listed Victorian cottage will 'encompass the soul of Bedminster'

  15-12-2022 01:06 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There's currently a garage and a couple of sheds there
  
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