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Increased patrols amid social media trend targeting schools
Officers are in contact with schools to offer crime prevention advice and reassurance patrols will be held while we continue to monitor the situation.
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Appeal following indecent exposure incidents in Kingswood
The incidents happened in the Kingswood area on Wednesday 25 and Thursday 26 February.
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Man sentenced for fatal M32 collision
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Arrest made after Kingdom Hall damaged in Minehead
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Bath drug dealer jailed
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Tributes to ‘perfect son’ following his death last month
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‘Loving’ man remembered by family following death in Taunton
Keith Thorne, aged 49, sadly died following an incident on Tuesday 9 December. One person has been arrested in connection with the incident.
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Partnership with Empire Fighting Chance supports vulnerable young people in Bristol
Avon and Somerset Police has successfully secured £10,000 through the force’s Innovation Fund to launch the Counter Punch Project in partnership with Empire Fighting Chance, a Bristol charity supporting young people through non-contact boxing and one-to-one mentoring.
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Man jailed after stealing bikes from flats in Bristol
Dean Hancock, 46, from Horton Street, St Philips, was also handed an eight-year Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO).
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Sgt X dismissed without notice after gross misconduct ruling
The officer has been dismissed following an accelerated misconduct hearing at police headquarters in Portishead today (Wednesday 25 February).
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Witness appeal after assault left man with broken eye socket
We're appealing information following an incident which occurred outside The Plough, Gloucester Road, at around 11.35pm on Saturday 14 February.
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Woman jailed for conveying drugs into prison
Tanya Petrie was working as a pharmacy technician working at HMP Bristol at the time and has been jailed for more than six years.
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Witness appeal after man, 80, assaulted
The victim was injured during the incident in Bath on Saturday (21 February).
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Five charged after incident on A38 near Bristol Airport
Emergency services responded to an incident where two men were seriously assaulted after a collision at around 8.25am on Saturday (21 February)
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Two men plead guilty to shop burglary
Liam Perks, 37, and Richard Hebdidge, 41, will be sentenced next month.
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CCTV appeal following incident on Bristol bus
We're appealing for help in identifying this man following an incident on the 76 service near Redcliff Hill on Wednesday 21 January.