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Knife crime falls but confusion lingers over prevention work
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (711+ words) Rawnsley Park was taped off following a knife attack in Bristol(Image: Paul Gillis) A drop in knife crime in Bristol has been welcomed but a lack of transparency around prevention work has been criticised. Last year there were 546 serious…...
At least two children die each month from knife injuries in England, study finds
2+ week, 4+ day ago (607+ words) Researchers from Bristol are behind the study(Image: seksan Mongkhonkhamsao via Getty Images) Young people of black or black British ethnicity are around 13 times more likely to die of knife-related injury than children and young people who are white. This…...
Welsh boy, 9, stuck overseas as border block stops him boarding UK flight home
1+ mon, 54+ min ago (873+ words) David Toropu has been stuck in Romania (Image: Chris Baker/Walesonline) A schoolboy who has been born and raised in Wales is currently stuck overseas and prevented from boarding his flight home due to a recent Home Office rule change....
Passport Office urges Brits to 'check passports now' to avoid holiday chaos
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (440+ words) The UK Passport Office has issued a warning for Brits(Image: Getty Images) The HM Passport Office has issued an alert to British travellers as the peak holiday season approaches. With the Easter half-term merely weeks away and summer getaway…...
Rare chance for one-of-a-kind experience at former Bristol Lunatic Asylum
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (569+ words) A hospital museum in Bristol is hosting an experience never offered to the public before, for two Saturdays only this March. Invisible from the street and run entirely by volunteers, Glenside Hospital Museum is giving visitors the chance to handle…...
Driver said immigration raid at Evri depot 'dehumanising' and 'awful"
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (793+ words) An image of the Evri depot in St Annes, Bristol and, inset, immigration enforcement officials began a raid in the Bristol area. The Evri depot in St Annes has been targeted twice in two months in December 2025 and February 2026(Image:…...
February 25 border change means some need new passport or 'pay "589"
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (430+ words) A new passport could be needed(Image: Jordan Pettitt/PA) Dual British nationals, including children, could be denied entry to the UK unless they have a British passport under new rules coming into force later this month. From February 25, visitors…...
Charity right to sack man who said refugees should be sent back on boat, tribunal says
4+ mon, 4+ day ago (515+ words) A Salvation Army worker responsible for refugees has been sacked after he said they should be sent back "on a boat, a tribunal has heard. An employment tribunal ruled the Salvation Army was justified in dismissing Charles Markie, 56, after he…...