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College student wins university place after switching from make-up to forensics

A college student who trained as a make-up artist but could not get a job has won a place at university after switching to study forensic investigation. Megan Jowitt spent two years completing a make-up course after leaving school but struggled to ...

18 Aug 2022 at 14:00

Thousands of children missing out on early social care help

A charity has revealed there were at least 320,000 missed opportunities to provide early help to children who were then re-referred to social care within 12 months. Data taken from 2015/16 to 2019/20 showed this would have impacted an estimated ...

28 Feb 2022 at 01:25

Police catch convicted rapist who absconded from prison

Police have caught a convicted rapist who absconded from prison more than three months ago. Sean Phipps, 51, failed to return to HMP Leyhill in South Gloucestershire after being released on a temporary licence to visit Bristol on June 1. ...

10 Sept 2022 at 17:22

Tory chairman repeats 1,000 council seat losses claim and denies he will quit

The Conservative chairman has repeated claims his party could lose 1,000 councillors in May’s local elections but denied he would quit if they had a bad night. Greg Hands said independent experts had made the prediction and denied he ...

03 May 2023 at 17:31

Health

Engineer given terminal leukaemia prognosis organises living funeral to ‘say goodbye’ to loved ones before he dies

A former calibration engineer, who was told just days before Christmas his leukaemia is terminal and he only has months to live, organised his own “living funeral” to give him the “chance to say goodbye” to his friends and loved ...

20 Jan 2023 at 07:00

Personal Finance

Average length of time to sell a home increases slightly

The average length of time it takes to sell a home is increasing, in further signs that the housing market is starting to soften slightly. Property website Zoopla said across the UK, the average time between a home being listed ...

01 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Woman accused of murder made £50,000 in a year working for OnlyFans, court told

Woman on trial for murdering partner wanted to scare him with knife, court told

A woman on trial for murdering her partner accused him of being controlling including with money she made by working on OnlyFans, a court heard. Abigail White, 24, has admitted the manslaughter of Bradley Lewis, 22, by ...

13 Oct 2022 at 19:24

Widow appeals for return of Olympian’s medals stolen from family home

The widow of an Olympic champion is appealing for the return of two of his medals after they were stolen during a burglary. Richard Meade won the team eventing and individual eventing golds at the 1972 Olympic Games ...

07 Nov 2024 at 10:56

Activists in court over break-in and £1m damage at Israeli defence firm UK site

Eight pro-Palestine protesters have appeared in court accused of breaking into an Israel-based defence firm’s site in South Gloucestershire, with sledgehammers and whips in their possession, and causing more than ...

06 Dec 2024 at 12:21

Eight activists appear in court over break-in at Israeli defence firm’s UK site

Eight pro-Palestine protesters have appeared in court after being charged over allegedly breaking into an Israel-based defence firm’s site in South Gloucestershire. Elbit Systems UK’s site near Patchway, Bristol,...

23 Nov 2024 at 14:07

17th century Quaker burial ground granted listed status

One of England’s earliest Quaker burial grounds has been recognised for its historic importance. The 17th century site at Lower Hazel in South Gloucestershire has been granted Grade II listed status by the ...

08 Apr 2025 at 00:01

Two adults and teenager die in car crash on M5 in south Gloucestershire

Two adults and a teenager have died in a car crash on the M5 in south Gloucestershire while a second child suffered serious injuries. A white BMW was involved in a single-vehicle collision at around 9pm ...

31 May 2025 at 16:27

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