The South Glos Post

Couldn’t make London Fashion Week? Then visit Bristol Fashion Week, a five day fashion spectacular at The Mall at Cribbs Causeway in Bristol, and find out what should be in your wardrobe this spring/summer.

Bristol Fashion Week runs from Wednesday 23rd to Sunday 27th March and features 18 catwalk fashion shows hosted by TV fashion stylist Mark Heyes and celebrity hairdresser Andrew Barton.   The hour-long fashion shows will preview the best designer and high street pieces from stores including John Lewis, Hobbs, Marks & Spencer, Jigsaw, Kurt Geiger, Fat Face, French Connection and Coast.

Fashion show tickets cost £8.50 (or £13.50 for front row seats) and are available from www.mallcribbs.com or The Mall’s Information Desk. Tickets include pre-show refreshments, a goody bag and discount vouchers for stores in The Mall.

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Police are appealing for information after a pedestrian was assaulted in the Asda car park on Highwood Lane, Patchway.

The incident occurred at around 8pm on Wednesday 27th October 2010. The victim, a 29-year-old man, was walking alone though the car park when he noticed a dark, five-door car driving carelessly. He challenged the driver about his behaviour and was subsequently assaulted. He was punched in the face several times which also damaged his glasses. The victim then walked to the front of the vehicle to note down the registration plate and was again punched in the face. At this point he walked away and called the police.

An investigation is underway to trace the vehicle and identify the person responsible for the attack. Anyone who witnessed the incident or knows the person responsible is asked to contact Avon and Somerset Police on 0845 456 7000.

Source: Avon and Somerset Police

South Gloucestershire Council’s road safety team will be hosting a free educational car seat check clinic with Road Safety GB, the road safety organisation that represents over 200 local authority road safety teams across the UK.

Visit the free clinic at Asda, Cribbs Causeway on Tuesday 2nd November between 10am and 3pm to have your child car seat checked and to receive a copy of the Good Egg Guide, a colourful and informative booklet explaining everything you need to know about child car seats.

The clinic is part of the Good Egg Campaign which is designed to ensure that babies and children are properly restrained whilst travelling in the car, by showing parents and carers the correct way to fit in-car child safety seats. It is important that seats are fitted correctly because:

• An unrestrained child can be killed in an impact with speeds as low as 5 mph
• If properly restrained a child is three times less likely to sustain a head injury in a collision than an unrestrained child

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The Mall at Cribbs Causeway’s Winter Wonderland, the largest Christmas attraction in Bristol, will open for its seventh season on Thursday 11th November 2010.

Featuring the region’s biggest outdoor ice rink, Santa’s Castle and traditional market stalls, the Winter Wonderland will be officially opened by Father Christmas, helped by Heart Bristol’s Bush, Troy and Paulina.

Father Christmas will arrive in a traditional sleigh pulled by reindeer at 5:45pm. After the opening, visitors will be able to admire and stroke Santa’s reindeer and the ice statues, play in the ‘real’ snow and watch 13-year-old Olympic ice skating hopeful Bella Larkin in action as she officially opens the region’s largest outdoor ice rink with a short ice skating display.

The ice rink will open at 6:30pm and stay open daily throughout the Christmas and New Year season (except Christmas Day and New Year’s Day). The ice rink will stay open for weekends and selected days throughout January and February 2011.

Read on to find out how to book tickets for ice skating and Santa’s Castle »