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rdf:resource="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/01/16/baftas-for-mamma-mia-5387590/"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/01/14/pick-that-up-5375092/"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/01/07/lager-lager-lager-5336393/"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/01/05/another-cyclist-hit-5325560/"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2008/12/29/sales-5291896/"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2008/12/19/drunk-idiots-5244880/"/></rdf:Seq></items></default:channel><default:item xmlns:default="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" rdf:about="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/10/06/bristol-bones-are-human-7110075/"><default:title>Bristol bones are human</default:title><default:link>http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/10/06/bristol-bones-are-human-7110075/</default:link><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2009-10-06T13:26:58+02:00</dc:date><default:description>	&lt;p&gt;Blimey, big mystery in &lt;a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Bones-motorway-near-Bristol-human/article-1396210-detail/article.html"&gt;Bristol over the bag of human bones found by the M5 motorway.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
I wonder who it is. Reggie Perrin? That chap from the Manic Street Preachers? Um...
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/10/06/bristol-bones-are-human-7110075/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>Blimey, big mystery in <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Bones-motorway-near-Bristol-human/article-1396210-detail/article.html">Bristol over the bag of human bones found by the M5 motorway.</a><br>
I wonder who it is. Reggie Perrin? That chap from the Manic Street Preachers? Um...
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/09/29/hannah-saaf-guilty-killing-bristol-boy-7060189/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>So Hannah Saaf has coughed to <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Mother-pleads-guilty-killing-Bristol-boy-dangerous-driving/article-1377563-detail/article.html">killing Bristol boy Sam Riddall by dangerous driving.</a> At least she finally did the right thing.
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/09/24/bristol-chav-kicks-puppy-to-death-and-does-us-proud-7030102/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>A chav has done our city really proud. Yep, this chap from <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Bristol-man-kicked-Jack-Russell-puppy-death/article-1365033-detail/article.html">Bristol kicked his puppy to death</a>. There's a nice pic of him in a Burberry cap sitting on the steps of the magistrates court. Didn't even get jailed.
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<p> <small> <a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/09/24/bristol-chav-kicks-puppy-to-death-and-does-us-proud-7030102/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>]]></content:encoded></default:item><default:item xmlns:default="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" rdf:about="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/09/23/no-new-bristol-tesco-store-at-city-stadium-7025255/"><default:title>No new Bristol Tesco store at City stadium</default:title><default:link>http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/09/23/no-new-bristol-tesco-store-at-city-stadium-7025255/</default:link><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2009-09-23T15:41:16+02:00</dc:date><default:description>	&lt;p&gt;It looks like the new &lt;a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/New-Tesco-Bristol-needed-report/article-1362199-detail/article.html"&gt;Bristol Tesco store at Ashton Gate&lt;/a&gt; might get turned down after all. Pity, I quite liked the idea of city building a brand new stadium down the road. Oh well, no World Cup for us then...
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/09/23/no-new-bristol-tesco-store-at-city-stadium-7025255/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>It looks like the new <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/New-Tesco-Bristol-needed-report/article-1362199-detail/article.html">Bristol Tesco store at Ashton Gate</a> might get turned down after all. Pity, I quite liked the idea of city building a brand new stadium down the road. Oh well, no World Cup for us then...
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/09/22/bristol-woman-dies-from-chemo-overdose-7015687/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>What a way to go. This poor woman from <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Bristol-woman-killed-cancer-drug-overdose/article-1358082-detail/article.html">Bristol </a>goes in to hospital for cancer treatment, and dies from a chemo overdose! How the hell can that happen?
