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“They use their standing to its fullest potential, both as entertainers and campaigners”: Massive Attack’s LIDO festival extravaganza was protest art at its finest

Bristol’s trip-hop frontrunners build a captivating manifesto for the modern world, conveyed through staggering visuals and soundtracked by enormous, dynamic songs

Louder

Five years since Colston fell, there have been setbacks – but those who demanded race equality have not gone away

When the enslaver’s statue was torn down in Bristol, it signified hope. Now the government must harness that to bring about real change, says Operation Black Vote co-founder Simon Woolley

The Guardian - UK

One of JMW Turner’s earliest paintings rediscovered after 150 years

Depiction of a stormy Bristol landscape to be sold after artist’s signature was found when it was cleaned

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Bath and Bristol’s simmering rivalry sets up Premiership semi-final to savour

A local derby will decide one of the Premiership finalists before Leicester and Sale vie for a spot in the Twickenham showpiece

The Independent UK

Lady Isabella Hervey says she’s happy with ‘simple life’ after end of ‘miserable’ marriage

Reality star and youngest daughter of the sixth Marquess of Bristol says she now has ‘peace’ and ‘freedom’

The Independent UK

Bristol feel playoff pressure as Premiership finale promises tries

Free-scoring Bears face Harlequins knowing a slip-up could open the door for local rivals Gloucester

The Guardian - UK

Banksy unveils mysterious new artwork featuring image of lighthouse

The piece includes a cryptic phrase

The Independent UK

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Banksy reveals new lighthouse artwork in undisclosed location rumoured to be Marseille

Online speculation has claimed that the new piece could be in French city, a location where French street artist Invader has brought his pixelated style

Evening Standard

Hollyoaks actor Paul Danan died by misadventure after taking drugs, coroner rules

An inquest was held at Avon Coroners’ Court, near Bristol, on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Paul Danan: Tragic Hollyoaks star was found unresponsive sitting on sofa with TV still on, inquest hears

Paul Danan died of misadventure after taking a cocktail of drugs, coroner rules

Evening Standard

Coroner delivers ruling in inquest into Paul Danan’s death

The Hollyoaks actor and reality TV star was found unresponsive at his home

The Independent UK

Was the Black Lives Matter rebellion all for nothing? It may feel like that, but I have seen reasons for hope

It is easy to look back at 2020 and feel aggrieved, even fooled. But in the British city where slaver Edward Colston’s statue was pulled down, I found cause for optimism, says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye

The Guardian - UK

Firefighters called to blaze at Bristol maternity hospital

St Michael’s hospital was reopened at 7pm after the fire was extinguished and its cause will be investigated

The Guardian - UK

Mothers-to-be moved to safety as fire breaks out at maternity hospital

Emergency services were called to St Michael’s Hospital in Bristol at about 4.30pm.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Families evacuated after fire breaks out at Bristol maternity hospital

Videos shared by locals on social media shows smoke rising from the building

The Guardian - UK

Revival of Bristol’s ‘forgotten’ Imax cinema revealed on the big screen

The Big Picture, the story of the venue’s renaissance as a grassroots community space, will premiere this month

The Guardian - UK

Tim Wallis obituary

Other lives: Architect for Avon county and Bristol city councils who designed many schools and colleges

The Independent UK

Search efforts widen for ‘kindest, most compassionate’ Brit missing in New Zealand for a week

Around 40 search and rescue volunteers are searching for Eli Sweeting, 25, who is originally from Bristol

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Evening Standard

Police appeal for information after a man exposed himself and masturbated on board a London Paddington train

Police said the incident took place on Thursday, March 20, on board a 10pm train travelling from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington

The Guardian - UK

Willkommen, bienvenue! New festival celebrates translated fiction from Cameroon to Slovakia as sales boom

Co-organised by translator Polly Barton, Translated By, Bristol will feature conversations between writers and their translators, plus a ‘translation duel’

Evening Standard

‘Thoroughly evil’ man jailed for murdering partner

Kieron Goodwin, 33, denied killing 29-year-old Olivia Wood but was found guilty of murder after a five-week trial at Bristol Crown Court.

Evening Standard

Carla Denyer announces she will not stand again as Green party co-leader

The Bristol Central MP was one of four Greens elected to Parliament in last year’s general election, the best result the party has ever had.

The Guardian - UK

‘Shackles off’: Bristol City and Vyner set for Championship playoff clash

Zak Vyner joined the club aged eight and as an ever-present this season is vital to their hopes of getting past Sheffield United

The Independent UK

Fire breaks out near plane at Bristol Airport

Large plumes of smoke could be seen on the tarmac as passengers were waiting in a bus near the scene

Evening Standard

Breastfeeding mother threatened with £50 fine for bringing breast milk onto EasyJet flight

Daisy Crawford was travelling from Bristol to Belfast on April 27 after visiting friends and family in Devon

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