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'Doctors strikes' and 'paw prints in space'

PA Media A man is pictured holding up an orange sign which reads 'Patients need doctors. Doctors need jobs'. He is wearing glasses and smiling. Other people are around him also holding the same sign but he is in focus. He is standing in front of the Bristol Royal Infirmary on a sunny day.PA Media

Resident doctors in the west are coming to the end of a six-day strike

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Eight young futures hubs will open in areas with high anti-social behaviour, including Bristol, Nottingham and Leeds.

ITV West spoke to some young people at the launch of Bristol's new East Central Bristol Young Futures Hub, which opened on 1 April.

The centres will aim to help young people aged up to 18 with employment advice, health and wellbeing and prevent them from falling into a life of crime.


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