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<p> <small> <a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/09/22/bristol-woman-dies-from-chemo-overdose-7015687/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>]]></content:encoded></default:item><default:item xmlns:default="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" rdf:about="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/07/29/new-midsomer-norton-website-6611205/"><default:title>New Midsomer Norton website</default:title><default:link>http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/07/29/new-midsomer-norton-website-6611205/</default:link><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2009-07-29T14:04:39+02:00</dc:date><default:description>	&lt;p&gt;Check out the new website for a town called &lt;a href="http://www.midsomernortonpeople.co.uk"&gt;Midsomer Norton&lt;/a&gt; near Bristol. It's pretty cool. I know a few people there
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/07/29/new-midsomer-norton-website-6611205/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>Check out the new website for a town called <a href="http://www.midsomernortonpeople.co.uk">Midsomer Norton</a> near Bristol. It's pretty cool. I know a few people there
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/07/15/what-cat-flaps-are-for-6517865/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>What are cat flaps for? Are they so pet cats can get in and out of the kitchen? No, they're so you can steal dogs. At least, that's what they're used for in <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Cat-flap-gang-steal-puppy-handbag/article-1166383-detail/article.html">Bristol</a>.
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/07/03/bristol-woman-s-car-falls-into-house-6440903/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>Hey, is this why women shouldn't drive? Look at this <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Car-plummets-60ft-gardens/article-1134561-detail/article.html">Bristol woman's BMW </a>hahahahaha
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/06/12/banksy-comes-home-6288157/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>Great news for <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Banksy-comes-home-Bristol/article-1071830-detail/article.html">Bristol. Banksy is putting on a show</a>. This is just what this city needs.
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<p> <small> <a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/06/12/banksy-comes-home-6288157/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>]]></content:encoded></default:item><default:item xmlns:default="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" rdf:about="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/06/10/cheers-driver-when-art-is-mos-def-not-art-6275867/"><default:title>Cheers, driver. When art is mos def not art</default:title><default:link>http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/06/10/cheers-driver-when-art-is-mos-def-not-art-6275867/</default:link><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2009-06-10T12:13:42+02:00</dc:date><default:description>	&lt;p&gt;Let's say you can afford a Mercedes. It looks good, drives well, a classy piece of German engineering. Then one day you think it would be a great idea to cover it in graffiti, and then tell the rest of the world about it. Well one guy i know in &lt;a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Bristol-car-work-art-wheels/article-1064384-detail/article.html"&gt;Bristol &lt;/a&gt;did just that.
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/06/10/cheers-driver-when-art-is-mos-def-not-art-6275867/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>Let's say you can afford a Mercedes. It looks good, drives well, a classy piece of German engineering. Then one day you think it would be a great idea to cover it in graffiti, and then tell the rest of the world about it. Well one guy i know in <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Bristol-car-work-art-wheels/article-1064384-detail/article.html">Bristol </a>did just that.
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<p> <small> <a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/06/10/cheers-driver-when-art-is-mos-def-not-art-6275867/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>]]></content:encoded></default:item><default:item xmlns:default="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" rdf:about="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/06/02/air-france-plane-6219486/"><default:title>Air France plane</default:title><default:link>http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/06/02/air-france-plane-6219486/</default:link><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2009-06-02T10:52:50+02:00</dc:date><default:description>	&lt;p&gt;Blimey, I would never have thought that a massive disaster like the &lt;a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Bristol-boy-Air-France-jet/article-1041908-detail/article.html"&gt;Air France A330 plane&lt;/a&gt; going down would affect us in Bristol.
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/06/02/air-france-plane-6219486/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>Blimey, I would never have thought that a massive disaster like the <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Bristol-boy-Air-France-jet/article-1041908-detail/article.html">Air France A330 plane</a> going down would affect us in Bristol.
