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• Luton Town 1-0 Bristol City: Hatters get fourth win in five games

  15-03-2023 23:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Luton Town continue their Championship promotion push as Carlton Morris' goal gives them victory over Bristol City.
  
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• Maya Jama confesses that she could 'barely look the winning couple in the eye' during Love Island finale

  15-03-2023 22:04 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Maya Jama, who is from Bristol, hosted this year's Love Island on ITV and shared how she felt emotional during her interview with Kai and Sanam
  
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• Lark Davies: England hooker to stay with Bristol next season

  15-03-2023 20:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England hooker Lark Davies signs a new contract with Premier 15s side Bristol to stay for the 2023-24 season.
  
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• Bristol to see £650k CCTV upgrade to tackle knife crime

  15-03-2023 20:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Bristol councillor whose friend died from fatal stab wounds put forward the successful motion.
  
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• Predator offered 16-year-old girl money, trainers and alcohol in exchange for sex

  15-03-2023 20:09 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Ashley McDowell was found guilty of numerous sexual offenses
  
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• Man taken to hospital after police called to 'concern for welfare' in Bristol street

  15-03-2023 19:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Member of the public reported seeing an injured man
  
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• CCTV issued following theft of car parts – Bridgwater

  15-03-2023 18:36 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  We’re releasing CCTV footage of man we need the public’s help to identify. Officers investigating the theft of car parts from a shop in Bridgwater believe the man in the footage might be able to help their inquiry. The theft happened on between 1.40pm and 1.50pm on Wednesday 25 January. A man collecting an order of diesel injectors from Euro Car Parts, off Barhams Close, made off without paying.
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• Junior doctors in Bristol need to work for ‘a decade’ before they can afford to buy a home

  15-03-2023 18:27 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Today is the last day of their 72-hour national strike
  
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• South Bristol community group shocked as council tries to hike rent by 5,000 per cent

  15-03-2023 18:14 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The volunteer group turned a derelict bowling green into a community garden
  
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• Bristol City Council unanimously passes motion to tackle knife crime

  15-03-2023 17:10 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Labour successfully altered the Greens' original proposals
  
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• Bristol City Council overwhelmingly passes motion to tackle knife crime

  15-03-2023 17:10 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Labour successfully altered the Greens' original proposals
  
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• Deforestation 'fast outstripping' regrowth, say Bristol scientists

  15-03-2023 17:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Recovering forests offset just 26% of carbon emissions from new logging and wildfire, say scientists.
  
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• Cheltenham Festival 2023: Carol Vorderman makes sly dig at Matt Hancock after being spotted 'cosying up' to him

  15-03-2023 16:56 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The maths genius was seen chatting with Matt and his girlfriend Gina Coladangelo on day one of Cheltenham Festival
  
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• Bristol Rovers: Listen to BBC Radio Bristol's Up the Gas podcast

  15-03-2023 16:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Listen to the weekly Up the Gas podcast from BBC Radio Bristol - all about Bristol Rovers.
  
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• Gogglebox's Lee shares sneak peek inside luxurious home

  15-03-2023 16:45 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The star of the Channel 4 show lives in Cyprus with his partner
  
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• Man jailed for sexual offences against teenagers

  15-03-2023 16:25 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  A man has been jailed for eight years after being found guilty of multiple sex offences. Ashley McDowell, of no fixed address, was convicted by a jury at Bristol Crown Court of sexually assaulting a woman in her late teens in 2013 following a trial last month. The 39-year-old was also found guilty of sexual activity with a teenage girl and attempting to incite the sexual exploitation of another...
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• Man jailed after paedophile hunters stage online sting

  15-03-2023 16:08 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The defendant thought he was chatting to young girls online
  
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• Free childcare to be expanded to millions of parents after major budget announcement

  15-03-2023 15:26 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  This will make a huge difference to working parents
  
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• 'My ex still breastfeeds our six-year-old daughter - I want to ask her to stop'

  15-03-2023 14:59 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  England has some of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world and people are still not comfortable seeing older children nursed in the UK
  
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• Cheltenham Festival's best outfits and daring hats at Ladies' Day

  15-03-2023 14:27 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Racegoers have been donning their best outfits today
  
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• Banksy unveils new 'morning is broken' artwork' but it's already been demolished

  15-03-2023 14:16 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "Let us enjoy his work."
  
