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• Bristol drug dealer 'Kilo Chris' jailed for 19 years after manhunt ends in Paris arrest

  04-04-2025 22:52 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  He fled and travelled across mainland Europe before being detained in Paris
  
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• Armed police rush to residential street in Bristol

  04-04-2025 21:33 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The road was said to be taped off
  
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• Reece and Jewell put Derbyshire on top against Glos

  04-04-2025 20:50 via bbc.com
  
  Luis Reece takes 6-52 and Caleb Jewell hits a rapid 61 on debut as Derbyshire enjoy a strong first day against Gloucestershire.
  
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• Live: Fire crews rush to huge blaze at waste depot

  04-04-2025 20:08 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The site has been evacuated
  
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• Fire crews rushed to huge blaze at waste depot

  04-04-2025 20:08 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The fire has since been extinguished
  
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• Somerset take control against Worcestershire

  04-04-2025 19:54 via bbc.com
  
  Kasey Aldridge takes five wickets, then Tom Banton bats Somerset into a first-innings lead over Worcestershire at Taunton.
  
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• Drink-driver who killed man in head-on crash jailed

  04-04-2025 19:09 via bbc.com
  
  Thomas Hardyman received a custodial sentence of eight years at Bristol Crown Court.
  
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• Drug dealer 'Kilo Chris' jailed for 19 years

  04-04-2025 18:25 via bbc.com
  
  Barbosa, also known as 'Kilo-Chris' is sentenced to 19 years in prison after buying £1.5m of cocaine.
  
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• Shops in Broadmead have windows smashed by 'man with brick'

  04-04-2025 18:12 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  At least six businesses have been targeted
  
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• Russell Brand makes statement after being charged with rape

  04-04-2025 18:09 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The comedian and actor will face a court on May 2
  
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• Bristol man arrested in drugs conspiracy investigation given 19-year jail sentence

  04-04-2025 17:53 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  A Bristol man who went on the run after being arrested as part of a major drugs conspiracy investigation has been sentenced to nineteen years in prison at Bristol Crown Court today (Friday, April 4). Christopher Barbosa, 32, formerly of Sea Mills in Bristol, was arrested in May 2020 after officers from the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU) identified him as ‘Kilo-chris’…
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• Woman lends parking space to neighbour – but ends up having major regret

  04-04-2025 17:52 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A woman has said she feels as though her neighbour is 'taking advantage' of her because she keeps parking on her driveway - and she doesn't know how to make her stop
  
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• Girl, 13, who died in house fire was 'filled with dreams'

  04-04-2025 17:44 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Layla Allen was pronounced dead at the scene on Wednesday evening
  
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• Drink-driver jailed after fatal collision near Keynsham

  04-04-2025 17:41 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  A drink-driver who was responsible for the death of a man in a fatal collision last year has been sentenced. Thomas Hardyman was driving a Range Rover on the B3116 Burnett Hill, near Keynsham, when his car crossed into the opposite carriageway resulting in a head-on collision with a Peugeot van. The van driver, Julian Cole, was fatally injured and died at the scene.
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• Facebook Marketplace Sellers Beware – Counterfeit Cash

  04-04-2025 17:40 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We’ve received reports from areas including Weston-super-Mare, Bath and Bristol, where items including laptops, game consoles and mobile phones have been advertised for sale on Facebook Marketplace and upon collection of the item, the buyer pays, often hundreds of pounds, with counterfeit bank notes which are sadly worthless ⚠️ Please be cautious. If you are selling, we recommend: ✅…
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• Bristol Waste boss explains why was asbestos left on city pavement with children playing nearby

  04-04-2025 17:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The mess was left there for nearly a month
  
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• Dementia risk 'raised 13%' by eating these two foods, neurologist warns

  04-04-2025 17:26 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A neurologist has shared the foods he avoids in order to reduce his risk of developing dementia.
  
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• Personal tax allowance £12,570 frozen limit alert to state pensioners

  04-04-2025 17:25 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The threshold at which someone pays tax has been frozen by successive governments and has dragged millions of the poorest people into paying tax on their earnings
  
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• Major update on plan for UK's first new coal mine in 30 years

  04-04-2025 17:06 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There has been strong opposition and years of legal wrangling
  
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• Work on long-awaited bypass given green light

  04-04-2025 17:02 via bbc.com
  
  Former council leader Steve Bridger says he's "chuffed" the council has reached this stage.
  
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• Hundreds of jobs to go at Bristol's hospitals as government cuts hit

  04-04-2025 16:59 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The trust is the city's biggest single employer
  
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• Man, 23, beat pensioner, 87, to death with his own walking stick

  04-04-2025 16:48 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It was a random attack in which Sekai Miles, 23, also gouged out one of 87-year-old Bernard Fowler's eyes
  
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• 'A dad asked me to swap seats on a plane – I refused as he was so entitled'

  04-04-2025 16:25 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A man has taken to social media to ask users for their thoughts after he was allegedly asked to swap seats on a plane so a child could have a window seat - but he says he pre-booked the seat
  
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• Brits gobsmacked to discover what the 'Q' in Q-tips actually stands for

  04-04-2025 15:42 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Q-tips are a bathroom cabinet staple, but people are only just discovering what the "Q" in Q-tips actually stands for - and it's safe to say they're pretty shocked
  
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• Plans to minimise parking issues near Bristol Arena

  04-04-2025 15:39 via bbc.com
  The arena, due to open in Filton in 2028, could have a capacity of 19,500 people.
  
