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ASELF-PROCLAIMED neoNazi white supremacist who gave Nazi salutes, shouted ‘Heil Hitler’ and abused Jewish people on a far-right march through the centre of Bristol earlier this year has been fined by a judge in court. The judge described Ryan...

BUS STOP TOILET PEST CAUGHT IN COUNCIL STING

AMIDDLE-AGED Filton man has been unmasked as the mystery toilet pest who used a village bus stop as his own personal lavatory for a two-and-ahalf-month period. Sean Daley, 54, regularly travelled from his home in Gloucester Road North to Mayshill,...

MAN ‘FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE AFTER SCREWDRIVER ATTACK

A BRISTOL man is battling for his life after allegedly being stabbed in the head with a screwdriver at a Wiltshire construction site, writes Callum Hoare. Jamie Chappell, 25, was taken to hospital in an emergency following the incident in Purton on...

Councillors give unanimous backing to construction of new club

A NEW bingo hall in south Bristol has been granted planning permission after players praised a popular club’s community spirit. Club 3000 can now build a replacement bingo hall on Hartcliffe Way just south of Bedminster, and the decision was welcomed...

TEENAGER SPRAYED SHOPPERS WITH HOME-MADE IRRITANT

ATEENAGER with an “unhealthy fascination with violence” who sprayed Costco customers with a homemade irritant has avoided jail. Romeo Dumbi, who is now aged 18 and from North Somerset, was arrested after he was detained by members of the public at...

DAMNING TOWER REPORT SHELVED FOR 14 MONTHS

COUNCIL bosses have promised improvements after experts warning of the risk of Barton House collapsing were ignored for more than a year. A new inquiry into the evacuation of the block of council flats in Barton Hill in 2023 has criticised how the...

‘A TIME OF HOPE?’

LOCAL Labour politicians were yesterday welcoming the arrival of a new Prime Minister – although the region’s most powerful MP Darren Jones lost his seat at the Cabinet table. West of England Combined Authority mayor Helen Godwin was quick to dub Andy...

In pole position at Harbour Festival

THE winner of Bristol’s inaugural Red Bull “Up The Mast” contest – in which contenders attempted to scale a heavily greased wooden pole without sliding off – has vowed to defend his title next year. Thousands gathered to watch the competition which...

CHURCH ‘PUTTING TOURISM OVER CLIMATE’

FOUR Christians, including a retired vicar, who barricaded themselves onto the roof of the tower at Bath Abbey said the response from church leaders showed they cared more about making money from tourism than the impending death of two billion people...

WESSEX WATER FACES CRIMINAL CHARGES OVER FATAL BLAST

BOSSES at Wessex Water will be brought to court to face criminal charges in relation to an explosion at Avonmouth which killed four workers. The Health and Safety Executive is to charge Wessex Water as a corporate body under the Health and Safety at...

‘MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES NEED REAL CHANGE’

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‘TOO EXPENSIVE’ TO SAVE

SAVING a doomed athletics track in South Bristol would be too expensive, according to a new report revealing potential costs of changing a housing plan. Redesigning the housing planned for the site, to make space for keeping the track, could cost up...

EVACUATION CAUSED ENDURING HARM

AN independent review of the circumstances surrounding the shock evacuation of hundreds of residents from Bristol’s oldest tower block has concluded that, while the council leaders at the time were right to order the evacuation, it was badly handled...

‘TRAPPED’ BY FALLEN WALL

FED-UP flat owners say a three-year boundary dispute with the council has left them unable to sell their homes. Tons of earth crashed into the basement car park at Park Edge on Church Road in St George in March 2023 when a park retaining wall...

‘BRAZEN’ BIKE THIEVES JAILED FOR 24 YEARS

AGANG of Hartcliffe motorbike thieves who posted their crimes on social media sites have been jailed. Marshall Thomas, 18, Cameron Stevens and Brandon Carter, both 22, targeted dozens of motorbikes around Bristol worth almost £600,000. Their...

D-DAY FOR EBLN

ADECISION is due next week on turning the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood trial into a permanent scheme. This would involve installing dropped kerbs, upgrading a notorious junction and installing new pedestrian crossings across Barton Hill,...

‘TRAPPED’

AGRANDMOTHER says she faces being stuck at home almost 24 hours a day, seven days a week, after a council panel decided it would be too hard to install a ramp outside her house in Bristol. Janice Moule has lived in her council house in Bedminster for...

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SCHOOL TARGETED IN ISLAMOPHOBIC ATTACK

POLICE are investigating after a Bristol primary school was targeted in an Islamophobic graffiti attack. The abusive messages, directed towards the Muslim community, were found painted at entrances to Blaise Primary and Nursery School yesterday...