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<p> <small> <a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/06/02/air-france-plane-6219486/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>]]></content:encoded></default:item><default:item xmlns:default="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" rdf:about="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/05/29/weston-pier-rebuild-could-stop-6197364/"><default:title>Weston pier rebuild could stop</default:title><default:link>http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/05/29/weston-pier-rebuild-could-stop-6197364/</default:link><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2009-05-29T11:23:26+02:00</dc:date><default:description>	&lt;p&gt;There are times when the incompetence of local council bureaucracy just gets too much. Take this. &lt;a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Owner-Weston-s-Grand-Pier-pull-plug-rebuild/article-1033290-detail/article.html"&gt;Weston Pier &lt;/a&gt;burns down. The owners decide to rebuild it, as vast expense. Why? Because it is the icon of Weston, the only reason anyone goes there. Now the local council is charging them massive sums to put diggers and cranes on the beach. For God's sake give them a break
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/05/29/weston-pier-rebuild-could-stop-6197364/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>There are times when the incompetence of local council bureaucracy just gets too much. Take this. <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Owner-Weston-s-Grand-Pier-pull-plug-rebuild/article-1033290-detail/article.html">Weston Pier </a>burns down. The owners decide to rebuild it, as vast expense. Why? Because it is the icon of Weston, the only reason anyone goes there. Now the local council is charging them massive sums to put diggers and cranes on the beach. For God's sake give them a break
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<p> <small> <a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/05/29/weston-pier-rebuild-could-stop-6197364/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>]]></content:encoded></default:item><default:item xmlns:default="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" rdf:about="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/05/27/having-nun-of-it-6184988/"><default:title>Having nun of it</default:title><default:link>http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/05/27/having-nun-of-it-6184988/</default:link><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2009-05-27T11:13:15+02:00</dc:date><default:description>	&lt;p&gt;Why is it that Brits feel the need to go out partying in large groups, all wearing themed fancy dress, and get battered and start fighting and getting arrested? These blokes who &lt;a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Nuns-return-home-Greek-debacle/article-1024948-detail/article.html"&gt;dressed as nuns are back home in Bristol&lt;/a&gt;. I think they should have stayed away.
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/05/27/having-nun-of-it-6184988/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>Why is it that Brits feel the need to go out partying in large groups, all wearing themed fancy dress, and get battered and start fighting and getting arrested? These blokes who <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Nuns-return-home-Greek-debacle/article-1024948-detail/article.html">dressed as nuns are back home in Bristol</a>. I think they should have stayed away.
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<p> <small> <a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/05/27/having-nun-of-it-6184988/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>]]></content:encoded></default:item><default:item xmlns:default="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" rdf:about="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/04/27/murder-trial-6016965/"><default:title>murder trial</default:title><default:link>http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/04/27/murder-trial-6016965/</default:link><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2009-04-27T14:33:45+02:00</dc:date><default:description>	&lt;p&gt;I see that the trial has started into the death of &lt;a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Bristol-student-kicked-like-football-fatal-row/article-939521-detail/article.html"&gt;Joe Dymond Williams&lt;/a&gt;. Whatever the outcome, he will be remembered as a top bloke, very popular in &lt;a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Bristol-student-kicked-like-football-fatal-row/article-939521-detail/article.html"&gt;Bristol&lt;/a&gt;. We will all miss him.
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/04/27/murder-trial-6016965/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>I see that the trial has started into the death of <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Bristol-student-kicked-like-football-fatal-row/article-939521-detail/article.html">Joe Dymond Williams</a>. Whatever the outcome, he will be remembered as a top bloke, very popular in <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Bristol-student-kicked-like-football-fatal-row/article-939521-detail/article.html">Bristol</a>. We will all miss him.
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<p> <small> <a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/04/27/murder-trial-6016965/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>]]></content:encoded></default:item><default:item xmlns:default="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" rdf:about="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/04/23/policeman-harrassed-colleague-5994862/"><default:title>POliceman harrassed colleague</default:title><default:link>http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/04/23/policeman-harrassed-colleague-5994862/</default:link><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2009-04-23T15:34:12+02:00</dc:date><default:description>	&lt;p&gt;I know the police are gettign a bad press at the moment, but here's a story about one copper in &lt;a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Bristol-policeman-harassed-officer-ran-man/article-927725-detail/article.html"&gt;Bristol &lt;/a&gt;who has been done for stalking a colleague. No wonder we don't trust them anymore.
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/04/23/policeman-harrassed-colleague-5994862/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>I know the police are gettign a bad press at the moment, but here's a story about one copper in <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Bristol-policeman-harassed-officer-ran-man/article-927725-detail/article.html">Bristol </a>who has been done for stalking a colleague. No wonder we don't trust them anymore.
