A former staff member of Avon and Somerset Police has received a suspended prison sentence after unlawfully accessing sensitive personal data via police computer systems. Laura Dean, who was employed at the Bridgwater Police …
The Banckers Draught, a sports bar in Minehead operated by Robert Hamblin within the former Royal British Legion premises on Bancks Street, has been granted an extension to its premises licence despite objections from Avon …
A man has been sentenced after police observed him driving recklessly on the M5 motorway in Somerset while nearly twice over the legal alcohol limit. Enock Chitsara, 42, from Llanybydder, Carmarthenshire, was arrested …
Calls have been made for the arrest of activists who have unlawfully attached flags to lampposts along Weston-super-Mare’s seafront this summer. Helen Thornton, representing Weston-super-Mare Uphill for Labour, raised …
Avon and Somerset Police have charged four young men, aged between 19 and 22, in connection with the importation of prohibited weapons into the UK-a key development within a broader national crackdown on online knife sales. …
Leslie Roper, aged 47 and residing on Street Road in Glastonbury, has been issued with a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) following his conviction for theft. The order imposes a series of stringent conditions, breach of which …
Leslie Roper, 47, of Street Road, Glastonbury, has been issued with a Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) following a conviction for theft. He appeared at Taunton Magistrates' Court on Wednesday 26 August, where he pleaded guilty …
A dog named Kelly, a bull breed type, endured a brutal 20-minute assault in Somerset, during which she was repeatedly kicked, stamped on, dragged, and struck with an implement by a man. The harrowing incident was captured on …
Almost £600,000 worth of drugs were confiscated following police search warrants executed at two residences in Yeovil. Andrew White, aged 60, from Sherborne Road, Yeovil, admitted to being involved in the supply of both class …
Police officers in Avon and Somerset are set to receive enhanced powers ahead of a planned demonstration in Taunton this weekend. The protest is expected to take place in the town centre starting from midday on Saturday, 29 …
Armed police were deployed in Bath on Monday evening, August 24, following reports of a man displaying threatening behaviour with a weapon while on a boat. The incident unfolded at approximately 6.15pm when a member of the …
Bath has welcomed a new era in local policing with the official opening of its brand new police station on Monmouth Street last week. For the first time in over ten years, officers and staff are working together from a …
Bath has welcomed the opening of a brand-new police station on Monmouth Street, marking a pivotal moment in the city’s policing after more than a decade without a full police station. The facility, described as a “modern, …
For the first time in more than ten years, Bath’s police officers are once again operating from a single, full-service police station. The new Bath Police Station, located on Monmouth Street, opened its doors last week, …
Three men have been sentenced following their involvement in a number of burglaries across Somerset, involving the theft of car keys and other offences. Dylan Morgan, 23, Thomas Maguire, 19, and George Ruja, 19, appeared at …