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• Ninja Warrior UK opens in Bristol - Bristol24/7

  20-12-2022 22:32
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• LIVE: Bristol Airport-bound Loganair plane makes 'emergency landing' in Manchester

  20-12-2022 22:29 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There are reports a fire and rescue crew are waiting upon arrival for the flight that was jetting in from Aberdeen
  
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• Bristol police officer who made sexual comments and touched female co-worker dismissed

  20-12-2022 21:29 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  PC Sanjaye Drummond, based at Patchway Station, was found to have breached standards in sexual comments and inappropriate touching
  
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• Can you help us identify these two men?

  20-12-2022 19:23 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  We’re releasing images of two men we need the public’s help to identify as part of an investigation into an attempted burglary in Crewkerne. The incident happened at around 3am on Monday 5 December at the National Grid site on South Street. More than a thousand pounds worth of damage was caused to a fence and to electric cabling the offenders were trying to steal.
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• Josie Gibson invites This Morning friend Alison Hammond over for Christmas dinner

  20-12-2022 19:22 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The best friends will be celebrating Christmas together for the second year in a row
  
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• Regional operation cracks down on money mules and warns: Don’t Be Used.

  20-12-2022 19:01 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  The following has been issued by the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit** More than 40 people have been visited at homes from Tewksbury to Penzance and 119 warning letters issued as part of a regional operation to identify people who, often unwittingly, are acting as money mules for organised criminals. Being a money mule, which means allowing your bank account to be used by criminals to...
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• Sainsbury's Christmas shoppers stuck in hour-long queue to leave car park at Castle Court

  20-12-2022 18:58 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Shoppers complained of an "emergency situation", claiming "no one can get out or in and there no staff out here to sort the situation."
  
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• M4 traffic queues after three-car crash - updates

  20-12-2022 18:56 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There are delays on the motorway heading towards London
  
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• M4 lane closed and traffic queueing after three-car crash - updates

  20-12-2022 18:56 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Traffic is queuing on the motorway following a three-car pile up
  
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• Bristol police officer sacked for inappropriate behaviour

  20-12-2022 18:44 via bbc.co.uk
  PC Sanjaye Drummond is now barred from working in policing or other law enforcement agencies.
  
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• Crash outside Royal Mail depot in Filton causes delays - updates

  20-12-2022 18:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There are current delays of approximately 15 minutes around Filton this afternoon
  
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• Live: Burst water mains causing mayhem in Bristol as roads close

  20-12-2022 17:44 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Separate incidents have been reported around the city
  
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• Tribute to 'inspirational' nurse killed by careless Bristol driver

  20-12-2022 17:43 via bbc.co.uk
  A driver is jailed for 21 weeks after hitting a couple riding a motorbike and failing to stop.
  
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• Plan for 20-person HMO in Bedminster goes to appeal after planning delay

  20-12-2022 17:20 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The accommodation provider has given up waiting for a council decision
  
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• Bristol Water accused of leaving 'trip hazard' after pavement works

  20-12-2022 16:45 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It's been left "sticking up above the pavement"
  
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• Finn Russell: 'Scotland fly-half's Bath switch must deliver silverware'

  20-12-2022 16:41 via bbc.co.uk
  Finn Russell's lucrative move to a struggling Bath must be about winning trophies, writes BBC Scotland's chief sportswriter Tom English.
  
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• Sir Ranulph Fiennes worst near-death experience happened at Bristol Airport

  20-12-2022 16:36 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The adventurer who has been hailed 'the world’s greatest living explorer' has no memory of the incident
  
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• Burglar jailed for more than three years

  20-12-2022 16:25 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  A 49-year-old man has been jailed for more than three years for burglary and fraud offences. On Friday 16 December, Anthony Paisley, of Trinity Road, Taunton, was sentenced to three years and 73 days in prison after he pleaded guilty to two counts of dwelling burglary and one of fraud. He was caught on CCTV committing the offences and was subsequently arrested the following day.
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• Bristol nurses on strike say 'we don't want to but we have to' as RCN action continues

  20-12-2022 16:16 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  “We have colleagues who can’t afford to buy Christmas presents, and some who are going to foodbanks, and that’s not ok"
  
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• Disruptions to Bristol Parkway trains due to flooding - updates

  20-12-2022 15:23 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  All lines are blocked between Bristol Parkway and Newport in South Wales
  
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• Symptoms of 'winter lurgy' that's not covid as described by Bristol people

  20-12-2022 15:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  “I have had covid, but this is far worse.”
  
