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• BBC Great Expectations viewers hit out at new adaptation just minutes into first episode

  26-03-2023 23:07 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Oliva Colman-led series is the 18th adaptation of Dickens' classic novel, and the second BBC retelling in 10 years
  
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• Premiership: Bath 36-19 Exeter: Bath move off the bottom with win over Exeter

  26-03-2023 19:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bath move off the bottom of the Premiership with a bonus-point win over Exeter to dent the Chiefs' top-four ambitions.
  
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• I'm A Celebrity... South Africa: Carol Vorderman screeches in trailer for spin-off series

  26-03-2023 18:46 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The former Countdown star was announced as one of the nine celebrity contestants to be appearing on the South Africa-filmed series
  
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• Thousands turn out for Bristol's Church Road Lantern Parade

  26-03-2023 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some 5,000 people lined the streets for the parade in Bristol on Saturday evening.
  
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• Bristol man swapped daily grind for a debt-free life travelling the world in an ex-Army truck

  26-03-2023 17:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  “I don't want to be in that situation where I've worked my backside off for 30 or 40 years for a company or a person to get rich, for my retirement to come, and I'm not able to do anything."
  
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• Real castle from Succession is just an hour from Bristol

  26-03-2023 16:57 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Two of Succession's key episodes were filmed there
  
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• Woman bottled and man suffers broken nose in taxi dispute on Gloucester Road

  26-03-2023 15:56 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The young couple suffered serious injuries
  
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• Concern over future of Bristol's Outlaws community centre

  26-03-2023 15:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Residents living near the building that appeared in the TV series want it brought back into use.
  
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• Child psychologist explains the worst things that parents can say to their kids

  26-03-2023 15:09 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Young children are known for expressing their emotions
  
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• Ryanair responds to customer with genius extra luggage idea

  26-03-2023 13:42 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It can be a struggle squeezing all your possessions onto the flight
  
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• Appeal after duo assaulted in Gloucester Road

  26-03-2023 12:45 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We’re appealing for information and witnesses following an incident in Gloucester Road, Bristol, in which two people suffered serious injuries. A 20-year-old woman and a 25-year-old man were assaulted by a group of men, following a dispute over a taxi. The incident happened at about 1.20am on Sunday 19 March near the junction with Zetland Road. The woman suffered head injuries and concussion after...
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• Best places for spring flower walks in Bristol and the surrounding area

  26-03-2023 12:30 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It's the perfect activity for lovers of all things flora and fauna
  
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• Have you seen missing Mark?

  26-03-2023 11:56 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We are asking the public to call us if they see Mark who is currently missing. He was last seen at about 7.55pm yesterday (Saturday 25 March) in Blackberry Hill, near Fishponds, wearing a navy hoodie, white and navy trousers and trainers. Mark, 31, is said to be white, about 5ft 9ins, with shaved brown hair and blue eyes. He has a scar on his upper lip. He is known to visit other areas...
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• Carol Vorderman slams Jeremy Clarkson after he calls her 'awfully shouty'

  26-03-2023 11:53 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The former Countdown host has hit back at the TV presenter turned farmer
  
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• St Pauls Carnival project teaches people young and old that it's 'not just a party'

  26-03-2023 11:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A film maker is sharing the roots of St Pauls Carnival through story-telling and music
  
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• Met Office forecasts Bristol to be lashed with wind and rain this week

  26-03-2023 11:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  We can hopefully look forward to some sunshine from Thursday
  
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• Helen Flanagan sends message to Bristol Rovers player ex Scott Sinclair despite split

  26-03-2023 10:32 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The couple are said to have broken up after they "hit a rough patch" last year
  
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• ‘Children put at risk’ as NHS autism assessments are cut back

  26-03-2023 09:00
  
  Health service managers in south-west England say new restrictions are needed because of a huge rise in waiting listsNHS managers in south-west England have imposed new rules that could deny autism assessments to thousands of children in a move that parents say “puts children at genuine risk”.At the start of this month, NHS commissioners in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire announced new referral criteria for children’s autism assessments, effective immediately
  
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• Ed Jackson and his team to cross Vatnajokull Glacier

  26-03-2023 08:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The group will travel without guidance or support and will be linked together by a single rope.
  
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• The unbelievably beautiful old market town hidden in the Cotswolds just an hour from Bristol

  26-03-2023 07:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Northleach is a stunning small town boasting picture-perfect architecture and stunning scenery
  
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• Trendy properties for sale in Bristol for under £200k

  26-03-2023 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Many are being marketed towards first-time buyers
  
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• Massive Attack fight for their future in Bristol against property developers

  26-03-2023 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "Spaces are being constantly eaten up by property developers"
  
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• Broadmead looks unrecognisable in old photos from the 1950s

  26-03-2023 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Photos from decades past show a very different city centre
  
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• Bristol's unsolved Odeon cinema murder to be made into new film

  26-03-2023 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The shots that killed the Odeon's manager were masked by gunfire in the film being screened to 2,000 people
  
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• 'Banksy is still keeping us going' says Bristol youth club years after mural sale

  26-03-2023 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It is understood to have sold for more than half a million pounds
  
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• 50 beavers living secretly on the Bristol Avon, stunned researchers discover

  26-03-2023 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Until 2020, they were thought to have been extinct for almost 500 years
  
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• 'Big cats live among us and I don't care if you don't believe it'

  26-03-2023 05:57 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  For me, it’s a simple fact. I know they exist.
  
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• Rare opportunity to buy a period four-bed city centre fixer-upper on the waterfront in Bristol

  26-03-2023 05:50 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  If you're not afraid to get your hands dirty, this Victorian four-bed in Hotywells could prove to be a canny investment.
  
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• Lawrence Hill man raped boy and tried to hush him up

  26-03-2023 04:49 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Matthew Williams told his victim the abuse would be 'our secret'.
  
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• Heartbreak of owner whose horse was spooked by Bristol balloons

  26-03-2023 01:01 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Dressage star Dav suffered a serious injury during the balloon fiesta
  
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