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• Maya Jama promises 'big announcement' while enjoying trip to Fiji

  12-09-2023 22:09 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Love Island presenter has promised a 'big announcement' to her followers on Instagram
  
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• Bedminster Wilko bought by Poundland in last-minute saviour deal

  12-09-2023 21:48 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Wilko in Bedminster is one of 71 stores which have been bought by Poundland bosses
  
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• Broadwalk centre: Community protest at council offices

  12-09-2023 20:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Campaigners fighting plans to replace the centre with housing gather at a council meeting.
  
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• Bristol consultant patted woman's bottom in hospital lift, hearing told

  12-09-2023 19:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A medical tribunal is examining allegations of misconduct against Bristol consultant Tony Dixon.
  
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• Man pleads guilty to driving truck at police vehicles

  12-09-2023 19:20 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  A man has been remanded into custody after admitting driving a military-style truck at police vehicles. Geoff Marshall, 41, pleaded guilty to one count of dangerous driving, 12 counts of criminal damage – four of which relate to damage caused to police vehicles – and one count of common assault when he appeared before magistrates earlier today (Tuesday 12 September). The offences took place in...
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• Wilko staff and creditors advised on what to do next as stores set to close

  12-09-2023 18:45 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Government has issued advice for employees and creditors of the firm after rescue bids failed to save the high street chain
  
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• Jane was treated for an ear infection for months before doctors found brain tumour

  12-09-2023 18:22 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The mum-of-one still suffers headaches, dizziness, fatigue, mood swings and shooting pains through her head and behind her right ear
  
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• Taunton officers respond to reports of dangerous and anti-social motorbike use

  12-09-2023 18:20 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  Officers were out in Taunton last night responding to reports of the dangerous and anti-social use of motorbikes by young people. They were assisted by the National Police Air Service as they sought to prevent the behaviour and to act on any offences. A number of young people were spoken to by officers, and a moped was recovered on Laburnum Street. The registered keeper of the moped will now be...
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• Husband's heartache as he finds 'bubbly' wife who made everyone feel good dead in bed

  12-09-2023 18:20 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Marie Stevens, 40, was discharged from hospital following treatment for a Rottweiler attack but was found dead the following day
  
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• Bristol woman shares secret to a long life as she celebrates 105th birthday

  12-09-2023 18:04 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Joyce King was born in 1918 when World War 1 was just ending
  
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• Bristol Tesco store staff assaulted by suspected thief

  12-09-2023 18:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The man is being sought after a Tesco worker was attacked following an accusation of shoplifting.
  
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• Bristol police appeal after indecent exposure near play park

  12-09-2023 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police are asking for witnesses to the incident, which happened at an east Bristol play area.
  
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• Bristol mums put up 'wanted posters' of council chief in row over mouldy flats

  12-09-2023 17:57 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A group of mums say they are spending thousands on mould-resistant paint and that their children's health is suffering, so they marched to the council offices and demanded action
  
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• 'Do not approach' warning issued by police searching for Bristol man

  12-09-2023 17:37 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Avon and Somerset Police officers are looking for Julian Freeman who is wanted on recall to prison
  
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• Laura-Beth needed just nine minutes a day to lose 5st using Slimpod

  12-09-2023 17:12 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A new app being trialled at the hospital where she works has proven to be the breakthrough Laura-Beth needed to get down to the weight she wanted
  
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• RuPaul's Drag Race UK queen takes inspiration from Bristolian legend - Bristol Live

  12-09-2023 16:57
  RuPaul's Drag Race UK queen takes inspiration from Bristolian legend  Bristol Live
  
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• RuPaul's Drag Race UK queen takes inspiration from Bristolian legend

  12-09-2023 16:57 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The line-up for this year's series of the hit show has been released with fans counting down the days until the next generation of queens sashays their way onto our screens
  
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• Poundland set to save 71 Wilko stores as deal reached

  12-09-2023 16:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The retailer entered administration last month putting hundreds of stores and 12,500 jobs at risk
  
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• Man in puffer jacket exposed himself in bushes near Bristol play park

  12-09-2023 16:30 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Avon and Somerset Police officers are investigating the indecent exposure which is said to have taken place on August 23
  
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• 'Uninhabitable' flat in one of Britain's most expensive cities on sale for just £60k

  12-09-2023 16:17 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Pictures of the 'fixer upper' show piles of rags and rubbish throughout the building
  
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• Motorist injured after flipping car on M5 near Bristol during crash

  12-09-2023 16:14 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  All traffic had to be stopped shortly after the incident happened as emergency services dealt with the collision
  
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• Man remanded after drug supply charges

  12-09-2023 16:13 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  A man has been remanded after being charged with class A drug supply offences. Jason Le Feuvre was stop and searched by officers from the Bath City Centre Neighbourhood Policing Team in Broad Street yesterday afternoon (Monday 11 September). A quantity of cash and class A drugs have been seized as part of our investigation. The 51-year-old, from Bath, was subsequently charged with one count each...
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• Royal fans ask why Kate Middleton so often has plasters as she has two fingers taped up again after injury

  12-09-2023 16:07 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The new plasters were because the injury-prone princess was hurt while trampolining with Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis
  
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• Serial shoplifter banned from all Co-op shops in his county for three years

  12-09-2023 15:49 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Scott Butcher, 36, was linked by police to 24 separate offences in Co-op shops around his local town
  
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• Man pleads guilty to 'reign of terror' military truck rampage

