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• Why the police helicopter was circling Bristol on Thursday afternoon

  23-03-2023 22:52 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The chopper flew over Cabot Circus, Bedminster and Hartcliffe earlier this afternoon (March 23)
  
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• Oasis Academy Brislington pupil approached by two youths 'with weapon' near Knowle Golf Club

  23-03-2023 21:12 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The school has issued an urgent message to parents following the incident earlier today (March 23)
  
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• English Premiership: Who will finish in top four play-off spots?

  23-03-2023 19:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With only four rounds to go and eight teams vying to join Saracens in the play-offs, BBC Sport analyses each side's chances.
  
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• Bristol: Muslims come together to celebrate start of Ramadan

  23-03-2023 19:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Organisers hope the events will encourage people from all faiths to learn more about Islam.
  
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• Taunton father's death led to sale of family home - inquest

  23-03-2023 19:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A jury concludes the death of father-of-two Karl Mitchell was an accident.
  
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• Bristolians urged to get tested as gonorrhoea cases continue to rise

  23-03-2023 18:40 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The STI, usually treated with antibiotics, can cause infertility and pelvic inflammatory disease in patients
  
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• Victoria Street to get new segregated cycle lane as part of major changes

  23-03-2023 18:11 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Construction work is expected to begin in spring next year
  
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• Fences put up at Ladbrokes after complaints over anti-social behaviour

  23-03-2023 17:44 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Local businesses have been working with authorities to tackle the problem of people gathering
  
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• Tackling the impact of drug-related anti-social behaviour in communities

  23-03-2023 17:41 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  Last year, Avon and Somerset Police enacted 24 drug-related closure orders on properties across the area. Of these, 14 were carried out in Bristol by the Project ADDER team, a project funded by the Home Office to reduce drug-related crime and deaths in Bristol. These closure orders are part of our work, in partnership with local authorities and services, to tackle the significant impact that drug...
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• Bristol flooding live: Roads and footpaths underwater as rain batters city

  23-03-2023 17:27 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There are two red flood warnings in place for Bristol with further rain expected this evening (March 23)
  
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• Bristol hiker to walk 100 miles to support children at risk of exclusion

  23-03-2023 17:13 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  She is raising money for Reparations Bristol Youth Project
  
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• Judge praises police who brought 'monstrous' child rapist to justice

  23-03-2023 16:11 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Sutton was described as "a monster"
  
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• Bristol man sentenced to life for series of child sexual assaults

  23-03-2023 15:52 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  A 60-year-old Bristol man has been handed a life imprisonment for multiple child sex offences. Steven Sutton, of Redcatch Road in Knowle, appeared at Bristol Crown Court for sentencing today (Thursday 23 March) after pleading guilty to 30 offences, including five counts of raping a child. He was given a life sentence with a minimum of 13 years before he can apply for parole. He was also handed a...
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• Ian Holloway shares incredibly moving story about raising three deaf daughters

  23-03-2023 15:43 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Ian has four children, three of them were diagnosed as being deaf
  
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• Bristol office rents grow at fastest rate of any UK regional city - Built Environment Networking

  23-03-2023 15:30
  
  Bristol office rents grow at fastest rate of any UK regional city  Built Environment Networking
  
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• Leaders reveal vision for West of England rail network

  23-03-2023 15:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  They want travel from Bristol to London to take an hour and from Bristol to Cardiff to be 30 minutes.
  
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• BBC's Critical Incident: Police horses in Bristol 'hit with missiles'

  23-03-2023 14:45 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Sargeant Hannah Clarke said it is "quite easy" for police officers on horses to be targeted, so the horses need to be equipped in 'public order kit'
  
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• 'Monster' who filmed himself raping and hitting child jailed for life

  23-03-2023 14:40 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Steve Sutton was found out after police investigated him for downloading child abuse images
  
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• Locals fume as Clevedon's seafront gets new 'yellow brick road'

  23-03-2023 14:40 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  “It’s heartbreaking to see. They have ruined our lovely Victorian seafront.”
  
