Weekend Headlines: Lottery win and banned phones
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A former sailor has had some good fortune this week: Bristol 247 spoke to 75-year-old Alan Wilcock , externalwho won £1 million after buying a National Lottery scratchcard from his local Co-op in Southville.
The Salisbury Journal reported, external that Ringwood School will ban smartphones for Year 7 pupils. The ban follows concerns raised in the Channel 4 documentary Swiped, which highlighted the negative impact of smartphones on young people's mental health.
An Avon & Somerset Police officer was filmed urinating in a woman's garden, Somerset Live reported, external. He was reported after being seen near the scene of a "very serious crime in Taunton. A police spokesperson wanted to reassure the public that "this incident is being looked into".
There was a lot of interest in the Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard's, external article about Prince William's upcoming appearance on Jeremy Clarkson's TV show, Clarkson's Farm. Whilst filming an episode on location at Diddly Squat Farm in Oxfordshire, he revealed that Prince George will be among the fans tuning in.
Bristol Live, external ran a feature about the "chilling similarities" between the plot of Netflix's drama, Adolescence, and the murder of her daughter by an ex-boyfriend. Carole Gould said she hoped the series would raise more conversations between parents and their children.
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The Bristol Cable reported on How a 19th-century journalist revealed the extent of poverty in Victorian Bristol, external. An article published in 1883 gives a fascinating insight into working-class Bristolian life at a time of severe economic depression and was "the first real instance of investigative reporting in the city.
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