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Bristol Olympic Torch Route Street by Street
The Olympic torch arrives in Bristol on Tuesday 22nd May at 17.53pm on Bryant’s Hill A431. It will exit the highway at approximately 18.50pm, arriving by boat at the Amphitheatre at approx 19.20pm.
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Your Chance To Meet Pixie Lott In Bristol!
The mall are aiming to raise over £10,000 for Ryan Bresnahan’s Meningitis Appeal which their website can be found HERE The Pop star will be supported by Misha B and Young Kato in a specialy build set outside the Mall at Cribbs Causeway. If YOU want to be in with a chance of meeting Pixie Lott on [...]
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Man Saves Children From Weston Flat Fire
Dave Evans has been called a ‘Hero’ by local residents after rescuing 3 children from a flat fire that broke out in Weston-Super-Mare. The flat located on Ashcombe Road in Weston had caught fire due to what the Fire Service say was caused by the bottom floor flat moving a gas cylinder around. Dave Evans was said to [...]
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End of Drought Status in Bristol
The recent exceptionally-high volume of rainfall during April and May has replenished resevoirs, meaning that Bristol is no longer in drought and Bristol Water have confirmed they have no plans to restrict water consumption in Bristol this summer. exceptional rainfall has restored many rivers, reducing pressure on the environment. The Environment Agency’s Paul Gainey, said [...]
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Ashton Court parkrun Fun
The Ashton Court parkrun, Bristol is a weekly free 5km (3.1 mile) timed run held at Ashton Court in Bristol on a Saturday morning. With around 170+ runners heading-off at 9.00am each Saturday, the group is certainly popular and numbers are growing week by week. Taking part is easy! You simply visit the website and [...]
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Car Fire Brings St James Barton Roundabout To Temporary A Halt
Bristol firefighters and Police were called to a vehicle fire near St James Barton roundabout Bristol on Thursday lunch time, after the engine of a Peugeot 206 caught fire. According to witnesses Ibrahim M and Matt A, Police initially attended to the motor around 12:45, and unsuccessfully attempted to bring the blaze under control. “The [...]
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Mascot Does Luis Suarez Handshake
Fresh after the Luis Suarez non-handshake at Old Trafford on Saturday, a young mascot for Aston Villa blanked his Manchester City counterpart in yesterday’s Super Sunday clash. TV cameras were at Villa Park the day after Suarez caused outrage in refusing to accept Evra’s hand ahead of his first start for Liverpool following an eight [...]
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Top YouTube Videos 2011: Talking Dog ‘Leads’ The Way
A ‘talking’ dog has topped the list of most-watched YouTube UK video. The ‘Ultimate Dog Tease’ video has pulled an incredible 76 million viwers since it was first uploaded in April 2011. The dog is being teased by its owner about food and appears to speak English, saying ‘You’re kidding me!’ as he is told [...]
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Best Own Goal Ever Seen!
This is one of the best own goals ever! It takes alot of skill and practice putting the ball in the back of your own net with such composure!
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German Tube Laughter Overcomes Train
A video taken onboard a busy underground train in Berlin in which the passengers are gripped by inexplicable fits of laughter has become an unexpected Youtube favourite.
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Sneaky product placement : Just A Plastic Bag
A Greggs plastic bag decides to interrupt a dull interview. That just about covers it.
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Polite Bear Waves Hello – a waving bear
Video of a polite bear sitting on the side of the road goes viral on YouTube.
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End Of An Era As Analogue TV Signals To Bow Out In October 2012
UK analogue TV signals will end on 24 October 2012, Digital UK has said. The last place to enjoy the 80-year-old transmission technology will be Northern Ireland. Afterwards, people who do not subscribe to satellite or cable services will have to buy digital televisions or set-top boxes to continue viewing It will also mean the [...]
