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High praise (so far) for Bristol City on social mediapublished at 20:38 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2017
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Jose and the juniorpublished at 20:27 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2017
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Before kick-off, Jose Mourinho posed for a picture with a youngster from Portishead Town Juniors FC.
And why not.
Homelessness charity asking for emergency water bottlespublished at 20:19 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2017
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A homeless charity is asking for donations of any unopened bottles of water handed out by Severn Trent during the water problems in Tewkesbury last weekend.
The water company made half a million bottles of water available from three distribution points in the town while a burst mains pipe was fixed.
Emmaus Gloucestershire says it can use any spare bottles.
Two Tewkesbury businesses have agreed to be drop off points - Crumpets Tea room and The Anchor pub.
Thousands sign petition against anti-bird spikes in treespublished at 20:11 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2017
Nearly 15,000 people have signed a petition calling for anti-bird spikes to be removed from the branches of trees in Clifton, Bristol.
The spikes, placed by the management company of nearby Bartlett Court flats to stop birds pooing on expensive cars, were branded "idiotic".
A petition launched by a group called Care2 said the "sense of entitlement these residents have shown by altering the ecosystem just to protect their Audis and BMWs is egregious".
Rail strikes in new year over guards rowpublished at 20:07 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2017
RMT members at six train operating companies plan a series of new year strikes.
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And the game is under waypublished at 20:02 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2017
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Mourinho challenge excites 'ambitious' Johnsonpublished at 19:58 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2017
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Bristol City head coach Lee Johnson says it will be "amazing to go toe-to-toe" with Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho when their two sides meet in tonight's EFL Cup tie.
"He's absolutely at the top of his game, with world-class managerial qualities," Johnson, 36, told BBC Sport.
"Any young coaches like myself of course naturally try and emulate coaches like that.
"I'm ambitious and this is a good test for my team and for myself.
"Of course, the best possible scenario is that Bristol City get promoted and we can do this every week."
'How much did you spend on that bottle of wine?'published at 19:53 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2017
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Bristol City boss Lee Johnson spent £450 on a special bottle of wine hoping to entice Jose Mourinho for a post-match chat.
"I have had to raid my little girl's piggy bank. It is being flown in especially from Portugal," said Johnson.
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The Force is strong in BS3published at 19:43 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2017
Alistair Bruce-Ball
BBC Radio 5 live
A brilliant programme cover by Bristol City tonight which has their manager Lee Johnson in superhero mode while Jose Mourinho looks more like an evil Sith Lord from the Star Wars films.
I spoke to Johnson after their fourth-round win over Crystal Palace and when I asked him who he wanted in the quarter-final draw he said “Manchester United at home”.
It is his destiny...
Ashton Gate is buzzingpublished at 19:26 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2017
Tom Garry
BBC Sport at Ashton Gate
Football nights like this don't come frequently in the West Country.
Bristol City haven't experienced a game of this magnitude since the 2008 Championship play-offs.
Goalscoring centre-back Aden Flint may have calmly labelled this match as the Robins' "least important of the month", given their hopes for promotion.
But rarely in recent memory has any fixture in this region generated such a battle for spare tickets amid the pre-match buzz.
Travel: More on the M5 crash near Portisheadpublished at 19:18 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2017
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Some of the Man Utd players arrivingpublished at 19:10 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2017
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic is starting the game tonight as Man Utd's captain
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Marcus Rashford is also starting
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Man Utd's £75m signing Romelu Lukaku is on the bench
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Chris Smalling is also on the bench
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As is Juan Mata
Bristol City v Man Utd: Team newspublished at 19:04 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2017
Kick-off is at 8pm and here's the team news:
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Travel: M5 crash blocking lanes southbound near Portisheadpublished at 18:59 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2017
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Twitter users expected to be busy tonight in Bristolpublished at 18:54 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2017
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In pictures: Excitement building for Bristol City fanspublished at 18:48 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2017
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Fans soaking up the atmosphere at Ashton Gate
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Is that Paul Pogba's impressed face?
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The pitch is looking very impressive
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Jose Mourinho arriving at the ground
Football: Five Live commentary team previews the gamepublished at 18:43 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2017
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Man Utd team arrives at Ashton Gatepublished at 18:39 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2017
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Sign of the times... Say Happy Christmas to the deaf and hard of hearingpublished at 18:23 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2017
A police officer in Bath wants all of us to learn how to sign Happy Christmas for those who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.
Adge Secker is also a tour guide in the city and is using Twitter to teach others how to sign the seasonal greeting.
BBC Points West presenter Alex Lovell has given it a go:
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Man Utd 'should have too much' for Bristol Citypublished at 17:49 Greenwich Mean Time 20 December 2017
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Watch: Andy Cole looks ahead to the game
Andy Cole, the former Manchester United and Bristol City striker, has told the BBC the Premier League side "might have too much" for the Robins.
City are preparing for their EFL Cup quarter-final against the the 2016-17 winners of the competition.
The ex-England international scored 20 league goals for City between 1992 and 1993 before going on to win the Champions League with United in 1999.