  12-09-2023 15:42 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Geoff Marshall drove a military truck into several cars - including police vehicles - after an argument with his wife, a court heard
  
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• Families fuming after 20 tonnes of stinking dung dumped behind homes

  12-09-2023 15:16 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  People living nearby say the manure has attracted flies making it unhygienic as well as smelling horrendous in the heatwave
  
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• Man jailed after headbutting 'honourable' dad-of-three causing fatal head injury as he hit pavement

  12-09-2023 15:15 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Peter Houghton was out with friends celebrating his upcoming 60th birthday when he was killed
  
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• Appeal following indecent exposure near play park

  12-09-2023 15:10 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We are appealing for witnesses after a man was seen exposing himself near a children’s play park. On Wednesday 23 August between 5.30-5.45pm, a man was seen indecently exposing himself in the bushes near a play area, in Pettigrove Road, in Kingswood. The man is described as white, around 6ft tall, of slim build with brown hair. He was wearing a black puffed jacket with the hood up. He also had on...
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• Overturned car halts M5 traffic near Bristol - updates

  12-09-2023 15:09 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Emergency services are at the scene
  
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• Helen Flanagan sends ex Scott Sinclair public message as she celebrates son's milestone

  12-09-2023 14:47 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The former I'm A Celebrity campmate and Coronation Street star's latest comments come days after she 'joked' about him moving on from their relationship
  
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• Teenager was walking around with broken back for two days after medics 'missed it'

  12-09-2023 14:43 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Iona Jade Thomson spent her 18th birthday on the major trauma ward in hospital
  
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• Lifesaving bleed control kits launched across Avon and Somerset

  12-09-2023 14:28 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  A number of life-saving bleed control kits, designed to control bleeding after someone suffers a traumatic injury, have started to be installed within local communities across Avon and Somerset. Avon and Somerset Police are working with NHS England South West and HeartSafe to install 144 bleed kits across the region, which includes Bristol, Somerset, North Somerset, Bath and North East Somerset...
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• Marks & Spencer's 'flattering' £45 jeans that 'transform your figure'

  12-09-2023 14:26 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "These are the most flattering boot-cut jeans I’ve owned in years"
  
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• Witnesses sought following Crewkerne collision

  12-09-2023 14:20 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage after a two-vehicle road traffic collision in Somerset. Officers were called to the A30 Yeovil Road, in Crewkerne between 12.20-12.40am on Sunday 27 August following a collision between a black Peugeot Expert van and a grey BMW 166i. Two people were taken to hospital, one of whom remains in hospital with injuries which are not believed to be life...
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• Wife's 'devastation' after husband killed in care home fight

  12-09-2023 14:10 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A dementia sufferer was found guilty of unlawfully killing another resident
  
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• Bristol City Council provides update on Bristol Rovers' new South Stand plans

  12-09-2023 14:03 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Rovers are entitled to continue work on the South Stand, ahead of a decision on planning permission
  
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• Doctor's warning over 'dangerous' vapes amid calls for ban

  12-09-2023 13:56 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A number of other countries have already banned vaping
  
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• Bristol's IMAX reopening for two days of horror films next month

  12-09-2023 13:53 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It's part of the Forbidden Worlds Film Festival: The Big Scream - and there promises to be a demon car, killer tree, giant bugs, spiders and alien invaders
  
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• EastEnders fans think 'creepy' former Walford resident will be killed on Christmas Day

  12-09-2023 13:49 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The character in question has not been seen on Albert Square since they disappeared after being re-released from prison seven years ago
  
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• Netflix 'Who Killed Jill Dando?' series release date confirmed in new trailer

  12-09-2023 13:48 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The BBC journalist and presenter who hosted shows including Holiday was murdered at her London home in April 1999
  
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• Autumn booster campaign targets vulnerable and elderly

  12-09-2023 13:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Work is now underway to vaccinate older people by the end of October.
  
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• Concern growing for missing Bristol man without his medication

  12-09-2023 13:20 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Avon and Somerset Police say Matthew, 43, has links to Brislington and might be travelling by bicycle
  
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• Mum loses 9 stone after being shocked at photo daughter took of her

  12-09-2023 13:04 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Nikki says he barely recognised herself in the image - so she decided to do something about it
  
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• Killer XL bully-type dogs being sold in the UK without checks

  12-09-2023 12:54 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The animals are responsible for numerous attacks and there are calls for them to be banned in the UK
  
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• Woman says 'live breast examination on This Morning saved my life' after cancer diagnosis

  12-09-2023 12:45 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Prya Kaura was diagnosed with grade 3 breast cancer after following the ITV programme's breast check
  
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• Expert explains lightning cloud as new footage shows huge 'explosions'

  12-09-2023 12:38 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The rare weather phenomenon had an apocalyptic end-of-the-world feel that made people joke the aliens were invading
  
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• Wilko: Why the firm went bust and what happens next to stores and workers

  12-09-2023 12:11 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Talks to save the retailer have broken down with thousands of members of staff told they will be out of the job, many as soon as Friday (September 15)
  
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• Karen Millen's 'sultry' £69 dress is near-identical to bespoke design for Doja Cat

  12-09-2023 12:02 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The 'dramatic' dress is perfect for the holiday season
  
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• Fee for commercial use of Bristol Downs to be discussed

  12-09-2023 12:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Personal trainers and boot camp operators may have to pay to use Bristol's Downs under new plans.
  
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• Deal or No Deal star Noel Edmonds back in UK - serving coffees at West country cafe

  12-09-2023 12:02 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Customers couldn't believe their eyes
  
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