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• Google tells Android phone users to uninstall app over 'security concerns'

  23-03-2023 14:34 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Chinese online retailer app Pinduoduo is no longer available via the Google Play Store
  
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• Pictures show Bristol underwater as flooding disrupts city

  23-03-2023 14:05 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Roads near Sea Mills train station and the Cumberland Basin were underwater
  
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• Diggity Doughnuts in Bristol city centre permanently closes

  23-03-2023 14:05 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Customers are 'gutted'
  
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• 'Urgent' health warning issued of super contagious 'Last Of Us' black fungus

  23-03-2023 13:53 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The fungus is thought to have a death-rate of 60 per cent of the people it infects
  
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• Student makes £55k in six weeks after his phone ran out of battery on boozy walk home

  23-03-2023 13:48 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  He was attempting to order an Uber home when he came up with the genius idea
  
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• Primark confirms if Bristol will get a new Greggs cafe

  23-03-2023 13:33 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Greggs cafes across the UK boast vibrant decor, with sausage-roll swings and doughnut seats
  
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• WECA is broken and needs fixing urgently, report warns

  23-03-2023 13:27 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Experts highlight "long list of fundamental flaws" in how the combined authority was set up and works today
  
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• World first as new T-pylons go live with huge new power line

  23-03-2023 13:14 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The new high voltage line will help to deliver low carbon electricity to millions of homes
  
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• Funderworld: UK's largest mobile theme park returning to Bristol - Bristol Live

  23-03-2023 13:05
  Funderworld: UK's largest mobile theme park returning to Bristol  Bristol Live
  
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• West Country fish and chip shop named among the best in UK

  23-03-2023 12:56 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It only takes 40 minutes to drive there from Bristol
  
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• Man to appear in court on drug charge

  23-03-2023 12:38 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  A 27-year-old man will appear in court tomorrow. Mohammed Delshad, of Devana Road, Leicester, has been charged for possession with intent to supply a Class A drug (cocaine) and being in possession of criminal property. The charges relate a stop and search conducted by officers in Weston-super-Mare town centre on Sunday 26 February. Delshad has been remanded by the court and will next appear at...
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• 'Impressive' B&M 'statement piece' lamp is 'dupe' of White Company £95 item

  23-03-2023 12:33 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "When you want that expensive look, without the expense"
  
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• Witness appeal after man assaulted in kebab shop

  23-03-2023 12:13 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We are appealing for the public’s help after a man was assaulted in a kebab shop. On Friday 24 February between 8-9pm, a man was punched in the face by another man in a kebab shop in Gilda Parade, Bristol. The offender is described as being in his 30s, of slim build, with short, light brown hair and a beard. He is around 5ft 5ins tall and was wearing a striped top. The victim sustained a broken...
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• Gogglebox and Love Island snubbed in Bafta TV Awards nominations

  23-03-2023 12:07 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Despite attracting some of the biggest audiences, both shows were snubbed by the prestigious TV awards
  
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• Love Island's Maya Jama in epic Twitter troll comeback as she defends natural boobs

  23-03-2023 11:53 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Love Island host hit back at a troll on social media, after it was claimed she'd had surgical enhancements
  
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• Man jailed over girl found unconscious in his bed

  23-03-2023 11:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ashley McDowell is jailed for eight years after a missing girl was found unconscious in his bed.
  
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• Bristol McDonald’s restaurants ranked from best to worst according to Google

  23-03-2023 11:15 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  McDonald’s is the biggest fast food chain in the country but which one is best in Bristol?
  
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• Busted to play gig near Bristol in UK reunion tour - get tickets ... - BristolWorld

  23-03-2023 10:48
  
  Busted to play gig near Bristol in UK reunion tour - get tickets ...  BristolWorld
  
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• Rail line reopens between Weymouth and Dorchester after death

  23-03-2023 10:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Trains through Weymouth were halted in the early hours after the death of a person found on the tracks.
  
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• Urgent flood warnings for Bristol after heavy rain batters South West

  23-03-2023 08:38 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Environment Agency has issued a couple of red warnings along with some lower level alerts as well
  
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• Bristol CAZ motorist could be forced to sell home after driving into fee-paying area 30 times without realising

  23-03-2023 07:53 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Henry now fears he will lose his job and home
  
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• Tesco Clubcard was first launched after man's £250,000 HIV blackmail plot

  23-03-2023 07:50 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  His blackmail plot resulted in Tesco's first-ever Clubcard being launched
  
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• Bristol study into 'shaken baby' syndrome advice

  23-03-2023 07:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A university is researching if giving new parents safety tips reduces incidents of the syndrome.
  
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• Ramadan in Bristol: Two Grand Iftar events announced

  23-03-2023 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  In addition to the St Marks Road Iftar, a larger Iftar gathering will take place on College Green
  
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• Plea to extend Thornbury to Yate bus service until June dismissed as ‘election bribe’

  23-03-2023 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Several subsidised bus routes in the region will be withdrawn from April due to rapidly rising costs
  
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• Kingswood man admits fraudulent import of dogs and causing them suffering

  23-03-2023 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Attila Kovacs handed suspended jail term
  
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• Huge £8 billion 'vision' to link West of England and South Wales unveiled

  23-03-2023 01:01 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It would see new stations, quicker trains and more services
  
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