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• Love Island plays Stormzy track about Maya Jama just days after host made debut

  18-01-2023 23:30 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The new face of Love Island dated the musician for four years, with the former couple recently rumoured to be dating again
  
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• Love Island 'boring' apart from Maya Jama and her black Monot dress, say viewers

  18-01-2023 23:13 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  'This is so boring someone bring my bae Maya Jama'
  
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• Call 999 if you see missing man Gordon last seen in Portishead

  18-01-2023 22:59 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  74-year old Gordon was last seen on Sunday (January 15) and officers are growing increasingly concerned for his welfare
  
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• Ambulance staff and nurses to strike on same day

  18-01-2023 21:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The walkout in England and Wales on 6 February is set to be the biggest yet in this NHS pay dispute.
  
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• Love Island's Haris Namani's 'ex' claims he has had girlfriend after TikTok videos emerge

  18-01-2023 21:28 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Haris, 21, claims that he was 'only sleeping' with Courtney prior to his Love Island stint
  
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• Love Island fans claim farmer Will Young is more suited to CBeebies after finding hilarious TikTok videos

  18-01-2023 21:15 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The farmer, who is one of the first Love Islanders to appear on the show under new host Maya Jama, documents his job on TikTok
  
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• Mutilated greyhound's body found dumped down drain

  18-01-2023 20:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The RSPCA is investigating how the greyhound came to be discarded in a South Gloucestershire field.
  
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• Love Island fans slam PrettyLittleThing's dupe of Maya Jama's £1,500 dress

  18-01-2023 19:44 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  'Maya did not wear this bedsheet on Love Island, PLT better stop misbehaving!'
  
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• Thousands take part in Bristol University consultation on changing slavery-tainted building names

  18-01-2023 19:10 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There are three events next week to discuss the controversial issue further
  
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• Bristol households to see five per cent rise in council tax - but cuts to parks and libraries shelved

  18-01-2023 18:15 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol City Council tenants face a seven per cent rent increase but parks and libraries spared cuts in U-turn
  
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• The Last of Us receives high praise after first episode airs

  18-01-2023 17:42 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Despite having the same storyline as the game of the same name, the show seems to be a massive hit
  
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• Brislington murder trial: Rival groups converged before a knife fight 'over £95K cannabis crop'

  18-01-2023 17:27 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  CCTV showed vehicles at Avonmeads retail park
  
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• Appeal after man suffers broken jaw in Bristol pub attack

  18-01-2023 17:26 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Police would like to speak to the man photographed as they believe he may have witnessed the incident
  
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• Teenager sexually assaulted by balaclava man in Portishead

  18-01-2023 17:09 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The man was wearing grey joggers, a black Goose Canada coat with a fluffy hood and a balaclava
  
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• Jamie Chadwick: W Series champion to stay in Williams driver development programme

  18-01-2023 16:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's W-Series champion Jamie Chadwick will remain in Williams' driver development programme, despite switch to American Indy NXT Series.
  
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• NHS workers and supporters will march through Bristol this weekend

  18-01-2023 16:19 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Organisers are urging everyone who clapped for carers to join them now
  
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• Fix relationship with SEND parents, Bristol City Council told

  18-01-2023 16:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government has ordered a plan from Bristol City Council on how it plans to reverse years of mistrust.
  
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• Amanda and Alan's Italian Job: Where it was filmed and how you can visit from Bristol

  18-01-2023 16:01 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The BBC1 series sees Amanda Holden and Alan Carr renovating property they bought for just a euro each
  
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• Appeal following sexual assault in Portishead

  18-01-2023 16:00 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We are appealing for witnesses after a man sexually assaulted a teenager. Officers were called to Hallets Way, in Portishead, on Tuesday 10 January at around 3.20pm when a college-aged girl was sexually assaulted by touching. The man is described as being in his late teens to early 20s, approximately 5ft 8ins tall, with grey/blue eyes. The offender was wearing grey joggers, a black Goose Canada...
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• Man dies after two-vehicle crash near Bristol Airport

  18-01-2023 15:55 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A woman also remains in hospital with potential life-threatening injuries
  
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• St Barnabas primary school in Bristol set to close despite parents' campaign to keep it open

  18-01-2023 15:18 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol City Council cabinet will be asked to approve the closure after a request from governors
  