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• Romeo Beckham spotted at Bristol City match as girlfriend sells 'loads and loads' of clothes in city centre

  20-12-2022 14:24 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The 20-year-old is thought to have been in the West Country to support his girlfriend Mia Regan's pop-up shop in Broadmead
  
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• By-election to be held at Bristol City Council after councillor steps down

  20-12-2022 14:08 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A tight by-election battle could lead to either Labour or Greens becoming the largest group on the council
  
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• Bristol man jailed for careless driving after causing death of 'inspirational' nurse

  20-12-2022 13:52 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  “There will never be a sentence long enough in our eyes for what he has done" says her late husband
  
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• Christmas and new year in Bristol and around from years gone by

  20-12-2022 13:50 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  These fabulous pictures give a glimpse into what life was like around Christmas over the past 75 years
  
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• Totterdown OAP convicted of historical rapes of child likely to die in jail

  20-12-2022 13:23 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Brian David convicted of multiple charges of sexual abuse of youngster
  
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• ‘Urgent action needed’ to tackle untreated sewage entering the River Frome

  20-12-2022 13:16 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Councillors disagreed on the best way to tackle the issue
  
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• Think you can pass the driving theory test? Then try our quiz...

  20-12-2022 13:12 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  We've got 10 questions from the driving theory test for you to have a go at
  
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• Carol Vorderman brands Jeremy Clarkson a 'sad soul' as MP calls for him to be banned from TV

  20-12-2022 13:04 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Clifton resident, 61, has made it very clear that she disagrees with Clarkson's views on the Duchess of Sussex, despite the ex-Top Gear host claiming 'everyone who's my age thinks the same way'
  
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• Cyclist in induced coma after bike fall now recovering at home

  20-12-2022 12:30 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Police say he has 'no memory' of what happened
  
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• Man, 29, jailed for causing death of nurse in collision

  20-12-2022 11:51 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  A 29-year-old man has been jailed for more than six months after causing the death of an ‘inspirational’ nurse. Sean Coates, of Alcove Road, Bristol, pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving in an incident which killed 52-year-old Stacey Steer. He was sentenced yesterday (Monday 19 December) at Taunton Crown Court and was handed 26 weeks in prison. The court heard how, on Sunday 30 May...
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• Dogs at Bristol Animal Rescue Centre still looking for a new home this Christmas

  20-12-2022 11:49 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "Help us make sure that animals who are stuck in the middle of all this turmoil don't get forgotten this winter.”
  
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• Bristol-based Film Noir UK presents two post-Christmas double bills ... - Bristol24/7

  20-12-2022 11:37
  Bristol-based Film Noir UK presents two post-Christmas double bills ...  Bristol24/7
  
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• Finn Russell: Scotland fly-half to join Bath from Racing 92 next year

  20-12-2022 11:00 via bbc.co.uk
  British and Irish Lions fly-half Finn Russell will join Bath from Top 14 side Racing 92 after the 2023 World Cup.
  
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• Bristol: By-election to be held as councillor stands down

  20-12-2022 10:54 via bbc.co.uk
  The vote could mean either Labour or the Greens become the largest group on Bristol City Council.
  
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• Appeal after cyclist suffers serious injuries – Filton

  20-12-2022 10:39 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  We’re appealing for witnesses after a cyclist suffered serious injuries after coming off his bike. The incident happened in Shellard Road, Filton, sometime between 8am and 9am on Monday 26 September. The cyclist, a 35-year-old man, was placed into an induced coma in hospital as a result of his injuries. Investigating officer PC Ben Fitzgerald said: “Thankfully, despite the serious injuries he...
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• Appeal issued for two offences in Taunton being treated as linked

  20-12-2022 09:34 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  We’re investigating two incidents which happened in Taunton on Saturday (December 17), which we’re treating as linked. The first incident happened in Mountway Road/Gipsy Lane at just after 3.30pm. A number of males on bicycles approached a woman who was walking along the road, and removed her hat, pulling her hair in the process. A short time later, in Castle Green, a man challenged a group of...
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• Bath club brings comedy to British Sign Language users

  20-12-2022 07:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Komedia in Bath has employed a BSL interpreter to sign for deaf audience members.
  
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• Updates as nurses go on strike across Bristol for second day of industrial action

  20-12-2022 07:30 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Picket lines outside hospitals in Bristol
  
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• Drivers to Bristol Airport 'feel mugged' by Clean Air Zone's Portway 'trap'

  20-12-2022 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The council asked for signs on the M5 but it has not happened
  
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• Baby's life 'probably saved' by umbilical stem cells

  20-12-2022 02:53 via bbc.co.uk
  An experimental treatment saves the life of baby Finley after he was born with a heart defect.
  
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