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Health
Bristol researchers to build the world's largest menstrual health biobank
The CycleTrack study, led by the universities of Bristol and Exeter, aims to speed up diagnosis and treatment for heavy periods, endometriosis and fibroids for millions of women.
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Health
New series goes behind the scenes with Southmead's major trauma team
Emergency 24/7 follows staff at Southmead Hospital, placing viewers right inside the pressure of the emergency department.
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Community
Bristol Libraries become the first in the South West named a Library of Sanctuary
The city's 26 branches have been recognised for welcoming people seeking sanctuary, from ESOL conversation clubs to library tours run with resettlement teams that help new arrivals feel part of the community.
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Community
Red Tiger finds a permanent home after St Nick's success
After a year and a half running a stall in St Nicholas Market, Hari Nathan and Previta Karthigesu have opened their Malaysian eatery on St George's Road, a space they say helps Malaysians feel at home.
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Business
Henleaze Garden Shop reaches 80 years of family trading
Opened by navy veteran John Stenner in 1946 and still in the family today, the plant shop between a chippy and a petrol station will mark eight decades in Henleaze this November.
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Culture
Warhol, Riley and Hokusai head for Bristol in a major new colour exhibition
The Secret Life of Colour opens at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery on 24 October, bringing together art, natural history and science to explore how colour is made and what it does to us.All four chairs turn for Bristol singer Diogo Ferreira on The Voice
The 28-year-old, who taught himself to sing and spent part of his childhood in foster care, won over every judge in the blind auditions and chose team will.i.am for the battles.
Craft club offers a piece of home for women from Hong Kong
The Crafting Smiles group in Bristol is designed to bring Hongkongers together, with one resident describing the club as a piece of home.
Results day smiles for thousands of students across Bristol and the West
The long wait ended as pupils across Bristol, Somerset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire collected their GCSE results.
Sixty thousand chicken wings head for Bristol as Wing Fest returns
The touring festival of all things chicken wing is coming back to the city this autumn, with 60,000 pieces due to be served over the weekend.
Rating Bristol's benches, one sit at a time
Sam Wilmot, who reviews benches across the city on his Rate This Bench account, told BBC Radio Bristol the story behind the project and where to find a perfect ten.
University of Bristol's Dimitra Simeonidou recognised on national tech list
The director of the university's Smart Internet Lab, and chief scientific advisor to the European Commission, appears on Computer Weekly's Most Influential Women in UK Tech longlist for 2026.
Vertical Aerospace lands 100 million dollars to bring its air taxi to market
The Bristol-headquartered firm has secured around 75 million pounds of new funding to keep certifying and commercialising its Valo aircraft.
Ninety-four per cent of Bristol students pass three A-levels as results land
Provisional figures show 94 per cent of students achieved at least three A-levels across the city's schools and colleges, with one in eight taking three grades at A star or A.
Seventy balloons rise at dawn as the Fiesta lifts off
Around 70 hot air balloons took part in the mass ascent on Friday morning as the 48th Bristol International Balloon Fiesta opened its free three-day run at Ashton Court.
Twenty-five years of Bristol Children's Hospital, through Ciara's lens
A photography exhibition marks the hospital's 25th anniversary, led by Ciara, who aged four was the face of the 1995 appeal that helped build it. Collections rotate monthly until autumn.
Windmill Hill City Farm marks 50 years with a screen-free summer
The Bedminster farm is celebrating half a century of growing with the community, with a packed holiday programme of animals, arts, cooking, theatre and sport running to 31 August.
Community energy fund opens its sixth round of grants
Bristol City Leap's Community Energy Fund is taking applications again, backing local schemes from heat network connections to community solar across the city.
Harbour Festival puts the water centre stage, with Underfall Yard as charity partner
This year's free festival ran across five harbourside areas with circus and on-the-water performance, and celebrated Underfall Yard's two centuries keeping the Floating Harbour alive.
Floating wetlands bring new wildlife habitat to the Floating Harbour
Two floating wetlands were installed beside the SS Great Britain and the Cascade Steps in July, a partnership between WWT, Planet Wild, Young Bristol, the council and harbour partners, giving young birds a nursery and helping clean the water.
Thousands march as Pride fills Bristol with colour
Rainbows filled the city as thousands walked the Pride parade from Castle Park to the Amphitheatre in the sunshine, a Bristol tradition with roots reaching back to 1977.
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