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26 January 2009
MAN KILLED IN MOTORBIKE ACCIDENT
POLICE are appealing for information after a man was killed when riding his motorbike. The 43-year-old died when he hit a car while travelling along Lodge Causeway in Bristol on Sunday evening.
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23 January 2009
WEST COUNTRY'S LEADING NEWSPAPER AXES A THIRD OF ITS' JOURNALISTS
STAFF are being axed at the Bristol Evening Post and Press Ltd, the largest regional newspaper group in the West Country, it was announced on Friday.
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22 January 2009
TODDLER DIES IN MOTORWAY CRASH ON THURSDAY
A FIVE-year-old child has been killed in a tragic accident on the M5 in Somerset, police have said.
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22 January 2009
AIRPORT TALKS ABOUT EXPANSION
BRISTOL International Airport are planning a huge expansion to upgrade their facilities and get more customers from both Wales and the South West to fly from there.
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19 January 2009
BATH RUGBY 'DISAPPOINTED' WITH RECREATION GROUND REJECTION
BATH Rugby have labelled the rejection of plans to expand The Recreation Ground in the future as 'disappointing' but hope to find 'a way forward'.
(pictured - Bath Rugby chief executive Bob Calleja at The Rec)
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08 January 2009
RUGBY STAR TINDALL BANNED FOR DRINK-DRIVING
ENGLAND rugby international Mike Tindall (pictured) has been banned from driving for three years and fined after an incident last year on the M4 motorway.
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07 January 2009
DRINKER GIVEN THREE-YEAR ASBO
A CLAMPDOWN on drinking in Bath city centre has landed a man with a three-year ASBO from magistrates on Tuesday December 23.
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06 January 2009
TRAIN CHAOS HITS RUSH HOUR COMMUTERS
TRAINS between Bristol Temple Meads and Bath were hit by delays on Tuesday morning due to signal problems.
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06 January 2009
MAN ARRESTED IN DRUGS RAID
POLICE raded a Bristol house under a Misuse of Drugs Act warrant and seized over 90 suspected cannabis plants from the Lawford Avenue, Stoke Gifford, property.
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15 December 2008
CYCLIST KILLED IN ACCIDENT
POLICE have issued an appeal for witnesses following a fatal accident in North Somerset on Monday morning.
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09 December 2008
TEENAGER TRIES TO KIDNAP SEVEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A TEENAGER tried to kidnap a little girl in broad daylight on a busy city street last Friday.
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09 December 2008
WOMAN GLASSED OUTSIDE PUB
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an early morning assault in the Chard area.
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03 December 2008
POLICE FIND CANNABIS PLANTS IN HOUSE
POLICE have recovered 450 cannabis plants, with a street value of £180,000 from a house in Juniper Way, Bradley Stoke, Bristol.
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01 December 2008
EXPECT TO BE CAUGHT IF YOU DRINK-DRIVE IS THE WARNING AT CAMPAIGN LAUNCH
AVON and Somerset Police have launched their Christmas anti-drink drive campaign with the message to expect the worst over the festive period if you go into a car over the limit.
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21 November 2008
BATH MURDER SUSPECT IS ARRESTED IN TWICKENHAM
AN ESCAPED murder suspect has been arrested after going on the run from a mental hospital in London. John Claydon, who is being held before a trial for killing Bath 22-year-old Ben Foster last April, was picked-up in Twickenham.
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21 November 2008
RECREATION GROUND GROUP'S MEMBERSHIP DRIVE PUSHES PAST 1000
A GROUP, formed this month to ensure sport is played on Bath's historic Recreation Ground in the future, have secured over 1,000 members in only a few weeks.
(Pictured - RFOTR's Richard Wright)
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20 November 2008
BRISTOL ESCAPES ROLLS ROYCE JOB CUTS
BRISTOL'S Rolls Royce plant seems to have escaped the loss of jobs just before Christmas as the company announce major redundancies on Thursday.
