Work Finally Set to Begin on New Bath Police Station Wednesday, June 25, 2025 bath police plymouthhouse policing crime community avonsomerset construction publicsafety lawenforcement Construction on Bath’s new police station is officially scheduled to start this August, Avon and Somerset Police have confirmed. Initially planned for a 2025 opening at Plymouth House on Monmouth Street, the completion date … Read More
Shoplifting Soars in Somerset: Central Bath & Lansdown Emerges as the South West’s Hardest Hit High Street Tuesday, June 24, 2025 shoplifting somerset retailcrime kamikaze theft crimestats independentretail avonsomerset highstreets costofliving Shoplifting in Britain is surging, with Somerset’s Central Bath & Lansdown identified as the South West’s retail theft hotspot. Police across England and Wales recorded over 500,000 shoplifting offences in 2024, marking a … Read More
Police Vehicles Damaged Outside Bath Station and Taken Off Road Monday, June 23, 2025 bath police vandalism criminaldamage arrest avonsomerset lawenforcement publicsafety cctv investigation A man has been arrested following criminal damage to four police vehicles parked outside Lewis House, a police station in Bath. The incident occurred around 8:15 pm on Sunday, June 22, on Manvers Street. Avon and Somerset … Read More
Former Police Officer Dismissed Over Basketball Dispute Stands for Reform UK in Council Byelection Thursday, June 19, 2025 police dismissal reformuk council byelection avonsomerset misconduct immigration ambulance mendip Stuart Ball, a former Avon and Somerset police officer dismissed in 2019 following a controversial dispute over a basketball, is now running as a Reform UK candidate in the upcoming council byelection for Mendip ward. Ball’s … Read More
Keynsham Man Jailed for Storing £700,000 Worth of Cocaine at Home Friday, May 9, 2025 cocaine keynsham drugdealers policing drugsupply crime sentencing avonsomerset lawenforcement criminaljustice Warren Chiddy, 29, has been sentenced to six years and four months in prison after nearly 9 kilograms of cocaine were found at his Keynsham residence. During a police warrant executed on March 24 at Chiddy’s home on … Read More