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• SPOTY 2022: Bristol sport fans 'proud' as Mike Alden wins Unsung Hero Award

  21-12-2022 22:14 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Mike set up the Park Knowle FC in Bristol 10 years ago
  
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• Sports Personality of the Year: Mike Alden honoured with Unsung Hero award

  21-12-2022 21:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Football volunteer Mike Alden is honoured with the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Unsung Hero award.
  
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• Woman attacked by six teens in attempted robbery near Filton Abbey Wood station

  21-12-2022 19:40 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Two of the boys grabbed her bike and tried to take her bag
  
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• Bristol Animal Rescue Centre flooded as burst pipe sparks havoc

  21-12-2022 19:16 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Anyone who would like to help can do so much by making a donation to the rescue centre
  
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• Somerset bowler Sonny Baker extends contract until 2024

  21-12-2022 19:12 via bbc.co.uk
  Somerset bowler Sonny Baker signs a contract extension to keep him at Taunton until the end of 2024.
  
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• Call 999 if you see 'vulnerable' missing Ian, 67, last seen in Filton

  21-12-2022 18:52 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Police say he could be travelling by bus
  
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• 'NHS is broken' say striking ambulance staff in West

  21-12-2022 18:49 via bbc.co.uk
  The armed forces have been drafted in to help mitigate any impact of the industrial action.
  
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• Cost of living in 2023: How will you be saving money?

  21-12-2022 17:52 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  We want to know how you are cutting costs and saving money
  
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• Bristol power cut: High voltage affects people in and around city

  21-12-2022 17:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Power supplies are cut for safety reasons when voltage levels are too high.
  
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• Bristol Mama Bear’s Nursery rated inadequate by Ofsted

  21-12-2022 17:25 via bristolpost.co.uk
  In a visit last month inspectors found the nursery was performing well in many other aspects
  
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• Bristol: Abattoir workers jailed for 'savage' double murder

  21-12-2022 16:45 via bbc.co.uk
  The family of one of the victims described the 56-year-old as a "lovely, quiet man".
  
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• Restaurant near Bristol to give away free Christmas lunches amid cost of living crisis

  21-12-2022 16:17 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  They are giving away 150 meals on Christmas Day
  
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• Life sentences for men who murdered Denzil McKenzie and Fahad Pramanik

  21-12-2022 15:49 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  Two men convicted of murdering Denzil McKenzie and Fahad Pramanik at a house in Easton were jailed for life at Bristol Crown Court earlier today (Wednesday 21 December). Officers found the bodies of Denzil, 56, and Fahad, 27, at a house in Wood Street, on 12 September 2021. They’d suffered multiple stab injuries, with further injuries inflicted after their death. At today’s hearing...
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• Bristol: Hoba Kebab to close after being 'hit hard' by costs

  21-12-2022 15:43 via bbc.co.uk
  The top-rated Bristol restaurant says it cannot absorb rising costs.
  
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• Carol Vorderman shares what her trolls are like as she thanks fans following Jeremy Clarkson backlash

  21-12-2022 15:30 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Clifton presenter has been on the receiving end of trolling this week after condemning Jeremy Clarkson's controversial column about the Duchess of Sussex, which was published in the Sun
  
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• First Bus reveals Christmas and New Year timetable changes and cancellations in Bristol

  21-12-2022 15:19 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Only the A1, A3, AG1 and AG2 will be running on Boxing Day
  
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• Paramedic strikes: Why ambulance workers are staging walkout

  21-12-2022 15:16 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  As well as going on strike today, ambulance service staff will also be taking industrial action on Wednesday, December 28
  
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• Live: More than 150 Bristol homes lose power after 'auto closure'

  21-12-2022 15:09 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The properties are spread across several areas in north Bristol and South Gloucestershire
  
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• Bristol alumnus shares mental health journey to help others

  21-12-2022 15:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The 24-year-old reaches millions on social media sharing self-care advice.
  
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• Killers convicted of Easton double murder are jailed for life

  21-12-2022 14:27 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The court heard statements from the victims' devastated families
  
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• Closure order granted for shop which sold vapes to children

  21-12-2022 14:13 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  A shop in Taunton which sold vapes and other drug paraphernalia, including cannabis grinders and bongs, to children has been ordered to close following a court hearing. A closure order was served at the Quick Stop Mini Market in High Street, on the evening of Monday 12 December, following a seizure of more than 13,000 illegal cigarettes and 119 packs of 50kg rolling tobacco, as well as a large...
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• Ambulance strikes LIVE as Bristol workers form picket lines

  21-12-2022 11:45 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The strike has been co-ordinated by the GMB, Unison and Unite unions
  
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• Three men jailed for role in Bristol Kill the Bill riot

  21-12-2022 11:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Gopal Clarke, Arthur Lazarus and Henry Olohan admitted crimes at the Bristol disorder in 2021.
  
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• Mike Hodges: Flash Gordon and Get Carter director dies aged 90

  21-12-2022 10:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Hodges' other film credits included Croupier, The Terminal Man and I'll Sleep When I'm Dead.
  
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• Cheapest houses currently on the market in Bristol

  21-12-2022 07:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It's an expensive property market in Bristol, all these properties are around the £200,000 mark
  
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• ​Bristol rubbish left uncollected as problem parking blocks bin lorries from entering streets

  21-12-2022 07:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol City Council will collect evidence of hotspots where parked cars blocking access is a particular issue
  
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• Huge new academy trust for Bristol created by schools merger

  21-12-2022 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  The new organisation will run a total of 22 schools in Bristol and beyond
  
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• Eastville rat run could be pedestrianised five years after it was first proposed

  21-12-2022 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Stopping cars from using the road would reconnect the two sides of Rosemary Green
  
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• Asda South West stores in Birds Eye product recall amid contamination fears

  21-12-2022 05:11 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The precautionary action means shoppers can no longer purchase Birds Eye Original 4 Beef Quarter Pounders with Onion
  
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• Bristol fourth most searched-for by homebuyers on Rightmove

  21-12-2022 01:05 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  London tops the list with Devon, Cornwall and Glasgow making up the top 5
  
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