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20 November 2008
SUSPECTED MURDERER ON THE RUN
A SUSPECT in a Bath murder has gone on the run from a mental institution in London. John Claydon, 28, is accused of killing Ben Foster, 22, in the city last April.
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17 November 2008
WOMAN MOTORCYCLIST DIES IN CRASH
POLICE are appealing for information following a fatal road traffic collision in South Gloucestershire at the weekend.
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13 November 2008
POLICE WANT MISSING MAN TO GET IN TOUCH
POLICE are appealing for a man who has been missing for three weeks to get in touch with officers or his employers.
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11 November 2008
POLICE WARNING AFTER SPATE OF BURGLARIES
RESIDENTS have been told to be vigilent after a spate of burglaries across the Bristol areas of Hartcliffe, Headley Park, Southville and Windmill Hill.
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11 November 2008
YOUTH ATTACKS PENSIONER AT RAILWAY STATION
POLICE are appealing for information after an assault on a pedal cyclist near Mangotsfield Railway Station on Thursday (November 6).
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11 November 2008
VULNERABLE WARNED TO TAKE CARE WHEN LETTING PEOPLE INTO HOMES
BRISTOL Police have reminded people particularly the vulnerable to ensure that they take care when admitting people into their homes.
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03 November 2008
TODDLER SUFFERS HEAD INJURIES IN HIT-AND-RUN INCIDENT
A TODDLER has suffered serious head injuries following a hit-and-run incident.
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03 November 2008
MAN ATTACKED IN RACIAL-MOTIVATED INCIDENT
POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a racially-motivated assault in the St Phillips area of Bristol.
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28 October 2008
RUGBY ACE VAINIK0LO ARRESTED AFTER STREET ASSAULT IN BATH
GLOUCESTER winger Lesley Vainikolo (pictured) is believed to have been arrested after fight in Bath on Sunday morning.
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21 October 2008
RESIDENTS DISCOVER FIRE IN GARDEN
POLICE are seeking witnesses following a suspicious fire in the Patchway area at the weekend.
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20 October 2008
TEENAGER SUFFERS CASHPOINT ROBBERY
POLICE are appealing for information regarding a robbery at a cashpoint in Bath High Street in the early hours of Saturday (October 18).
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17 October 2008
MISSING BOY BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN SPOTTED
POLICE searching for a 15-year-old boy, missing from his home in the South Wales Valleys for three weeks, believe he has been spotted in the Bristol area.
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14 October 2008
MAN LEFT CRITICAL AFTER STREET ASSAULT
POLICE are appealing for witnesses and information after a man was left with critical injuries following an assault in Bedminster, Bristol.
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07 October 2008
MAN FOUND DEAD IN BRISTOL DOCKS
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man was found dead in the water of Bristol Docks.
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30 September 2008
£17M FOR ROAD RESURFACING IN COMING YEARS
A MASSIVE £17 million worth of road and pavement upgrading is being planned for Bath and district over the next couple of years.
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25 September 2008
POLICE APPEAL AFTER PENSIONER IS HIT BY CAR
POLICE are appealing for witnesses and information after a 74-year-old man was involved in a collision with a car on the A4174 at Longwell Green at about 11am on Wednesday September 24.
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23 September 2008
MAJOR FIRE CLOSES BATH CITY CENTRE
THE CENTRE of Bath was sealed off on Tuesday night when part of the £360m Southgate development (pictured) went up in flames.
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23 September 2008
NEW APPEAL IN TWO YEAR OLD MURDER HUNT
DETECTIVES are reappealing for the public's help in a bid to solve a murder enquiry, two year's after a man's death.
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16 September 2008
MAN SUFFERS FRACTURED JAW AFTER BUS STATION ATTACK
A MAN suffered serious face injuries after he was attacked in the centre of Bath.
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16 September 2008
CONCERN GROWS FOR MISSING AUTISTIC TEENAGER
CONCERN is mounting for the safety of a teenager who has gone missing from Henbury, Bristol.