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• Mutilated greyhound found dumped down drain in Coalpit Heath

  18-01-2023 15:04 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A member of the public discovered the dog on New Year's Eve and contacted the RSCPA immediately
  
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• Appeal for dashcam after fatal collision – Bristol

  18-01-2023 15:00 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage following a fatal collision in Bristol yesterday. Officers were called to West Lane, in Felton, at around 8.30am yesterday (Tuesday 17 December) following a collision involving two vehicles. Sadly, a man in his 70s has died at the scene. Our thoughts are with the family at this time and they are being supported by specially trained officers.
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• West Country NHS services hampered by norovirus cases

  18-01-2023 14:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cases of the winter vomiting virus more than double in the past week in the West of England.
  
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• Plans welcomed to pedestrianise street linking Gloucester Road and nearby park

  18-01-2023 14:35 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Closing the road to cars would free up space for local businesses, pedestrians and cyclists, councillors said
  
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• How much do teachers in Bristol get paid?

  18-01-2023 14:32 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Teachers in the region will be striking in February and March
  
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• Bristol Bears given points deduction for fielding ineligible player in Challenge Cup

  18-01-2023 14:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bristol are deducted five points and given a suspended fine for selecting an ineligible player in the European Challenge Cup.
  
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• What it looks like inside the Bristol Beacon as cost to refurbish building soars

  18-01-2023 14:11 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  First look inside the refurbished Bristol Beacon, as it prepares to open this year
  
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• Love Island fans split over Will Young as he becomes single man in the villa

  18-01-2023 14:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  After the first two episodes Will has become the villa’s single man and fans aren’t surprised
  
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• Bristol Rovers Tickets Sell Out - Ipswich Town News - TWTD.co.uk

  18-01-2023 13:59
  
  Bristol Rovers Tickets Sell Out - Ipswich Town News  TWTD.co.uk
  
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• Frasier reboot: Kelsey Grammer praises 'magnificent' co-star Nicholas Lyndhurst

  18-01-2023 13:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kelsey Grammer cast Nicholas Lyndhurst because he's "one of the funniest people" he's worked with.
  
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• Frasier star Kelsey Grammer buys a house in Portishead

  18-01-2023 13:25 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Hollywood actor was spotted enjoying a curry in the town recently
  
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• All the First Bus changes coming in Bristol this week including new m4 metrobus route

  18-01-2023 13:07 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Some services have changed operating routes
  
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• How much do nurses get paid in Bristol and which NHS Trusts are striking

  18-01-2023 12:48 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Strikes are taking place across the country this week and next month
  
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• UWE Bristol facing possible £11m energy bill rise

  18-01-2023 12:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A volatile market could mean costs rising from £6.5m to £18m in the space of two years, bosses fear.
  
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• 'Fed up' community cut fence after Keynsham floods left them marooned

  18-01-2023 11:37 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  They say they had requested an emergency exit in the fence before as it blocks their only exit route
  
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• LIVE: M5 crash blocks lanes near Cribbs Causeway with heavy traffic building

  18-01-2023 11:02 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Two lanes are currently blocked
  
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• New e-scooter rental scheme in Bristol will see parking spaces on roads instead of pavements

  18-01-2023 10:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The contract to run Bristol's e-scooter scheme is up for renewal and could see major changes
  
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• Bristol pedestrianisation plans welcomed for busy link street

  18-01-2023 08:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bristol City Council earmarks more than £200,000 to close Overton Road to traffic in north Bristol.
  
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• Bristol academic's research on gender issues recognised

  18-01-2023 07:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dr Victoria Clarke has won the British Psychological Society's 2022 Presidents' Award.
  
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• Government orders Bristol City Council to fix SEND parents crisis

  18-01-2023 07:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Ofsted and the CQC found the authority's education department had failed to repair "fractured relationships"
  
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• Families 'in tears' after Bristol children's hospital heart surgery cancellations

  18-01-2023 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The hospital trust has apologised for the distress caused
  
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• Daughter's touching gesture for cancer-stricken dad willing to give his last to help others

  18-01-2023 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "I know this will make him so happy and will give him the strength to fight this horrible disease”
  
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• The exact amount state pensioners need to have a 'comfortable' retirement

  18-01-2023 04:38 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Despite the state pension being set to rise by 10.1% in April, many are feeling anxious
  
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