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• How does the British honours system work?

  29-12-2025 23:31 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  They come out twice a year
  
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• Live: Police share tragic update after fatal Boxing Day fire

  30-12-2025 17:42 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A mother and her two young children died
  
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• Incident closes lane on motorway

  30-12-2025 17:07 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Traffic is building as a result
  
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• Workman thought he was 'living on borrowed time' after being mauled by dog

  30-12-2025 16:34 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The dog 'bounded down the stairs' to attack as his owner was trying on a dress in her bedroom [National Story]
  
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• Young Bristol teen Tiah Mai Ayton makes boxing history

  30-12-2025 16:29 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  For the first time in its 116-year history Boxing News has named a woman as its hottest prospect
  
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• Finance expert's tip 'maximises' annual leave in 2026 to get even more holidays

  30-12-2025 15:47 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A finance expert has shared a clever strategy to maximise your annual leave in 2026 by booking holidays strategically around bank holidays to get the most consecutive days off work
  
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• Anyone travelling to France issued urgent travel warning

  30-12-2025 15:47 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  People are being warned of disruption and delays
  
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• Warning for 12 million UK current accounts over £5,000

  30-12-2025 14:34 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Failing to take action means people who have some money are in fact losing out by not changing
  
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• 'Stylish' B&M armchair 'looks like' £199 'luxurious' alternative

  30-12-2025 13:58 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The discount retailer is selling an armchair that resembles a pricier alternative
  
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• CCTV appeal after man assaulted on bus

  30-12-2025 13:55 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  Officers investigating an incident in Frome earlier this month in which a man was assaulted have released CCTV footage of people they want to speak to. At 5pm on Friday 12 December, the six people, all believed to be teenage boys, boarded a bus in Cork Street before opening its emergency exit. When challenged by the victim, the group assaulted him, causing injuries to the face…
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• Dad nearly dies after feeling a 'pop' - now he has to wear a bag

  30-12-2025 13:51 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "I managed to fill up my water bottle and as I turned I thought: 'that didn't feel good'"
  
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• Eurostar disruption leaves trains cancelled and passengers 'stuck in tunnel' as travel warning issued

  30-12-2025 13:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  National Rail have urged people postpone their journey if possible due to a power outage
  
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• Rising costs see Bristol drop out of Europe's stag do top 10

  30-12-2025 13:12 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  People are returning to cheaper eastern European destinations
  
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• Omaze winner mum declares 'drinks are on me' after becoming millionaire in prize draw

  30-12-2025 13:06 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  She won the jackpot after purchasing a ticket for £15
  
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• MP 'concerned' over plans for controversial 'grey belt' homes

  30-12-2025 12:34 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The land is Green Belt but developers say it fits the Government's new definition of 'Grey Belt'
  
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• Anthony Joshua's faces 'very difficult' decision as heartbroken friends pay tribute to coach

  30-12-2025 12:19 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT - Mourners have left flowers and messages outside a London gym following the death of owner Sina Ghami
  
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• Dad names Aldi aisle you should shop for best yellow sticker deals before January

  30-12-2025 12:05 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Shoppers can save up to 90% on festive items as supermarkets clear Christmas stock with yellow sticker bargains
  
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• Important MS update as experts make two new discoveries

  30-12-2025 11:35 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Researchers say the more they find out, the more likely 'we will be able to find treatments that can stop disease progression'
  
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• Man due in court after moped failed to stop for an officer in Bridgwater

  30-12-2025 11:14 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  A 19-year-old man is due to appear in court after being charged with a number of driving offences. The charges relate to an incident on the A38 at Dunball near Bridgwater at just before 4.30pm on Friday 26 December, in which a moped failed to stop for an officer. Oakley Coffey-Noon, of Burnham-on-Sea, has been charged with taking a motor vehicle without consent (a moped)…
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• Police end probe into Bristol Royal Navy sailor’s disappearance nearly 40 years ago

  30-12-2025 11:02 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Simon Parkes was last seen in 1986 when the ship he was serving on docked in Gibraltar
  
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• BBC Breakfast viewers issue same demand as host returns to show

  30-12-2025 11:02 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  BBC viewers saw one familiar face back on the infamous red sofa on Tuesday morning.
  
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• Pensioners with back pain could be due up to £441 every four weeks

  30-12-2025 10:42 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Over 74,800 people over State Pension age are claiming extra cash for back pain, with payments worth up to £441.40
  
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• Witness appeal after woman injured in dog attack

  30-12-2025 10:36 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  We are appealing for witnesses and anybody with information after a woman suffered a fractured wrist during an attack by two dogs in Bridgwater on Christmas Day (25 December). A woman, who is in her late-sixties, was walking her dog away from Victoria Park when it was attacked by two others at the junction of Coleridge Green and Coleridge Road between 5.15pm-5.30pm. The attack left the…
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• ITV Loose Women doctor Amir Khan supported after woman 'choked on her steak'

  30-12-2025 10:35 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The woman, a stranger, was reportedly choking on her meal in a restaurant
  
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• Automatic DWP benefits expected to arrive before January 2026

  30-12-2025 10:29 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Here's everything you need to know about two benefits due before the New Year
  
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• Sexual predators raped vulnerable woman at Bristol guest house

  30-12-2025 10:27 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Riaz Muhammed paid for the victim to stay at the house where he and Muhammed Zahid attacked her
  
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• Bristol man climbs Mount Snowdon in skimpy pants and gets same reaction

  30-12-2025 10:01 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  When a man climbed Mount Snowdon in nothing but a pair of tiny pants and Crocs, passers-by were rather confused. However, the reaction he received online was much different
  
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• ‘Sexual predators’ jailed for raping vulnerable woman at guest house

  30-12-2025 09:44 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  Two ‘calculating sexual predators’ have been jailed after being found guilty of raping a vulnerable woman at a Bristol guest house six years ago. Riaz Muhammed, 51, from Easton, and Muhammed Zahid, 46, from St Philips, were jailed for nine and eight years, respectively, at Bristol Crown Court on Wednesday 17 December after they were unanimously found guilty following an eight-day trial.
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• BBC Breakfast star details 'bittersweet' news as guest fights tears after son's death

  30-12-2025 09:38 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Ellen Roome was made an MBE in the New Year Honours for campaigning on children's online safety .
  
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• Fraudster ordered to pay back more than £4million

  30-12-2025 09:34 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  A fraudster has been ordered to pay more than £4million after being jailed for multiple offences. Jeff Arundell, 75, was convicted of offences including fraud and money laundering, in relation to financial dealings he carried out in 2016 and 2017. At a court hearing in October 2023, Arundell was jailed for six-and-a-half years for his crimes, but was back at Bristol Crown Court on 3…
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