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Western Daily Press
'Bitter disappointment' at assisted dying Bill failure
THE inevitable fall of the assisted dying Bill this week is “upsetting” and lets down terminally ill people, campaigners said while insisting the fight for a change in the law is not over.
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April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
Market eyes update from Sainsbury's
SAINSBURY 'S investors will be hopeful that the supermarket group can shrug off potential pressures from the Middle East conflict to continue its strong recent spell.
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April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
Bulls maintain their hopes of beating drop
HEREFORD kept their National League North survival hopes alive with a 3-1 triumph over Radcliffe at Edgar Street
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April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
Iran doubles down on its shipping lane threat
IRAN yesterday doubled down on its pledge to restrict ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz as long as the United States blockade of Iranian ports remains in place, as mediators scrambled to secure further talks before the ceasefire in the Middle East war expires this week.
2 min |
April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
Life jacket hits £670k as Titanic sums made at auction
A LIFE jacket worn by a survivor of the Titanic disaster has sold for £670,000 at auction.
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April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
'No time for game playing over social media curbs'
A PEER pushing for a restriction on social media use for under-16s to be introduced within a year has said it is “no time for parliamentary game playing’
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April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
CHANGE YOUR JUNE
LAUREN TAYLOR SUGGESTS GREAT EARLY SUMMER ADVENTURES TO BEAT THE PEAK SUMMER SEASON RUSH
3 min |
April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
Game wasn't a classic, admits boss Van Graan
BATH head of rugby Johann van Graan was “very glad” to secure a bonus point as his side returned to the bread-and-butter of the Gallagher Prem with a home win over Harlequins, writes Alan Brown.
1 min |
April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
King is patron of new charity
THE King will be the Royal Patron of a new charity commemorating the late Queen ahead of what would be her 100th birthday.
1 min |
April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
Being a mum can be the toughest job in the world
Ferne McCann tells LISA SALMON about the ways she holds on to her sense of self as a busy working mother
3 min |
April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
A country no longer worth fighting for?
LORD George Robertson, the former Labour Defence Secretary and ex-Nato Secretary General, says Britain is undefended after years of mostly Tory mismanagement of the economy, defence cuts and an ever-rising welfare bill.
2 min |
April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
'Starmer was in dark over Mandelson vetting failure'
SIR Keir Starmer would not have appointed Lord Peter Mandelson as US ambassador if he had known security officials did not grant the peer a high-level vetting status, a senior minister has said.
2 min |
April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
Take nothing for granted - boss Sarina
ENGLAND boss Sarina Wiegman warned the European champions against becoming complacent after they secured a narrow 1-0 win over Iceland to maintain a three-point advantage over Spain at the top of their Women’s World Cup qualifying group, writes
1 min |
April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
Bid to protect meadow near King's home
THERE are plans to save Cotswold wildflower meadows next to the King’s Highgrove House from housing development.
2 min |
April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
Police officers search wetlands and pond
POLICE have explained why officers were seen searching an area of wetlands near a University of West England campus in South Gloucestershire.
1 min |
April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
Glovers, Green Devils both beaten on road
NATIONAL LEAGUE PREMIER
1 min |
April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
It's a pleasure to play like that - Bears prop Genge
PAT Lam reflected on a case of mission accomplished after his Bristol Bears team stayed firmly in Gallagher Prem playoff contention by crushing Gloucester Rugby on Friday night.
2 min |
April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
Composer admits he has drink problem
WEST
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April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
'Thank God no one was walking past,' says home-owner
A BRISTOL resident has been left counting the cost after a car ploughed into a boundary wall and part of a garage.
1 min |
April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
Work-life balance better than salary
HAVING a good work-life balance is more crucial to workers than getting a higher salary when looking for a new role, a survey indicates.
1 min |
April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
Road closure leads to bumper year for toads
MORE than 3,000 toads, frogs and newts have been helped to cross a road to reach their breeding lake.
2 min |
April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
Van Dijk and Abraham hit late winners
VIRGIL van Dijk scored in the tenth minute of added time to win the first Merseyside derby at the Hill Dickinson Stadium 2-1 and boost Liverpool's hopes of Champions League football next season.
1 min |
April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
Pressure was very difficult, admits Zhao
ZHAO Xintong made a scrappy start to his World Snooker Championship title defence before beating qualifier Liam Highfield 10-7 at the Crucible.
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April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
Pope visits shrine at hub of African slave trade
POPE Leo XIV called Sunday for Angolans to fight the “scourge of corruption” with a culture of justice as he opened a poignant day in his African odyssey that took the American pope to an epicenter of the African slave trade.
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April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
Bridal brass bands banned
A BAN on playing brass instruments outdoors at an upmarket wedding venue has been upheld.
1 min |
April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
Bracey hits ton to boost the Glo'sters
LOUCESTERSHIRE'S batsmen finally got their season up and running at the sixth time of asking by batting themselves into a decent position against Lancashire in Bristol yesterday.
2 min |
April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
Roy admits defeat is a wake-up call to players
BRISTOL
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April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
Al is blamed for artificially closing Michelin Star restaurant
A RESTAURANT in Cheltenham has apologised after mistakenly publishing an Al post falsely claiming that a rival business had closed down.
1 min |
April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
I don’t recognise my tense team – Holloway
IAN Holloway admits promotion-chasing Swindon Town “looked tense” after Luke Butterfield hit a stoppage-time leveller for Accrington Stanley on Saturday lunchtime.
2 min |
April 20, 2026
Western Daily Press
Three men arrested in connection with burglary at village property
THREE men have been arrested in connection with a burglary at a home in a village near Cheltenham on Saturday.
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