UNIONS claim students will not be safe if Winterbourne International Academy remains open amid a planned strike involving more than 100 teachers.Members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and NASUWT are set to join a picket line outside the South Gloucestershire school tomorrow in a row over working conditions.The unions today confirmed the walkout would be going ahead after a resolution could not be found during a three-hour meeting attended by teachers and school bosses.They reported...
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Unions Not safe to keep Winterbourne Academy open during staff
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Air ambulance attends crash on A370 as four people hospitalised
Four people have been taken into hospital after this afternoon's crash on the A370.A lorry and a van collided on Farleigh Road between Flax Bourton and Backwell at 4pm.The smash is currently causing very long tailbacks in the area, and the A370 was closed between 4pm and 6pm.Four causalities were treated by paramedics and the Great Western Air Ambulance, and the most serious was the female driver of the van.She was rushed to Southmead Hospital with serious head and leg injuries. Her condition is...
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Tributes paid to remarkable Princess Campbell
A WOMAN who fought prejudice to become the first black ward sister at a Bristol hospital has died, aged 76.Confronted with discrimination over housing and jobs when she arrived in the city from Jamaica in the early 1960s, Princess Campbell tackled inequality head on.She was one of a pioneering group of African-Caribbean workers who began to challenge barriers of prejudice.The "fearless and outspoken" campaigner became the first black person to be employed by Wills Tobacco in Bristol...
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Winterbourne International Academy WILL close tomorrow as
Winterbourne International Academy will be partially closed tomorrow after all amid a planned strike involving more than 100 teachers.Members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and NASUWT are set to join a picket line outside the South Gloucestershire school in a row over working conditions.The unions have confirmed the walkout would be going ahead after a resolution could not be found during a three-hour meeting attended by teachers and school bosses.Parents were initially told that the...
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NATIONAL LOTTERY Lotto jackpot for Wednesday September 9
Tonight's National Lottery draw will be made at 8.30pm, with the top prize estimated to be £2 million.Players must match all six of the main numbers to scoop a share of the jackpot.The winning lotto numbers will be published here as soon as they are available.The first National Lottery draw was on 19 November 1994.Of all money spent on National Lottery games, 50% goes to the prize fund, 28% to good causes as set out by Parliament, 12% to the UK Government as duty, 5% to retailers as...
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Clifton College ordered to improve child safeguarding policy
An emergency inspection of Clifton College has found that regulations to safeguard the welfare of pupils are not being met.The Independent Schools Inspectorate made an unannounced emergency visit to the college at the request of the Department for Education.And inspectors found that the college's child protection policy does not fully reflect the latest statutory guidance.The report also states that "those with leadership and management responsibilities have not fulfilled their...
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Winterbourne International Academy will close to hundreds of
Winterbourne International Academy will be partially closed tomorrow after all, as a strike involving more than 100 teachers goes ahead.Members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and NASUWT are set to join a picket line outside the South Gloucestershire school in a row over working conditions.The unions have confirmed the walkout would be going ahead after a resolution could not be found during a three-hour meeting attended by teachers and school bosses.Parents were initially told that the...
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Pictures Bristol Half Marathon through the years 20032005
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Pictures emerge of severe crash on A370
These pictures show the extent of the severe crash which left four people in hospital.The collision between a van and a refuse lorry closed the A370 for hours this afternoon, causing long tailbacks.The most severely hurt was the female driver of the van, who had head and leg injuries.Thankfully, paramedics reported that her injuries were not life-threatening. She was taken to Southmead Hospital.The driver of the lorry was taken to the BRI complaining of back pain, and the two passengers in the...
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Pictures show extent of damage in severe crash on A370
These pictures capture the extent of the damage caused in a severe crash which left four people in hospital.The collision between a van and a refuse lorry closed the A370 for hours this afternoon, causing long tailbacks.The most severely hurt was the female driver of the van, who had head and leg injuries.Thankfully, paramedics reported that her injuries were not life-threatening. She was taken to Southmead Hospital.The driver of the lorry was taken to the BRI complaining of back pain, and the...
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Best in the UK for technology Clevedon School recognised for
IT was the first school in the Bristol area to issue students with iPads and produced one of the youngest app developers in Europe. Now Clevedon School has been rewarded for putting technology at the forefront of the curriculum by winning a prestigious national award.The school, at which parents can use advanced technology to check pupil progress and communicate directly with teachers, has been awarded the title best school in the UK for its innovative use of technology.It secured the top...
