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Clifton

Clifton is both a suburb of Bristol and the name of one of the city's 35 council wards. The Clifton ward also includes the areas of Cliftonwood and Hotwells. Notable attractions in Clifton include the world-famous Clifton Suspension Bridge and Bristol Zoo Gardens. Sign up to the Clifton & Redland newsletter here.

Live: A4 Portway closed after 'serious' crash
Clifton
Traffic is queuing on the road this morning
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Bristol man behind the iconic and sombre war graves
Armed Forces
Sir Fabian Ware was not a serviceman - he was a businessman and a newspaper editor - but his mission to ensure the dead of the two world wars would get a decent burial, and that their graves would be looked after, deserves celebrating on Remembrance Sunday
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Bristol's real-life Top Gun pilots were 'carefree' until death
Filton
They died in the First World War - but not at the hands of the enemy. We remember them this weekend as part of a Remembrance Day series on BristolLive.
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The four-storey listed building on sale in Bristol for £725,000
property news
It can be split into three flats
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The long-lost Bristol country estate now buried by a busy neighbourhood
Bristol Nostalgia
The area is now busy with Bristol University students
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Clifton fishmonger on the market after more than two decades
Food and Drink
The venue previously also boasted a restaurant, serving up popular fish dishes
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Happiest place to live in Bristol revealed
Bristol News
It came top in a survey of thousands of people
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Bristol murderer John Cannan dies in jail aged 70
In the News
He murdered Shirley Banks and was suspected of killing Suzy Lamplugh
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'New delicatessen experience' opens in Clifton
Food and Drink
It's described as a 'luxury food emporium'
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New twist in unsolved riddle of infamous Bristol crime-wave
Clevedon
The attempted torching of a church was one in a string of arson attacks
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What became of Bristol's futuristic 'all-electric' £1,000 house?
property news
It was meant to free housewives from lives of domestic drudgery
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Specialist search dogs used in hunt for missing student Jack O'Sullivan
People
The student has been missing for almost eight months
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Bristol Zoo auction is 'naked greed' and must be stopped say campaigners
Bristol Zoo Gardens
Hundreds of items, from posters to dozens of the Zoo Gardens' benches, are being sold
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13 Remembrance Day 2024 events in Bristol
Events
This year sees a number of Remembrance and Armistice events taking place across the dates of November 10 and 11, with some taking place even earlier in the month
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Council 'bashing the motorist' as cost of two pedestrian zones rockets by £500k
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Costs for the two schemes have risen by 40 per cent
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Bristol Zoo to auction off hundreds of items in huge fundraising sale
Bristol Zoo Gardens
All the Victorian benches, the zoo's signs, posters, sculptures, statues - everything will go to the highest bidder
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Historic university building refurbished in latest Bristol planning applications
Bristol City Council
This week's round up of notable planning applications made to Bristol City Council
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QEH Bristol music teacher banned for inappropriate behaviour with pupil
Clifton
He bought the boy a beer and gave him wine while they watched television at his home
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Popular Bristol pub and restaurant named within best places for a Sunday roast
Eating Out in Bristol
The establishment was one of just two places from the south west in the list
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Bristol's Forbidden Planet confirms reopening date a year after fire
Clifton
The Clifton Heights shop will reopen with an event that will feature 'signings, costumed characters, decorations and goodie bags'
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Bristol Zoo campaigners take 'big step' in legal challenge against redevelopment
Bristol Zoo Gardens
A judge has agreed all three of the Save Bristol Gardens Alliance legal points are 'arguable', which will delay the zoo's redevelopment plans until at least next year
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Costs of two Bristol City Council pedestrian zones rocket by £500k
Bristol City Council
The local authority is asking the West of England Combined Authority to foot the 40 per cent hike
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South Bristol school set to reopen three years after closure
Education
Plans have been submitted to the city council that would see the former Catholic primary school cater for SEND pupils
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Top food critic Jay Rayner didn't want to leave Clifton restaurant
Food and Drink
"It barely needs saying that Bristol is a superb restaurant city, full of independents serving great food without faff or ludicrous ponce"
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