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• Love Island fans ask 'where is Maya Jama?' as they demand Bristolian beauty returns to their screens

  19-01-2023 23:21 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Fans of the ITV2 show have claimed that it is dull without Maya
  
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• What Bristol's proposed 4.99 per cent rise in council tax means for you

  19-01-2023 19:33 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The highest bills from Bristol City Council next year are almost £4,000
  
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• Love Island’s Olivia Hawkins surprises fans as she makes cameo appearance on EastEnders

  19-01-2023 18:59 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Fans of both shows were left surprised when Olivia appeared at Peggy’s in last night’s instalment of the show
  
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• Man punched unconscious outside Bristol nightclub during brawl

  19-01-2023 18:10 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Police have released CCTV footage of a man they are keen to speak to
  
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• Ellery Balcombe: Bristol Rovers sign Brentford goalkeeper on loan

  19-01-2023 17:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  League One club Bristol Rovers sign Brentford goalkeeper Ellery Balcombe on loan until the end of the season.
  
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• Bristol City Council garden waste charges to rise by more than half

  19-01-2023 17:16 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Christmas tree collections will cost £5 among other changes as authority faces £20.3m budget gap
  
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• Wanted Bristol man sparks 999 appeal as public told not to approach him

  19-01-2023 17:04 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Avon and Somerset Police is locate Aaron Cogley from Henbury
  
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• Call 999 if you see wanted man Conor Coltman

  19-01-2023 17:01 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  He is described as white, 5ft 6 and slight with short ginger hair
  
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• Car park near Bristol city centre could become housing in £35m plan

  19-01-2023 16:46 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It's in a central location opposite a Bristol landmark
  
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• Carole Baskin claims dead ex-husband is alive and knows where - but no one noticed

  19-01-2023 16:45 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  In 1997, star of Tiger King Carole Baskin's husband left his home in Florida and was never seen again
  
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• LIVE: M4 lanes closed near Bristol after crash

  19-01-2023 16:25 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There is queuing traffic on the eastbound carriageway
  
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• Hyam out of Bristol City battle | rovers.co.uk - Blackburn rovers

  19-01-2023 16:24
  
  Hyam out of Bristol City battle | rovers.co.uk  Blackburn rovers
  
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• CCTV appeal following altercation outside Bristol nightclub

  19-01-2023 15:59 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  We are appealing for the public’s help to identify this man following an incident outside a Bristol nightclub. At around 3.15am on Saturday 1 October, a group of men had an altercation outside of MBARGOS, in the Clifton Triangle. One man punched another in the face twice, resulting in the victim to lose consciousness. The victim, in his 20s, was taken to hospital, but has since been discharged and...
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• Appeal to find Aaron Cogley after failing to attend court

  19-01-2023 15:52 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  Have you seen wanted Aaron Cogley? We are hoping the public can help us find him as he’s wanted for failing to attend court following a driving offence charge. The 35-year-old, from Henbury, has links to north Bristol and South Gloucestershire. Cogley is described as male, white, approximately 5ft 11ins and has brown eyes. He has tattoos, including a swallow with two names and hearts on his right...
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• BAFTA shortlist snub for Bristol animated film director

  19-01-2023 15:08 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Joseph Wallace's short film, Salvation Has No Name, did not quite make it to the shortlist after eaning a place on the longlist
  
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• BAFTA shortlist 2023: Bristol animated film director misses out after making longlist

  19-01-2023 15:08 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Joseph Wallace's short film, Salvation Has No Name, did not quite make it to the shortlist after earning a place on the longlist
  
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• EFL: Championship, League One & League Two final day moved for King Charles III's coronation

  19-01-2023 15:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The final day of the Championship, League One and League Two season is moved to avoid a clash with King Charles III's coronation.
  
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• Levelling Up scheme grants £14.5m for Filwood Broadway regeneration in Bristol

  19-01-2023 14:51 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The neighbourhood's regeneration plans were first drawn up in 2012
  
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• Bristol council tax would rise by 5% under budget plans

  19-01-2023 14:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bristol City Council is proposing a host of cash-raising measures to narrow its growing budget gap.
  
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• Plans for 30 homes at old Filwood Broadway cinema approved by councillors

  19-01-2023 14:34 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Furious residents accused Bristol City Council of "lies" to demolish the Knowle West building
  
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• Love Island fans ridicule 'paddling pool' at villa but there could be good reason

  19-01-2023 14:23 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  But one viewer thinks they've sussed out the reason
  
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• Bristol and West of England bus cuts: List of services facing axe in April

  19-01-2023 13:44 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The region's political leaders have agreed to stop subsidising 42 bus routes
  
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• Levelling-up funding of £54m for west England projects

  19-01-2023 13:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sites in Bristol, Weston-super-Mare, Bridgwater and Minehead will receive government money.
  
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• Another 42 bus services in West of England face axe in April

  19-01-2023 13:23 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  New 'West Link' minibus services will be launched in many parts of the region from April
  
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• Six Nations: Ruaridh McConnochie on switching to Scotland from England

  19-01-2023 13:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ex-England wing Ruaridh McConnochie dismisses criticism of the rule allowing players to switch countries and says he is desperate to play for Scotland.
  
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• Owner's distress as Bristol cat wearing a blue tie has been missing for days

  19-01-2023 11:57 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The one-year-old is said to be wearing a blue tie around his neck
  
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• ITV's Love Island for older 'vibrant parents' slammed by those without children

  19-01-2023 11:22 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Grown-up children have been invited to nominate their single parents but some have noticed that would prevent middle-aged singletons without kids from signing up
  
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• Avon and Somerset PCSOs shortlisted for national awards

  19-01-2023 11:22 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  Last week, two of our PCSOs, Elaine Cave and Gary Maule, attended a special awards ceremony in London hosted by Unison, the College of Policing, and the National Police Chiefs’ Council, celebrating twenty years since the role of PCSO was introduced. The vital role of Police Community Support Officer was introduced in in 2002 by the Police Reform Act and since then...
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• Bristol initiative prevents 200 cerebral palsy cases a year

  19-01-2023 11:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A successful pilot launched in the West Country has now been rolled out nationally.
  
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• Two of Bristol's newest restaurants both named in UK's top-100 - Bristol24/7

  19-01-2023 09:18
  
  Two of Bristol's newest restaurants both named in UK's top-100  Bristol24/7
  
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• Campaign to save Bristol primary school from closure likely lost

  19-01-2023 07:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The award-winning St Barnabas Primary School in Montpelier is expected to shut at the end of August.
  
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• Bristol's new e-scooter scheme will include road parking

  19-01-2023 07:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bristol City Council is planning to address "rider behaviour" issues by moving parking spaces.
  
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• Yate resident says A432 road changes have 'created danger'

  19-01-2023 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The 'improvements' have been criticised
  
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• Highway Code rule means pedestrians and cyclists have greater rights but drivers often don’t know the law

  19-01-2023 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Drivers who break the law risk being fined up to £100
  
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• Doubts cast over long delayed plan to charge drivers parking at work in Bristol

  19-01-2023 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A workplace parking levy could raise millions to invest in the city's public transport
  
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• Nearly 3,000 people homeless in Bristol on any given night last year

  19-01-2023 01:01 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The charity Shelter estimates that 44 per cent of those were children
  
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