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Two men charged more than 1000 each for fly tipping in
TWO men who charged residents in the Bristol and South Gloucestershire area to 'legally' dispose of their household waste have been fined more than £1,000 each after they were caught fly tipping. Jonathan Owen Stanley has been ordered to pay £1,352 in fines and costs after admitting fly tipping waste in Winterbourne, and an Oxfordshire man has been ordered to pay £1,071 after he admitted fly tipping waste in Little Stoke. In both cases, the householders who employed the fly...
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Bristol pensioner wins first stage of appeal against inexpl
A Bristol pensioner convicted of sexually molesting a young girl has won the first stage of his Appeal Court fight to clear his name.In March, at Bristol Crown Court, Lee Diamond, 71, was found guilty of two indecent assaults against a girl who was aged eight or nine.Diamond, of Ropewalk House, River Street, was handed a 12-month suspended sentence for those crimes.However the jury acquitted him of three further charges of indecent assault against the same victim.Lawyers for Diamond today argued...
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Welcome to the school of the futureThe UKs best school for
IT was the first school in the Bristol area to issue students with iPads and produced one of the youngest app developers in Europe. Now Clevedon School has been rewarded for putting technology at the forefront of the curriculum by winning a prestigious national award.The school, at which parents can use advanced technology to check pupil progress and communicate directly with teachers, has been awarded the title best school in the UK for its innovative use of technology.It secured the top...
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Morrisons announces closure of 11 stores after 126million
SUPERMARKET giant Morrisons has announced this morning it is to close 11 stores with the potential loss of up to 900 jobs.
It comes just a day after the store announced it would be selling off 140 of its convenience stores M Local after they failed to compete with rivals.
Morrisons has announced a 47 per cent drop in yearly profits, meaning losses of around £126million.
It is not yet clear where the 11 stores will close, but Morrisons has multiple stores in the Bristol area including...
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Bristol among the best value universities for students with one
STUDENTS at the University of Bristol get better value for money than most other cities in the UK, a new survey has found.The survey looks at living costs for students taking into account things like home insurance, accommodation costs and most importantly - the cost of a pint of beer.Bristol has been named as the 12th best university for cost of living, ahead of Oxford, Edinburgh, London and Birmingham. It is the sixth cheapest University city for a pint of beer, with the average costing around...
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Welcome to the school of the futureThe UKs best school for use
IT was the first school in the Bristol area to issue students with iPads and produced one of the youngest app developers in Europe. Now Clevedon School has been rewarded for putting technology at the forefront of the curriculum by winning a prestigious national award.The school, at which parents can use advanced technology to check pupil progress and communicate directly with teachers, has been awarded the title best school in the UK for its innovative use of technology.It secured the top...
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CCTV image released after theft at Bristol clothing shop
CCTV images have been released of a woman police think may have information on a theft from a Bristol clothing shop.Officers released the image after items were taken from Peacocks in the city at 4.20pm on September 1.A spokesman for the police said the CCTV showed a female who officers believe might have information which can help with enquiries.She is described as a white female, with dark hair, approximately 40-45 years of age, wearing white trousers, a grey top and a yellow jacket over the...
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Man 21 arrested on suspicion of raping 63yearold man in
A man has been arrested on suspicion of raping a 63-year-old man, who detectives say was left traumatised by the attack.Police are currently questioning the 21-year-old over the assault at a property in Bedminster last week.The victim had been drinking in the Bristol Sports Bar (BSB) on the Waterfront on Tuesday, September 1.Officers previously revealed he had been talking to a man and woman, before he left the bar in a taxi with a male at around 10pm.The older man reported to police he had gone...
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Hundreds of pupils at home today as teachers strike at Winterbour
HUNDREDS of children at a South Gloucestershire secondary school are missing lessons today as teachers strike over working conditions.Members of the NUT and NASUWT unions have staged a one-day walk out at Winterbourne International Academy, forcing the school into a partial closure.Waving flags and holding banners, scores of disgruntled teachers marched from Winterbourne Community Centre to the school gates to form a picket line early this morning.School leaders had insisted the academy would...
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