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• EFL Trophy: Birmingham crush Fulham U21s to coast through

  29-10-2024 23:34 via bbc.com
  
  Jay Stansfield and Ayumu Yokoyama both scored twice as Birmingham City marched on in the EFL Trophy while Doncaster Rovers, Exeter City and AFC Wimbledon were among the other sides to progress to the knockouts.
  
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• Martin Lewis Money Show audience member saved '£240' on energy bills using show's tool

  29-10-2024 22:52 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The energy price cap only affects households in England, Scotland and Wales - and especially applies if you haven't switched firms recently
  
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• How to get tickets for Sam Fender's People Watching tour

  29-10-2024 22:21 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Fans are still trying to get their hands on tickets
  
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• Martin Lewis explains how all car drivers potentially could get a £1,100 payout

  29-10-2024 22:15 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Personal Finance expert on his ITV1 Live show explained a 'seismic' court ruling and said people need to take action now
  
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• Cruise ship passengers risk being turned away for 'common' mistake

  29-10-2024 20:13 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  P&O passengers have warned of the company rules
  
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• Work finally underway on new £11m Youth Zone for South Bristol

  29-10-2024 20:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  This is what the new road opposite Imperial Retail Park is for
  
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• Search for owner of 'stolen' guardian lion statues

  29-10-2024 19:54 via bbc.com
  
  Police found the statues after receiving a call about suspicious activity at a former plant nursery.
  
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• 'Irrational' to revoke officer's status, court told

  29-10-2024 19:38 via bbc.com
  
  Joseph Quirke is taking legal action against Avon and Somerset Police for revoking his vetting status.
  
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• The minimum wage will rise to £12.21 on this date giving a £1,400 pay rise

  29-10-2024 19:08 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Chancellor confirmed a 6.7% increase in 2025 ahead of Wednesday’s Budget
  
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• Jeremy Clarkson to 'take on Wetherspoon' after new pub launch

  29-10-2024 18:32 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Clarkson's Farm star has been nicknamed 'Jezzaspoon'
  
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• 'Dangerous' man jailed for abusing children online

  29-10-2024 18:26 via bbc.com
  
  The judge said that the number of victims was "more than the court had ever seen".
  
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• Getaway driver 'did not know' of plot to kill boys

  29-10-2024 18:19 via bbc.com
  
  Antony Snook told a court he was simply following directions, and had no idea what was about to happen.
  
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• Cuckooing – and how we’re tackling it 

  29-10-2024 18:14 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  Vulnerable people in Avon and Somerset are being targeted by County Lines criminals who take over their homes and use their properties as bases for drug dealing. County Lines is a form of UK drug trafficking. Organised crime groups (OCGs) based in major cities establish networks in smaller towns, cities and villages, to supply and sell illegal drugs, using a dedicated mobile phone line…
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• First accused in Bristol double murder trial gives evidence

  29-10-2024 17:35 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Antony Snook told the jury he didn't know his teenage passengers were armed and didn't know where he was driving them to
  
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• Bristol photo festival review – from old Hollywood at the sweet shop to exiles’ dreams in a basement

  29-10-2024 17:28
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  A striking collection of shows include 60s shop workers turned into icons of glamour, awestruck visions of nature and scenes of female oppression in AfghanistanAt first, it looks like a nature-themed Pinterest board, a constellation of neatly arranged, anodyne squares. Rinko Kawauchi’s photographs don’t pierce or punch, hers is a quieter gaze. As the 52-year-old Japanese photographer says “people often say that I have a child’s eye”.Kawauchi
  
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• Cleaning expert shares two-ingredient trick to banish window condensation for good

  29-10-2024 16:50 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  As the weather gets colder and you start putting the heating on, the likelihood of condensation forming on your windows increases - but a cleaning expert has shared an easy way to banish it for good
  
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• Southport Taylor Swift dance class stabbing suspect charged with terror offence

  29-10-2024 16:49 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Axel Rudakubana has been charged with production of a deadly poison and a terror offence police have said
  
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• Lorraine Kelly reveals what will make her quit ITV show after 40 years in spotlight

  29-10-2024 16:46 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Lorraine Kelly has become a grandmother for the first time after her daughter Rosie gave birth to a baby girl in August
  
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• Helen Flanagan claims footballer ex blocked her phone despite them sharing three kids

  29-10-2024 16:22 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The former Coronation Street also spoke of her new love
  
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• Primark's £26 'showstopper' boots 'look expensive and feel amazing'

  29-10-2024 15:55 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Customers say the autumn boots 'fit like a glove' and even look 'really nice with your jeans rolled down'
  
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• 'Very dangerous' Bristol pervert jailed for 24 years after targeting dozens of children

  29-10-2024 15:52 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There were 182 individual victims
  
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• Appeal to locate victim of assault

  29-10-2024 15:51 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  Officers are hoping to identify a victim of an assault following a third-party report. We received a call from a witness who saw a female being assaulted by a male in Old Pit Road, in Midsomer Norton, at around 1.15pm on Thursday 24 October. Officers are looking to reach out to the woman and provide support as well as take a statement from her to aid their enquiries.
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• Bibby Stockholm: Asylum seekers moved off barge

  29-10-2024 15:22 via bbc.com
  
  It's understood the men have been sent to places including Cardiff, Wolverhampton and Bristol.
  
