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A new coffee shop on Gloucester Road in Bristol run and built by former prisoners is due to open in a few months, according to the page Secret Bristol.

GWR says it expects a high demand on Bristol & Bath services this weekend due to the Bath Christmas Market and rugby fixtures. The company says there will be extra trains serving Bath Spa, and a queuing system will be in place.

And after it was cancelled last week due to flooding, Bradford-on-Avon Town Council says there won’t be a designated Christmas light switch-on this year. Instead, they will come on gradually through next week.

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