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This account is no longer being updated. Keep up to date with the BBC in Bristol with BBC Radio Bristol (@BBCRB) and BBC West (@BBCBristol).

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BBC Bristol@BBCBristolPR
5 Apr 2023
Just to let you know, we’ll no longer be updating this account but you can still follow the BBC in Bristol by following @BBCRB and @BBCBristol.
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Congratulations to all of the BBC winners at the RTS Programme Awards! 👏🏆 Shows including The Traitors, Sherwood, Am I Being Unreasonable? Helped scoop 17 awards from a total of 30 categories! More info: bbc.in/RTS2023 #RTSawards
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Join @niallofficial as he surprises winners from last year’s Make a Difference Awards and hears about their incredible stories and efforts to make a difference. 😍 Listen on @bbcsounds or your local BBC Radio station from 9am Easter Monday! 📲More info: bbc.in/NH-MaDA
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More than 11k people have been nominated for the BBC Make A Difference Awards 2023 🥰 The awards, a BBC Local Radio initiative, celebrate everyday acts of kindness by members of the public going above and beyond to make a difference where they live 💜 bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/b…

More than 11,000 people nominated for BBC Make A Difference Awards 2023

The awards celebrate the everyday acts of kindness by members of the public going above and beyond to make a difference where they live.

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Give someone who makes a difference in your community the recognition they deserve 💜 Nominations are open for your local BBC radio station's Make A Difference Awards 🏆 See a full list of categories and our terms: bbc.in/makeadifference Entries close at 11pm on 05/03/2023
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BBC Bristol retweeted
BBC Press Office
@bbcpress
23 Jan 2023
📢 Every local BBC radio station across England needs your help to find amazing people who have positively impacted their communities over the past year. Find out how to nominate local heroes in your community for the Make A Difference Awards 2023 bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/l…

Local BBC Radio to recognise and celebrate everyday acts of kindness with Make A Difference Awards...

Nominate local heroes in your community now

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BBC Young Reporter@BBCYoungReport
17 Jan 2023
Students from schools and colleges across the Bristol area will be finding out more about navigating news, creating short-form video content and producing animation...
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BBC Bristol retweeted
BBC Radio Bristol
@BBCRB
12 Jan 2023
Imagine trying to get through THIS 😮💦 Lawrence Hill Roundabout underpass has been flooding for YEARS – so what’s being done about it?
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BBC Studios@bbcstudios
4 Jan 2023
🐺 #DogsInTheWild continues tonight on @BBCOne. Narrated by @ChrisGPackham, discover the secrets of canid success and their incredible strategies for survival in tonight's episode from BBC Studios Natural History Unit. 📺 8pm Wed 4 Jan | #MadeByBBCStudios
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BBC Bristol retweeted
BBC Press Office
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5 Jan 2023
📢 @BBCiPlayer & @BBCSounds had a massive festive fortnight! Boxing Day to New Year’s Day was iPlayer’s best ever ‘festive week’ with programmes streamed 165m times And on @BBCSounds, there were a record 57.7m plays of content between 20 Dec and 2 Jan 🎉bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/b…

BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds smash festive records

EastEnders, Call the Midwife, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, The Traitors and Sam Ryder Rocks New Year's Eve topped the list of most watched programmes and on BBC Sounds, there were a...

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Merry Christmas from all of us at BBC Bristol 🎄

ALT Moose shaking its head in water from BBC Earth
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Join your local BBC Radio station in celebrating the winners of this year’s ‘Make a Difference’ awards! 🤩 Stay tuned throughout the Christmas period for special programmes, and to hear the heart-warming stories from inspirational community heroes. 📲 bbc.in/MakeADiff2022
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BBC Bristol retweeted
BBC Press Office
@bbcpress
29 Nov 2022
🎄 It's beginning to look a lot like... Christmas TV on @BBC and @BBCiPlayer! Get ready for a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse, and plenty of programmes and box sets to delight and entertain everyone across the UK - of course! Get all the info ➡️ bbc.in/3OJB5i8
A boy and a mole, from Charlie Mackesy's The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse, sit on a tree branch looking at each other.

