Avon and Somerset Police release more tickets for open day
People are being given the chance to see inside Avon and Somerset Police.The force has released another 2,000 tickets for its open day, which will give people the unique opportunity to see how officers...
View ArticleWoman gets curfew for stealing headphones from Apple store
A woman has been given a curfew after shoplifting at the Bath Apple store.Lisa Marie Edwards-Hancock, 44 or Oakhill Road, pleaded guilty to stealing headphones, speakers and a phone case worth £295...
View ArticleMan gets fine after Superdry theft
A man has admitted stealing clothes from Superdry.Vasile Christian Udrea was ordered to pay £317.96 by Bath Magistrate's Court after pleading guilty to stealing four t-shirts worth between £67 and £96...
View ArticleBath policeman assaulted - man pleads guilty
A man has been bailed after admitting assaulting a police officer.Timothy David Wilcock, 33 of Tavistock Road, Plymouth, pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer in Bath on April 17 and to using...
View ArticleTed Heath investigation - Wiltshire Police receive number of...
Police have received a number of calls following allegations of historic abuse involving former Prime Minister, Sir Edward Heath.Wiltshire Police and the NSPCC have said they have received a number of...
View ArticleBecky Watts murder: six people appear in court
Six people have appeared in court in relation to the death of Bristol schoolgirl Becky Watts.The family of the murdered teenager were present during the proceedings at Bristol Crown Court today...
View ArticleIn the courts - latest cases at Bath Magistrates' Court
Daniel Moran, 31 of Broadway, Saltford, has been given a ten-week suspended prison sentence, a four-week curfew between the hours of 7pm and 7am and ordered to pay £200 for stealing cosmetics worth...
View ArticleMan kicked wing mirrors off cars in Bath street
A Bath man has been given 200 hours community service for kicking wing mirrors off cars parked in the city.Alexander James Battrick, 21 of Wiltshire Way, Bath, caused £644.81 worth of damage to seven...
View ArticleMan banned from McDonald's following assault
A man has been banned from entering a McDonald's restaurant for two years.Louis Jay Baker, 27 or Church Square, Clutton, has been banned from the McDonald's fast food restaurant in Brislington,...
View ArticlePolice appeal after woman assaulted: regional news
Police are appealing for information after a woman was assaulted in Salisbury.At approximately 11.30pm on Monday August 3, a 29-year-old woman was walking in Castle Street when she was assaulted near...
View ArticleBath police visit odd and even-numbered homes
Bath police have confirmed that forensics officers are sent to gather evidence from odd and even-numbered homes.A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police said scene of crime officers were sent to any...
View ArticleRural crime claims down in South West
Figures released this week by NFU Mutual show that the number of rural claims are down in the South West.According to a NFU Mutual survey, the national cost of rural crime totalled £37.8 million in...
View ArticleBurglars target homes in northern Bath
Police are warning Bath residents of a recent rise in the number of burglaries in the northern area of the city.Most of the burglaries occur at the rear of the property so police are advising people to...
View ArticleFrome man slashed with knife after tackling masked intruder:...
A man who confronted a masked intruder at his Frome home suffered cuts, believed to be from a Stanley knifePolice are hunting an intruder who slashed the arm of a Frome homeowner with what is believed...
View ArticlePolice arrest 11 in mass drug raid: regional news
Police have arrested eleven people and seized a quantity of suspected Class A drugs after carrying out a series of warrants in Weston-super-Mare this week.Around 50 officers were involved in the...
View ArticlePorn addict who raped his sleeping wife in front of their son...
A compulsive pornography viewer has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years after raping his sleeping disabled wife in front of their toddler.The 31-year-old Bristol man committed the offence and then...
View ArticleBurglar tries to escape from police on a bus: regional news
A man who burgled a house and then tried to escape from police on a bus has been jailed.Jarrant Rice, 21, and an accomplice were still at the Bristol property when police officers who had been called...
View ArticleBath police seek three men after Co-op burgled in Odd Down
Bath police are looking for three men in relation to a burglary at a Bath grocery story.The burglary at the Co-op on Upper Bloomfield Road in Odd Down happened at 12.45am on Tuesday July 28.Police have...
View ArticleMan appears in court on drug charges after mass drug raid:...
A 19-year-old man has appeared in court facing drug supply charges following a mass drug raid in Weston-super-Mare on Friday.The London man appeared before Bristol magistrates on Saturday 8 August...
View ArticleElderly man escapes on bicycle after indecently exposing himself...
An elderly man indecently exposed himself to a group of teenage girls before escaping on a bicycle.The group of four 14-year-old girls were in the rose garden area of Town Gardens, off Bath Road, in...
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