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• News / Eastville Park

  Travellers evicted from Eastville Park

  Police said the encampment was causing "significant disruption"

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• News / Horfield

  Ardagh closed due to safety concerns

  The cafe on the site has been vandalised and parkrun equipment stolen

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• News / Kingsdown

  Police ‘not aware of any ongoing risk to public’ following King Square incident

  Officers wore protective clothing as a precaution due to an unknown substance on a man

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• News / Kingsdown

  Police in white protective suits descend on square

  A man was detained under the Mental Health Act

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• News / St Werburghs

  Corner shop keeps alcohol licence despite selling stolen wine

  The shop was also found to have illegal vapes, although managers denied these were on sale

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• News / Jack O’Sullivan

  More than 1,000 taxi drivers contacted in search for missing Jack

  Police are widening their search for the 23-year-old who was last seen in Hotwells on March 2

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• Features / long reads

  ‘We need to be braver’: The fight to tackle youth violence in Bristol

  Our city's communities are working on the frontline of a battle against youth violence

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• News / police and crime commissioner

  Clare Moody elected as new police & crime commissioner

  The former Tory PCC Mark Shelford failed to hold onto his job

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