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• ITV This Morning's Alison Hammond reveals why she won't return to Big Brother

  28-03-2025 23:49 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  This Morning presenter Alison Hammond has shared why she won't be returning to the Big Brother house
  
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• 'Entitled' man jailed for 19 years for sex offences

  28-03-2025 22:02 via bbc.com
  
  Kingsley Balkwill was sentenced after being found guilty of multiple sex offences against four women.
  
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• Brexit cheerleader Arron Banks announced as mayoral candidate for the West of England

  28-03-2025 21:44 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  He admitted he was 'really unpopular in Bristol'
  
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• Serial rapist jailed for 19 years after multiple sickening crimes against women

  28-03-2025 20:32 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Kingsley Balkwill will not touch another woman for a long time
  
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• Inside Gogglebox's Plummer brothers' lives off-screen from tragic health battles to exciting jobs

  28-03-2025 20:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Gogglebox stars Tremaine, Twaine and Tristan Plummer have been on the Channel 4 show since 2016 and have been a hit with viewers ever since
  
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• New cafe will be run by former prisoners

  28-03-2025 19:35 via bbc.com
  
  The Key Cafe will be based opposite HMP Bristol and aims to help ex-prisoners learn new skills.
  
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• What if Pride and Prejudice was set in Hartcliffe?

  28-03-2025 19:34 via bbc.com
  
  Local film-maker Paul Holbrook to do Pride and Prejudice adaptation after winning prestigious award.
  
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• 'Reckless' gang attack police and set fire to e-bike

  28-03-2025 19:31 via bbc.com
  
  The masked men injured a police officer during the late-night incident.
  
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• 'Reckless' gang attack police and set fire to bike

  28-03-2025 19:31 via bbc.com
  
  The masked men injured a police officer during the late-night incident.
  
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• Masked gang set fire to e-bike and attack police in late-night clash

  28-03-2025 19:30 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Officers were abused and assaulted before the gang fled
  
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• Children's charity co-founder Eddie Farwell dies

  28-03-2025 19:30 via bbc.com
  
  Mr Farwell set up the charity, with his late wife, from their home in north Devon in 1991.
  
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• Cash ISA warning issued ahead of crucial deadline for savers

  28-03-2025 18:59 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The maximum you can put away each tax year in any adult Isa is £20,000, and the deadline is now just 11 days away
  
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• Witnesses sought following incident in Bristol city centre

  28-03-2025 18:41 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We are appealing for witnesses after officers were assaulted and a bike was set on fire in Bristol city centre. While on foot patrol, two officers challenged a group of about 10 males they witnessed riding e-bikes along Bristol’s Waterfront and across Pero’s Bridge, a pedestrianised area, at around 10.30pm yesterday (Thursday 27 March). The group became aggressive towards the officers…
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• M5 traffic delays due to rush hour crash

  28-03-2025 18:11 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Traffic was held near Avonmouth Bridge
  
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• Live: M5 traffic delays due to rush hour crash

  28-03-2025 18:11 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Traffic was held near Avonmouth Bridge
  
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• Removals man sacked for shouting racist abuse at young girl in Bristol street

  28-03-2025 18:06 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The abuse was caught by the dashcam of a passing car
  
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• Jack O'Sullivan's mum pleads for information on his 24th birthday

  28-03-2025 18:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  'We're not going to give up on Jack' said his mum
  
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• Holiday destination Foreign Office new advice as officials say 'it's illegal to enter country'

  28-03-2025 17:43 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Officials this afternoon said in March consensual same-sex activity between men became a crime punishable by up to five years imprisonment
  
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• Adding superfood to your curries can lower cholesterol and reduce cancer risk, dietician says

  28-03-2025 17:41 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A top nutritionist has suggested one superfood could reduce someone's risk of cancer and lower their cholesterol at the same time
  
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• Rapist jailed for offences against four women

  28-03-2025 17:36 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  A rapist convicted of multiple serious sex offences committed against four young women has been jailed for 19-and-a-half years. Kingsley Balkwill, of Cliff Court Drive in Frenchay, was found guilty of four counts of rape, three counts of attempted rape, two counts of sexual assault by penetration and two counts of sexual assault by touching committed between 2018 and 2023.
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• Tributes paid as legendary TV presenter Paul Barnes dies aged 85

  28-03-2025 17:25 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  He held a number of roles across both the BBC and ITV
  
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• Married at First Sight groom slammed by co-stars over 'disgusting' comment to partner

  28-03-2025 17:21 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Married At First Sight Australia groom Eliot has been slammed by viewers after making a "disgusting" comment about his ex-wife Lauren on Thursday
  
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• Davina McCall gives update on brain surgery ordeal as she questions her memory

  28-03-2025 16:32 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Speaking on a recent episode of the Making The Cut podcast, Davina opened up about her plans to try a certain therapy that involves "tapping places on your face"
  
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• Fourth person charged over fatal stabbing of teen

  28-03-2025 16:13 via bbc.com
  
  Remi Hitchcock becomes the latest person to be charged in connection with the attack.
  