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16 September 2008
HUNT ON FOR ARMED ROBBER
POLICE are appealing for the public's help to catch a man wanted in connection with an armed robbery at a bookmakers in Bristol.
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16 September 2008
POLICE HUNT JEWELLRY THIEVES
DETECTIVES are appealing for information and witnesses after a raid at a jewellers in Weston-super-Mare.
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27 August 2008
CYCLIST DIES IN CRASH
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a fatal road traffic collision involving a cyclist at Norton Malreward, near Pensford.
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27 August 2008
POLICE FIND MAN'S BODY
POLICE trying to trace West Country man Daniel Douglas, who has been missing since July 23, have found a body.
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10 July 2008
POLICE APPEAL AFTER MOTORCYCLIST DIES
POLICE are appealing for witnesses following the death of a motorcyclist following a road traffic collision.
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09 July 2008
MAN HIT OVER HEAD IN ST PAULS
A MAN was left with head injuries after he was attacked in broad daylight with a blunt instrument in Bristol on Sunday (July 6).
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07 July 2008
MAN QUESTIONED AFTER FIREARMS DRAMA
A MAN has been arrested after a firearms incident sparked huge police activity in Bristol on Sunday.
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07 July 2008
TWO MEN HUNTED AFTER ARMED ROBBERY
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an attempted robbery in Chipping Sodbury.
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25 June 2008
BUS DRIVER ATTACKED IN CITY CENTRE
POLICE in Bath are appealing for help in tracing a man who assaulted a bus driver.
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25 June 2008
SOMERVILLE SIGNS FOR GLOUCESTER
ALL BLACK prop Greg Somerville (pictured) has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Gloucester Rugby, and will complete the move to Kingsholm from the Canterbury Crusaders in December following the completion of the New Zealand domestic season.
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16 June 2008
TERRORISM ACT ARREST OF TEENAGER
A 19-year-old man has been arrested under the Terrorism Act by officers from Avon and Somerset Police. The teenager, who lives in Easton, Bristol, has been detained at a police station in the force area for interview.
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13 June 2008
MAN ARRESTED AFTER ARSENAL OF WEAPONS FOUND AT CAR BOOT SALE
A MAN has been arrested after an arsenal of weapons was found on sale at a car boot sale stall. Officers took action after reports of weapons being sold from the stall at the Winchester Farm car boot in Somerset.
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13 June 2008
VIEWS SOUGHT ON SAFETY CAMPAIGN
RESIDENTS living in Knowle, Bristol, are being asked to attend a meeting to set the policing priorities for their area.
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03 June 2008
WEBSITE LAUNCHED TO KEEP GLASTONBURY SAFE
GLASTONBURY Festival 2008 is going to be three days of music, peace and, hopefully, plenty of sunshine - and police want to keep it that way.
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29 May 2008
INVESTIGATION INTO JCB DEATH FALL LAUNCHED
A CLEAN-up and investigation were underway on one of Bristol's main road arteries on Wednesday after a man died as he digger crashed near the Clifton Suspension Bridge.
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27 May 2008
HELP NEEDED TO IDENTIFY MAN WHO DIED IN SHOP
POLICE are appealing for help to identify a man who collapsed in a Bristol shop.
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25 May 2008
MURDER HUNT AFTER PUB ATTACK
A MURDER hunt has been launched following an incident outside of a pub in Bristol on Saturday evening (May 24).
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18 May 2008
POLICE SEARCH RIVER FOR MAN
POLICE searched the River Avon in Bath on Saturday (May 17) after a report of a man was in there.
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18 May 2008
POLICE CAR HITS CYCLIST
A CYCLIST was involved in a crash with a police car on Saturday morning (May 17) in Bristol.
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16 May 2008
ANTI-SOCIAL DRINKERS GET A WAY OUT
DRINKING offenders, facing a heavy fine or even a prison sentence, will be offered an alternative in a pioneering scheme to prevent their behaviour escalating.
