Milan Gregory Perera

Business Reporter at Bristol24/7| Winner of Bristol SU:50 Most Influential Award| Former Deputy Editor at Epigram| Triple SPA National Awards nominee

[Geoff Twentyman @geoff20man]

💔💔💔 such dreadful, dreadful news. Salts was a wonderful man. Always generous with his time and his words. Gone at just 49. Brutally tough for his family, his friends and all of us lucky enough to have had him in our lives. RIP Big Man X 🥹

[Milan Gregory Perera @stbonscc]

It was firing on all cylinders on College Green this morning as the official countdown for @bristolballoon began.

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The moment of revelation..

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Arron Banks, Reform UK candidate has just arrived at Oasis Academy.

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Voter turnout is 6% down from 2021 WECA election (36.61%)

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Tony Dyer, current leader of Bristol City Council, and Marvin Rees, former mayor having a quick chat amdist the bustle of the count floor.

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Tony Dyer, leader of Bristol City Council shared the sentiment of pollsters of a "close election".

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Mary Page, Green candidate for WECA election has just arrived at Oasis Academy.

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The brooding anticipation...

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Ballot boxes are arriving in steady streams.

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If we're to believe the pollsters, it's going to be decided by the "barest of margins". Follow our @bristol247 coverage through the night and early hours of the morning as we bring latest from the WECA election.

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Bristol Museum & Art Gallery helped usher in the year of the snake https://t.co/B7KMvZeoUN

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Students at Bristol University have voted to transition to a plant-based diet across its campus

https://t.co/JBB4qWSYid

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A co-working space has unexpectedly shut one of its locations https://t.co/My9ZYIE9of

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Bristol has been named as one of the UK's best location for second-hand shops
https://t.co/B1VzgJP2ni

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A Bristol bakery has been named as one of the best in the UK

https://t.co/LNTvtZzG1Q

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Planning has been approved for a 22-storey student accommodation block near Bristol Temple Meads
https://t.co/4lzQN1pmCn

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An unused five-story building near Temple Meads is set to undergo a major transformation

https://t.co/w5lX9eT6PV

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The Bridge Inn is one of Bristol's smallest pubs https://t.co/KP3M6KInds

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The site was once earmarked for Bristol's arena https://t.co/IwUyFGKDhK