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• Man, 51, jailed for ‘repeatedly targeting children’

  29-10-2024 15:18 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  A 51-year-old man has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for child abuse offences which a judge described as being unlike any case the court had seen before. Andrew Thorne, of Bristol, was convicted after pleading guilty to 18 offences, including sexual communications with a child, taking and making indecent photographs of a child and causing a child to engage in sexual activities.
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• Man, 51, jailed for 24 years after ‘repeatedly targeting children’

  29-10-2024 15:18 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  A 51-year-old man has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for child abuse offences which a judge described as being unlike any case the court had seen before. Andrew Thorne, of Bristol, was convicted after pleading guilty to 18 offences, including sexual communications with a child, taking and making indecent photographs of a child and causing a child to engage in sexual activities.
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• Girl, 14, dies after eating pizza on first night of holiday in Rome

  29-10-2024 15:02 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The teen, referred to as Skyler by local media, tragically collapsed and later died
  
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• Millions raised from Clean Air Zone to pay for better buses in certain parts of Bristol

  29-10-2024 15:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol Live has been campaigning for better buses for Bristol
  
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• 'Fostering has big challenges but massive rewards'

  29-10-2024 14:52 via bbc.com
  
  Carers can look after children from just one weekend a month to more permanently for several years.
  
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• Amy Dowden's Strictly replacement update after dancer's health scare

  29-10-2024 14:46 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Lauren Oakley has shared a message as she's set to step in for Amy this weekend
  
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• Special school for autistic pupils on outskirts of Bristol still requires improvement

  29-10-2024 14:44 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The school was also given a ‘Requires improvement’ grade in 2022
  
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• DVLA issues urgent car tax warning for drivers that could cost them an extra £600 a year

  29-10-2024 14:26 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The DVLA is warning of new car tax changes coming into effect soon
  
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• Bristol teens' double murder trial updates as defence cases begin

  29-10-2024 14:04 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Five are accused of the murders of Max Dixon and Mason Rist in South Bristol in January
  
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• Warning as highly contagious winter bug 'sweeps through UK' - Bristol Live

  29-10-2024 13:58
  Warning as highly contagious winter bug 'sweeps through UK'  Bristol Live
  
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• Martin Lewis MSE and DWP warning to people earning £35,000 or less missing out on extra cash

  29-10-2024 13:44 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The MSE site is urging people to check to see if they are eligible for DWP payments
  
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• Brits to face sudden icy chill as temperatures set to plummet

  29-10-2024 13:44 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It follows a pleasant Monday for most of the UK
  
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• First Bus say 'no decision' yet on fare price rise after £2 cap scrapped

  29-10-2024 13:31 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The £2 bus fare cap will rise to £3 in tomorrow’s Budget
  
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• ITV Lorraine's Dr Hilary warns 'call 999' over these three symptoms

  29-10-2024 13:27 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Early treatment, he said, is crucial
  
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• Instagram down as users are blocked from using key feature

  29-10-2024 13:22 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A number of glitches are being reported
  
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• The antisocial behaviour hot spot where drug deals take place outside school in broad daylight

  29-10-2024 13:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Residents were shocked at the levels of anti-social behaviour, which were higher than previously thought
  
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• Work begins on liveable neighbourhood pilot

  29-10-2024 12:56 via bbc.com
  
  It will see most vehicles barred from parts of Barton Hill, Redfield and St George in Bristol.
  
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• CCTV released after motorbike theft near Taunton

  29-10-2024 12:48 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We are appealing for the public’s help to identify a man officers wish to speak to in connection with a theft. We believe the man pictured may have information which will aid our enquiries into an incident which happened near Taunton on Friday 18 October. He is described as being of slim build, with dark hair, beard and a moustache. He is shown wearing a hat, glasses, sliders…
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• BristolLive shortlisted for major news industry award

  29-10-2024 12:09 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The awards are part of Journalism Matters week
  
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• Mystery of stolen Chinese lion statues found at old South Gloucestershire plant nursery

  29-10-2024 11:50 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The two statues were found in Bitton
  
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• Multi-million pound community centre development in South Bristol to begin in January

  29-10-2024 11:46 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The community centre will reopen to the public in 'early 2026'
  
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• Kate Middleton and Prince William's surprise confession about sleeping arrangements

  29-10-2024 11:43 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  They have given a rare insight into their home life
  
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• Boots shopper explains how to get £288 worth of free Clarins beauty products

  29-10-2024 11:36 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Boots is currently running a huge Clarins beauty offer
  
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• Kate Middleton's 'forgotten' second wedding dress that only 300 people saw

  29-10-2024 11:34 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Kate Middleton wore two wedding dresses on her big day 13 years ago
  
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• Another HMO in Filton road swamped with bedsits is approved

  29-10-2024 11:24 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  South Gloucestershire councillors were told they had little choice but to grant planning permission
  
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• State pensioners may lose £13,920 from tomorrow due to Labour Budget changes

  29-10-2024 11:22 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to announce a host of new tax changes
  
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• Costs of two Bristol City Council pedestrian zones rocket by £500k

  29-10-2024 11:13 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The local authority is asking the West of England Combined Authority to foot the 40 per cent hike
  
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