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• Council housing used for temporary accommodation like ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’

  17-12-2024 06:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  While the bizarre plan will save the taxpayer millions, people will have to wait longer for a permanent home
  
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• Love Island 2026 winners Julia and Lorenzo's final voting percentages revealed

  28-07-2026 23:13 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Love Island 2026 winners Julia Majchrzak and Lorenzo Alessi secured victory on ITV2's dating show
  
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• Love Island's Jasmine Muller opens up on 'massive shift' in villa

  28-07-2026 22:37 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Love Island 2026 winners Lorenzo Alessi and Julia Majchrzak have been crowned champions
  
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• Couple found dead in remote cottage pictured as police probe unexplained circumstances

  28-07-2026 22:29 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Jim Mair, 43, and Stacy Mair, 35, were found dead at a remote property, with their deaths currently being treated as unexplained [National news]
  
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• Police search 'illegal casino' in Bristol as two arrested

  28-07-2026 20:44 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A man and a woman were arrested on suspicion of gambling offences
  
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• Love Island 2026 winner Julia makes U-turn on what she'll spend £50K prize on

  28-07-2026 19:46 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Love Island 2026 winners Lorenzo Alessi and Julia Majchrzak have shared their real plans for their £50,000 prize money
  
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• Vulnerable man killed in brutal attack by two men who demanded drugs

  28-07-2026 18:50 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Stephen Ridgeway was threatened with a kitchen knife when he was attacked
  
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• Vulnerable man killed in brutal attack by man who demanded drugs

  28-07-2026 18:50 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Stephen Ridgeway was threatened with a kitchen knife when he was attacked
  
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• Martin Lewis warns not to use AI for these 3 financial tasks

  28-07-2026 18:11 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  He urged people to be careful about what information they share online
  
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• Manslaughter conviction after 72-year-old man’s death in Keynsham

  28-07-2026 17:53 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  A man has been found guilty of manslaughter following a two-week re-trial at Bristol Crown Court. Wayne Milsom, 51 and from Keynsham, was today (Tuesday 28 July) unanimously convicted in connection with the death of 72-year-old Stephen Ridgeway. Mr Ridgeway, pictured below, died in hospital on Saturday 7 December 2024, after calling an ambulance to his home in Keynsham in the early hours…
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• Man commits indecent act on bus before exiting near Aldi

  28-07-2026 17:04 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Police want to find the man pictured
  
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• Arrest made following investigation into illegal casino – Bristol

  28-07-2026 17:01 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  Two people have been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into an illegal casino in Bristol. Officers from the Harbourside Neighbourhood Policing Team, alongside the Gambling Commission and the South West Regional Organised Crime Unit (SWROCU), carried out a search warrant at a premises in Lower College Street on Friday 10 July. A 36-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman were…
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• From heartbreak to hope: Sister of murdered 16-year-old organises memorial event to fight knife crime

  28-07-2026 17:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  An appeal has been launched for people to get involved
  
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• Andy Burnham’s Government to continue closing asylum hotels, Downing Street says

  28-07-2026 16:53 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  An asylum hotel in Bristol has already been closed
  
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• Love Island star shares why he didn't invite girls to one spot in villa

  28-07-2026 16:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Love Island star addressed his 'wandering eye' and Casa Amor behaviour
  
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• Half of brits admit muting holiday group chats to dodge helping to plan trips

  28-07-2026 16:31 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A quarter of Gen Z travellers admit they've even gone as far as faking an illness to avoid helping out
  
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• Update after Portway closure as body found

  28-07-2026 16:30 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The road was closed for around an hour
  
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• Mum and boyfriend jailed for brutal abuse and murder of girl, 2

  28-07-2026 16:14 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Isabelle Rose Welsh died last September, and suffering sustained abuse at the hands of Alexandra Walker and Harrison Simpson [National news]
  
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• Body found in Bristol area identified as missing Dorset man

  28-07-2026 16:02 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Avon and Somerset Police called the local force yesterday
  
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• 'Impact' of live music events outweighs listening to songs alone

  28-07-2026 15:51 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A Greene King-commissioned survey has found that people are spending more time listening to music alone, with many missing the shared experiences of the past
  
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• Investigation into indecent act on bus in Bristol

  28-07-2026 15:48 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We are releasing an image of a man we would like to speak to in relation to our enquiries into a sexual offence reported on a bus in Bristol. The incident happened on a number 76 bus at Monks Park Avenue, in Horfield, between 3.20pm-3.45pm on Monday 29 June. An unknown man is said to have committed an indecent act before he disembarked the service opposite Aldi in Greystoke Avenue.
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• Major UK airport rule could see 'holidays ruined' this summer

  28-07-2026 15:16 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Holidaymakers could be hit with serious consequences
  
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• Maya Jama lets slip Celebrity Traitors update hours after Love Island final

  28-07-2026 15:04 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Love Island host Maya Jama shared the changes she would make to the latest series of the show
  
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• Neo-Nazi Ryan Ferguson fined for 'Heil Hitler' racial abuse during far-right march in Bristol

  28-07-2026 15:03 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A judge described his actions as 'shameful'
  
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• Morning Live expert urges dog owners 'see vet immediately' over symptom in mouth

  28-07-2026 14:55 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The animal welfare expert shared the advice in a video shared on social media
  
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• Couples urged to be open about topic that stays taboo for many

  28-07-2026 13:45 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Experts say it is the secrecy that causes problems
  
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• Met Office issues heatwave verdict for August

  28-07-2026 13:38 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Met Office has issued its long-range forecast for August
  
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• Love Island star George Knight breaks silence after ITV2 show snub

  28-07-2026 12:47 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The Series 13 Islander hasn't stepped foot in the villa again since his exit early on in the series
  
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• Love Island fans stop watching series after 'huge error' before final

  28-07-2026 12:18 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Love Island fans have accused the show's producers of 'screwing up' the 13th series
  
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• BBC Breakfast's Naga Munchetty quits show as she issues statement

  28-07-2026 11:49 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty has announced she is leaving the show after 17 years [National news]
  
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