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13 May 2008
£60K OF DRUGS FOUND IN RAID
POLICE in Bristol have arrested a man after drugs with a street value of £60,000 were recovered in the city.
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07 May 2008
MAN FIGHTS FOR HIS LIFE AFTER ATTACK
POLICE are investigating a serious assault which left a man fighting for his life.
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06 May 2008
WOMAN PUNCHED IN UNPROVOKED ATTACK
POLICE are appealing for information and witnesses after a 20-year-old woman was attacked by two girls in an apparently unprovoked assault in Patchway.
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29 April 2008
YOUTHS STEAL BIKES
POLICE are appealing for witnesses and information after thieves stole the bicycles of two teenage boys as they rode along the Bristol and Bath Cycle Track.
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22 April 2008
MAN DIES AFTER CAR HITS A FENCE POST
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a man died following a road traffic collision in Bridgwater.
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18 April 2008
CONTROLLED EXPLOSION AND MAN ARRESTED IN TERRORISM DRAMA
A CONTROLLED explosion was carried out in Bristol on Friday morning (April 18) as houses were evacuated and a 19-year-old man was arrested yesterday under the Terrorism Act.
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17 April 2008
ARMED ROBBER ESCAPES WITH MONEY FROM NEWSAGENTS
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a broad dayling robbery in the middle of Bath on Wednesday afternoon (April 16).
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11 April 2008
UNEXPLODED WORLD WAR II BOMB IS UNEARTHED
AN UNEXPLODED World War II bomb has been unearthed in the Bristol Channel. Multiple agencies, including the police, Royal Navy and the coastguard, have been working to resolve the issue at Steart, near Burnham-on-Sea which is the other side of the estuary from Cardiff and Barry.
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09 April 2008
MAN FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE AFTER HIT-AND-RUN INCIDENT
A MAN is fighting for his life after a hit-and-run incident involving a stolen car in Bristol last weekend.
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07 April 2008
COUNCIL CRACKDOWN ON NIGHTCLUB NOISE
NIGHTCLUB workers in Bristol are to have their conditions examined with a series of health and safety inspections led by the councils Public Health Services team.
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03 April 2008
TWO ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF MURDER
TWO men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after an incident in a pub car park in Bristol.
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01 April 2008
POLICE APPEAL AFTER BURLARY SPATE
POLICE are appealing for information and witnesses after a spate of burglaries in the village of Puriton.
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28 March 2008
BURGLAR GOES MISSING FROM LEYHILL JAIL
POLICE are hunting a man who is on the run from Leyhill Open Prison(pictured) in South Gloucestershire.
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27 March 2008
FILTON TARGET OF DRUGS CRACKDOWN
OFFICERS from the Filton Neighbourhood Team in Bristol are cracking down on drugs in the area.
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18 March 2008
WOMAN AND BOYFRIEND ATTACKED IN BAG SNATCH ATTEMPT
POLICE are appealing for information after a woman was assaulted during an attempted robbery in Bath. It happened at 1am on Saturday (March 15) when the woman was walking with her boyfriend along Banwell Road in Odd Down.
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18 March 2008
MIKE TINDALL ALLEGEDLY STOPPED BY POLICE FOR DRINK-DRIVING
GLOUCESTER Rugby have made a limited comment over reports and allegations that their England international centre Mike Tindall (pictured) was arrested on Saturday for drink-driving.
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18 March 2008
MAN LEFT WITH FRACTURED SKULL AFTER ATTACK
POLICE are appealing for information after a man was assaulted and left with serious injuries, including a fractured skull, following an incident in Bristol.
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17 March 2008
MAN DIES IN MOTORWAY ACCIDENT
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a fatal road traffic collision on the M5 on Saturday (March 15).
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14 March 2008
FIND MISSING TEENAGER
POLICE are appealing for information to trace a missing person from Bath.
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10 March 2008
DRIVER URGED TO CONTACT POLICE AFTER ONE OF WEST'S WORST ACCIDENTS KILLS SEVEN PEOPLE
POLICE want the driver of a large vehicle to contact them after one of the worst accidents in the West Country's history last week.