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• Bristol mayor defends £18bn underground mass transit plans saying we should 'ask for best' for city

  15-03-2023 14:12 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Marvin Rees said an extra £13.6m could be spent on drawing up plans, which might be confirmed later this week
  
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• Passenger dropped off before crash which killed his friends spent 13 hours searching for car

  15-03-2023 13:59 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Rafel Jeanne, 24, Eve Smith, 21 and Darcy Ross, 21 were killed in the crash
  
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• Updated appeal after man took hold of boy

  15-03-2023 13:34 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  Detectives investigating after a report that a man took hold of an eight-year-old boy in a Yeovil street are issuing an e-fit of a man they’d like to trace. We’re grateful to everyone who has been in touch with information following our earlier appeal and hope the e-fit will jog someone’s memory. The incident happened as the boy was walking to school with his mother and another child in a...
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• Live: M5 closed after person dies in motorway tragedy near Worcester

  15-03-2023 13:14 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There are long delays on the M5
  
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• BBC cancels local news programming during staff strike

  15-03-2023 13:08 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There will be no Points West bulletins today
  
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• New lease of life for Jacobs Wells Baths as preferred bidder for restoration sought

  15-03-2023 13:07 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Hopes that the historic building can be restored to its former glory
  
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• Call 999 if you see wanted woman who speaks with West Country accent

  15-03-2023 12:28 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  They advise to call 999 if Siobhan Pearson is spotted
  
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• Bristol's hidden beautiful Japanese garden that's one of the most stunning in the country

  15-03-2023 12:28 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  He's spent 14 years and £8,000 transforming his back garden into an Japanese oasis
  
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• Live updates as air ambulance scrambled to Burnham-on-Sea incident

  15-03-2023 12:07 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Reports state the air ambulance has been sent to Musgrove Park Hospital
  
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• DWP: Extra £650 Cost of Living payment for PIP claimants under new plan

  15-03-2023 11:16 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Two petitions will be debated by MPs in parliament in May
  
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• Boots announces huge 90% off sale and shoppers are already raving about their hordes

  15-03-2023 10:59 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  One customer said her shopping bag should have cost just under £150 but she bought it for less than £15 due to the mega sale
  
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• Carol Vorderman and Gareth Gates share Cheltenham Festival a laugh amid 'affair' rumours

  15-03-2023 09:22 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Cheltenham Festival 2023 has seen celebrities come from far and wide to chat and laugh in the VIP section as racegoers placed their bets
  
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• Carol Vorderman and Gareth Gates share a Cheltenham Festival laugh amid 'affair' rumours

  15-03-2023 09:22 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Cheltenham Festival 2023 has seen celebrities come from far and wide to chat and laugh in the VIP section as racegoers placed their bets
  
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• 'Incredible' 22 Kids and Counting stars 'take break' from filming as they issue joint statement

  15-03-2023 09:14 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Viewers have praised the latest series as the best show on TV
  
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• Cheltenham Festival 2023: First horse death after horror fall in final race

  15-03-2023 08:06 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "Our thoughts are with all his connections.”
  
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• Food trends: Bristol's dining scene and batch cooking | The Week UK - The Week UK

  15-03-2023 08:00
  
  Food trends: Bristol's dining scene and batch cooking | The Week UK  The Week UK
  
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• Woman stabbed in "Cheltenham terrorist incident" is 'US spy' working at GCHQ

  15-03-2023 07:28 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A man has been arrested for two terrorism offences
  
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• Bristol double-decker bus adventurers from 1970s reunite

  15-03-2023 07:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Five people who travelled the world in a double-decker bus reunite 50 years later to share their story.
  
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• Yate industrial estate fire LIVE: Public urged to stay away

  15-03-2023 07:11 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Crews from Avon Fire and Rescue Service are battling the blaze
  
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• Firefighters tackle Yate industrial estate blaze - updates

  15-03-2023 07:11 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Crews from Avon Fire and Rescue Service were called out earlier this morning
  
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• Bristol's richest and poorest neighbourhoods revealed in new interactive map

  15-03-2023 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol has one of the highest income-inequality gaps in the country
  
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• Bristol’s forgotten community behind Cabot Circus set to see huge changes

  15-03-2023 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  But there are concerns the "shiny new development" will only benefit newcomers, not the existing community
  
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• Bristol traffic chaos as pictures show heavy congestion caused by roadworks

  15-03-2023 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A key commuter route has faced heavy congestion in recent weeks
  
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• Bristol strikes LIVE as teachers, junior doctors, Met Office and BBC staff walk out

  15-03-2023 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Many workers are walking out to demand better pay and conditions
  
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