Headlines: Bike patrol threat and NHS lottery

A man has been jailed after threatening to behead two police officers on bike patrol

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An NHS postcode lottery means patients in Gloucestershire have to wait longer for appointments than anywhere else in the country.

A man who plied his partner with cocaine and then fatally strangled her on the night she tried to leave him has been found guilty of murder.

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The RNLI in Portishead has marked a decade since the flag was first hoisted at the purpose-built lifeboat station. Volunteer crews will be hosting an anniversary celebration on 18 May.

A man who threatened to kill and behead two police officers while they were on a bicycle patrol in Swindon has been jailed for 14 weeks.

A reusable water bottle bearing the logo of a Swindon school has washed up on a beach in the Isles of Scilly. The emblem has since been updated, meaning the bottle must date back to at least 2017.

The Royal International Air Tattoo, the world's largest military air show, has announced they will be welcoming back the Italian Air Force for this year's display.