Cheltenham Festival and 'one in a million' birth
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Cheltenham Festival has been the talk of the week. A man who got tickets for him and his dad but went alone after his father died has been viewed thousands of times. And Cheltenham Borough Council posted about its safe space for women under 18 during race week.
There is just an 'E' left to paint before the East Bristol Liveable Neighbourhood is complete, Bristol Live reports. Work was abandoned because of protests by residents.
Wiltshire 999s has published an article about a man admitting to having sex with a Shetland pony in a Wiltshire stables, who will be sentenced in May.
ITV West Country has covered a 'one in a million' birth in Somerset. Five lambs have been born from the same ewe at a farm in Shapwick.
And in more animal news – kind of – a video of Bristol comedian Jayde Adams singing Chappell Roan's 'Pink Pony Club' in a Bristol accent has gone super viral.
Buildings cut into ancient monument could be removed
Queen visits Cheltenham after early snow on course
Former Bristol MP takes seat in House of Lords
'Yo-yo' birth-rate causing headache for schools
Life in jail for teen who strangled his sister, 19
Somerset Live has published an article about how shopping and hospitality has changed since Covid. To mark five years since the beginning of the pandemic, the website has done a lookback on what has changed.
Headlines: Tree set on fire and rare lamb quins born
Headlines: Snow and Queen at Cheltenham
Headlines: Jockey's comeback and green cycle lanes
Headlines: Cheltenham Festival, and Chappell Roan in a Bristol accent
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