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Portishead

A screengrab taken from Google Maps showing Merlin Park in Portishead. The Image shows a residential street with detached houses, hedges and several cars parked in driveways.

Man shot in hand by police is arrested

Searches are ongoing in the coastal town after the man involved was arrested.

The top of a police car which has flashing blue emergency lights.

Man shot in hand by police responding to incident

A man is in hospital with a hand injury after he was shot by an officer responding to an incident.

An orange RNLI lifeboat out at sea.

RNLI station celebrates 10 years of saving lives

Volunteers in Portishead will mark the occasion during a station open day on 18 May.

Brothers James and Adam Gilbert stand next to each other in blue uniforms wearing orange hard hats. They are both smiling.

The people shaping the last chapter of Hinkley B

It could take as long as 95 years to fully decommission the power station on the Somerset coast.

Four schoolchildren, three boys and a girl, playing musical instruments in a music class. The boy on the far left has an electric piano, the boy on his right has an acoustic guitar, the girl in a middle has a trombone and the boy on the far right has an electric guitar

School given instruments played alongside Beatles

Some of the instruments donated also shared a stage with Jimi Hendrix and The Rolling Stones.

Police dog Chester

Rescue dog Chester enjoying new role with police

The spaniel has joined Avon and Somerset Police's dog unit after arriving from a rescue home.

A six-storey block of flats. The building is made of brown brick with uniform windows in line going up its three main columns.

Residents fear being 'stuck' when lift replaced

Six weeks of works to replace an apartment block's lift sparks concern from residents.

Old archive picture in black and white of old railway station. There's a big sign saying Portishead indicating the stations names. There's a platform with several trains on the track with trees and a church in the distance.

The 25-year campaign to bring a rail line back

What the return of the Portishead to Bristol train line means to those who have fought for it.

A long-range shot of Ashton Gate stadium, pictured from the upper right hand corner of one of the stands. A football pitch is set up in the middle, and the word 'Bristol' is spelt out in white seats amid blocks of red seats.

New rail station planned for Ashton Gate stadium

It will be among a number of new stations in Bristol after funding for a major project was agreed.