Three years ago, Bristol Rovers fans were celebrating one of the most remarkable days in the club’s history as they beat Scunthorpe 7-0 and, against the odds, won automatic promotion to League One. Nothing has come close to those highs since. Kuwaiti businessman Hussain AlSaeed took majority control in August 2023, before becoming sole owner...
James Diamond BBC News, Bristol PA Media The research suggests William Shakespeare was closer to his wife than previously thought The relationship between William Shakespeare and his wife Anne Hathaway may have been happier than previously thought, according to new research. For more than 200 years it has been believed that Shakespeare left his wife...
The DelinesLantern Hall, Bristol1st April 2025 Tales of the underside don’t come better than this, writes Elfyn Griffith. Stories of lowlife, hardlife, northwest US; drugs, crime, addiction, domestic abuse, poverty and broken love amid the detritus and the humdrum. Oregon’s The Delines capture it all with a mesmerising deftness and subtlety of touch that leaves...
 Gurriers Ritual Union FestivalBristol29th March 2025 Four venues, over thirty names to choose from and one day to fit in as many emerging acts as possible appearing at Bristol’s Ritual Union Festival. Keith Goldhanger reports. Drawing circles around a dozen band names that are performing around a tiny area of Bristol between just after...
Sheffield United have been fined £120,000 following a melee in their 1-1 Championship draw against Bristol City in March. It was alleged both teams failed to ensure their players did not behave in an improper and/or provocative manner in the 94th minute of the game at Bramall Lane. The Blades were also fined £80,000 in...
Primal ScreamBristol Beacon31st March 2025 Primal Scream serenades Bristol Beacon with a slick and soulful new sound. Elliott Simpson reviews. You only realise how eclectic Primal Scream’s discography is once you see them live. For most of their forty-year career, the band have hopped back and forth between two distinct modes: Rolling Stones-inspired blues rock...
Gloucester scored nine tries in a show-stopping display as they beat neighbours Bristol 53-28 to move back up to third in the Premiership table. Christian Wade and Seb Atkinson both scored hat-tricks for the Cherry and Whites as they completed a double over the Bears for the first time since the 2016-17 campaign. The first...
Bristol prop Max Lahiff and back row Ben Grondona have signed new contract extensions to stay at the Premiership club. Lahiff has made 104 appearances for the club since joining in 2019 from West Country neighbours Bath. The 35-year-old, who can operate on both sides of the scrum, has scored two tries in 15 matches...
Bristol Bears forward Santiago Grondona has been given a three-match ban by the Rugby Football Union after being sent off during their Premiership win against Exeter. The Argentina international was shown the red card in the 29th minute of the match last Saturday for a head-on-head tackle on Chiefs’ back row Martin Moloney. The 26-year-old...
England hooker Lark Atkin-Davies and prop Hannah Botterman have both signed two-year extensions to stay with Premiership Women’s Rugby side Bristol Bears. The Red Roses duo are both included in John Mitchell’s squad for the current Women’s Six Nations tournament. Atkin-Davies has 62 caps for her country and has scored 12 tries in 14 games...
Photo: Jane Barnes, taken at the Brighton gig a few days after Bristol The Loft | The Lovely Basement |Gerard Starkie The Thunderbolt, Bristol 21st March 2025 A short tour to promote their ‘4 decades late’ debut album Everything Changes, Everything Stays The Same and The Loft sell out practically every date. A thoroughly unbiased...
Bristol Bears kept up the pressure on Bath at the top of the Premiership with a thrilling 52-38 win over Exeter Chiefs at Ashton Gate in a game of 14 tries. The game’s first quarter saw a flood of tries as Bears secured a bonus point in 16 minutes, the second quickest time a bonus...
The referee’s decisions will be broadcast over a stadium public address system in the Premiership for the first time at Bristol Bears’ game against Exeter on Saturday. The trial – which will enable fans to hear the reasoning behind decisions between referees and television match officials – will feature in select fixtures across the league...
Director of rugby Lam has been at Ashton Gate since 2017 but has previously had international coaching experience on three occasions – with Scotland, Pacific Islanders and Samoa. Gatland’s successor faces an enormous challenge to improve matters both on and off the pitch with Wales – who have lost 17 successive Test matches. It comes...
Bristol Bears centre Amber Reed, who was part of England’s World Cup-winning squad in 2014, has retired. Reed, who could also play fly-half, won 67 caps for the Red Roses after making her international debut in 2012. The 33-year-old also won Grand Slams, Six Nations titles and the WXV1 with England but was overlooked for...