Bristol faces an increasing risk of severe flooding due to rising sea levels.

Council chiefs still need millions to fund major flood defences

 Fiona Edson, 51, left her home in Chippenham at around 1pm on Sunday 25 June and hasn't been seen since.

'Extreme concern' for mum on mobility scooter who disappeared near river

It was spotted by hairdresser James David who saw the creature in the water coming upstream towards Bedminster Bridge.

Beaver spotted in city centre river for the first time in 500 years

There have been conservation efforts to reintroduce the species to rivers across the UK for the past 20 years.

Fifty beavers living on river after hundreds of years of UK extinction

Avon and Somerset Police have now referred themselves to the Independent Office for Police Conduct following the collision.

Man in his 20s dies after car crashes through railings into river 

beavers have been seen on the river avon 

There are at least 10 beavers in the family group being monitored

Footage shows family of beavers thriving on the banks of the River Avon

ELDERLY MAN RESCUE FIRE CREW credit Bedminster Fire Crew

An elderly man had to be rescued from the River Avon in the Bristol area on Sunday 14 February. 

Elderly man rescued from River Avon

Crews from Avon Fire and Rescue Service have been called out after a houseboat sank on the River Avon in Saltford. 

Rescue crews called to Saltford after canal boat sinks

Kondwani Mwale was reported missing in October and police have confirmed that a body was recovered from Warleigh Weir today. 

Body found in search for missing Kondwani Mwale

Specialist officers have been searching a stretch of the river for the past three days.

Police continue search for missing man

Work is underway at Twerton for the arrival of the crane tomorrow at Weston Lock to lift and inspect boats.

Crane due to lift damaged boats out of River Avon

20 canal boats are stranded on the River Avon in Bath after water levels dropped dramatically when a sluice gate failed. Some people have lost everything.

Canal boats stranded and owners homeless after sluice gate fails

The young man died on a footpath that runs along the River Avon.

Two arrests after sudden death of 29-year-old man in Bath

Fire crews were called to Somerset Street in Bristol on the evening of 12 August after three people got stuck in the mud of the River Avon. They rescued two casualties and a third made their own way to safety.

Two people rescued from mud in the River Avon in Bristol

A man who owns Warleigh Weir near Bath wants to have the first stretch of river in the country that is safe for bathing.  Currently only our coastline has designated bathing sites but it is hoped that our rivers could follow.

West Country River Avon

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