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07 March 2008
TAXI DRIVER ATTACKED IN HIS OWN CAR
POLICE are appealing for information after a taxi driver was assaulted in an unprovoked attack in Bristol.
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06 March 2008
MAN THREATENED IN FRIGHTENING CITY CENTRE INCIDENT
A MAN suffered a frightening attempted robbery in Bath city centre on Tuesday (March 4).
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04 March 2008
11.30am LATEST UPDATE - LORRY DRIVER CRITICALLY ILL AFTER THREE-VEHICLE PILE-UP ON M5
A LORRY driver is critically ill after a massive crash on the M5 just north of Bristol on Tuesday (March 4).
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03 March 2008
RESIDENTS TO PAY 411 PER CENT MORE COUNCIL TAX
BRISTOL residents will see their council tax payments going up by 4.11 per cent this year after the local city council agreed a hike in their budget.
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03 March 2008
BODY RECOVERED FROM RIVER AVON
POLICE searching for a missing person have recovered a body from the River Avon in Bristol.
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26 February 2008
AUSSIE ACE HARRISON BECOMES BATH'S SECOND LOCK SIGNING IN 24 HOURS
FORMER Australia lock Justin Harrison (pictured) is joining Bath on a one-year contract. It is the second signing in the boilerhouse made by the club in 24 hours as the 33-year old veteran of 34 Tests for the Wallabies joins Stuart Hooper in making the move to the Recreation Ground next season.
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26 February 2008
WOMEN SHOPPERS WARNED ABOUT BAG THEFTS IN BATH
POLICE have issued a warning to shoppers iin Bath after a spate of purse thefts in the city centre.
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26 February 2008
MAN ATTACKED TWICE WITHIN AN HOUR
POLICE are appealing for information and witnesses after a man was injured when attacked twice inside an hour last weekend.
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26 February 2008
ARRESTS FOLLOW RAID ON GYPSY SITE
POLICE and partner agencies carried out a series of enforcements on gypsy sites in Ilton, Chard, on Tuesday (Feb 26).
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22 February 2008
GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP TEAM NEWS - LAMB BACK AND AIMING FOR THE CENTURY
RYAN LAMB (pictured) and Alex Brown are the key names returning to Gloucesters starting line-up for Saturday's Kingsholm clash against Newcastle (3pm).
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22 February 2008
OVER 100 FIREFIGHTERS TACKLE MASSIVE BLAZE ON TRADING ESTATE
FIRE crews from across the West Country are still damping down a massive blaze in Bristol which broke out on Thursday night (Feb 21) on a trading estate.
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17 February 2008
FIVE PEOPLE IN CUSTODY OVER SUSPICOUS FIRE
THREE young people and two adults remain in custody following an investigation into a suspicious fire at a Knowle convenience store in Bristol.
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15 February 2008
PEOPLE FIGHT FOR THEIR LIVES AFTER NEWSAGENTS GOES UP IN SMOKE
THREE people are fighting for their lives after a fire devestated a Bristol newsagents in the early hours of Friday (February 15).
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12 February 2008
MAN ARRESTED BY POLICE AFTER DEATH
A man has been arrested after an incident in Clevedon which saw another man die.
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12 February 2008
FIND MAN'S TWO ATTACKERS PLEA
POLICE in Chard are appealing for information after a man was assaulted on Furnham Road in the town on Sunday afternoon (February 10).
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11 February 2008
AVON AND SOMERSET CLOSE THEIR BOOKS ON RECRUITMENT
SO MANY people want to become police officers at Avon and Somerset Police that the force has had to close its doors to new applicants for the time being.
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08 February 2008
CONCERNS RAISED ABOUT MISSING PENSIONER
POLICE are increasingly concerned for the welfare of a pensioner who has been missing from an old people's home since Thursday night (February 7).