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Touchless payment coming to mobile phones
Contactless payment systems (also known as “touch and go” or “wave and pay” or touchless “payment”) are credit cards and debit cards, key fobs, smartcards or other devices which use RFID (and NFC – Near Field Communications) for making secure payments. The embedded chip and antenna enable consumers to wave their card or fob over [...]
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Malaysia warns Muslims of Valentine’s Day ‘trap’
Malaysia has stepped up a campaign to stop Muslims celebrating Valentine’s Day – labelling it a “trap” that could encourage immoral behaviour. Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said Monday’s celebration of romantic love was “not suitable” for Muslims. Several Malaysian states are planning to carry out checks on hotels to stop young couples having premarital [...]
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Gay row city councillor suspended
A Tory councillor, who criticised visits by actor Sir Ian McKellen to two Bristol schools, voluntarily suspends himself from the council.
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Street Food Festival Brings Pop-Up Cuisine And Live Music To Quakers Friars
Quakers Friars is set to become a foodie paradise next month as the UK’s biggest street food festival comes to the historic piazza at Cabot Circus for the first time. Taking place over three days from Friday 18th to Sunday 20th May, the free festival will feature some of the UK’s finest ‘food trucks’ offering [...]
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Olympic Games and Wimbledon comes to Quakers Friars
2012 is a year to be proud to be British, and to celebrate Quakers Friars will be showing all of the action from Wimbledon and Olympics on a giant screen so you can enjoy the exhilarating atmosphere and cheer on your favourites in the beautiful setting of the vibrant shopping piazza. From Monday 25th June [...]
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Free Fashion Shows Bring Fabulous Spring Style To The Heart Of The City
Fashionistas from Bristol and beyond will be heading to Cabot Circus this April for a series of free fashion shows presenting the hottest trends for Spring and Summer. Taking place under the Cabot Circus glass roof on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 April, the ‘Spring Summer 2012 Fashion Show’ will feature the latest looks from [...]
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Celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in style at the Bristol Jubilee Concert
On 2nd June 2012 thousands of excited fans will be heading to The Mall at Cribbs Causeway to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee at the Bristol Jubilee Concert and you could be one of them… Pop starlet Pixie Lott will be headlining the exclusive event with a 45minute set, supported by X Factor finalist Misha [...]
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Bristol Wheel – Love Is In The Air’ This Valentines Day
Bristol City Centre is to welcome a 60-metre observation wheel in time for Valentine’s Day, offering spectacular panoramic views of the city and an unforgettable trip above the skyline. Standing taller than Nelson’s Column (51 metres) and almost twice as high as Cabot Tower (31 metres), ‘The Bristol Wheel’ is the largest observation wheel to [...]
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January Event At Cabot Circus To Inspire A New You For 2012
Cabot Circus retailers will be offering free treatments along with the diet, fitness, fashion and grooming tips needed to feel gorgeous in 2012 at a ‘New Year, New You Event’ on Saturday 21st January. The event will take place outside House of Fraser from 10am. With January coming to an end new year resolutions are [...]
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Your Chance To Meet Pixie Lott In Bristol!
The mall are aiming to raise over £10,000 for Ryan Bresnahan’s Meningitis Appeal which their website can be found HERE The Pop star will be supported by Misha B and Young Kato in a specialy build set outside the Mall at Cribbs Causeway. If YOU want to be in with a chance of meeting Pixie Lott on [...]
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Ashton Court parkrun Fun
The Ashton Court parkrun, Bristol is a weekly free 5km (3.1 mile) timed run held at Ashton Court in Bristol on a Saturday morning. With around 170+ runners heading-off at 9.00am each Saturday, the group is certainly popular and numbers are growing week by week. Taking part is easy! You simply visit the website and [...]
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Big Green Week: Matt Harvey
WONDERMENTALIST: POETRY WITH MATT HARVEY TUESDAY 12TH JUNE Matt Harvey is rapidly becoming a poetical national treasure thanks to appearances on BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Live, at the Edinburgh Festival and as host of Wondermentalist – Radio 4′s comedy-infused, musically enhanced interactive poetry cabaret. From poems about green stuff, to poems about lonely hearts, tea-bags, [...]
