00:00 Hello, I am Emma May here with your top five news stories in Bristol this week.
00:06 What are the top news stories? Let's chat to Bristol World to find out.
00:11 So the Bristol Beacon has reopened now, a long-awaited reopening. Thousands attended
00:17 the opening concert and the party at the first weekend. And you know, the space has been
00:22 absolutely transformed with that £132 million investment that it's had. Obviously, there
00:27 were some question marks about whether that amount of money should have been spent on
00:30 it. But it's great that we've now got this sort of professional music space in the city
00:35 centre again, and loads of acts are going to be performing and lots of entertainment
00:40 coming up for people to enjoy.
00:43 Tell me then, what is the kind of second biggest story this week?
00:48 So our second story this week is that Sparks in the city centre in Broadmead is appealing
00:54 for the public to donate to keep the space open. So the boss behind it is saying that
00:59 she needs to raise at least £100,000 in order for this department store to stay where it
01:06 is and to keep providing what it does. So it occupies the old M&S building on Broadmead.
01:13 It opened in May. And they say it's a department store with a difference. So there's lots of
01:19 sort of products you can buy from there. But I think there's also an event space upstairs
01:25 and offices. Originally, it was only going to be until the end of December, but that's
01:31 now been extended until 2025.
01:34 What is the third story this week?
01:37 So our third story this week is about the Hollisters Winter Wonderland. And now this
01:42 is a Christmas light display in South Bristol. I think this is the fourth year that they've
01:47 done it now as a couple. And they transform their home in Hartcliffe into a winter wonderland
01:53 for Christmas.
01:54 Amazing. So should we move on to our next story? Tell me a little bit about that.
02:00 Yeah. So our next story is about a shopkeeper in Headley Park. And he says that his shop
02:08 gets shoplifted up to 10 times a day. So he's ran this shop for 13 years, the St Peter's
02:14 Rise convenience store. But this is becoming, you know, it's a problem for him. But luckily,
02:20 the West of England Combined Authority has launched these grants up to £2,000 that shopkeepers
02:28 like this gentleman can apply for.
02:30 Thank you, Charlie. So should we move on? What is our final top news story in Bristol
02:35 this week?
02:37 So our final story this week is that Jack Wills has announced that it's going to be
02:42 closing in the galleries. So it's launched a closing down sale in the run up to Christmas.
02:47 It's offering 20% off its items. And it's understood that the closure is about the sort
02:52 of wider galleries development.
02:55 That's you up to date with your top five news stories in Bristol this week. Whatever you
03:00 are up to, have a great day.
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