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Rolls-Royce announces backing for 1,000mph car project

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Rolls-Royce has announced support for the Bloodhound Project, a Bristol-based project which aims to design a car to break the world land speed record

Bristol food bank makes urgent call for help

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Changes to welfare introduced this month by the coalition government are expected to make the problem of hunger in the city “significantly worse”

Minister confirms £1.4m boost for Airbus at Filton

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Airbus to receive a £1.4m investment for its Filton plant from the Government’s Regional Growth Fund, helping create 200 engineering jobs

Councillors ‘ignored’ over future of Filton Airfield

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Claim that letters from the Save Filton Airfield Group, signed by seven councillors and sent via deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, were not answered

£4bn Philippine Airlines order boosts Airbus Filton plant

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Aerospace giant Airbus has secured a firm order from Philippine Airlines (PAL) for 54 aircraft, including its widebody A330

Fighter jet U-turn boost for Bristol aerospace jobs

The F-35B STOVL Joint Strike Fighter

Labour describes move as an “omnishambles” which risked “international ridicule”. But the move is likely to benefit hundreds of workers in Bristol

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Welsh National Opera works with Bristol youngsters on Wagner’s Lohengrin

A group of Bristol schoolchildren have been working with the Welsh National Opera on an exciting music project (Read more...)

Bristol Institute of Modern Music showcases new talent at The Fleece

Head to The Fleece, Bristol, tonight - May 21 - to catch some of the most exciting new acts to come out of BIMM (Read more...)

Residents parking zones: Charges branded ‘daylight robbery’

Lib Dems and Tories demand mayor George Ferguson backs down over proposed scheme (Read more...)

Tories line up against Bristol congestion charge

Cllr Mark Weston said a charge on motorists entering the city centre was "a regressive form of tax which will hit the poorer motorist the hardest (Read more...)

Late payment adds to woes of West building firms

Nearly a third of West construction firms are at risk of failure in the next 12 months, according to new research (Read more...)

Whether learnt or inherited, it seems they’ve passed these traits on their children, who display similar business prowess to their fathers (Read more...)

 

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