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• Joe Batley: Forward signs three-year extension to stay at Bristol

  22-12-2022 20:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Bristol forward Joe Batley signs a new three-year contract to remain at the club until at least 2026.
  
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• Multiple arrests made after police seize significant amounts of cash and drugs across Bristol

  22-12-2022 18:41 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Policing teams have been clamping down on suspected drug dealers and users
  
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• Ikea's first flatpack BoKlok homes are a year late and buyers are furious

  22-12-2022 17:15 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  BoKlok developers 'apologise wholeheartedly'
  
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• Bristol neighbourhood teams make multiple arrests and seize significant quantities of cash and drugs

  22-12-2022 17:08 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  Neighbourhood policing teams across Bristol have been working hard to disrupt and apprehend suspected drug dealers and to prevent anti-social behaviour by drug users. In east Bristol, officers have stopped several men and boys and recovered significant quantities of drugs and cash along with a number of knives and mobile phones. The proactive work, which involved officers in uniform and plain...
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• Cyclist mugged in St Anne's by men with machete in terrifying attack

  22-12-2022 16:01 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The victim was treated by paramedics
  
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• Strep A claims lives of five more children in UK - Bristol Live

  22-12-2022 15:24
  Strep A claims lives of five more children in UK  Bristol Live
  
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• Work to repair Kingsweston Iron Bridge won’t start until almost a decade after it closed

  22-12-2022 15:17 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol City Council finally has planning permission to repair the Kingsweston Iron Bridge
  
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• Dates revealed for Bristol City Council by-election race early next year

  22-12-2022 15:14 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The vote will be held on either January 26 or February 2
  
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• Witnesses sought after woman assaulted by unknown man in Bristol

  22-12-2022 14:15 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  We are appealing for witnesses after a woman was assaulted in Bristol. At approximately 2.20am on Saturday 26 November, she was walking up Pro-Cathedral Lane towards Park Place when an unknown man approached. He grabbed her shoulders before forcing her to the ground, where she landed on some broken glass. The woman managed to free herself from him before the offender ran off in the direction of...
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• Live: M5 Bristol car fire on Avonmouth Bridge causing long delays

  22-12-2022 13:31 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The carriageway is closed in one direction
  
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• Family desperate to get lost dog Barney home for Christmas after he bolted on A38

  22-12-2022 13:10 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  He's been sighted in the fields south of Bristol
  
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• Zoopla's new House Price Index shows Bristol property cost compared to UK cities - Bristol Live

  22-12-2022 12:49
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• Zoopla's new House Price Index shows Bristol property cost compared to UK cities

  22-12-2022 12:49 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Zoopla has just released new figures for the UK’s housing markets
  
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• Ex First Bus boss takes to road amid driver shortage

  22-12-2022 12:29 via bbc.co.uk
  James Freeman is now driving buses around Winchester after retiring as managing director last year.
  
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• Four cheap ways to keep warm at home over Christmas

  22-12-2022 12:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  We've taken a look at a few ways to keep your heating use and energy costs down
  
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• Bristol: Woman left with broken leg after hit-and-run crash

  22-12-2022 11:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Police said two motorcyclists failed to stop at the scene after hitting a pedestrian in Bristol.
  
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• Woman suffers 'multiple fractures' and requires surgery after electric motorbike collision

  22-12-2022 11:49 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The two riders failed to stop at the scene
  
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• Pensioner, 78, jailed for 20 years after sexually assaulting child

  22-12-2022 11:47 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  A 78-year-old man has been jailed for 20 years for non-recent sexual offences against a young girl. Brian David, of Wells Road, Totterdown, Bristol, was sentenced at Bristol Crown Court on Tuesday 20 December after a jury found him guilty of 13 non-recent crimes – eight indecent assaults along with three counts of rape and two of buggery. All the offences were against a young girl when she was...
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• Which warm spaces are open in Bristol over Christmas?

  22-12-2022 11:43 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol City Council has released the visiting hours for some of the spaces that will still be open over the Christmas and new year period.
  
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• Mike Alden: SPOTY Unsung Hero award 'surreal'

  22-12-2022 11:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Community football coach says it is "surreal" to be awarded the BBC Sports Personality's Unsung Hero.
  
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• Will Stuart and Tom Dunn: England forwards sign new Bath deals

  22-12-2022 11:01 via bbc.co.uk
  England forwards Will Stuart and Tom Dunn sign new contracts to stay at Bath for the 2023-24 season.
  
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• Appeal after woman suffers multiple leg fractures in fail to stop collision

  22-12-2022 10:50 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  Can you help us identify the two people in this image? We’d like to talk to them about an incident in Bristol in which a pedestrian suffered serious injuries in a collision with two people riding electric motorbikes. The two motorcyclists failed to stop at the scene. The incident happened at around 11pm on Monday 5 December on Whiteladies Road, near the junction with Imperial Road. The pedestrian...
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• Zoopla's new House Price Index shows Bristol property cost ... - Bristol Live

  22-12-2022 09:00
  
  Zoopla's new House Price Index shows Bristol property cost ...  Bristol Live
  
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• Mary Berry's recipe for Christmas gammon with hack for keeping it moist

  22-12-2022 08:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  One of her secrets is orange juice
  
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• Bristol Animal Rescue Centre's plea for help after flood

  22-12-2022 07:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Bristol Animal Rescue Centre's main food store has been damaged after a water pipe.
  
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• Bristol adapts harm reduction approach for drug use

  22-12-2022 07:31 via bbc.co.uk
  In a UK-first, Bristol will prioritise user safety instead of "outdated" policies.
  
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• Why Bristolians HATE this part of 'The Holiday'

  22-12-2022 07:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There's actually two plot points that really grind our gears - despite it being a firm festive favourite
  
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• Error in The Holiday film script that infuriates Bristolians every Christmas

  22-12-2022 07:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There's actually two plot points that really grind our gears - despite it being a firm festive favourite
  
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• Christmas bin collection dates in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset

  22-12-2022 07:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Live has collected all the Christmas waste collection dates for Bristol, North Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire
  
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• Old Bristol police station complete with dingy cells is up for sale

  22-12-2022 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The property is "bursting with character"
  
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• Bristol mum's Christmas 'ruined' after DPD parcel of 'rusty car parts' delivered instead of gifts

  22-12-2022 01:01 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Julia Harris says DPD has given her no explanation for the mix-up
  
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