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• Cruel West Country woman locked dogs and cats in cages with no food

  09-04-2025 22:35 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  She left them to rot
  
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• Bristol City fan travels from South Africa for game

  09-04-2025 21:27 via bbc.com
  
  He travelled thousands of miles to watch his beloved team win in a nail-biting match.
  
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• OHB launches new UK subsidiary in Bristol, strengthening Europe’s space sector - Defence Industry Europe

  09-04-2025 20:33
  OHB launches new UK subsidiary in Bristol, strengthening Europe’s space sector  Defence Industry Europe
  
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• M5 and M4 chaos clears after crash near Bristol

  09-04-2025 19:37 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Police and firefighters were at the scene
  
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• Live: M5 and M4 chaos after crash near Bristol

  09-04-2025 19:37 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Police and firefighters are at the scene
  
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• Married at First Sight star confirms relationship status and shares huge career update

  09-04-2025 18:47 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Married at First Sight Australia star Lucinda Light has opened up about her new career venture after finding fame on the reality TV show and selling out UK theatres
  
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• MP banned from headquarters after rape arrest

  09-04-2025 18:46 via bbc.com
  His term as mayor comes to an end in three weeks when elections are held on 1 May.
  
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• 🎧 Are Bristol City the team to beat?

  09-04-2025 18:04 via bbc.com
  In this week's 72+ podcast, the team discuss Bristol City's good form and how they might be the team to beat in the race to secure a play-off place.
  
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• WECA issues statement after Mayor's rape arrest 

  09-04-2025 18:01 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Dan Norris was arrested last week
  
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• Zoe Ball stuns fans after body transformation which only cost £120

  09-04-2025 17:51 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Celebrities and fans were quick to praise the results
  
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• Condom brand Durex's name is actually made up of three words

  09-04-2025 17:49 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Durex condoms have been around for more than 100 years and were the first condom brand to advertise in many countries, but some people are only just realising what the brand name actually means
  
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• 'Bristol City are the surprise package'

  09-04-2025 17:39 via bbc.com
  Former Bristol City defender Chris Honor on how this could be Bristol City's time to reach the play-offs after years of falling short.
  
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• Lunch prank victim not sacked unfairly - tribunal

  09-04-2025 17:17 via bbc.com
  The apprentice sent "abusive messages" after someone poked "finger-sized holes" in his sandwiches.
  
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• Four-vehicle crash and fuel spill shuts Bristol road

  09-04-2025 17:11 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The fire service, police and ambulance were all called
  
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• Four-vehicle crash and fuel spill shut Bristol road

  09-04-2025 17:11 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The fire service, police and ambulance were all called
  
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• Eniola Aluko ‘looks forward to proving’ libel case against Joey Barton

  09-04-2025 17:11 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Eniola Aluko is suing the former Bristol Rovers manager over social media posts
  
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• Bristol shopkeeper who sold illegal vapes and cigarettes refused alcohol licence

  09-04-2025 16:41 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol City council rejected his application after police advice
  
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• Live: Firefighters called to huge blaze near M5 Avonmouth Bridge

  09-04-2025 16:21 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Fire crews are at the scene
  
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• Huge rise in fly-tipping in Bristol due to 'cost of living crisis starting to ease off'

  09-04-2025 16:18 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Over 7,000 incidents were reported and removed in the last three months of 2024
  
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• Fire engine gets stuck behind east Bristol LTN bollard

  09-04-2025 16:18 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Fire chiefs say they do not believe response times will be impacted by the scheme
  
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• Appeal for witnesses following fatal collision near Wells

  09-04-2025 16:17 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision yesterday evening (Tuesday 8 April). At around 5pm, officers were called to the A39 in Polsham, near Wells, to a collision involving a van and a cyclist. Sadly, the cyclist, a man in his 60s, was pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin have been informed and our thoughts remain with them during this incredibly…
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• Dietician shares simple tips to curb late-night snack cravings

  09-04-2025 16:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Late-night snacking can have a negative impact on your health and weight, but there are ways to curb the cravings, according to a dietician who shared her top tips
  
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• 'Kind and bubbly' man murdered in row over bicycle

  09-04-2025 15:50 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Kunta Ceesay was stabbed to death in the street
  
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• Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott accused of child sex abuse

  09-04-2025 15:32 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  He faces charges of sex abuse against a boy and a girl
  
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• Man guilty of murdering 25-year-old with knife

  09-04-2025 15:31 via bbc.com
  Shakawan Siddiqi attacked Kunta Ceesay with a knife on a Bristol street in September last year.
  
