Bristol July 27 Top Five News Stories: Local RSPCA release worrying statistics about cat cruelty

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It has been a busy week as always for the city of bristol. This weeks top stories include bristols first railway station will open next week and plans are well underway for the balloon fiesta.

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00:00 Hello, I'm Emma May here with your top 5 news stories in Bristol this week.

00:05 Our first story this week is Bristol's first new railway station in almost a century will

00:10 be opening to passengers next Tuesday. The new 5.8 million portway park and ride station

00:17 between Shirehampton and Avonmouth connects the existing park and ride site with the Severn

00:22 Beach railway line. It is a single platform station that will offer passengers half hourly

00:28 services between Bristol, Temple, Meads and Avonmouth and an hourly service in Severn

00:35 Beach. It will be the first station to open as part of the West of England Mayoral Combined

00:41 Authorities multi-million pound Metro West programme.

00:47 Our second story is plans are well underway for Siren Festival this weekend. The event

00:52 features Dancehall superstar Sean Paul who will perform at Bristol's Harbourside as part

00:58 of the Siren Festival. The three day music event will be held at the Bristol Amphitheatre

01:04 and has confirmed the Gimme the Light artist as Friday's headliner. It will be Sean Paul's

01:10 first gig in Bristol for more than a decade when he last played at the O2 in 2011. The

01:16 festival will feature a collection of local and well known artists as well as a plethora

01:21 of locally sourced drinks.

01:23 Our third story is a sad one. Heartbreaking figures released by the RSPCA as a general

01:28 part of the Council Out Cruelty campaign have revealed 129 cruelty complaints were made

01:34 in Bristol last year. Nationally last year there were almost 18,000 cat cruelty complaints

01:40 reported to the RSPCA. Of those reports 1,700 were international harm incidents which is

01:47 around 5 a day. This is a 25% increase from 2021. It comes during a busy time for the

01:54 animal welfare charity which sees cruelty peak in the summer with three reports made

02:00 every single minute.

02:03 Our fourth story this week is 8 Bristol food businesses have been shortlisted for the Uber

02:08 Eats Restaurant of the Year award. Spanning over 35 towns and cities the representation

02:15 of 35 different types of cuisine. The award celebrates the best restaurant in each region.

02:22 And finally plans are well underway for Bristol's International Balloon Fiesta. Bristol International

02:28 Balloon Fiesta returns for its 45th anniversary and organisers have announced the Fiesta shuttle

02:35 bus is also making a comeback. The popular shuttle bus was scrapped in 2022 due to a

02:42 shortage of drivers but it makes a welcome return this year and tickets are already on

02:47 sale. Europe's largest annual balloon fiesta returns to Ashton Court from Thursday 10th

02:54 to Sunday 13th August.

02:57 That's you up to date with your top five news stories in Bristol this week. Whatever you're

03:02 up to this weekend, have a great one.

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