Registered Sex Offender Jailed for Approaching School Girls with Sexual Question Wednesday, March 11, 2026 sexoffender sentencing childprotection avonandsomerset sexualabuse legal bath crime investigation communitysafety A convicted sex offender from Somerset has been sentenced to prison after approaching two school girls with a sexually explicit question as they walked home. David Blackwood, 58, of Trinity Road in Combe Down, pleaded guilty … Read More
Notorious Weston-super-Mare Home Boarded Up After Persistent Complaints Sunday, March 8, 2026 weston-super-mare bourneville avonsomerset alliancehomes drugdealing antisocialbehaviour housing communitysafety police boardedup Authorities have taken decisive action to close and board up a property on the Bourneville estate in Weston-super-Mare, following repeated complaints about drug dealing and anti-social behaviour. Avon and Somerset Police, … Read More
Man Banned from Parts of Minehead After Hate Crime Involving Dog Poo at Church Friday, February 27, 2026 minehead hatecrime jehovahswitnesses religiousoffence farright vandalism policeinvestigation publicorder criminaldamage communitysafety A man in his 50s has been banned from certain areas of Minehead following a disturbing hate crime targeting The Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses on Mart Road. The incident involved far-right symbols spray-painted on the … Read More
Far-Right Symbols and Dog Poo Target Jehovah’s Witnesses Church in Somerset Wednesday, February 18, 2026 vandalism hatecrime jehovahswitnesses farright somerset policeinvestigation threats minehead religioushate communitysafety A disturbing act of vandalism has targeted the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Minehead, Somerset, where far-right symbols were sprayed alongside the unsettling placement of dog excrement. Between Sunday, February 15 … Read More
‘Brave’ Man Tackles Knife-Wielding Teenager in Weston-super-Mare Monday, February 16, 2026 westonknifecrime streetwarden knifecrime communitysafety youthcrime police bravery publicsafety crimeprevention avonsomerset A street warden in Weston-super-Mare has been hailed as a hero after tackling a teenager believed to be armed with a stolen knife. Simon Vowles took swift action on Wednesday, February 11, after reports came in that a knife … Read More
Dealer Jailed for Nearly Six Years Following 4kg Drug Seizure Thursday, January 29, 2026 drugdealer sentencing heroin cocaine ketamine drugseizure avonsomersetpolice criminalproperty communitysafety lawenforcement A 41-year-old drug dealer from Paulton has been sentenced to five years and eight months in prison after authorities uncovered over four kilograms of class A and B drugs during a series of warrants last October. Gary Browne … Read More