• Teenagers rescue girl from river

  By Mrloverlover

  Well done - a young person drowned on the same event a few years back. Good to see that some...

            

   

  By The Bristol Post at 05:00 on 14/05/13

  

  A TEAM of Bristol school pupils have been praised for their actions during the Ten Tors challenge. Six 15-year-olds from Bedminster Down School set off in gale force winds and torrential rain to trek 35 miles across Dartmoor. But on the first day they were involved in rescuing a girl from another team who was being swept away on a swollen river. Steve Christie, business manager at the school, said: "On the first day of the...

• Veteran butcher will 'miss meeting people'

  By The_Idiot

  Initially I misread the word 'meeting', and my blood ran cold.

            

   

  By The Bristol Post at 15:13 on 13/05/13

  

  A WELL-known Brislington butcher is retiring and shutting up shop after almost 40 years. Paul Moss has been the familiar face behind the counter at Sandy Park Butchers since he started the business back in 1974. At the end of the month he will reach 65 and he and wife Jeanette, 61, will be taking their well-deserved retirement. Mr Moss said: "I will be sad when it is all over. We have met so many people and made so many friends...

• Hopes for 70 low-cost homes on derelict site in Marksbury Road, Bedminster

  By PE175

  Hey Finkers back, been missing you since Ashton TVG has gone to bed. Congrats on your beloved BCFC...

            

   

  By The Bristol Post at 19:00 on 10/05/13

  

  PLANS are expected to be submitted in the summer to build 70 low-cost homes near the derelict college site in Marksbury Road, Bedminster. They will be built in the Kingswear Road, Torpoint Road and Haldon Close area where dozens of council homes were demolished to leave a brownfield site some years ago. Local residents have been invited to visit an exhibition tomorrow which sets out the proposals put forward by Bristol City Council...

• Taking the challenge of living on just a £1 per day for charity

  By BristolMark2

  Interesting to see the poll about this on the main page currently says just over 50% of people think...

            

   

  By The Bristol Post at 09:00 on 09/05/13

  

  A FAMILY from Clevedon and a Bedminster man lived off just £1 a day to experience what it means to live below the poverty line. Rosie Sisson, 40, and her partner and two children have so far raised £447 while Gareth Rae, 54, has raised £228 for Oxfam, one of 33 organisations in the UK supporting Live Below the Line – a global fundraising challenge by the Global Poverty Project. Now in its third year, Live...

• Information needed following injury caused to man in Averay Road, Bristol

  By matt_2009

  Update from police: "We're re-appealing to the public to help us following an incident in which...

            

   

  By matt_2009 at 09:04 on 07/05/13

  

  A man was found at his home address in Bristol with serious injuries on Sunday may 5. The 37-year-old man was discovered at an address in Averay Road in the city at around 10am. He sustained injuries to his head and ribs however it is unknown how these were caused. Police officers investigating this incident would like to hear from anyone who saw a man in the area at the weekend or who witnessed any incident in which a man was injured...

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