Bristol news

• UPDATE: Arrest after child injured in collision

  28-01-2023 23:50 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  A man is in police custody after a child, six, suffered potentially life-threatening injuries in a collision with a motorcycle in Bristol earlier today, Saturday 28 January. The collision in Wade Street happened just after 6pm. The motorcyclist failed to stop. The child remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital. His next of kin are being supported by specially-trained family liaison...
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• Love Island fans left fuming after forgetting tonight wasn't normal episode

  28-01-2023 22:58 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Love Island fans said the clips were left "unseen for a reason"
  
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• Child, 6, suffers life threatening injuries in Bristol hit and run on Saturday night

  28-01-2023 21:07 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A child aged six has suffered potentially life-threatening injuries in a collision with a motorcycle. The child was rushed to hospital after the collision in Wade Street, St Judes.It’s believed a rider and pillion passenger, both wearing helmets, were on the motorbike. They did not stop after the collision, say police. A large police presence has been at the scene since the accident happened just after 6pm today (Saturday, January 28). It was near Wade Street’s junctions with Welling
  
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• Child hurt in collision with motorbike – Bristol

  28-01-2023 20:42 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We’re seeking witnesses, dashcam footage and information after a child aged six suffered potentially life-threatening injuries in a collision with a motorcycle on Wade Street, Bristol. It happened just after 6pm today, Saturday 28 January, near Wade Street’s junctions with Wellington Road and River Street. Wade Street is closed between the A420 Lawfords Gate and the A4032 Newfoundland Circus while...
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• Morecambe 5-1 Bristol Rovers: Joey Barton calls performance 'rude awakening'

  28-01-2023 20:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bristol Rovers boss Joey Barton calls Bristol Rovers' 5-1 defeat at Morecambe "embarrassing" and a "rude awakening" for his side.
  
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• Premiership: Saracens 20-19 Bristol Bears: Leaders come from behind to snatch win

  28-01-2023 19:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Francois Hougaard scores a last-minute try as Premiership leaders Saracens come from behind to beat bottom side Bristol.
  
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• Saracens ease to win over Bristol in Premier 15s

  28-01-2023 19:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Premier 15s leaders Gloucester-Hartpury continue their winning start with a ninth consecutive victory as the top four teams in the division all win.
  
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• Bristol City 3-0 West Bromwich Albion: Sam Bell & Alex Scott fire Robins into fifth round

  28-01-2023 18:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Young forwards Sam Bell and Alex Scott fire Bristol City into the FA Cup fifth round with an emphatic win over West Brom.
  
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• Bristol Central Library could relocate in the future, council member says

  28-01-2023 17:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bristol Central Library could still relocate in the future to make it more accessible.
  
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• Witness appeal after fatal collision – Watchet

  28-01-2023 17:25 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We’re appealing for witnesses after a single-vehicle collision near Watchet today, Saturday 28 January. Emergency services were called at about 11.45am after a plum-coloured Skoda Fabia collided with a wall at the junction of the B3190 and the B3224, outside Brendon Hill Methodist Church. Sadly, despite first-aid from off-duty medics who stopped at the scene to help, the driver, a man in his 70s...
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• Strictly Come Dancing's Hamza Yassin's company falls £55,000 into debt

  28-01-2023 16:29 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Strictly Come Dancing champion's company has faced loses every year since it was created
  
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• Extinction Rebellion fix 'blue plaques' to Bristol landmarks in sewage protest

  28-01-2023 16:02 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  “We’ve watched in horror as our rivers and seas have become open sewers since October 2021"
  
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• Motion clubbers warned of 'Ketamine' drug danger after Londoners hospitalised

  28-01-2023 14:55 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "The side effects are much more severe and have caused serious issues"
  
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• Bath: Johann van Graan sees progress despite lowly league position

  28-01-2023 14:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bath head coach Johann van Graan believes Bath are making progress despite being their lowly Premiership position.
  
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• UK weather: Met Office says La Niña in the Pacific could bring stormy end to winter

  28-01-2023 13:38 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It looks like there'll be no Beast from East from a reverse polar vortex this year
  
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• IBSF World Championships 2023: Britain's Matt Weston ‘considered quitting’ before winning gold

  28-01-2023 13:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How the Marines, a Latvian and tea helped Matt Weston win Great Britain's first men's skeleton gold at the World Championships in 15 years.
  
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• Amanda Holden wants to find Alan Carr a 'nice Italian boyfriend' after break-up

  28-01-2023 13:18 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  New episodes of Amanda & Alan's Italian Job air every Friday at 8.30pm on BBC One
  
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• Grade II-listed Bristol Old City pub on market for almost £1million

  28-01-2023 13:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The pub will be unaffected by the sale
  
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• Campaign to stop 'irresponsible' cut to only bus from Chew Valley into Bristol

  28-01-2023 12:16 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "The plan to leave rural areas with zero bus services is irresponsible of both WECA and B&NES"
  
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• Carol Vorderman's This Morning 'sue me' rant put to a stop by Alison Hammond

  28-01-2023 11:49 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary hosted This Morning on an episode with Carol Vorderman and Gyles Brandreth as guests
  
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• All the death notices and funeral announcements from this week

  28-01-2023 11:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Lily Gibbs passed away peacefully on January 10 aged 100
  
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• Talisker Atlantic Challenge: Bristol woman rows in sisters' memory

  28-01-2023 10:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gemma Best's younger sisters Jade and Jordan died from a rare disease when she was 13 years old.
  
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• The Bristol flower grower reducing the carbon footprint one bouquet at a time

  28-01-2023 09:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "You're paying a little bit extra because they've had to farm that in a different way. But I think it's worth it. I like knowing that I can be sure that when somebody puts their nose in a bouquet of flowers, there's nothing in there. They can sniff that.”
  
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• People jailed at Bristol Crown Court in January 2023

  28-01-2023 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Court kicks off new year with another busy month
  
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• Modern Clifton townhouse with views of Queen Elizabeth's Hospital school for sale

  28-01-2023 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It also boasts its own garage, garden and roof terrace
  
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• Bristol's Broadmead blighted by empty shop units

  28-01-2023 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Live recently counted 14 empty or to-let units on the high street, not including the Galleries shopping centre
  
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• Bristol salon owner says rental market is 'devastating' as demand shows no let-up

  28-01-2023 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  She says she has clients with a family income of £100K, and even they are struggling to find a property
  
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