Power failure grounds flights at Bristol Aiport
All flights were grounded at Bristol Airport after a serious power failure over night.

The airport used Twitter to apologise for the delays and said engineers were at work to restore the power.

At 06:30am the airport tweeted that power had been partially restored and passengers with hand baggage only were being allowed to proceed through to security.

“We are now working to check in flights in order of scheduled departure time. We apologise for the delays this morning,” said a…

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Bristol bus drivers are being forced to wee behind bushes as more…
Bristol bus drivers are being forced to cross their legs or use a bush to relief themselves as it grows increasingly difficult to find public toilets in the city.

With council cuts closing many of the area’s public toilets, bus drivers are being forced to hold on for hours.

A First Bus driver, who wished to remain anonymous, told the Bristol Post that he regularly had a toilet dilemma at the end of a long journey.

He said: “Many of the toilets that were available for the public and bus…

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Hundreds of passengers stranded at Bristol Airport due to Thomas…
Angry passengers at Bristol Airport were left stranded for 11 hours at Bristol Airport after two Thomas Cook flights were delayed due to “crew shortages”.

Hundreds of holiday-makers arrived at the airport in the early hours of Sunday morning for their flights at 6am to Ibiza and 6.45am to Palma in Majorca.

But as soon as they arrived at the check-in desk they were told their flights were delayed – and spent the next 11 hours waiting.

They were eventually taken to the Mercure Holland House…

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