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The Metropolitan Police seeks a 24-year-old suspect after human remains of two men are found in two suitcases in Bristol and more remains today in Shepherd's Bush, West London, United Kingdom.
2024-07-12

Over 180,000 protesters gather in Hyde Park in London to show solidarity with Palestine, making it the largest pro-Palestinian protest in British history. Protests also occur in Bristol, Peterborough, and Nottingham.
2021-05-22

People protest in Bristol, United Kingdom, against the proposed Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, which would give the police more power to deal with protests.
2021-03-22

Four people are killed and another injured by an explosion at a wastewater treatment works in Avonmouth, Bristol, England, United Kingdom.
2020-12-3

A statue of Black Lives Matter protester Jen Reid is briefly erected without permission on the plinth of the toppled statue of Edward Colston in the city center of Bristol before being removed the next day.
2020-07-15

Scottish comedian and member of comedy double act Little and Large, Eddie Large, dies due to complications from COVID-19 at Southmead Hospital in Bristol.
2020-04-2

Both "The Sun" and "Daily Mirror" tabloid newspapers are accused of being in contempt of court for publishing articles about the arrest of Christopher Jefferies in relation to the murder of Joanna Yeates; Jefferies was later released without charge. British Attorney General Dominic Grieve is seeking to bring charges against the newspapers. Judges will make a decision on the case at a later date.
2011-07-5

Dutch national Vincent Tabak is charged with the murder of Joanna Yeates, and will make his first court appearance on 24 January.
2011-01-22

The UK's Avon and Somerset Police launch a murder investigation after a post mortem into the death of Joanna Yeates concludes that she had been strangled.
2010-12-28

Police in the UK say they are "satisfied" that a body found on Christmas Day is that of missing woman Joanna Yeates.
2010-12-26