Bristol, England News

Today is Friday, Dec. 4, the 338th day of 2009. There are 27 days left in the year.

Today is Friday, Dec. 4, the 338th day of 2009. There are 27 days left in the year.

The amount of money donated to the Royal British Legion through Poppy Appeal collections in the Bristol area has rocketed this year.

A grandmother who made almost 27,000 through fraudulent benefit claims will only have to pay 150 of it back.

Students and staff at a Pill school have been presented with an award for their work on developing a successful school travel plan.

They look like the last couple who would be capable of fighting off a knife-wielding robber.

The manager of a Polish food shop in Bristol which was subjected to two chemical attacks in its first three weeks of trading believes it is being targeted by racists.

A Portishead man is to be presented with the Merchant Navy Medal. Captain Joe Earl, 68, will receive the award for services to merchant shipping and to the Bristol Branch of the Merchant Navy Association at a special ceremony in London on Monday.

The Evening Post can finally untangle the web of unscrupulous dealers who have been pedalling drugs and misery on Bristol 's streets for years.

A man who allegedly stencilled a sign on to a block of flats in Stokes Croft will stand trial next year.

An award-winning Bristol call centre is celebrating a record 3 million turnover.

The family of a little girl who died at Bristol 's children's hospice will be putting up a star at Charlton Farm in her memory this Christmas.

A Bristol shop was sealed off and three people treated in a decontamination unit after a foul-smelling chemical was thrown in through the door.

A thug who threw a pint glass into a Bristol police officer's face is due to be sentenced today after being convicted of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.

Bristol's boxing fraternity is to turn out in a show of support for popular coach Alan Thompson next month.

A hit-and-run driver who left a pensioner on his way to church dying in the road in Bristol is still at large a year on, police have said.

Trouble-makers in north Bristol have been warned that pubs and police are working together to stamp out crime and bad behaviour.

Road safety for bikers and cyclists could be improved - by the introduction of 'pioneering' anti-skid manhole covers to eight of Bristol's accident blackspots.

People who use help centres threatened with closure have accused Bristol City Council of carrying out consultation after decisions have been made.

Pupils gather outside the gates of Downend School, on May 1, 2009 in Bristol, England.