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<p> <small> <a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/04/23/policeman-harrassed-colleague-5994862/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>]]></content:encoded></default:item><default:item xmlns:default="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" rdf:about="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/04/03/woman-bites-girl-s-face-5882047/"><default:title>Woman bites girl's face</default:title><default:link>http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/04/03/woman-bites-girl-s-face-5882047/</default:link><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2009-04-03T09:28:14+02:00</dc:date><default:description>	&lt;p&gt;Blimey, this is a nice woman from &lt;a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Weston-woman-bit-girl-s-face/article-869584-detail/article.html"&gt;Weston-super-Mare &lt;/a&gt;who bit a girl's face. That's right, she bit a girl's face. Jeses
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/04/03/woman-bites-girl-s-face-5882047/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>Blimey, this is a nice woman from <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Weston-woman-bit-girl-s-face/article-869584-detail/article.html">Weston-super-Mare </a>who bit a girl's face. That's right, she bit a girl's face. Jeses
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<p> <small> <a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/04/03/woman-bites-girl-s-face-5882047/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>]]></content:encoded></default:item><default:item xmlns:default="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" rdf:about="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/27/casualties-5840605/"><default:title>Casualties</default:title><default:link>http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/27/casualties-5840605/</default:link><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2009-03-27T10:27:33+01:00</dc:date><default:description>	&lt;p&gt;Dear oh dear, loads of people are getting upset about the &lt;a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Plan-Casualty-Bristol-deal/article-848999-detail/article.html"&gt;BBC show Casualty moving from Bristol to Cardiff&lt;/a&gt;. Jesus, what's the difference? It will still be a bag of rubbish.
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/27/casualties-5840605/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>Dear oh dear, loads of people are getting upset about the <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Plan-Casualty-Bristol-deal/article-848999-detail/article.html">BBC show Casualty moving from Bristol to Cardiff</a>. Jesus, what's the difference? It will still be a bag of rubbish.
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<p> <small> <a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/27/casualties-5840605/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>]]></content:encoded></default:item><default:item xmlns:default="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" rdf:about="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/26/shop-till-we-drop-5835792/"><default:title>Shop till we drop</default:title><default:link>http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/26/shop-till-we-drop-5835792/</default:link><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2009-03-26T12:42:36+01:00</dc:date><default:description>	&lt;p&gt;So we're all losing our jobs, homes, wives and dignity. But that's ok, apparently we just need to go shopping at &lt;a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/shopping-way-recession-Bristol/article-845560-detail/article.html"&gt;Bristol's Cabot Circus&lt;/a&gt;. Christ, give me strength.
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/26/shop-till-we-drop-5835792/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>So we're all losing our jobs, homes, wives and dignity. But that's ok, apparently we just need to go shopping at <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/shopping-way-recession-Bristol/article-845560-detail/article.html">Bristol's Cabot Circus</a>. Christ, give me strength.
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<p> <small> <a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/26/shop-till-we-drop-5835792/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>]]></content:encoded></default:item><default:item xmlns:default="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" rdf:about="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/12/more-coconuts-5741661/"><default:title>More coconuts</default:title><default:link>http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/12/more-coconuts-5741661/</default:link><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2009-03-12T10:27:28+01:00</dc:date><default:description>	&lt;p&gt;I see that crazy &lt;a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Bristol-councillor-faces-grilling-coconut-slur/article-764787-detail/article.html"&gt;Bristol &lt;/a&gt;councillor who called an Asian woman a coconut is getting her party into trouble. She just needs to resign right now.
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/12/more-coconuts-5741661/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>I see that crazy <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Bristol-councillor-faces-grilling-coconut-slur/article-764787-detail/article.html">Bristol </a>councillor who called an Asian woman a coconut is getting her party into trouble. She just needs to resign right now.
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<p> <small> <a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/12/more-coconuts-5741661/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>]]></content:encoded></default:item><default:item xmlns:default="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" rdf:about="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/11/woman-driver-gets-wet-5736013/"><default:title>Woman driver gets wet</default:title><default:link>http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/11/woman-driver-gets-wet-5736013/</default:link><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2009-03-11T12:11:06+01:00</dc:date><default:description>	&lt;p&gt;This is a great story about a guy from &lt;a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Crash-victim-praises-Yate-man-s-incredible-bravery/article-761153-detail/article.html"&gt;Bristol &lt;/a&gt;who saved a woman who was stuck in her car in a river. I bet she was trying to reverse-park!
