'Too many tickets' and 'kitten thief'

A cyclist was handed a total of 15 tickets when he booked a return train journey

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Businesses in Bristol, Somerset & Gloucestershire have been fined around £700k for employing people without a right to work in the UK. This is from a Home Office report covering the end of 2024.

Calls are being made for blue badge parking fraud to become as unacceptable as drink driving, after a North Somerset Council said it had seen the problem double in the last year.

Striking workers at Hinkley Point C have returned to work after a supervisor alleged to have bullied staff was removed from the construction site.

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A cyclist has sarcastically praised the Cross Country trainline for its "streamlined system" after being handed 15 tickets for one return journey from Bristol to Exeter.

A Year 5 pupil from Clifton High School has finished the Three Peaks Challenge. The 10-year-old has raised £2,000 for the children's hospital charity, the Grand Appeal.

A cat owner has apologised in a community noticeboard after catching her kitten sneaking home with a sausage and a half, presumably stolen from someone's dinner plate.