Bristol, England News

A Bristol cycling campaigner has dismissed a plan to close the Portway to cars every Sunday.

Three traffic-choked areas of South Gloucestershire suffer from dangerous levels of air pollution, tests have revealed.

A Fishponds man was dragged on to a road and hit over his head and back with a glass, a jury heard.

A new inquest into the death of Liam Hogan, who was thrown from a Greek hotel balcony by his father, will be held in November, it has been announced.

A Bristol teenager has spoken of the terrifying moment a man pointed a gun at his head.

Hundreds of cars will be taken off streets surrounding Parkway Station when a new park and ride opens in Stoke Gifford.

A Bristol scaffolder died when he fell 15ft from a structure the day after he had suffered an epileptic attack, an inquest heard.

Simon Matthews, this season's league leading run scorer, hit a career-best 158 as Harptree Villages enjoyed a 145-run win over Old England Bristol Sikhs in Saturday Conference Division Three.

The funeral of popular Bristol chef John Wright will be held later this week. The owner of John's Cafe on Midland Road, Old Market, died suddenly last Wednesday after suffering a heart attack while cycling along the Strawberry Line in North Somerset.

A Bristol man has slammed the justice system after he was taken to court accused of illegally parking his van - despite it being reported stolen.

Hot and humid weather looks set to last a few more days as a mini heatwave continues in the Bristol area.

Whitchurch people turned out in force at a public inquiry into whether a local green space should be protected from developers.

A former Concorde inspector died from smoke inhalation after flames from a tea towel left on his oven spread to the rest of his kitchen.

Two Bristol schoolgirls say they hid in bushes for more than half an hour after a stranger tried to coax them into his car and chased them down the road.

Police have appealed for witnesses to a hit-and-run accident near Bristol in which a man in his 70s died.

A married couple and a friend have been jailed after kidnapping a 14-year-old Bristol boy, stripping him naked and abandoning him.

Bus operator First has put 16 new vehicles on two routes running between the centre of Bristol and Emersons Green.

A homeless drug addict stole a charity box - so he could go back to prison. James Garner, 34, was arrested after stealing the British Heart Foundation charity box from a Subway sandwich restaurant in Marlborough Street.

Trixie Wilton celebrated her 100th birthday with a glass of Buck's Fizz at a garden party in Clifton surrounded by friends.

A Kingswood man has spoken of his shock of being diagnosed with bowel cancer - at the age of 26.