00:00 Hello, I am Emma May here with your top five news stories in Bristol this week.
00:07 Our first story this week is Bristol Outreach Service for the Homeless. It's a charity that
00:12 is operating not only as a central base for survival on the streets but as a transition
00:17 off them too.
00:18 BOSH offers a range of services to rough sleepers and the vulnerably housed, both from their
00:24 outreach services around Bristol to their Homeless Hub HQ that provides a variety of
00:29 specialist programmes including drop-in partner agency support.
00:34 According to the government website, as of March this year just under 38,000 households
00:41 were threatened with homelessness. Only time will tell how the work of charities such as
00:46 Bristol Outreach Service for the Homeless are impacted over the winter months and due
00:52 to the cost of living crisis.
00:56 Our second story this week is a man has been sentenced to 16 weeks in prison for sexually
01:02 assaulting a Bristol paramedic. Michael Arton was sentenced at Bristol Magistrates Court
01:08 for sexual assault against an emergency worker from the South Western Ambulance Service NHS
01:14 Foundation Trust. A female senior paramedic from Bristol was sexually assaulted by Mr Arton.
01:21 Our third story this week is the charity running the Bristol Beacon will have to hand over
01:26 part of its profits to help the City Council claw back some of the £84m of taxpayer cash
01:34 it has ploughed into the revamp. Details are beginning to emerge of a new deal that has
01:39 been struck between the local authority which owns the concert venue and Bristol Music Trust
01:46 and BMT following the renegotiation plans over its 30 year lease. Our fourth story this
01:52 week is one that has been spoken about a lot on X. Petrol prices have risen for the fourth
01:57 month in a row, jumping to £4.5 a litre on average last month. The RAC says unleaded
02:04 went up from around £1.50 to £1.57 in September, pushing the cost of filling up a family car
02:11 to £86. Diesel has risen to £1.60 from £1.50 at the start of last month. The RAC says increased
02:18 fuel costs were being driven by the higher global oil prices. And finally a concerning
02:25 one for the City of Bristol. There were more road casualties reported in Bristol last year
02:30 new figures show. The RAC Foundation said the increase in casualties across Britain
02:36 is a reminder that more work needs to be done to improve road safety. Figures from the Department
02:43 of Transport show 988 casualties were reported in Bristol roads in 2022 but it was down from
02:50 the 1,131 road casualties reported in 2019 before the pandemic. That's you up to date
02:58 with your top five news stories in Bristol this week. Whatever you're up to, have a great
03:03 day.
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