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• M5 sliproad at Portishead partly blocked after accident

  18-06-2023 22:23 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The junction is partially blocked after an accident. We'll bring you live updates
  
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• Huge fire completely destroys Stoke Gifford children's play park

  18-06-2023 18:07 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Witnesses saw huge flames and thick black some coming from the ruined play area
  
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• Parents' anger as girl, 16, handcuffed after school shirt-signing confrontation

  18-06-2023 17:05 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The parents have slammed the school and police over how the situation was handled
  
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• Why refuse collectors from across the UK will be racing along the coast near Bristol

  18-06-2023 16:22 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It is an annual celebration of people who collect the country's waste and recycling
  
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• Terrifying moment police corner escaped snake on busy road

  18-06-2023 16:16 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Officers said they were used to dealing with slippery customers - but this was something else
  
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• RSPCA settles ice cube heatwave debate and whether you should give them to your dog

  18-06-2023 15:40 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  When the weather is this hot, it can be difficult to know what to do for your dog to cool them down
  
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• Scotland Yard 'considering' response after Partygate video footage emerges

  18-06-2023 15:01 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The footage showed dancing, drinking and socialising - all while restrictions were still in place
  
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• The amazing village people 'drive like d***heads' just to get there

  18-06-2023 14:35 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It's a beautiful spot - but living there does have its drawbacks
  
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• Kate Middleton spotted giving stern '8-word telling off' to her children during Trooping the Colour

  18-06-2023 13:02 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Lip-reading expert Jeremy Freeman spotted the exchange
  
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• 'I left school with no GCSEs - now, at 16, I run my own business working with celebs'

  18-06-2023 12:44 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A 13th birthday present has changed his life forever
  
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• Couple from Cornwall wrongly fined four times for taxi driver breaching Bristol's Clean Air Zone

  18-06-2023 12:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The cameras read the letter J as an S and send the fines almost 200 miles to the wrong driver
  
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• Met Office predicts when thunderstorms will hit and where amid storm warning for South West

  18-06-2023 11:10 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A thunderstorm warning will be in place from 12pm today (June 18)
  
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• Michael Gove labels new Partygate video of Tories breaking Covid rules as 'indefensible'

  18-06-2023 11:04 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  He admitted the footage was 'completely out of order'
  
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• Glastonbury Festival: Bristol acts to perform on BBC Introducing stage

  18-06-2023 10:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Meet three of the artists performing on the BBC Introducing stage at Glastonbury 2023.
  
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• West Country beachgoers in tears at unbelievably kind gesture

  18-06-2023 09:58 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "I’m not crying, you’re crying"
  
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• Family bought French village for price of semi and now live like millionaires

  18-06-2023 08:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "It's really like winning the lottery without realising it”
  
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• Repair Shop: Ventriloquist dummy repair delights owner

  18-06-2023 07:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alison Gunn Robson was given George when she was struggling with undiagnosed dyslexia aged 11.
  
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• The ‘Goldilocks’ village in the West Country with glow worms in summer

  18-06-2023 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It has a thriving close-knit community and the quaintest pub
  
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• Desperate last bid to save historic Jacobs Wells Baths

  18-06-2023 04:01 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol City Council says it's unable to plough more cash into the empty building
  
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• Neighbours fill street with rainbow doormats after gay couple's one was sprayed black in homophobic attack

  18-06-2023 03:41 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The couple say they have been overwhelmed with support
  
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• Bristol YouTuber with more than 300 tarantulas hopes to set up arachnid rescue service

  18-06-2023 03:24 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  'My tarantulas have my time and ultimate dedication. I don't go on holiday...'
  
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• West Country pub has the best beer garden in the UK - Bristol Live

  18-06-2023 03:12
  West Country pub has the best beer garden in the UK  Bristol Live
  
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• ‘I tried Aldi’s three new biscuit tea range with Jaffa Cake and salted caramel flavoured teas’

  18-06-2023 02:32 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The flavours seemed a bit lacking but they definitely smelt like biscuits
  
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• Massive seizure in the night leads to shock cancer diagnosis

  18-06-2023 02:02 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Sister launched appeal to help with childcare costs and it's already smashed its £2,500 target
  
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• Government scraps charges to take DIY waste to the tip

  18-06-2023 01:03 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Both Bristol and South Gloucestershire councils have been making people pay
  
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