Brailsford Christmas lights raise money for The Grand Appeal’s ventilators: What are the top five news stories?

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As ever it has been a busy week in the city of bristol, from the launch of an art installation to metro mayor dan Norris’ appeal to the bbc. But what are the top stories? Today we chat to Charlie from Bristol Word to find out

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00:00 Hello, I am with Charlie from Bristol World to discuss the top five news stories in Bristol

00:07 this week. So Charlie, what is our first story this week?

00:11 Yeah, so our first story this week is that a campaign to save the last pub in the Barton

00:16 Hill area of Bristol has hit the buffers as the owners have gone back on the tenancy deal.

00:23 This is according to the people who started a crowdfunder to reopen it. More than £45,000

00:29 has already been raised from 850 people to reopen the pub on the understanding that the

00:34 urgent repair work was done before they opened the doors.

00:39 So is this a story that's been kind of spoken about a lot?

00:42 It is and you know there's been a lot of excitement to get this pub back open. You think it's

00:48 the last one in Barton Hill in this neighbourhood in Bristol.

00:52 Brilliant, thank you Charlie. So should we move on to our second top story this week?

00:57 Tell us a little bit about that.

00:59 So our second top story is about Barton House and residents have been told this week, those

01:05 that were evacuated from the Tower Block in November, that they will be allowed to move

01:10 back into the building.

01:12 So have they told residents yet when they will have that date or is it a waiting game?

01:19 I think it's a bit of a waiting game. Residents have been told that they will be updated on

01:23 January the 8th.

01:25 Shall we move on to our third story this week? Tell us a little bit about that Charlie.

01:31 For sure. So our third story is that Bristol Steiner School has announced it is closing

01:37 but a group of parents have vowed to fight the plans to close this school.

01:43 Thank you Charlie. So shall we move on to our fourth story this week?

01:50 Yep. So our fourth story is that a site in Bristol that is currently occupied by an unauthorised

01:57 caravan encampment is set to become permitted by the council.

02:03 Thank you Charlie. So shall we finish with our final story this week? Tell us a little

02:09 bit about that.

02:10 So our final story is about this amazing Christmas light display that even includes a cookie

02:17 cabin of all things. So two brothers, Lee and Paul, have been decorating their mother's

02:23 house in Brentree since 1994 and this year's display is bigger and better than ever.

02:30 And it's all for charity. The family have been fundraising since 2007 and have raised

02:35 more than £100,000 in that time. All the money goes to the Grand Appeal and this year

02:43 the focus is on funding ventilators and yeah, might even include a special guest in a big

02:49 red suit. I wonder who that might be.

02:53 Thank you Charlie. So that is everybody up to date with our top five news stories in

02:58 Bristol this week. Whatever you're up to, have a great day.

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