A council-owned energy firm which claims it's a force for social good and that it offers Bristolians cheap energy bills has just put its prices up by 13%.

The move by Bristol Energy has sparked a fiery response from the boss of a competitor, who says the company is doomed to fail and will cost taxpayers millions of pounds.

Dale Vince, who owns Ecotricity, said "it's bonkers people in Bristol are subsidising cheap energy for people living elsewhere in the country".

He added its business model of enticing customers on cheap deals "was not sustainable".

But Peter Haigh, managing director of Bristol Energy, said: “We should admire Bristol for being visionary.

"Councils are facing tough times, which is exactly why the city council set up an energy company, to help provide extra funds for the city.

"We’re on track to start paying back by 2021, and the more people that join us the sooner we’ll get there. We are part of the solution," he added.

A small chance of an isolated shower but remaining dry for most of us. Cloudy and breezy into the weekend.

A woman from Gloucestershire has been sent embroidered poppies from all over the world to make into special quilts, marking 100 years since the end of the first world war.

Teresa Carpenter, from Tewkesbury, contacted women on Facebook who sent hundreds of embroidered poppies to help with her project.

She has now made 14 quilts and will auction them this weekend to raise money for the British Legion.

BBC Radio Bristol: Hoteliers and Bed & Breakfast owners in Bath are calling for tighter regulations on Air BnB operators.

BBC Wiltshire: Plans to build an Aldi in Highworth have been put on hold, to try and avoid legal action being taken against Swindon Borough Council.

BBC Somerset: A Somerset teenager has been laying solar lights in memory of mother after she died from cancer.

BBC Radio Gloucestershire: A Gloucestershire-based campaign group is calling on the government to make eye tests compulsory for every driver - to create safer roads.

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A man who sexually abused an underage girl over a number of years has had his sentence increased by the Court of Appeal.

David Ballinger, 52, from Gloucestershire, began sexually abusing his victim and recording the assaults when she was around 10 years old, and continued his offending for many years.

Thousands of indecent images of other children were also recovered from Ballinger’s computer.

In May he was handed a sentence of eight years and eight months at Gloucester Crown Court.

His sentence has now been increased to 12 years and eight months' imprisonment plus a one-year extended licence.

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England rugby star Danny Cipriani has admitted he was "wrong" to argue with a bouncer at a Jersey nightclub on Wednesday.

The Gloucester fly-half was fined £2,000 after pleading guilty to common assault and resisting arrest in Jersey's Magistrates Court on Thursday.

In a statement on Twitter, the 30-year-old said he reacted in the "wrong manner" for "a matter of seconds".

Jersey Magistrates Court heard the rugby player tried to grab a body camera off a doorman at the Royal Yacht nightclub and later, whilst resisting arrest, left a female police officer with bruises on her bicep and red marks on her neck.

Cipriani said he was "initially confused" why he was being detained by officers and tried to hold them off, adding, "I didn't strike anyone or initiate aggression in any way".

Gloucester Rugby say they will continue to offer Cipriani their full support.

Naturalist Sir David Attenborough, comedian Jennifer Saunders and ballerina and Strictly judge Darcey Bussell are some of the names appearing at this year's Cheltenham Literature Festival.

The full line-up has been announced this morning.

Other big names making an appearance include Take That's Gary Barlow, Olympic medallist Tom Daley and chef and Bake-Off presenter Prue Leith.

There are more than 1,000 speakers at the 10-day event in October.

About 100 children at Southampton Children's hospital are on restricted diets due to their kidneys.

Kent Spitfires qualify for the T20 Blast quarter-finals with a thrilling victory over Somerset, while Yorkshire and Sussex also win.

The England rugby player says he is "truly sorry" after admitting assault and resisting arrest.

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A number of sexual incidents in Southmead have been carried out by the same man, Avon and Somerset Police believes.

They happened in the Badock's Wood area where a man was seen walking around with his hands down his trousers on 29 July.

He also inappropriately touched a woman, aged in her 50s, and a teenage girl, on 3 August.

On 15 August, a naked man jumped out in front of a teenage girl at around 12:30 BST in the same area.

After being fined £2,000 relating to an incident in a Jersey nightclub and resisting arrest the England rugby international tweeted a "heartfelt apology".

On this day in 2001 BBC News reported on the use of new technology which would, hopefully, reveal the secrets of Silbury Hill.

The Stone Age monument near Avebury in Wiltshire is the biggest man made mound in Europe.

A man was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.