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• Bristol Rovers 3-4 Exeter City

  29-12-2022 23:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Sam Nombe scores a dramatic stoppage-time winner in Exeter's thrilling 4-3 victory over Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Ground.
  
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• Millwall 0-0 Bristol City: Lions drop out of play-off places after draw

  29-12-2022 22:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Millwall slip out of the Championship play-off places after an uninspiring goalless draw at home against out-of-form Bristol City.
  
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• Oldland Common: Scooter rider taken to hospital following collision with car

  29-12-2022 22:31 via bbc.co.uk
  The man was riding a scooter and is described as having potentially life threatening injuries.
  
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• Man suffers 'potentially life-threatening injuries' after crash in Oldland Common - updates

  29-12-2022 22:02 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  One woman was arrested and remains in police custody following the crash
  
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• Delay in alleged child rape case is a 'carbuncle on the face of justice'

  29-12-2022 18:09 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Offences are claimed to have happened almost a decade ago and a trial is listed for June next year
  
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• Ben Spencer: Club captain agrees to contract extension at Bath

  29-12-2022 17:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Bath club captain and scrum-half Ben Spencer has signed a contract extension with the Premiership club.
  
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• Blue badge holder at Hengrove Park Leisure Centre 'in tears' over parking fines

  29-12-2022 16:22 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "I'm worried about bailiffs at the door"
  
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• CCTV released after man threatened with knife

  29-12-2022 14:55 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  We’re issuing images of a man we want to identify in connection with an incident in which a member of the public was threatened with a knife in front of their child. The member of the public had tried to intervene after a man stole a keyboard from a store in Orchard Shopping Centre in Taunton, at around 2.40pm on Saturday 3 December. The offender showed the victim that he had a knife and...
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• Valuable racing pigeons stolen in burglary

  29-12-2022 14:23 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  We’re appealing for information as part of an ongoing investigation into a burglary in wFahich 25 racing pigeons were stolen. Three men broke into an outhouse of a property in Peasedown St John in the early hours of Tuesday 29 November, and stole the birds. House-to-house and CCTV enquiries have been carried out, as well enquiries with organisations specialising in racing pigeons.
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• United Cup: Cameron Norrie & Katie Swan give Great Britain a perfect start

  29-12-2022 13:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Great Britain take a 2-0 lead in their best-of-five opening match against Australia in the United Cup event in Sydney.
  
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• Scenes at Aldi as Prime Hydration energy drink 'sells out in minutes' across Bristol

  29-12-2022 13:55 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "Everyone ran"
  
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• Carol Vorderman's 'Vorder Stalker' cancelled her holiday plans with her beloved van

  29-12-2022 13:51 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The 62-year-old maths whizz told fans that she has signed 'civil restraining orders' against the individual
  
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• Portishead pensioners trapped in tower block for 12 days

  29-12-2022 13:16 via bbc.co.uk
  A broken lift in the block leaves some residents with mobility issues unable to leave their flat.
  
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• Recap: M5 lane reopens after crash near Portishead

  29-12-2022 12:47 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There is slow traffic on the southbound carriageway
  
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• LIVE: M5 lane closed after crash near Portishead

  29-12-2022 12:47 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There is slow traffic on the southbound carriageway
  
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• CCTV appeal following phone theft in Bridgwater

  29-12-2022 12:46 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  We are appealing for the public’s help to identify these men following the theft of a mobile phone. On Saturday 8 October at around 1.30pm, two unknown men attended a property in Bridgwater to view a phone which had been advertised second hand online. They have then swapped the phone with a fake handset and made off with the genuine phone without paying. Officers would like to speak to the two men...
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• Bristol's Clean Air Zone agreement - where the money can be spent

  29-12-2022 12:42 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It could bring in as much as a million pounds a month
  
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• Can you help identify these two people? – Weston

  29-12-2022 11:59 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  We are appealing for the public’s help after a dog was stolen from Weston-super-Mare town centre. We would like to speak to these men as we believe they have information which could aid our investigation. The Staffordshire Bull Terrier was stolen from its owner in Regent Street at around 10.50pm on Tuesday 20 December. The dog, pictured, is grey with a white marking on her front right leg.
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• Witness appeal after bike stolen from shop – Bath

  29-12-2022 10:47 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  We are appealing for witnesses after a man broke into a Bath shop and stole a bike. On Friday 9 December after midnight, an unknown man broke into Cycle Works Bicycle Shop, in High Street, Weston Village, in Bath, and made off with a bike. The suspect is described as a white man, of muscular build. He was wearing a grey tracksuit, a dark-coloured baseball cap, gloves and dark shoes.
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• Met Office New Year's Eve weather forecast as heavy rain set to blast Bristol

  29-12-2022 10:37 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Umbrellas might be needed if you are heading out to celebrate
  
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• LIVE: M5 delays after multi-vehicle crash near Portishead

  29-12-2022 10:01 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  All traffic was briefly held at around 8.30am
  
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• Bristol mum in DPD mix-up at Christmas 'still waiting on gifts'

  29-12-2022 09:44 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "It’s absolute rubbish. That’s all I can say.”
  
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• Bristol train disruption after 'cable fault'

  29-12-2022 09:25 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A line has been closed for repairs
  
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• Christmas tree collection dates in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset

  29-12-2022 08:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  This year, Bristol City Council will be collecting Christmas trees in Bristol on just one single day in January
  
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• Cleidocranial dysplasia: The mum and son with a one-in-a-million condition

  29-12-2022 07:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Karen Hunt's condition is becoming better known through Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo.
  
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• Bristol Supertram: What happened to the shelved £200m trams plan two decades ago

  29-12-2022 07:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The scheme was scrapped in 2004 after delays, political rows and cost overruns in plans for trams in other cities
  
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• Mum-of-five from Lawrence Weston 'snapped' and trashed car of suspected love rival

  29-12-2022 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The court heard she was 'appalled' by her behaviour
  
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