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A dog died following a deliberate house fire in Bristol last night.

Crews from Bedminster and Temple fire station were called out to the incident in Turtlegate Avenue, Bishopsworth.

The fire broke out in a first-floor bedroom of a semi-detached property and two people suffering from smoke inhalation received care from the ambulance service.

A dog was rescued from the home but died, despite receiving treatment from crews at the scene.

Avon Fire and Rescue service initially believed the fire was accidental, but a spokesperson later said: "Fire investigation have revisited the property and the cause is thought to be deliberate."

Drivers can now pay the £1 toll to cross Clifton Suspension Bridge using phones and cards.

The derelict former Royal Mail sorting office was once described as looking like "a war zone".

Police officers from across the Avon and Somerset Police force have been joining in with our #onthebeat feature.

Here's what some of them have been up to.

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The cause of the fire is believed to be accidental.

Chief Constable Andy Marsh says that swingeing budget cuts of £78m at Avon and Somerset Police since 2010 mean a big increase in the number of "non-crime" matters, such as missing people, that police have to deal with.

Last year the force was alerted to about 8,000 missing people, roughly 26 a day.

Of these 60 per cent were adults, 40 per cent were children and 4,500 of those went missing more than once- some up to 50 times in a year.

Our ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Affairs correspondent Charlotte Callen has been out with one of the teams involved in such searches.

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Yesterday we told you how Avon and Somerset Police is scaling back searches of 'low risk' missing people due to the pressure on its resources.

Points West viewer Veronica Vince got in touch to thank the police for their help with her husband.

She told us: "Can I just say that the police do an amazing job.

"I have had the experience of losing my husband in Taunton on three occasions.

"As he suffers with Alzheimer's I know what it can be like but the police officers who helped find him were so good, I can't praise them enough.

"He is now safely in a lovely nursing home and really happy.

"Just to say thanks to our great police officers."

Bristol's official poet Vanessa Kisuule has written a eulogy to an eyesore building that is due to be demolished later today to make way for a £300m university campus.

The derelict former Royal Mail sorting office next to Temple Meads station was described by former Prime Minster David Cameron as looking like an "entrance to a war zone".

Ms Kisuule's work - Brick Me - was inspired by graffiti in the building and history of the site.

She was inspired by the site's past as a cholera burial ground, cattle market and colour works factory as well being the sorting office and home to illicit raves after Royal Mail moved its operation to Filton in 1997.

A fleet of "revolutionary" electric buses is being introduced in Bristol

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As we continue with our week-long focus on Avon and Somerset Police, it's your chance to tell us what policing is like where you are.

Do you live in an area targeted by criminals?

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Get in touch with us via Twitter using the hashtag #onthebeat

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Drivers are now able to pay the £1 bridge toll to cross Clifton Suspension Bridge using contactless enabled cards and smartphones.

The bridge carries more than four million vehicles every year.

Trish Johnson the Bridge Master said she hopes the introduction of contactless payments will make it faster for drivers using the bridge.

Drivers may still pay the toll using silver coins or a £1 coin.

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