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• Loose Women's Andrea McLean gives health update after hospitalisation for sepsis

  28-03-2025 16:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Former Loose Women star Andrea McLean has given an update on her health following a hospitalisation in February after she collapsed in her bathroom
  
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• Bristol to be hotter than Ibiza, Greece and Spain next week

  28-03-2025 15:49 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  As the clocks go forward this weekend, temperatures will rise
  
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• 'Five sisters' brainteaser leaves people divided as they argue over answer

  28-03-2025 15:48 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A tricky brainteaser about five sisters has left people divided online, with some arguing over the correct answer while others admit defeat trying to solve it - but can you work it out?
  
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• Fourth man charged over Eddie Kinuthia's death

  28-03-2025 15:28 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Remi Hitchcock is due to appear in court
  
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• Bristol liveable neighbourhood 'makes roads safer'

  28-03-2025 15:11 via bbc.com
  
  Some locals say they feel safer travelling now the controversial scheme has been finished.
  
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• Boy bursts into tears after brother's heart-warming birthday cake gesture

  28-03-2025 14:50 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  People have been left heart-warmed after seeing a little boy burst into tears over his older brother's sweet gesture, and there's a touching reason for his actions
  
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• Madeleine McCann family stalking suspect kept locked up

  28-03-2025 14:49 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The 23-year-old Polish national was arrested at Bristol Airport
  
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• Fourth man charged in connection with the murder of Eddie Kinuthia

  28-03-2025 14:34 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  A man is due to appear at Bristol Crown Court on Monday 31 March, charged with assisting an offender, in connection with the death of Eddie King Muthemba Kinuthia. Remi Hitchcock, 29, of Easton, Bristol, is due to appear, alongside the three men charged with murder that he is accused of helping, for a plea and trial preparation hearing. The men charged with murdering Eddie are Zachariah…
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• Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen explains what to do with all your unread books

  28-03-2025 14:29 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There are millions of unread books across the UK
  
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• Witnesses sought following sexual assault in Taunton

  28-03-2025 14:21 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  A man has been arrested following a sexual assault in Taunton, and officers are now appealing for anyone who witnessed the incident to come forward. At around 4pm on Friday 31 January, officers were called after a man followed the victim behind Trinity Gate, on South Street, grabbed her from behind and sexually assaulted her by touching her inappropriately. A 43-year-old man was arrested…
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• New way to test for cervical cancer in England from next year

  28-03-2025 14:14 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The at-home test will look for signs of the HPV virus
  
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• Major crash and fuel spill cause chaos

  28-03-2025 14:08 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There was a big clean-up operation
  
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• Live: Major crash and fuel spill shuts Bristol A-road

  28-03-2025 14:08 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There are heavy delays in the area
  
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• Expert says popular hot drink linked to condition that kills thousands

  28-03-2025 13:51 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Brian Clarke recommends switching your drink or at least limiting your intake
  
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• Longevity expert reveals three important steps he took to make sure he lives years longer

  28-03-2025 13:49 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Dr Mohammed Enayat has made a long and detailed study of the key factors behind living a long and healthy life, and has founded HUM2N, his own London-based "biohacking lab", which takes a functional medicine-guided approach to enhance patients' vitality
  
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• South Bristol filmmaker scoops top Best Director award

  28-03-2025 13:41 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  And the film itself won a prestigious Golden Bee
  
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• Eight simple actions to 'cut cancer, stroke and liver disease risk'

  28-03-2025 13:35 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  ‘Life’s Essential 8’ could be the ultimate daily program to improving your health, a new study has found
  
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• Mums share the tricks and hacks they use to stay out of debt

  28-03-2025 13:34 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Britain’s savviest saving mums are sharing their smartest hacks and tips to help other families stay out of debt. Clair, Kerry, Joanna, Katy and Tania say they are among some of the UK’s fiercest family financial gurus.
  
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• Holly Willoughby inundated with support after sharing 'sad' update about TV future

  28-03-2025 13:28 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Holly Willoughby has broken her silence after ITV announced that Dancing On Ice has been axed after 19 years. Now fans of the TV presenter have shared their support
  
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• Headlines: Spring scenes and bridge closure

  28-03-2025 13:10 via bbc.com
  
  A look at what stories are trending across the West of England on 28 March, 2025.
  
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• Calls for Bristol doctor who damaged petrol pumps to be released from prison

  28-03-2025 13:09 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  He damaged petrol pumps at a Shell service station as part of a Just Stop Oil protest
  
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• EFL preview: 'Titanic' title tussle & drop six-pointer

  28-03-2025 13:04 via bbc.com
  
  Sheffield United welcome Coventry City and Burnley face Bristol City in just two of this weekend's vital EFL encounters.
  
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• PlayStation event in honour of murdered teen Mason

  28-03-2025 13:01 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The event will raise funds for a new foundation set up in Mason's memory
  
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• UKHSA issues 'high' virus level alert as cases over double seasonal average

  28-03-2025 12:59 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Cases were 144.1 per cent higher than the five-season average
  
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• AJ Tracey will be live and direct at Bristol venue

  28-03-2025 12:49 via bbc.com
  
  Grassroots music venues like The Exchange in Bristol will welcome the rapper as he embraces smaller venues.
  
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• Gloucester v Bristol could be 'one of best' - Lam

  28-03-2025 12:45 via bbc.com
  
  Gloucester's match with local rivals Bristol on Saturday could be "one of the best" this season, says Bears director of rugby Pat Lam.
  
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