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TEACHER KILLED BY DRUG DRIVER

ADRUG driver has been jailed for killing a former teacher who was enjoying a morning bike ride. Daniel Booth was driving in Aust when his car veered into the path of an oncoming bike, ridden by 56-year-old Neil Routley, who died from the injuries he...

HARBOUR FESTIVAL ‘FACING AXE’

BRISTOL Harbour Festival could face the axe after next year amid fears that the current operators could pull out because of costs. It comes after a report to city councillors revealed that one in four events planned for Bristol Harbour this year have...

Surf’s up!

Surfers at The Wave, Bristol, have ditched their wetsuits and are being advised to wear rash-vests and board-shorts as the water is so warm and currently at 27C - hotter than the Mediterranean and on par to surfing in the Caribbean. Read our hot...

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‘I ONLY WANTED TO SCARE ARIA’

ATEENAGE boy accused of murdering a nine-year-old girl has told a court of the moment she was fatally stabbed. Aria Thorpe died after sustaining a knife wound to her chest at her home in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, on December 15 last...

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AIRPORT BACKLASH

MORE than 1,000 people have lodged objections to Bristol Airport’s latest expansion plans. The airport wants to facilitate 100,000 flights a year serving 15 million passengers, and to fly to further destinations like America and the Middle East. The...

WOMAN JAILED FOR CAUSING DEATH OF TAKE THAT FAN

AWOMAN has been jailed after she was found guilty of causing the death of a woman walking to a Take That concert in Bristol two years ago. Fiona Hodge was found guilty of causing death by careless driving back in April, and has now been sentenced at...

TEEN CLAIMED ARIA’S DEATH WAS A ‘PLAYFIGHT’ GONE WRONG

A TEENAGE boy had less than three and a half hours’ sleep the night before he stabbed a nine-year-old girl to death, a court heard. The now 16-year-old – described as a “heavy phone user” – stabbed Aria Thorpe once in the chest at a house in Lime...

GALLERIES REBUILD STALLS

MORE than 5,000 people made the most of this weekend’s return to summery weather at the Bristol Craft Beer Festival. Drinkers were spoilt for choice with 300 beers made by 50 breweries – ranging from local favourites such as Bristol Beer Factory and...

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MAN JAILED FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING GIRLS

ARAPIST and child abuser, who sexually assaulted a five-year-old child, has been handed a lengthy prison sentence. Robert Caradain, previously known as Robert Gallop, pleaded guilty to seven counts of gross indecency with a girl under 14 and two...

The joy of swimming

AFORMER elite swimmer who says she was “abused and bullied” by her coach as a teenager has launched an app to help other people “find the high” in swimming. Rebecca Wetten, who is now 33 and moved to Bristol three years ago, began swimming...

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Housing Council clears the way for co-living developments

NEW rules allowing developers to build tiny homes smaller than two parking spaces have been approved by councillors. They defended the controversial new co-living developments which can “offer a better quality of life than your typical HMO” in which...

RESTAURANT OWNERS CHASE AND CATCH SUSPECT AFTER BREAK-IN

THE owners of a restaurant have told of the dramatic moment they chased and caught a man who they believe broke in and stole cash from the till. The team behind Plantuguese in Stokes Croft shared images of the smashed window in the toilets, as well as...

LANDLORD MUST PAY £17,500 FOR FAILING TO FIX RISKS

AFILTON landlord has been ordered to pay £17,500 for failing to improve an unsafe rental property that posed serious hazards, including the risk of structural collapse. South Gloucestershire Council served the landlord with a statutory Improvement...

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Enjoy £5 off when you spend £25 in-store this summer - helping you feel your best all season long. Whether you’re preparing for holidays or simply making the most of summer, discover wellness favourites across energy, skincare, SPF and gut health to...

WOMAN GUILTY OVER FATAL XL BULLY ATTACK

ALAWRENCE Weston woman has admitted being in charge of a dangerously out-of-control XL bully dog when it killed a teenager. Kelcie Reed, 24, pleaded guilty to being in charge of a dog dangerously out-of-control, causing injury resulting in death. The...

FRESH ROW OVER BUS FRANCHISE CAMPAIGN

CAMPAIGNERS calling for bus services in Bristol and the West of England to be brought back under public control say those in charge of the region are keeping a report into the idea out of the public domain. Calls for the ‘franchising’ of the West of...