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• High street clothing store returns to the UK's high street after five years

  04-04-2025 15:35 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The iconic menswear retailer entered administration twice
  
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• Driver using phone killed boy, 14, after accelerating through red light

  04-04-2025 15:27 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Christopher Arnett's parents said the way he died 'will haunt us until our dying breaths'
  
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• Bristol, UK Proposes Three-Week Collection Plan Due to Bin Shortage - Waste 360

  04-04-2025 15:27
  Bristol, UK Proposes Three-Week Collection Plan Due to Bin Shortage  Waste 360
  
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• Major supermarket to track customers' faces in new trial

  04-04-2025 15:13 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It's being used to tackle an 'epidemic of retail crime'
  
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• Russell Brand charged with rape and indecent assault

  04-04-2025 15:09 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Metropolitan Police has made an announcement
  
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• Man's McDonald's meal from 2009 'still hasn't decomposed' as it's placed in museum

  04-04-2025 14:52 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A man bought a McDonald's meal from Iceland before the fast food giant stopped trading there in 2009 and donated it to a museum as he had heard that the food from McDonald's 'never decompose'
  
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• 'I rode speedboats and ziplines with no idea I was pregnant'

  04-04-2025 14:45 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Kayleigh, 24, was living her best life in Turkey, Magaluf and Amsterdam with no idea she was having a baby until 30 minutes before she was born
  
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• New French restaurant Lapin from team behind Bank opens

  04-04-2025 14:40 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It's opened in the former home of Tare Bar
  
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• Roxanne Pallett's life now - from 'quitting acting over CBB scandal and moving to New York'

  04-04-2025 14:37 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Roxanne Pallett's life has changed immeasurably since the 2018 Celebrity Big Brother series
  
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• Shortage of food waste bins poses problem to Bristol's plan to drive up recycling rates

  04-04-2025 14:20 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Ordering replacement food waste bins has been "almost impossible"
  
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• Stacey Solomon's £20 lavender-infused sleep ritual 'transforms your hair overnight'

  04-04-2025 14:12 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The new product is designed to help you wake up with beautiful, hydrated, healthy-looking hair
  
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• Weekend traffic warning as there will be 21million 'leisure journeys'

  04-04-2025 14:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Friday evening and Saturday will be the busiest times, followed by Sunday
  
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• Dianne Buswell declares love for Strictly co-star after they make Joe Sugg marriage comment

  04-04-2025 13:53 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Strictly Come Dancing star Dianne shared a video of her boyfriend Joe Sugg as he tried to befriend the doves in their garden - causing a co-star to make a comment about marriage
  
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• Mum dropped suitcase on foot to see if it would hurt, and broke foot

  04-04-2025 13:46 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Klaire will be in a boot for six weeks after shattering her fourth metatarsal
  
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• Live: Man with Irish accent wanted by police

  04-04-2025 13:28 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  If you see Darren O'Brien, call 999
  
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• Men buy car and drive to London for £150 less than two train tickets

  04-04-2025 13:26 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Rob and Tyler bought the car, taxed, insured and filled it with petrol because it was cheaper than getting on the train
  
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• Headlines: Dawn raids and medieval clocks

  04-04-2025 13:19 via bbc.com
  A look at what stories are trending across the West of England on 4 April 2025.
  
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• Drivers told to make simple change to how they park in new warning

  04-04-2025 13:18 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  It could save fuel
  
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• Travel to popular Spanish city for just £30 from Bristol Airport during the May Bank Holiday

  04-04-2025 13:17 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The city was ranked in the top 10 best tourist destinations in the world
  
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• How to get a year's supply of Popeyes chicken at new Bristol restaurant

  04-04-2025 13:06 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  They are also giving away 100 meals to the first customers too
  
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• Police update on fire which killed three - including girl and her mum

  04-04-2025 12:51 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Emma Conn, 30, and her four-year-old daughter Mayci Fox and 23-year-old Louie Thorn all died in the fire
  
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• Hundreds of children take part in rugby festival

  04-04-2025 12:44 via bbc.com
  Children from more than 20 schools gathered at Bristol Bear's High Performance Centre to learn and play.
  
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• Parking firm accused of 'disgraceful profiteering' for tripling Ashton Gate prices for tonight's England match

  04-04-2025 12:41 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Ashton Event Parking have been accused of 'disgraceful profiteering' ahead of the Lionesses match
  
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• Leisure centre shuts as operator enters liquidation

  04-04-2025 12:28 via bbc.com
  The community venue will be handed over to a local council to continue running operations.
  
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• Full story of pervert police officer tricked into revealing his darkest secret

  04-04-2025 12:23 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Thomas Kettleborough led a double life for years
  
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