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• Bristol International Balloon Fiesta 2023: Forecast for day one ahead of Fiesta first

  05-08-2023 22:53 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Spectators from across the globe will be flocking to Bristol next week to witness the city's most famous event
  
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• Patchway Police Station and residents evacuated over 'suspicious package'

  05-08-2023 22:08 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A section of the A38 was also closed but the bomb disposal unit determined the package was not dangerous and a man has been arrested
  
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• Bristol City 1-1 Preston North End: Will Keane earns visitors late draw

  05-08-2023 20:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Preston begin the Championship season with a point against the Robins, courtesy of Will Keane's late strike.
  
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• Bananarama excited to play Valley Fest in Bristol

  05-08-2023 18:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bananarama, made up of Keren Woodward and Sara Dallin from Bristol, will play Valley Fest on Sunday.
  
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• Flag Day 2023 in pictures as Bristol City fans paint Bedminster red

  05-08-2023 16:17 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol City supporters turned out in their droves to celebrate the first home match of the season this afternoon (August 5)
  
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• Fans complain one of Strictly Come Dancing first announced contestants is a trained dancer

  05-08-2023 15:34 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Bad Education star is among the first contestants to be announced for this year's series, and has major West End experience
  
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• Man charged with terrorism offences – Weston-Super-Mare

  05-08-2023 10:50 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  The following has been issued by Counter Terrorism Policing South East** Following an investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing South East, assisted by Counter Terrorism Policing South West and Avon and Somerset Police, yesterday (4/8) a man was charged with terrorism offences. 23-year-old Gabrielle Budasz of Drove Road, Weston-Super-Mare was charged with collection of information containing...
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• New bar opens on Gloucester Road - and you can take the drinks home

  05-08-2023 10:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The home brewed business on Bristol's Gloucester Road is heading for bigger things - starting with a new venue that's serves drinks up to 11pm on weekends
  
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• Fundraiser launched to protect Blackswarth Road Wood, Bristol

  05-08-2023 09:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An environmental charity is hoping to buy Blackswarth Road Wood in Bristol, which is up for auction.
  
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• Bristol Zoo Project: Threatened birds successfully hatch

  05-08-2023 09:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bristol Zoo Project has welcomed Socorro dove and Visayan tarictic hornbill chicks.
  
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• All the Wilko Bristol stores at risk as retailer faces the axe

  05-08-2023 09:18 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Dozens of Clinton Card shops could also close
  
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• Four teens arrested after 18-year-old man dies in fight

  05-08-2023 09:17 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The victim, who has not been named, died at the scene
  
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• Iron Age West Country grave unearthed - and experts baffled with mysterious items inside

  05-08-2023 09:05 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It's the richest Iron Age grave found to date in the South West
  
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• Storm Antoni hits Bristol: Live traffic and travel updates as wind and rain batter region

  05-08-2023 08:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Restrictions are in place on the M48 Severn Bridge already this morning in case it needs to close quickly due to strong winds throughout the day
  
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• Hour-by-hour West Country forecast as Storm Antoni hits

  05-08-2023 08:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Amber and yellow weather warnings are in place for wind
  
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• Man's life-time collection of 400 irons being auctioned - and are tipped to fetch thousands

  05-08-2023 07:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Martin Matthews, 61, has spent 35 years collecting vintage and antique irons from around the world
  
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• Lost cat reunited with family 18 months after disappearance

  05-08-2023 07:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Fenty was taken into a Pets at Home store 25 miles away from where she was last seen
  
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• Britain's biggest Barbie fan has spent £20,000 collecting 800 dolls

  05-08-2023 07:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The dolls fill almost every surface at the terraced house she shares with husband Steve
  
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• The absolutely beautiful West Country village that feels like a little corner of Paris

  05-08-2023 06:57 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It has a very continental feel about it
  
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• We visited the Bristol shopping centre destined for demolition and it was like a graveyard - dead and eerily quiet

  05-08-2023 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  In a dramatic U-turn last month Bristol City Council approved plans to demolish the South Bristol shopping centre and build 850 new homes on the site
  
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• Thieves and robbers jailed in Bristol so far this year

  05-08-2023 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  We list the people sent to prison for stealing and robbing in the first half of 2023
  
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• New bus gate to be installed on key route into Bristol city centre

  05-08-2023 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Work starts on Monday and will take four weeks
  
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• Developer 'reviewing' Bristol's unfinished Boatyard tower block after work stalls

  05-08-2023 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  No work has taken place to finish the landmark tower block for more than a year
  
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• Alex Fletcher: Bath City striker 'delighted' to return to club after head injury

  05-08-2023 00:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bath City striker Alex Fletcher is cleared to play again, nine months after suffering a serious head injury when he collided with a concrete wall.
  
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