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Comedy Nights at The Square Club
COMEDY NIGHTS THURDAY 21ST JUNE. 8PM – LATE Expect a belly full of laughts with the new comedy nights at The Square, an exciting addition to comedy in Bristol! On 21st June join us for some of the countries finest comedians. John Noel Management, home to famous faces such as Russell Brand and Karl Pilkington, [...]
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Ramshackle
Hosted at the O2 Academy on a Friday night, Ramshackle is an alternative club night, extremely popular with those in the 18 to 25 age range. Set aside from the traditional Bristol night-out, Ramshackle has gradually developed into the place to go on a Friday night for the indie and alternative crowd. With guests and [...]
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Handmade Market at Windmill Hill Farm Festival
On the 26th May Bazaar Inspiration’s will take over the courtyard and forest paths of Windmill Hill City Farm, with over 20 stalls featuring a range of handcrafted treasures; from jewellery, accessories and upcycled clothing to homewares, toys, and prints. Designs by new and upcoming local artists using a variety of traditional methods, sustainable techniques [...]
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Petrol Prices in Bristol
Bristol Fuel Prices The information box shows the minimum, maximum and average prices for each type of fuel in the Bristol area from the last update. Regularly updated fuel prices for Bristol and surrounding areas. Bristol Petrol Prices are kindly provided by:
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Cost of Parking In Bristol – One of The UK’s Most Expensive Cities
The cost of parking in Bristol has been defended by a councillor after consumer organisation Which? named the city as one of the country’s most expensive. Gary Hopkins, the councillor in charge of transport, said he wanted to “encourage” people to use the bus. “What we don’t want is people who are driving in, parking [...]
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Ford Car Dealers in Bristol
Brunel Ford at Ashton Gate Brunel Ford at Ashton Gate is located just south west of Bristol, if you’re looking for a new or used Ford in Bristol and the surrounding area then check Ashton gate out. Brunel Ford at Ashton Gate have a wide range of new and quality used Ford cars and Ford [...]
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UK Motorists Handed Nearly £300m Penalty Points Bill
One in 10 motorists now have points on their driving licence, according to new DVLA figures. The latest figures show that the Government have raked in over £280 Million from 3.9 million motorists within the past 4 years. The 3.2 million majority have 3 points on their licence, there are 600,000 with 6 points, 92,000 [...]
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Selling Your Car on eBay
There seems to be an increasing trend for people selling their car on eBay motors, rather than going the traditional route of putting an ad in the local classifieds paper. Unlike an Trade-it advert you have much more power over how your advert is worded and styled on eBay Motors UK as as been able [...]
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eBay Motors
Cheap Cars in Bristol Findng a reliable runaround in Bristol isn’t always the easiest of tasks. Primary concerns being affordability, reliability and car history. Since ebay launched its popular motor auction site, it has never been so easy to find a car online in Bristol to suit your needs. Why eBay Motors? Sometimes eBay Motors [...]
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Bristol City’s New Away Kit
Bristol City FC have today released news on their new away kit for the 2012/13 npower Championship season alongside a new partnership with Blackthorn. Blackthorn have agreed to a deal which will see them become Bristol City’s first principal sponsor. After years of their logo appearing on the back of Bristol City [...]
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Affordable Art Fair Bristol
Happy Birthday Affordable Art Fair Bristol! Celebrating ten years of the South West’s hottest art-buying destination 18-20 May 2012, Brunel’s Old Station, Temple Meads Ahead of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the Olympic Games this year comes the most hotly anticipated local event of them all, as the Affordable Art Fair Bristol celebrates its tenth [...]
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Bristol City Look To Left Back Dixon
Bristol City have been linked with a summer move for Dundee United’s Left sided full back Paul Dixon. Bristol City’s Manager Derek McInnes is said to be keen on landing the 25 year old on a free transfer after his contract expires this summer. Dixon has stated his ambitions of a new challenge based in England [...]
