Bristol

BRISTOL, N.H. (AP) -- After years of planning, the New Hampshire town of Bristol launched its new high-speed internet service Thursday. The Bristol Broadband Now network "opens a lot of doors for our business community, enables opportunities like telehealth for residents and creates more learning opportunities for our students," Nicholas Coates, town administrator, said in a statement.

A man has been detained after staff at a petrol station in Bristol were held hostage and forced to hide in a safe room.

A WOMAN from Bristol has won the £1million Premium Bonds jackpot with bonds that were purchased two decades ago. Earlier this week, the National Savings & Investment (NS&I) announced the winners of the September prize draw which all bonds holders were eligible for. This latest jackpot winner is evidence that successful jackpot winners do not need to buy new bonds to stand a chance of getting the top prize. What do you need to do to win the jackpot?

PREMIUM BONDS jackpot details were released today, as NS&I made two more people in the UK millionaires. September's winners are based in Shropshire and Bristol.

New research has shed light on when plants first evolved the ability to respond to changing humidity in the air around them, and was probably a feature of a common ancestor of both flowering plants and ferns.