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Window Wanderland Fun!

 Window Wanderland is fun, simple, easy to join in with and is a great way to see your neighbourhood in a new light!  Created in Bristol in 2015 by Lucy Reeves Khan; as a way…
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Local estate agent: why selling your home is a piece of cake!

If any healthy eating intentions for the New Year haven’t yet been thrown out of the window, you may want to cover your eyes now. Throughout February, elephant estate agents on Gloucester Road is inviting home…
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Get involved with 'North Bristol's Got Talent'

Dale the local Dalek is not having a winter display in his garden this year. Instead a stage has been erected, so it is up to all you local performers to come and have a…
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Kellaway Building Supplies Acquires WTBS

Kellaway Building Supplies has bought Bridgwater based company Western Timber and Building Supplies Ltd in an acquisition that sees the companies branch network increase to 13 locations across Bristol and the South West.The acquisition includes…
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Baby Bank Network six months in & almost 100 families helped in Bristol

As the year draws to a close and it prepares to help its 100th family, one of Bristol’s newest charitable organisations looks back at an amazing six months. What started as a conversation between two Bristol…
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Sporting Memories at GCCC

Former Gloucestershire stars Mark Alleyne and David “Syd” Lawrence returned to the Bristol County Ground to share memories of their playing careers at a special event to combat isolation among the elderly.The ex-England pair joined…
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The 2015 North Bristol Art Trail is here!

The North Bristol Art Trail, the 28th – 29th November, has now been running for 13 years. Our artists recognise that the enthusiasm and encouragement of the local community towards the Trail has been an…
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Topping out celebrated for BGS's new Performing Arts Centre

Bristol Grammar School has celebrated an important stage in the construction of its Performing Arts Centre with a traditional 'topping out' ceremony. The ceremony is a long standing tradition in the construction industry and marks…
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Limen a solo exhibition by Esther Cooper-Gittins

Recent Falmouth University graduate Esther Cooper-Gittins embarks on her first solo exhibition, with her drawings installed in response to the beautiful and unconventional space that is the Edwardian Cloakroom. The Latin word Līmen (meaning threshold)…
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Help Baby Bank Network support more families in need with Grow Your Tenner campaign

Since it launched in the summer, Bristol Baby Bank has supported more than 30 local families with essential items for their babies and now it needs your help. Baby Bank Network is taking part in…
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