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• 'I've been teased for years because of way parents spelled my name - I want to change it'

  09-04-2025 15:17 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A fed up woman has vented about the 'unique' spelling her parents chose for her name, explaining how it's caused her a lifetime of mispronunciations and misspellings, so she's keen to change it for good
  
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• Experts share grocery shopping tips for arthritis and aisle you need to visit

  09-04-2025 15:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  You can also find healthy foods in the frozen aisle to help manage arthritis pain
  
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• Primark's 'most perfect summer shoes' are sending shoppers 'straight to the till'

  09-04-2025 14:53 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Shoppers say the £20 'summery' heels 'make a statement' and can be styled in endless ways
  
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• Keynsham Recycling Centre reopens after fire

  09-04-2025 14:48 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The blaze broke out after a bale of cardboard caught alight
  
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• Stacey Dooley's 'unhinged' baby admission as she reveals it was 'entirely my fault'

  09-04-2025 14:38 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Strictly winner Stacey Dooley, known for her hard-hitting documentaries, recently opened up about her struggles as a new mother after thinking others were "exaggerating"
  
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• Apprentice sacked for threatening colleague who ‘poked holes in his sandwiches’

  09-04-2025 14:21 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A tribunal heard there was a culture of 'banter'
  
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• All smiles at the Bristol firm where the workers bought out their boss

  09-04-2025 14:17 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  When George Burr decided to sell up, he didn't go far to find a buyer
  
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• Family fined £100 for parking 'over the line' to help disabled grandmother

  09-04-2025 14:16 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The 89-year-old cannot walk or stand without help and needed the extra space as the disabled bays were full
  
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• Man found guilty of murder in Bristol

  09-04-2025 14:11 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  A man has been convicted of murder for an attack in which a 25-year-old was killed in Bristol last year. Shawakan Siddiqi was found guilty by a jury today (Wednesday 9 April) after a two-and-a-half week trial at Bristol Crown Court. He attacked Kunta Ceesay with a knife in Stapleton Road during an altercation in the street. The fatal incident happened on Friday 20 September last…
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• Britain embraces the ‘Greenovation’

  09-04-2025 14:01 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Brits on a green home renovation journey say they are saving over £300 a year on average
  
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• Flights, ferries, buses, trains and trams all halted in Greece

  09-04-2025 13:55 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There is major travel disruption for anyone trying to get to or from Greece, or trying to get around the country
  
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• Blue Badge eligibility includes these five walking issues - everything you should know

  09-04-2025 13:44 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The badge currently helps around three million people with severe mobility or mental impairments, allowing them to park closer to their destination
  
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• Why women who come off the pill sometimes stop 'fancying' their partner

  09-04-2025 13:25 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Expert Mike Kocsis says there is an immune-system gene at play
  
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• Robins have to 'control their heads' - Manning

  09-04-2025 13:23 via bbc.com
  Bristol City have to "control their heads" for the final five games of the season, says manager Liam Manning after they beat West Brom.
  
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• £90m investment to make half of Bristol's buses electric

  09-04-2025 13:12 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  More than half the Government's national investment is coming to the West of England
  
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• easyJet, Ryanair, Jet2 and Wizz Air rules that could see you escorted off

  09-04-2025 13:12 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Some passengers are unfamiliar with the rules that could see your flight turned around, police called and holidaymakers banned
  
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• Couple 'feel sorry' for fraudster who tried to con them out of £200K

  09-04-2025 13:06 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Alex Renny and her husband, Tom, were left an inheritance of around £200,000 - before a woman they had never heard of tried to claim it
  
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• Humble 21p inflammation-fighting food can help ease arthritis pain

  09-04-2025 13:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  This cheap vegetable has been hailed for alleviating the painful condition that affects millions of people in the UK
  
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• 'I discovered I had stage four cancer after slipping on the stairs'

  09-04-2025 12:55 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  What should have been a minor accident led to a horrifying diagnosis for Trisha Goddard, who says she's doing Celebrity Big Brother to raise awareness of all those people in the UK living with cancer
  
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• Plans submitted for eight-storey office building at huge Brabazon development

  09-04-2025 12:50 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The new train station will connect to Bristol Temple Meads in less than 15 minutes
  
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• Travellers may need £12 'grey area' document to get through immigration

  09-04-2025 12:48 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Some immigration officials won't let you into a country unless you have the right document, but this 'hack' works
  
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• Man buys fish and chips in Spain – but Brits are gobsmacked by the price

  09-04-2025 12:46 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A man was left gobsmacked by the price of his fish and chips during a trip to Benidorm - but people in the UK admitted they were floored for a totally different reason
  
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• Avonmouth shop raided by vape thieves

  09-04-2025 12:46 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Police were on the scene within minutes
  
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• Exactly when hot weather will end as three areas to get rain by weekend

  09-04-2025 12:34 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There could be more record high temperatures this week but it isn't set to last, the Met Office says
  
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• Convenience store burglary appeal

  09-04-2025 12:34 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We’re appealing for witnesses, footage and information after thieves broke into a convenience store in Avonmouth Road, Bristol, just before 3am today, Wednesday 9 April. Officers, including a dog unit, attended within 10 minutes of the 999 call. Three people dressed in black and wearing masks were seen on CCTV breaking into the shop and taking a large quantity of vapes.
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