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Sisters raise £85,000 for cancer treatment for their mum in four days
Health
Millie Olika has been told it's too late for chemotherapy but her daughters are sending her to Germany for advanced treatment
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Amazing map reveals the 60-plus languages spoken throughout Bristol
Bristol City Centre
Maps from the Office for National Statistics chart the main spoken language by Bristol residents in the home
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Colston statue fundraiser who stole £70,000 is ordered to repay just £1
Courts
Xahra Saleem was jailed last year and is penniless but any financial windfalls she receives in future could be seized.
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Fury at fake rap song which used AI 'to create diss track war'
People
"This is the first time in history that this has ever happened, but even more, the potential ramifications could have escalated and potentially ended in violence"
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Marlon Thomas: New music released to mark 30th anniversary of attack which left Bristol man in 'waking coma'
People
Some of Bristol's biggest music names have contributed to the 'No Justice' EP tribute to Marlon Thomas
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Marvin Rees to be keynote speaker at Bristol's first Paul Stephenson Lecture
Events
It will mark the 60th anniversary of Paul Stephenson's famous sit-in at the Bay Horse pub
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Statue exhibition is 'mayor's exit propaganda' says Colston 4 member
Colston 4
"The purpose of the exhibition should be to make things less divisive, and he’s trying to be divisive"
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Inside the Colston statue exhibition as some questions go unanswered
Edward Colston
There are surprises and omissions in the new permanent exhibition
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Slave trade report slammed as 'naïve' as Merchant Venturers say sorry
Politics
"The modern Society of Merchant Venturers is deeply sorry for the historic part this organisation played in the unimaginable suffering that resulted from this abhorrent trade in human lives"
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Reverend has spent 20 years fighting crime in inner city Bristol
Crime
She became a reverend at the age of 28 and was the first Black female pastor in Bristol
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Shocking knife death was catalyst for couple's new project to help young people
St Pauls
Now they are hoping to raise £20,000 to send young people on a wellbeing retreat next spring
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Bristol University to change logo associated with Edward Colston and start £10m 'reparations' fund
University of Bristol
The university is setting up a 'Reparative Futures' fund, removing the Colston dolphin from its logo, but won't rename buildings associated with slavery
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Call to ban 'disrespectful lovelocks' on Pero's Bridge in Bristol city centre
Bristol City Centre
A new petition is calling for them to be removed as the bridge is dedicated to an enslaved African man
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Colston statue to go on permanent display in new racial justice exhibition
Edward Colston
80 per cent of Bristol residents who responded to a survey thought this was the best place for it
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Hundreds fill pub after 'Bristol legend' and grandma-of-17 Lurline Bailey dies
People
"My mum had said to me before she died 'when I do pass away, the whole of Bristol will come out to say goodbye to me'. And they did."
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Bristol nurse laughed when she heard she had breast cancer
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
The Bristol's Children's Hospital nurse discovered the lump while showering
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Bristol Bus Boycott hero Guy Reid-Bailey OBE's story to be told in special ITV documentary
ITV
Guy Reid-Bailey was denied an interview at the Bristol Omnibus Company in the 1960s due to the colour of his skin
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The 13 sites you have to visit on Bristol's Black history trail
Black History Month
A local nursery has created a map of murals, memorials and statues around the city
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Bristol’s only statue of a Black woman was created just two years ago
Black History Month
The public statue was erected on the 70th anniversary of her death
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Legacy of Bristol's Black ward sister who fought against racial discrimination
Black History Month
Princess Campbell played a key role in setting up Bristol’s first Black housing association in 1985
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Woman to appear in court accused of murder after fatal stabbing
Courts
Christina Howell, 36, is charged with murdering Hubert Brown, 61, who died during an incident in St Pauls on Friday afternoon
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St Pauls murder investigation: Police name victim as 'devastated' family issue tribute
People
"It is truly devastating that his life ended in such a tragic manner"
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Woman charged with alleged 'race-hate murder' in Bristol
Crime
The woman has been named by police and will appear in court on Monday. Police said they are treating Friday's stabbing 'as a race-hate crime'
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Bristol’s first black woman pastor on finding ‘the joy of colour’
People
Reverend Dawnecia Palmer is well-known for her prayer patrols in the city
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