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Celia Marsh: Family criticise yoghurt company for failing to flag allergen risk
Mrs Marsh, who had an acute dairy allergy, died after eating a Pret a Manger sandwich containing a vegan yoghurt contaminated with milk protein.
22 Sept 2022
UK
Toppling of slave trader’s statue was ‘act of love’, protester tells court
The memorial to Edward Colston was pulled down in Bristol last year.
16 Dec 2021
UK
Man who helped pull down Edward Colston statue says he acted lawfully
The march was part of a wave of demonstrations around the world in response to the killing of George Floyd.
15 Dec 2021
UK
‘Irrelevant’ that Colston was a slave trader, statue damage trial told
The bronze memorial to the 17th century slave merchant was pulled down during a Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol on June 7 last year.
13 Dec 2021
UK
Family in tribute to ‘adored’ father killed in village attack
Matthew Oubridge, 56, was found unconscious following an incident in Trellech, near Monmouth, last Saturday.
10 Dec 2021
UK
Medics could not have saved child with sepsis, expert says
Coco Rose Bradford died in July 2017 in the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children.
9 Dec 2021
UK
Arsonist who torched nightclub in protest at Covid passports jailed for six years
Owen Marshall, 29, set light to SWX in Bristol just ahead of its reopening this summer.
8 Dec 2021
UK
Fly-tipping cases surged by 16% during the pandemic
There were 1.13 million incidents of waste dumped on public land last year, which has partly been blamed on the closure of recycling centres.
8 Dec 2021
UK
UK woodlands face ‘dramatic changes’ as pests thrive in wetter winters
Milder, wetter winters as a result of climate change are creating perfect conditions for pathogens and pests to spread, the National Trust warns.
8 Dec 2021
UK
Man jailed for 18 years for attempting to murder Lottery-winning partner
Stephen Gibbs, 45, knifed Emma Brown seven times in the face when she him told their relationship was over.
6 Dec 2021
UK
Grayson and Philippa Perry unveil new Art Club exhibition
Bristol Museum and Art Gallery will be displaying works from season two of the Channel 4 series Grayson’s Art Club for the next year.
2 Dec 2021
UK
Medics who delayed giving antibiotics to child with sepsis feared kidney damage
Coco Rose Bradford died in 2017 from sepsis, an inquest has heard.
30 Nov 2021
UK
‘No known link’ between missing Bobbi-Anne McLeod and man suspected of murder
The 18-year-old disappeared on Saturday night and a body understood to be that of Ms McLeod was found seven miles away on Tuesday.
25 Nov 2021
UK
Man arrested over Bobbi-Anne McLeod murder released without charge
A second man remains in police custody.
25 Nov 2021
UK
Neighbour in court accused of stabbing couple to death
Collin Reeves, 34, was remanded into custody charged with murdering Jennifer and Stephen Chapple, and will appear at Exeter Crown Court on Friday.
25 Nov 2021
UK
Investigation into teenager’s murder continues at pace, police say
Bobbi-Anne McLeod, 18, disappeared on Saturday as she made her way to Plymouth town centre.
24 Nov 2021
UK
Police in missing teenager probe search beach after body found
The body has yet to be formally identified but is thought to be Bobbi-Anne McLeod,
24 Nov 2021
UK
Police appeal to find 18-year-old girl missing since Saturday
Bobbi-Anne McLeod left her home in Leigham, Plymouth, at 6pm on Saturday evening and has not been seen since.
23 Nov 2021
UK
One suspect in Somerset murders released under investigation
A 67-year-old man arrested over the deaths of a couple in Norton Fitzwarren has been freed while a second man, 34, is still being questioned.
23 Nov 2021
UK22 Nov 2021
Two men held on suspicion of double murder in Somerset village
Two children were in the property at the time of the killings of a man and a woman in their 30s on Sunday evening,police said.
UK
Natural Resources Wales bans trail hunting on its land
The Government-sponsored body said it no longer had confidence that trail hunts were not being used as a cover for illegal fox hunting.
18 Nov 2021