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/11/woman-driver-gets-wet-5736013/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>This is a great story about a guy from <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Crash-victim-praises-Yate-man-s-incredible-bravery/article-761153-detail/article.html">Bristol </a>who saved a woman who was stuck in her car in a river. I bet she was trying to reverse-park!
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<p> <small> <a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/11/woman-driver-gets-wet-5736013/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>]]></content:encoded></default:item><default:item xmlns:default="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" rdf:about="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/04/bloody-hero-5691391/"><default:title>Bloody hero</default:title><default:link>http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/04/bloody-hero-5691391/</default:link><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2009-03-04T10:39:11+01:00</dc:date><default:description>	&lt;p&gt;Well done to Chris Broad for his brave acts in Pakistan. Must have been a total nightmare. All his fans in &lt;a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Chris-Broad-hailed-hero-Pakistan-cricket-ambush/article-743446-detail/article.html"&gt;Bristol &lt;/a&gt;are wishing him all the best.
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/04/bloody-hero-5691391/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>Well done to Chris Broad for his brave acts in Pakistan. Must have been a total nightmare. All his fans in <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Chris-Broad-hailed-hero-Pakistan-cricket-ambush/article-743446-detail/article.html">Bristol </a>are wishing him all the best.
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<p> <small> <a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/04/bloody-hero-5691391/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>]]></content:encoded></default:item><default:item xmlns:default="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" rdf:about="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/03/schools-in-5684595/"><default:title>Schools in</default:title><default:link>http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/03/schools-in-5684595/</default:link><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2009-03-03T10:16:21+01:00</dc:date><default:description>	&lt;p&gt;Great news that schools in Bristol are getting more applicants from local kids. It has been a classic vicious circle. Schools start doing badly, so parents of clever kids send them on long trips out of the city, so innercity schools get worse exam results, so more middle-class parents send children further away, or even move, and so on and so on. Apparently the top third performing pupils in &lt;a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Bristol-secondary-schools-rise-applications-city-families/article-739421-detail/article.html"&gt;Bristol &lt;/a&gt;go to private schools or get sent to ones in neighbouring authorities.
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/03/schools-in-5684595/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>Great news that schools in Bristol are getting more applicants from local kids. It has been a classic vicious circle. Schools start doing badly, so parents of clever kids send them on long trips out of the city, so innercity schools get worse exam results, so more middle-class parents send children further away, or even move, and so on and so on. Apparently the top third performing pupils in <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Bristol-secondary-schools-rise-applications-city-families/article-739421-detail/article.html">Bristol </a>go to private schools or get sent to ones in neighbouring authorities.
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<p> <small> <a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/03/schools-in-5684595/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>]]></content:encoded></default:item><default:item xmlns:default="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" rdf:about="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/02/somerfield-closing-5677909/"><default:title>Somerfield closing</default:title><default:link>http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/02/somerfield-closing-5677909/</default:link><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2009-03-02T14:18:16+01:00</dc:date><default:description>	&lt;p&gt;One of the very last businesses which employs loads of people in Bristol is finally shutting down. It was only a matter of time, i suppose. News today is that Somerfield has been formally taken over by the Co-op, which means hundreds of jobs going from &lt;a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/op-completes-takeover-Somerfield/article-737627-detail/article.html"&gt;Bristol &lt;/a&gt;to Manchester. And no-one seems to care.
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/02/somerfield-closing-5677909/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>One of the very last businesses which employs loads of people in Bristol is finally shutting down. It was only a matter of time, i suppose. News today is that Somerfield has been formally taken over by the Co-op, which means hundreds of jobs going from <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/op-completes-takeover-Somerfield/article-737627-detail/article.html">Bristol </a>to Manchester. And no-one seems to care.
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<p> <small> <a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/03/02/somerfield-closing-5677909/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>]]></content:encoded></default:item><default:item xmlns:default="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" rdf:about="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/02/10/snow-joke-5543849/"><default:title>Snow joke</default:title><default:link>http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/02/10/snow-joke-5543849/</default:link><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2009-02-10T10:37:22+01:00</dc:date><default:description>	&lt;p&gt;Finally it looks like an end to all the snow in &lt;a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Flights-roads-hit-snow/article-684062-detail/article.html"&gt;Bristol&lt;/a&gt;. It was fun for a bit, but it's been more than a week and only now is it beginning to go away. Summer will soon be here folks!