ALT A boy and a mole, from Charlie Mackesy's The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse, sit on a tree branch looking at each other.

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Regional versions of BBC One HD will roll out in England by Spring 2023 📺 📲 Read more: bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2022/r…
Wednesday, 9 November 2022 06:57 "By Spring next year, viewers in England will be able to receive BBC One HD for their region and not have to tune away to watch their local news and programming. This, coupled with upgrades to BBC channels that aren’t currently available on some devices in HD, will mean viewers will get a more easily accessible, better quality experience when watching BBC programmes from early next year." Kieran Clifton, BBC Director of Distribution

ALT Wednesday, 9 November 2022 06:57 "By Spring next year, viewers in England will be able to receive BBC One HD for their region and not have to tune away to watch their local news and programming. This, coupled with upgrades to BBC channels that aren’t currently available on some devices in HD, will mean viewers will get a more easily accessible, better quality experience when watching BBC programmes from early next year." Kieran Clifton, BBC Director of Distribution

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BBC Press Office
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22 Nov 2022
🧭 BBC activities are well-spread regionally, helping to share the benefits of creative industries growth across the UK. BBC spending occurs in over 98% of the 228 local communities. Find out more ➡️ bbc.in/3XqQ9W3
A compass in gold and blue with red letters for north, south, east and west. Text reads: BBC activities are well-spread regionally with BBC spending in over 98% of the 228 local communities.

ALT A compass in gold and blue with red letters for north, south, east and west. Text reads: BBC activities are well-spread regionally with BBC spending in over 98% of the 228 local communities.

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The power of the BBC 👏 New research from PwC shows the impact of the BBC in places like Bristol📍 The creative hub here, home to @bbcstudios' NHU, has seen a considerable level of growth from BBC investment, with a larger BBC presence amplifying the local creative economy.
Across the UK £700m additional BBC spend outside of London is expected to result in around 4750 new creative businesses and 45,000 additional jobs in the creative industries outside of London by 2027/28

ALT Across the UK £700m additional BBC spend outside of London is expected to result in around 4750 new creative businesses and 45,000 additional jobs in the creative industries outside of London by 2027/28

In Bristol, employment in the creative industries between 2015-2020 grew by 74%. A 1% increase in the size of a creative hub increases the share of local workers employed in the creative sector by 1.7 percentage points. In Bristol this is around 457 jobs.

ALT In Bristol, employment in the creative industries between 2015-2020 grew by 74%. A 1% increase in the size of a creative hub increases the share of local workers employed in the creative sector by 1.7 percentage points. In Bristol this is around 457 jobs.

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Read more ⬇️ bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2022/b…

BBC boosts regional industries creating more businesses and more jobs out of London

New research shows the impact of the BBC on regional creative economies in growing employment, businesses and opportunities outside of London.

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BBC Bristol retweeted
BBC Press Office
@bbcpress
10 Nov 2022
📢 We're creating seven new Assistant Commissioner roles We're focused on increasing representation from the Nations and Regions, and finding candidates who are deaf, disabled and/or neurodivergent Find out more (and how to apply) here 👇 bbc.in/3tgaWxy
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BBC Bristol retweeted
BBC Press Office
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31 Oct 2022
We've set out plans to reshape BBC local services across England to deliver greater online impact & more original journalism. We’ve slowed down the list of place names across England so you can see more clearly all the areas with a local BBC service 👇 bbc.in/3U91zLw
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We've set out plans to reshape BBC local services across England to deliver greater online impact and more original journalism: bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2022/l…
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BBC Local Overall investment in local services maintained Around £19m reprioritised from broadcast services to online and multi-media production Around 2% overall reduction in posts 40% increased investment in local current affairs

ALT BBC Local Overall investment in local services maintained Around £19m reprioritised from broadcast services to online and multi-media production Around 2% overall reduction in posts 40% increased investment in local current affairs
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