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18/12/2016

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The brand new South Bristol link road had a test dry today -

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hundreds of cyclists became the first to use the route

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The ?45 million road will also form part of the route

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for the city's new metrobus in a scheme designed

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It's not every day that cyclists are offered the chance to ride

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And so hundreds turned out today to ride the five kilometres

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Many of these cyclists live locally and think the new road

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will help to ease the amount of traffic on certain roads.

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I guess it'll take a lot of pressure off of Winterstoke Road.

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And I do a lot of cycling myself so, yeah, it'll be great when it's open.

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And it was really smooth and easy to cycle on.

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I think it's going to make a massive difference around

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the Parson Street area, where we are, in Bedminster,

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it'll really relieve the traffic going through there, yeah.

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The majority of those here today were positive

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But the Green Party has opposed the plans right from the start,

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and say building new roads will never help cut traffic.

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At the moment, some of the plans that are coming forward,

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only seem to be moving the air quality issues that currently tend

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to be concentrated in the centre of the city and moving them out

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to the fringes, in areas like Hartcliffe and Whitchurch.

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But, in rush hour, parts of South Bristol

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For a business here which employs 1500 people, the feeling

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is that this road can only be a good thing.

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Really, the congestion in Bristol has made it very Really,

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the congestion in Bristol has made it very difficult for them.

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The new road will definitely improve their travel times.

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It will improve the air quality in the area, I'm sure.

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And generally, for the residents, it will reduce the amount

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In the New Year, this new road will open to cars.

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After that, part of it will be used by the Metrobus.

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And if it helps to get South Bristol moving then it

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won't just be these Santas who are the only happy customers.

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Thousands of Christmas shoppers at the Mall Cribbs Causeway

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were directed to leave the building this afternoon as the shopping

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centre was evacuated just before closing time -

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A small fire had broken out in a storeroom -

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by the time fire crews arrived the flames had been extinguished -

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The Mall confirms shops will be open as usual tomorrow.

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Knitters from a church in South Gloucestershire have

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created their own Christmas tree - which they plan to turn

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into blankets for the homeless in the new year.

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Over 800 woolly green squares have been knitted or crocheted

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and stacked into a six foot tall tree by the St Michael's Yarn

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In January the tree will be sewn into blankets for two

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We wanted to do something that could involve as many people

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in the community as possible, so we could celebrate

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It was always in our plans to do something that we could give

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to other people, so the plans to make the blankets were always

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Finally a special moment of recognition tonight

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for Ben Smith from Portishead - the inspirational long-distance

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runner was honoured with a special Sports Personality of the Year award

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- for running four hundred and one marathons in as many days,

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raising more than a quarter of a million pounds for two

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anti-bulling charities, and giving hope to young victims

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An emotional night for a man who says running -

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turned his life around and has inspired many others.

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I want to say thank you to the tens of thousands who supported this. My

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life was very very different four years ago. I found running was my

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sanctuary, my way of expressing myself and be who I was, running

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gave me my confidence back and self-esteem. But most importantly I

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am not afraid any more. Thank you. Time for the late forecast. We

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continue to see problems with mist and fog as it really thickens. Some

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could be dense tonight and the Met office has a fog warning. Take care

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on the roads, it will keep most of us frost free but some clear spells

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and then maybe a patch but these are low temperatures, a shower or two

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but mostly dry. Poor visibility tomorrow morning, thick fog, it will

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gradually lift but a slow process. Bright spells but mostly pretty

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cloudy for tomorrow. Temperatures struggling at seven or 8 degrees. A

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murky start, that rain and drizzle and unsettled by midweek. That is

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it. We are back in breakfast news tomorrow. Good night.

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Good evening. It's a big week for pre-Christmas travel plans and the

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weather can be quite challenging at times, too. We start the week with

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the issue of fog once again.

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