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• Trio sets world record as most premature triplets to survive

  27-03-2023 21:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rubi-Rose, Payton Jane and Porscha-Mae are record holders born at just 22 weeks and five days.
  
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• Bins seized across Bristol in aim to make city centre a better place

  27-03-2023 19:23 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Businesses' bins were taken to a yard where waste contractors were charged to reclaim them
  
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• Jayde Adams praised by deaf fan over her 'lip-readability' at gig

  27-03-2023 19:09 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The comedian and Strictly Come Dancing star was sent a message from an audience member who was watching live comedy for the first time
  
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• Live: Road reopened near Ashton Gate stadium after crash

  27-03-2023 18:06 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There were reports of congestion traffic coming from Plimsoll Swing Bridge
  
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• Live: Crash shuts road near Ashton Gate stadium

  27-03-2023 18:06 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There are reprots of congestion traffic coming from Plimsoll Swing Bridge
  
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• People can now 'experience death' on vibrating beds where doctors try to 'revive you'

  27-03-2023 17:57 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There are staff on hand to 'pull you out' if it gets too uncomfortable.
  
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• New Travelodge could open in the heart of Bristol

  27-03-2023 17:56 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The hotel chain has written to Bristol City Council proposing a joint development partnership
  
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• Through traffic to be banned in parts of Bristol for ‘liveable neighbourhood’ scheme

  27-03-2023 17:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The experimental trial will launch towards the end of the year
  
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• Witness appeal after man injured at bar

  27-03-2023 17:34 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We are appealing for witnesses after a man was injured at a Bridgwater bar. The victim had been in The Abbey, in High Street, at around 12.30am on Sunday 19 March when he was attacked by a man. The offender had cut the victim with glass. The victim required hospital treatment for his injuries and has since been released to recover at home. A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the...
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• Evil man who raped woman and teenager jailed for 20 years

  27-03-2023 17:23 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  One of the victims, who was 17 at the time, said she "thought she was going to be killed"
  
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• Marks and Spencer shoppers rush to buy 'must-have' blazer and shorts worn by Holly Willoughby

  27-03-2023 17:13 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "You look absolutely amazing"
  
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• New headteacher appointed to turn around troubled girls school

  27-03-2023 17:07 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "Ben’s drive and energy will inspire those around her to want to be the best version of themselves"
  
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• Surgeon fired for bullying is working at Bristol hospital

  27-03-2023 16:59 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Dr Peter O’Keefe was found to have harassed 26 colleagues at the University Hospital of Wales
  
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• UK weather: Temperatures set to reach 20C over Easter as warmth returns to Britain

  27-03-2023 15:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Summer is quickly approaching now
  
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• Rapist handed 20-year prison sentence

  27-03-2023 15:28 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  A man has been jailed for 20 years after pleading guilty to raping a teenager and a young woman. Leon Austin, 31, raped the woman multiple times in South Gloucestershire last year and was arrested the next day. While on remand Austin was also charged for raping a second person in 2018 in Gloucestershire. The court was told how in both cases Austin targeted his victims by plying them with alcohol...
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• Footage issued following burglary in Yeovil

  27-03-2023 15:19 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  A man has been jailed for 20 years after pleading guilty to raping a teenager and a young woman. Leon Austin, 31, raped the woman multiple times in South Gloucestershire last year and was arrested the next day. While on remand Austin was also charged for raping a second person in 2018 in Gloucestershire. The court was told how in both cases Austin targeted his victims by plying them with alcohol...
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• PCCs welcome bigger fines for fly-tipping

  27-03-2023 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government confirms it will raise fines for people who fly-tip rubbish.
  
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• First Bus changes in Bristol region from April 2 - full list of changes

  27-03-2023 14:51 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There will be more timetable changes
  
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• Residents of new Baltic Wharf flats would have to be rescued in a flood, experts warn

  27-03-2023 14:24 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Environment Agency says the new homes planned for the Harbourside could pose a 'risk to life'
  
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• West Country coastal path blocked by Mercedes after driver took strange route

  27-03-2023 14:22 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Walkers were left wondering 'how on earth it got there'
  
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• Bristol bus cuts: Four new services set to launch this week amid huge shake-up

  27-03-2023 13:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Some new buses will hit the roads next week
  
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• Company will pay amateur photographer almost £3,000 to travel to the Maldives

  27-03-2023 12:59 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  You'll even be able to take a 'guest' with you
  
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• Gran left bruised and battered after e-scooter hit-and-run

  27-03-2023 12:37 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Christine Ranger was left on the ground as boy on e-scooter sped away
  
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• Celebrity Hunted: Strictly's Katya Jones announced in Channel 4 line-up

  27-03-2023 12:11 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Russian dancer will be partnered with Aimee Fuller as she looks to avoid capture
  
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• Former Primark employee shares story that still haunts her to this day

  27-03-2023 12:01 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The ex-Primark employee said it happen a lot more than people would think
  
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• Bristol will get permanent monument to transatlantic slave trade

  27-03-2023 11:38 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "Bristol deserves a national and international monument to honour the victims of the slave trade. This is not a quick campaign, but an enormous undertaking"
  
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• Cameron Bancroft: Somerset sign Australian batter for start of County Championship

  27-03-2023 10:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Somerset sign Australian batter Cameron Bancroft for the first four fixtures of the upcoming County Championship season.
  
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• Ricky Gervais is bringing his Armageddon tour to Bristol - how to get tickets

  27-03-2023 10:11 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Tickets go on sale later this week
  
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• The World's Most Premature Triplets Live in Bristol, UK and Use TikTok to Share Their ... - Latest Tweet by - LatestLY

  27-03-2023 09:12
  The World's Most Premature Triplets Live in Bristol, UK and Use TikTok to Share Their ... - Latest Tweet by  LatestLY
  
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• Psychologist warns parents that they shouldn't tell children how to feel

  27-03-2023 08:45 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Parents should explain what the emotions their children are feeling are instead
  
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• Operation to tackle drug gang crime in South West

  27-03-2023 08:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The campaign is an attempt to derail illegal drug gang activities.
  
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• Mayor to re-examine 'risky' diversion for cyclists

  27-03-2023 07:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Marvin Rees said he was "always happy to go back over" Bristol City Council decisions.
  
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• Key route into Bristol to close overnight for next fortnight

  27-03-2023 06:58 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Work is being stepped up on the A370
  
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• Wowcher's £99 Mystery Holiday deal leaves tourists 'annoyed' by 'extra costs'

  27-03-2023 06:43 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Writer Harriet Morphy-Morris and her partner checked out of their given hotel within an hour
  
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• How Knowle West's boxing dynasty is now in its third generation

  27-03-2023 05:24 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  16-year-old fighter Mckenzie is following in his uncle and grandfather's footsteps
  
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• 'Chaotic' Bristol childminder whose dog kept knocking over toddlers quits following damning Ofsted report

  27-03-2023 03:53 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  “Children put dog toys and bones in their mouths, which spread germs and increases their risk of other infections"
  
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• Award-winning Lakeshore flats left without heating and hot water for several days

  27-03-2023 01:55 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  People living in the flats say the situation was so bad they have considered moving
  
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• ADVERTORIAL: Award-winning Lakeshore flats left without heating and hot water for several days

  27-03-2023 01:55 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  People living in the flats say the situation was so bad they have considered moving
  
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