Nearly 24 years after the beloved children’s film blew audiences away in 2000, Ginger, Rocky and the rest of the Chicken Run crew return to screens for Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget. The announcement of a sequel after two decades stunned fans but filmmakers revealed the journey behind the […]
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Sound the alarm: the game is in grave danger. If the Six Nations and World Cup disappear from free-to-air TV, rugby will be gone as a mass-market sport, never to return. It is that serious. In the looming scramble for a few extra bucks, those who control the sport’s future […]
Joey Barton has been sacked as manager of Bristol Rovers, with the team on a run of one victory in five League One matches. “Bristol Rovers can confirm that the club has relieved first-team manager Joey Barton of his duties,” a club statement said. “Everyone at the club would like […]
An independent sandwich shop in Bristol has been named the best takeaway in the UK and Ireland beating out thousands of restaurants. Sandwich Sandwich, which offers the likes of a sweet potato hash on granary bread, chicken parmigiana flatbread and BBQ beef burnt ends on a brioche bun on its […]
A woman who lost an uncle in the Morocco earthquake is raising funds to help their community rebuild. The village of Makhfaman was almost flatten by the tremors on Friday. Karima Chiki, who lives in Bristol, said: “There are lots of very young children who’ve lost both parents. Whole families […]
Bristol City fought back for a deserved 2-1 Championship victory in the Swansea sunshine. Liam Cullen’s first goal of the season gave Michael Duff hope that he would be celebrating his first league win as Swansea manager. But Bristol City created a host of chances and had three goals disallowed […]
Campaigners say they are determined to keep fighting plans for 196 new homes on a former zoo site. The homes are set to be built next year at the former Bristol Zoo Gardens site, after the zoo moved moved its site to the Bristol Wild Place Project. The plans have […]
A female ostrich has caught the eye of her mate with her beautiful plume, according to keepers. The 19-year-old common ostrich called Mary has joined the Bristol Zoo Project’s 21-year-old male, Drummer. Together, they are part of a scheme to increase the number of at-risk species at the zoo. Critically […]