Dr Susan Blackmore, of the University of the West of England, Bristol, who carried out the research, told the BBC's Today programme, that she defined ESP as communication between people which should not happen according to what is known about how the brain works.

BBC: Majority of Britons 'believe in paranormal'

Her student physiotherapist husband - who was studying his degree at the University of West England, Bristol - was flown home on a life support machine.

BBC: Ben and Catherine Mullany

It will be displayed at the Royal West of England Academy (RWA) in Bristol as part of an Avon and Somerset police art competition exhibition.

BBC: Warhol sketch

Network Rail is currently in discussions with the West of England Partnership to develop the Greater Bristol Metro which will include Portishead.

BBC: Portishead railway line cleared ahead of track checks

The BBC's Alex Bushill in Bristol said many councils in the west of England have recently taken salt deliveries and that the situation is now better than it was on Thursday, when supplies were being effectively rationed.

BBC: Temperatures set to drop further

Bristol Rovers has reached a deal with University of the West of England (UWE) and Sainsbury's so it can build a new stadium on university ground.

BBC: Contracts signed for new Bristol Rovers stadium

Crossbench peer and chancellor of the University of the West of England Baroness Butler-Sloss said she was concerned that "Malaysian students who come to Bristol to do the bar vocational course or the solicitors course in order to go back and better run the rule of law in Malaysia" would be unable to study in the UK after the changes.

BBC: Student visa cuts 'will do enormous damage' - Labour

Representatives from the City of Bristol College, GKN Aerospace, Rolls Royce, Airbus and the University of the West of England attended the ceremony.

BBC: Bristol Technology and Engineering Academy