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• What the BBC cuts to Points West and Radio Bristol will mean

  02-07-2020 18:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Things will look and sound different
  
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• Love Island star opens up on caring for mum in moving insight left out of show

  14-08-2026 13:53 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Love Island star Simba Kudyiwa has admitted he spotted a few changes in his mum's behaviour around the time she was diagnosed with the condition
  
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• Bristol City Council was preparing to spend millions fixing Pero’s Bridge before dramatic collapse

  14-08-2026 13:43 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Tons of padlocks prevented the bridge being lifted for years
  
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• Pero's Bridge remains closed for second day as investigations in 'early stages'

  14-08-2026 13:21 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The bridge failed during a routine test lift
  
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• Londis to replace South Bristol hairdressers and sell booze 17 hours a day

  14-08-2026 13:06 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Bristol city councillors approved a premises licence despite objections
  
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• Tourists evacuated as wildfires spread in Greece, France, Croatia and Germany

  14-08-2026 13:02 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  In France, temperatures on Thursday approached 41C in several areas
  
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• Pero's bridge in Bristol closed for second day after 'collapse' - live updates

  14-08-2026 12:39 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Barriers have been erected to stop pedestrians from crossing
  
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• Method to 'save money' on UK energy bills

  14-08-2026 12:32 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The energy regulator has issued a reminder to UK households
  
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• Mum who came to UK for better life killed by driver with cannabis in system

  14-08-2026 12:22 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Jake Bolton was sleep deprived and had twice the legal limit of cannabis in his blood when he hit the victim
  
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• Drunken Jet2 passenger jailed for Nazi salute and racist outburst on flight to Newcastle

  14-08-2026 12:09 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  David Kelly, 56, was on a Jet2 flight from Turkey to Newcastle when he became drunk and disorderly and made a Nazi salute
  
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• Racially and religiously aggravated charges dropped against Eastville man

  14-08-2026 11:08 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Prosecutors intend to press on with one remaining charge
  
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• Witness appeal after collision on A37

  14-08-2026 10:33 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  We are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist was injured in a collision on the A37 earlier this week. The rider of the Honda NT1100, a man in sixties, was involved in a collision with a white flatbed lorry near Lydford-on-Fosse, Somerton, between 3.50pm-4pm on Monday 10 August. The motorcyclist was heading northbound towards Shepton Mallet when the collision occurred…
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• Fire service explains 'strong smell of smoke' across Bristol as skies turn hazy

  14-08-2026 10:14 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Residents have been urged to keep their windows and doors shut
  
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• One change could see you claw back 22 days a year in wasted time

  14-08-2026 09:35 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  People are wasting 10 hours a week
  
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• Bristol woman lost five stone on Mounjaro but her hair 'fell out in clumps'

  14-08-2026 08:25 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The 33-year-old says she was left sobbing in the shower as handfuls of hair came away
  
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• What your rights are if council does not empty the bin

  14-08-2026 08:22 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Sometimes they won't pick it up no matter what you do
  
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• Warning over Turkey cosmetic surgery after mum's death

  14-08-2026 07:25 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A coroner says there is ' a risk of future deaths'
  
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• Shoppers say 'yes' as huge supermarket favourite seen on shelves again - and it's 50p cheaper

  14-08-2026 07:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Fans are celebrating its return to supermarket shelves after four years - and it's back at a discount too
  
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• Homeland actor to play on Bristol boat in intimate gig

  14-08-2026 07:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "I'm coming back"
  
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• Bristol Uber driver banned for preying on lone female passengers

  14-08-2026 07:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  "A very concerning pattern of behaviour" emerged
  
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• Big Brother 'goes back to its roots' as ITV share first details for new series

  13-08-2026 22:41 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Big Brother is set to return and some big changes have been confirmed
  
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• Lewes derailment: Passengers 'trapped' inside carriages after horror train crash

  13-08-2026 19:12 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  Emergency services have flooded the track [National news]
  
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• Second teenage boy arrested over Bristol railway path attack

  13-08-2026 19:00 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The victim was attacked with a 'bladed weapon'
  
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• Binman urges households to take action if recycling bins 'constantly' fill up

  13-08-2026 18:36 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A binman has shared advice on how to ensure all your recyclable items are taken on waste collection day - and what to do if your trash regularly fill up too soon
  
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• Second arrest made after man injured on railway path

  13-08-2026 18:03 via avonandsomerset.police.uk
  
  Uniformed police patrols are taking place along the Bristol to Bath Railway Path after a man was attacked and injured earlier this week. The man, who is in his thirties, was wounded, near Bitton, at about 8pm on Tuesday 11 August. He was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. One teenage boy was arrested on the night of the incident and a second was arrested yesterday…
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• Rape arrest after woman attacked in Bristol park

  13-08-2026 17:47 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  A cordon was in place around King Square
  
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• Engineer died in River Frome after night out with friends, inquest hears

  13-08-2026 17:23 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  There was no evidence of third-party involvement in his death
  
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• 'Scary crash' heard as Bristol's iconic Pero's Bridge left hanging over harbour

  13-08-2026 17:04 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The bridge remains closed as engineers "assess a fault"
  
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• Cyclist found dead near rugby club

  13-08-2026 16:03 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  The cyclist was found by a member of the public
  
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• Men named and charged after racial assault in Bristol

  13-08-2026 14:44 via bristolpost.co.uk
  
  One victim is still receiving treatment almost a year on
  
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