Bristol County, England News

A disabled Bristol man suffered a heart attack and drove his mobility scooter off a cycle path into a ditch, an inquest heard yesterday.

British artist Damien Hirst was born in 1965 in Bristol, England. During the 1990's Hirst was known as a wild child in the art world and his work embodied both everyday realism and provocative sensationalism.

Two women fled from their first floor Bristol flat after being woken by a vehicle on fire outside.

A pair of carers supposedly looking after a disabled woman from Thornbury allegedly pilfered 24,000 from her bank account to fund everything from hairdressing to holidays, a court heard.

Widower Henry Jones mourns the loss of his well-traveled Bible after his car is stolen.

A Bristol couple have had their happy retirement ruined by a former friend who stole their 200,000 life savings.

A Bristol man said by a judge to have a tendency for violence after he attacked three men has been jailed for five-and-a- half years.

Hundreds of men in the greater Bristol area are still dying every year from asbestos-related diseases.

A police officer who was meant to stop Bristol shop-lifters stole two computer games and ruined his career.

Doctors have given British actor SIMON MACCORKINDALE just three years to live after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer.

A man was rescued from his car after a crash on the M5 near Bristol. The accident happened just before 7pm on Saturday evening on the northbound carriageway between junction 20 at Clevedon and junction 19 at Easton-in-Gordano. Fire crews from Clevedon, Avonmouth and Weston-super-Mare found a man in his 40s was trapped in his Ford Focus.

A developer has unveiled fresh plans for a former swimming pool in Bristol. The pool in Whitefield Road, Speedwell , closed in 2005, along with several other pools in the city.

A police officer who was meant to stop Bristol shop-lifters stole two computer games and ruined his career.

The German Ambassador to the United Kingdom visited the modern languages department at the University of Bristol, where he paid tribute to the standard of its teaching.

Three young children from Bristol have been treated in hospital after fire broke out in a first-floor bedroom.

Bristol City FC manager Gary Johnson spoke first in favour of the stadium plans, saying a new stadium was central to the club's ambitions of reaching and competing in the Premier League.

Failing to fix broken tiles in a Bristol nightclub, which went on to cause serious injury, has cost a businessman his director's status as well as a 27,500 penalty.

The neighbour of a man who is facing drug dealing charges has told a jury she saw a gang burgle his flat.

TEENAGERS who boarded a train in Weston were robbed of their bicycles. British Transport Police officers investigating the robbery at Parson Street Station in Bristol have today released CCTV images of four youths they would like to speak to.

Avon and Somerset police dogs are continuing to get their teeth into criminals, as yet another alleged burglar was thwarted in Bristol this week.