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/02/10/snow-joke-5543849/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>Finally it looks like an end to all the snow in <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Flights-roads-hit-snow/article-684062-detail/article.html">Bristol</a>. It was fun for a bit, but it's been more than a week and only now is it beginning to go away. Summer will soon be here folks!
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/01/16/baftas-for-mamma-mia-5387590/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>Oh my God I'm never going  to hear the end of this. My girlfriend, mum, aunt, all the women at work, anyone or anything female, has been banging on about Mamma Mia this, Mamma Mia that, for months. I can't even bear to think about considering watching it. And now it's gone and got nominated for a <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Bafta-nominations-Mamma-Mia-Aardman/article-617742-detail/article.html">Bafta</a>..... that's it, i'm off.
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/01/14/pick-that-up-5375092/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>If there is one, just one thing which transforms me from a pretty normal bloke into a ranting old man is all the litter on our streets. <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Bristol-litter-list-shame/article-610331-detail/article.html">Bristol </a>is a pretty amazing place, wonderful people, fanatastic buildings and parks, but the city is covered in crap, and the idiots who drop it should be pushed into the Bristol Channel.
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<p> <small> <a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/01/14/pick-that-up-5375092/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>]]></content:encoded></default:item><default:item xmlns:default="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" rdf:about="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/01/07/lager-lager-lager-5336393/"><default:title>lager lager lager</default:title><default:link>http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/01/07/lager-lager-lager-5336393/</default:link><dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2009-01-07T10:41:07+01:00</dc:date><default:description>	&lt;p&gt;We often like to laugh at the antics people in other countries get up to. We often think that Americans, for example, are stupid, or that Russians are always drunk. Well here's someone that we in &lt;a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Bristol-man-beat-dog-fed-lager/article-588758-detail/article.html"&gt;Bristol, England &lt;/a&gt;can truly be proud of - a man who gave beer to his dog and then beat it up. And he's pretty much got away with it. It makes me want to emigrate, but where to?
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/01/07/lager-lager-lager-5336393/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>We often like to laugh at the antics people in other countries get up to. We often think that Americans, for example, are stupid, or that Russians are always drunk. Well here's someone that we in <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Bristol-man-beat-dog-fed-lager/article-588758-detail/article.html">Bristol, England </a>can truly be proud of - a man who gave beer to his dog and then beat it up. And he's pretty much got away with it. It makes me want to emigrate, but where to?
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2009/01/05/another-cyclist-hit-5325560/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>oh dear, bad news to report that yet another cyclists has suffered multiple injuries after being involved in a road accident in <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Cyclist-suffers-multiple-injuries-crash/article-585812-detail/article.html">Bristol</a>. I used to want to ride a motorbike, but kept getting put off by news reports of bikers being killed almost every day. Now it seems cyclists are in just as much danger.
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2008/12/29/sales-5291896/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>No i won't. No, i jolly well won't. I won't spend what miserable few days i have left of 2008 stuck in a hot sweaty crowdy crummy shop in <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Hundreds-queue-pre-dawn-cold-Bristol-sales/article-572855-detail/article.html">Bristol </a>city centre with my last remaining notes getting wet in my clammy palm. No.
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Bah, humbug!
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&lt;p&gt; &lt;small&gt; &lt;a href="http://bristolblog.blog.co.uk/2008/12/19/drunk-idiots-5244880/#comments"&gt;Comments&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/small&gt; &lt;/p&gt;</default:description><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[	<p>The one thing  i hate about this time of year is all the idiots at work who get hammered and then turn up at the office completely incapable of doing their job. At the same time the <a href="http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/homepage/Bristol-ambulance-service-stretch/article-558818-detail/article.html">Bristol </a>ambulance service is stretched to breaking point and the fools around me think it's hilarious to fall over while drunk, fight while drunk, vandalse stuff while drunk.<br>
Bah, humbug!
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