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Scientists put a face to Cheddar Man, Britain's oldest complete skeleton from 10,000 years ago.

Relegation-threatened Sunderland fight back from three goals down to claim an unlikely point at Bristol City.

Two tries from Henry Trinder help Gloucester beat Leicester at Kingsholm to maintain their unbeaten home record.

A waterlogged pitch means Newport County's game against Forest Green Rovers today is postponed.

Bath extend their winning run to five games in all competitions with a convincing victory over struggling Northampton.

It looks like another chilly night on the way for most of us.

Here's Ian Fergusson with the weather forecast.

Students in Somerset are to help restore an historic steam locomotive.

It was formerly owned by music producer Pete Waterman, and hasn't worked since 1965.

School children in the Forest of Dean have written to the government asking for their school to be saved from closure.

Parents and pupils at St Anthony's in Cinderford fear it could be closed after it failed two Ofsted examinations.

A new film starring Colin Firth opens in cinemas today. It tells the tale of a yachtsman from Bridgwater who sensationally disappeared 50 years ago.

Donald Crowhurst was on course to win the first round-the-world yacht race when his boat was found abandoned.

His logs later revealed that he'd falsified the entries and never left the Atlantic Ocean.

Alice Bouverie has been learning about his story.

A rare book by one of the founders of modern Methodism has been found in the Gloucester church where he preached his first sermon.

St Mary de Crypt is undergoing a £2m restoration project and is famous as the site where George Whitefield was educated and preached.

He gave his first sermon there in 1736 and a book of his was discovered hidden in a bag destined for the bin.

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Dave Lees has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of Bristol Airport.

Mr Lees is currently Managing Director of Southampton Airport and he will be taking up his new role on 1 August.

His appointment follows the departure of Robert Sinclair in October 2017.

On his new role, Dave Lees said: "This is an exciting opportunity, and I am looking forward to working with the team at Bristol to build on the Airport's success and ambitions for the future."

Having lived in London for all of his career before joining Bristol Rovers, Tony Craig takes a tour of his new city with BBC Points West.

Fixed penalty notices have been issued in Bristol for "environmental crimes".

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Police have issued a warning about the dangers of synthetic cannabinoids known as Spice after a man died and another was taken to hospital in a life-threatening condition.

Avon and Somerset Police say that a 31-year-old man died on 28 January and a 48-year-old man suffered a cardiac arrest on 8 February. He remains critical but stable.

Peter Collins, of the Drug Expert Action Team, said: “We’ve seen a number of serious incidents in in the past few weeks and are warning people not to take Spice.

“If you take synthetic cannabinoids you are playing Russian roulette with your health."