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Emma Flanagan

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Man suffers ‘life-changing’ injuries at Funderworld on the Downs

Luke Smith broke both hips after getting off a ride at the Funderworld amusement park.

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New Bristol steak restaurant Bar + Block fails to impress as starter 'sent back immediately'

The meat was juicy and nicely seasoned (Mark Taylor)

"I simply can’t find a reason why I would go back"

Read the full review here

Mystery of man walking down Bristol street with musical shed on his head that blasts fire out of the chimney

(Edward Jenkins / SWNS)

Imagine a man with a miniature wooden shed on his head with disco lights under the eaves and fire blasting out of the chimney in time to the music the little shed is playing as its wearer walks down the street.

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Sighting of mysterious creature in the Bristol Channel off Clevedon revealed to be large piece of driftwood

Bob and Carol watched the log wash up with the tide (Bob Fox)

When is a mysterious creature of the deep not a mysterious creature of the deep? When it's a massive log, apparently.

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Is this the most Bristol note ever? Anonymous notice asks for meeting over destruction of apple trees

A notice on the cycle path by Ashley Down allotments about the destruction of some apple trees (Claire Snook/Twitter)

Vandals who tore up some recently planted apple trees along the route of one of Bristol’s busiest cycle paths have been called out by possibly the most polite and Bristolian sign ever.

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From Hippy Chippy to Just Chips – we ranked Bristol's takeaway chips from worst to best

It’s a contentious issue for any group of hungry people searching for a quick plate of takeaway chips after a night out or a snack during the day.

See the breakdown of all our chip reviews here

1930s lampposts moved from south Bristol returned to rightful home

Residents of Beckington Road in Knowle, complained that their lampposts - which had stood since the 1930s when the homes there were built - had been taken away - and installed elsewhere in the city - notably Clifton.

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Meet the Bristol prison worker who competes in beauty pageants in her spare time

Alina outside HMP Bristol (Alina Gaitan)

Twenty-eight-year-old Alina Gaitan may have recently passed her exams to become a prison officer, but this weekend she'll be leaving behind her day job for the rather more glamorous world of the Miss Inspiration 2019 pageant in Cwmbran, Wales.

Find out all about Alina

We asked our readers for their best celebrity encounters in Bristol and they did not disappoint

Paul Weller was spotted by Gary Burt outside Yate Register Office (Gary Burt)

From Paul Weller to Billy Zane our readers are certainly rubbing shoulders with celebs, but with mixed results...

Read them all here

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