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News / Old City

Hidden air raid shelter could become Bristol Blitz museum

Duncan McKellar has got ambitious plans for the astonishing underground space

News / M32

Repairs to crumbling M32 could cost £200m

Works are due to start in 2026 on refurbishing the Eastville Viaduct of the motorway

News / LEGO

Life-sized lego suffragette goes on display

The intricate sculpture has been named Hope and is built from 32,000 Lego bricks

News / We The Curious

We The Curious staff to move back into fire-damaged building

The science and education charity held a record 43 events during its summer holiday programme

News / knowle

Developers ‘delighted’ at government’s refusal to review shopping centre plans

But campaigners say they are carrying on with legal action against the redevelopment

News / The Great British Bake Off

Bake Off baker Tasha from Bristol is show’s first deaf contestant

Tasha Stones, 27, will be baking in the tent with her BSL interpreter, Daryl

News / Vauxhall Bridge

Vauxhall Bridge set to be closed for repairs for up to two years

The Grade II listed structure was originally constructed as a swing bridge

News / Crime

Man hospitalised after city centre assault

His injuries are not thought to be life-threatening or life-changing

News / southmead

Drug dealer banned from Southmead until 2030

Bradley Ball was convicted of possessing class A drugs with intent to supply

News / Stokes Croft

Stokes Croft building becomes community-owned

The Stokes Croft Land Trust says it is "pushing back against the threat of gentrification"

News / Latin America

New Latin American market held for first time

Undeterred by the rain, hundreds attended the event

News / Shirehampton

Commemorative World War One war horse statue unveiled

The statue is made entirely of horseshoes by a local farrier

News / boats

New trial ferry service launches

A dozen people braved the rain for the first service

News / religion

One of Bristol’s newest churches celebrates its first birthday

Concord Church meets at the Aerospace Bristol museum in Filton

News / Liveable Neighbourhoods

Blame game row erupts over delayed liveable neighbourhood plan

The council plans to consult the public again on closing off roads in east Bristol

News / Old City

Repair work to take place on Bristol’s only surviving medieval church spire

St John the Baptist Church forms part of Bristol's original town gateway

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