‘MY VOICE WAS CLONED SECRETLY AND SOLD ONLINE’

ABRISTOL woman who was the voice of GWR trains has told the Post of her devastation after discovering that her voice had been cloned using AI and was for sale on a California-based generative artificial intelligence site. Faye Dicker, who has worked...

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PUB BOSS TELLS OF FEAR AND CONFUSION AT DOUBLE DEATH EXPLOSION

THE manager of a Bristol Harvester pub where dozens of people were evacuated after a fatal blast says her main priority amid the chaos was to make sure everybody was calm and safe. Helen Bull has described the scene in the wake of the devastating...

TWO DEAD AS BLAST ROCKS HOME IN QUIET STREET

TWO people have died in an explosion in a residential area of Bristol with police declaring a “major incident”. Avon and Somerset Police’s Superintendent Matt Ebbs, speaking yesterday afternoon, said: “At about 6.17am we received a call to attend a...

TAKE-OFF FOR ‘HIPSTER’ PLANE RAVES

HOUSING Secretary Steve Reed promised a “new era” for Bristol’s renters when he visited the city yesterday to announce new rules to protect tenants. Mr Reed discussed the changes at length while on a visit to Shelter’s South West headquarters in...

Serious side to wacky fundraiser Last call to take off at Birdman

IT brought 10,000 people to the Harbourside to watch one of Bristol’s wackiest events of 2025, but the Bristol Birdman has a more serious side than just people in funny costumes failing to fly across the water. The Birdman – which the Post revealed...

TRADERS ‘DON’T WANT ROAD BLOCKS’

PROTESTERS have successfully blocked contractors from relocating a controversial bus gate in East Bristol for a second time in recent weeks. Around 14 local residents gathered on Avonvale Road to prevent crews from installing the new traffic measure...

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NORRIS AGAIN REJECTS CALLS TO RESIGN

AWEST of England MP who has not attended parliament for a year has again rejected calls for him to resign, telling a man who got thousands to sign a petition about him that they would ‘have to agree to disagree’ on him continuing to be an MP. In the...

THE SKY’S NO LIMIT

COUNCILLORS were warned they were rebuilding the hideous Tollgate House 1970s tower block at the gateway to Bristol as they approved a 28-storey student building next to the entrance to Cabot Circus car park. The city council’s planning committee...

BROADWALK PLANS GIVEN THE GO-AHEAD

REVISED plans have been approved for demolishing a shopping centre in South Bristol and building more than 500 new homes. Developers now have planning permission to knock down the Broadwalk Shopping Centre on the Wells Road in Knowle and build the...

BARBER CELEBRATES FORTY YEARS IN BUSINESS

A BRISTOL barber is celebrating four decades in the business – and has no plans to hang up his scissors any time soon. Giacomo Licata has been cutting hair on Filton Avenue since he was 20 years old. He recently celebrated his 60th birthday and works...

FORMER OFFICER JAILED AFTER SHARING CHILD ABUSE IMAGES

A FORMER Bristol policeman who doctored private family photos of a female colleague to make her look naked and distributed them to online perverts, has been jailed. PC Michael Elmer was a response officer who had worked with the victim, who said she...

TEENS HUNTED CYCLIST ‘LIKE A PACK’

FOUR teenagers who deliberately ran over a young cyclist in a stolen Mini leaving him with a bleed on the brain have been jailed for more than 20 years. A judge said the four teenagers were ‘hunting as a pack’ and had run over two other people earlier...

COUNCIL IS GRANTED POWER TO EVICT VAN DWELLERS

BRISTOL City Council (BCC) can begin forcibly evicting vans from roads around the Downs, a court has ruled. The authority was granted a possession order, giving it powers to remove so-called van dwellers from roads around the north Bristol parkland,...

DRIVER ‘CANNOT RECALL’ MOMENTS BEFORE FATAL CRASH

AWOMAN accused of causing the death of a Take That fan by careless driving fought back tears as she recounted what happened near the concert at Ashton Gate Stadium almost two years ago. Fiona Hodge sobbed as she told the jury she and her two friends...

STUDENT CHARGED WITH MURDER OF HOUSEMATE

A UNIVERSITY student has been charged with the murder of his housemate – after a body was discovered in a garden in Filton. Emergency services were called to the rear of the property where both men lived in a house share in Cleve Road in the early...

HORROR CRASH LEFT TAKE THAT FAN DEAD

AWOMAN has denied causing the death of a Take That fan on her way to a concert in Bristol two years ago, as a trial begins at Bristol Crown Court. A jury has heard that Fiona Hodge admits driving the car that hit Donna Crossman on Brunel Way, as she...