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Wrington Redhill FC Finish Somerset Division 2 West Champions!
Alan Smith and Lee Probert have completed a successful first season in charge at Wrington Redhill by clinching promotion and being crowned champions of the Somerset County 2 West League. The management duo picked up a team which had found themselves in the bottom 3 of the table for the last 3 years running and [...]
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Summer Art Launch: Angela Williams
SUMMER ART LAUNCH: PRIVATE VIEW WITH ANGELA WILLIAMS MAY 17TH 2012 AT 7.30PM The Square Gallery will be adorned with the glitterati this summer as we step into our Summer Art Launch in style this May. Featuring the work of acclaimed photographer, Angela Williams, the Square will be home to some of the world’s most [...]
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Summer Art Launch with Angela Williams
The Square Gallery will be adorned with the glitterati this summer as we step into our Summer Art Launch in style this May. Featuring the work of acclaimed photographer, Angela Williams, the Square will be home to some of the world’s most illustrious stars. Photographing iconic names during the 1960s and 70s such as Marianne [...]
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Market at the Moon – The Full Moon
Saturday 21st April will see the ‘Market at the Moon’ being hosted at the Full Moon pub, Stokes Croft from 11am to 5pm. The market offers a wide range of arts and crafts including Steam punk Jewellery, Blacksmith, Homemade Cakes. In total almost 30 unique traders will be on display. The event is free entry [...]
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Lansdown Poets. An evening of poetry and film
How about spending an evening in May with some exciting poetry and poetry film from the Lansdown poets? To enjoy – an eclectic mix of poems – a range of moods and themes – from some of Bristol’s best poets. PLUS four zassy poetry films from Diana Taylor, a leading Bristol filmmaker. PLUS a performance [...]
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Fusion presents a night of Funk and Soul with ‘King Jelly’
AN EVENING OF LIVE FUNK AND SOUL WITH ‘KING JELLY’ WEDNESDAY 9TH MAY 8PM Join us on 9th May for a fun filled evening of live music from 5 piece band King Jelly! Expect funk and soul from this lively group that will be sure to get you on the dance floor. For members of [...]
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Bristol Water Drought Risk Update
Despite the recent wet weather, Bristol Water has indicated that the risk of water restrictions such as hosepipe bans in Bristol may be likely later in the year, should the situation not improve and are therefore asking everyone to be more considered with their water usage. Bristol Water continues to urge customers to be sensible [...]
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Festivals 2012 UK
As the summer months fast approach, so with it comes the 2012 Festival season. In this article, we take a brief look at a few of the 2012 UK Music Festivals you can look forward to. Isle of Wight Festival 2012 The 14th Isle of Wight Festival is on the 22nd, 23rd & 24th June [...]
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Lynx Edible : April Fool’s Day Edible Lynx Tablets!
Lynx Edible – yet another April Fool’s joke! Twitter has seen a number of tweets relating to Edible Lynx tablets. Sorry if you actually fell for this one! Some tweets related to the Lynx edible product: Lynx deodorant ‘slow release’ edible tablets. Ha. Surely another… #aprilfool I am most annoyed that my local store doesn’t [...]
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Bristol Wheel Wears Red for the British Heart Foundation Red
The Bristol Wheel Wears Red for the British Heart Foundation Red to help raise vital funds for the British Heart Foundation. Cabot Circus will be supporting the British Heart Foundation (BHF) in National Heart Month by turning the Bristol Wheel Red and offering free blood pressure checks on George White Street on Friday 24th February [...]
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Bristol Water Resevoirs 78% Full
Bristol appears to have escaped from the recent surge in the number of state of droughts being issued. Bristol Water stated that there is not currently a drought and that there are not currently any plans to issue an hose pipe ban in the region. There was said to be concern by some that a [...]
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