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BBC News
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Bristol in Pictures: Wrong Trousers and surfers' rally
Taking part has been a theme of this week, from the Big Bristol Run on Sunday to the Grand Appeal's 'Wallace & Gromit 'Wrong Trousers Day' on was disappointment but pride for Bristol City Fans as their season came to an end on Monday, and events galore across the is just some of the images showing life in Bristol this week. Standing ovation: Songs of the Bulbul by Aakash Odedra has been the latest show to pack out The Mount Without on St Michael's Hill, a performance space created in the inside of a former church. Great strides: People across the city donned some eye-catching legwear on Friday for the Wallace & Gromit's Wrong Trousers Day, which supports the Grand Appeal, the dedicated charity for Bristol Children's Hospital. Let's take a moment to savour these bold fashion choices. Keeping the faith: Although the odds were stacked against their team, plenty of Bristol City Fans queued to get into the Sports Bar at Ashton Gate on Monday to see the Robins take on Sheffield United in the second leg of their play-off tie. Roll up, roll up: East Street was the place to be for street food on Saturday as the eat:Bedminster market returned. Get involved: Bristol youth empowerment organisation, Babbasa, has launched a new appeal called CloseTheGap to tackle the current youth unemployment crisis. Babbasa estimates that in the city there are some 10,000 young people currently not in education, employment or training. Lovely day for it: The fine weather meant Gloucestershire's match with Kent at the County Ground in Bristol could get under way with plenty of short sleeves on show. Great effort: The 13-strong team from St Peter's Hospice that took on the AJ Bell Great Bristol Run last Sunday raised more than £4,000 for the charity. Paying it back: Also running last Sunday was Bristol student Leah Mainwaring, 22, who raised money for Ronald McDonald House Charities UK. It provides free 'home away from home' accommodation for families with children in hospital, and Leah and her family appreciated their support when she spent time in intensive care in 2016. Connections: Community Interest Company Tech4Good South West has marked a year since being launched. Over the past 12 months, it has built a community of 80 people and £27,000 has been raised and schemes such as the Bath Digital Divide Collective launched. High hopes: Two students from Fairfield High School in Horfield, Moss and Freddy, have excelled for the Bristol Flyers basketball under-16s team and now hope to make the jump to the under-18s. And finally: Just one more from the brilliant Wrong Trousers day efforts from across Bristol.
BBC News
18-05-2025
- BBC News
Headlines: Blue walls in car park and maternity unit closure
Here's our weekly roundup of stories from across local websites in the West of have a daily round up as well. Make sure you look out for it on the website and the local section of the BBC News app. What have been the big stories in the West this week? At the start of the week Bristol woke up to the news of a death at the half marathon event on the West Country reported 28-year-old rugby player Jon Devereux, from Chester, died after after collapsing and falling ill at the Great Bristol Live's article on the sudden closure of part of the Co-op car park in Westbury-on-Trym and some walls installed there also gained a lot of attention this week. Nearby residents are now calling for an investigation after the area was cordoned off with blue body found in the search for missing 16-year-old Athrun got a lot of reaction from ITV West Country and Bristol Live audiences. Searches had been ongoing in the West Shore area of Llandudno following the sighting of a body on news from The Dorset Echo, Somerset Live and ITV West Country on the temporary closure of Yeovil's maternity unit gained a lot of traction this week. In a statement the hospital trust told ITV West Country, it "cannot currently safely run the unit" or "safely provide care during labour and birth". Top six stories for the BBC in the West Something longer to read This week BBC News took an in-depth look at children's safety online across the West of West's live page compiled investigative and analytical pieces across all platforms including this piece on teenagers being exposed to content about weapons, bullying, murder and suicide soon after joining social media platforms. Explore more with our daily roundups
BBC News
11-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Bristol in Pictures: Bears win and the Bristol Half Marathon
It's the AJ Bell Big Bristol Run this weekend, with thousands of runners ready to take on the half marathon and 10k, but first it was the turn of the younger runners to show their skills on they were pounding the streets in the sunshine, tens of thousands of Bath and Bristol fans were turning Cardiff into a corner of the West for the big Premiership rugby event drawing huge crowds this week has been the Badminton Horse Trials in South Gloucestershire. Doing us proud: Some 1,000 younger runners got the weekend going as the first ever AJ Bell Great Bristol Run juniors and minis event wound its away around the city centre. Bragging rights: It was a West takeover at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday as the derby between Bristol and Bath crossed the Severn for a day. The Bears came out on top 36-14 in front of tens of thousands of fans. Behind the team: Bristol City fans turned out in big numbers to back the side against Sheffield United in the play-off first leg at Ashton Gate on Thursday. Sadly for the hosts, a red card proved key in a 3-0 defeat. Bird's eye view: A drone shot of the glorious surroundings just to the north east of Bristol where the Badminton Horse Trials were expected to attract 200,000 visitors this week. Pedal power: One last look at the Bristol Drum & Bass On a Bike event which saw thousands of peoples pedalling from Ashton Gate to the city centre last Sunday. New facility: More than 50 people gathered to see Roger Griffith MBE officially open the St Pauls Advice Centre's new office at the Junction 3 Library development. Showtime: For fans of all things countryside, all roads led to the North Somerset Showground near Wraxall for the annual North Somerset Show, which was attended by thousands. In the running: The new Chellaram Sports Complex at Clifton College Sports Ground has been shortlisted for a green award at the Education Property Awards 2025. The complex was built in a partnership between the college, Alec French Architects and Speller Metcafle. New look: Post boxes in Bedminster have been given some attractive new knitted toppers to mark this year's Bedminster Secret Gardens open weekend, which will take place on 14 and 15 June. Community group Blooming Bedminster has coordinated the project which has seen woollen flowers, bugs, bees and even gnomes created.