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08 February 2008
TEENAGER CHARGED AFTER WORRYING DRIVING OUTSIDE A SCHOOL
A 17-year-old man was charged during the early hours of this morning (February 8) following an alleged incident of erratic driving outside Redcliffe Secondary School in Bristol.
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07 February 2008
£250K OF CANNABIS SEIZED BY POLICE
CANNABIS plants with an estimated street value of more than £250,000 have been seized by police from an address in Bristol.
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05 February 2008
MAN IN HOSPITAL AFTER HE CHALLENGED PEOPLE TAMPERING WITH HIS CAR
A MAN is recovering in hospital after being attacked by two men who he disturbed while they were tampering with his car in Nailsea.
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03 February 2008
POLICE DISCOVER MISSING WOMAN'S CAR AND A BODY
POLICE searching for a 59-year-old woman, who has been missing from her Weston-super-Mare home since Friday February 1, have located her car in the Thames Valley area.
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31 January 2008
FIVE PEOPLE ARRESTED IN LATEST OPERATION UTAH CRACKDOWN
MORE than 100 vehicles were stopped and five people arrested as part of an operation involving three forces on Wednesday (January 30).
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31 January 2008
POLICE HUNT COMPUTER THIEVES
POLICE are appealing for information after thieves broke into Hanham High School in Memorial Road and stole 10 Apple Macintosh computers.
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28 January 2008
ARMED ROBBERS STRIKE OUTSIDE CITY CENTRE BUILDING SOCIETY
POLICE closed part of Bristol city centre on Monday night (January 28) after an armed robbery outside a branch of the Nationwide Building Society.
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28 January 2008
CONFLICTING REPORTS FUEL FARES WAR BETWEEN PROTESTORS AND FIRST GREAT WESTERN
TRAIN fare protesters say they have had outstanding support from the public during their day of action on Monday (January 28) against 'cattle truck' conditions.
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28 January 2008
BOUNTY HUNTING IS A SUCCESS FOR POLICE
A NEW police operation in Bristol has successfully arrested 100 offenders in a month.
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25 January 2008
POLICE SEIZE £2M WORTH OF DRUGS
POLICE have released results from their ongoing drugs enforcement action campaign in Bristol to put drug dealers behind bars.
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23 January 2008
TWO HELD AFTER DAWN RAIDS
TWO men have been arrested after dawn raids brought a haul of hard drugs, firearms and counterfeit money. Officers from Bristol were joined by the force helicopter, firearms officers and a drugs search dog to execute three warrants at addresses in Twinnell House, Rawnsley House and Robertson Road, Easton, and also Sussex Place in St Pauls.
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23 January 2008
POLICE HUNT CAR WRECKERS
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a number of cars were damaged in the St Annes area of Bristol.
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22 January 2008
WOMAN MOTORIST PUNCHED BY ANOTHER DRIVER
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a nasty assault that left a 20-year-old motorist hurt.
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20 January 2008
POLICE HUNT STUDENT'S ATTACKER
POLICE are hunting the attackers of a student in Bristol city centre.
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18 January 2008
MAN SERIOUSLY HURT AFTER ACCIDENT WITH A BUS
A MAN has been taken to hospital with serious head injuries after being knocked down by a bus.
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17 January 2008
MAN ARRESTED AFTER SERIES OF DECEPTIONS
POLICE investigating a series of deceptions across the greater Bristol area have charged a man with three counts of fraud by false representation.
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17 January 2008
FOURTH ACC JOINS AVON AND SOMERSET FORCE
AVON and Somerset Police Authority are recruiting a new addition to their top team a fourth Assistant Chief Constable.
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16 January 2008
BOYCOTT OF CADBURY PRODUCTS CALL AS KEYNSHAM PLANT CLOSURE IS CONFIRMED
PEOPLE have been urged to stop buying Cadbury products around the West Country over the threat to jobs at the Keynsham plant.
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16 January 2008
CAMPAIGN GROUP CALL FOR SECOND PASSENGER RAIL STRIKE
A SECOND passenger strike by frustrated train users across the West Country is planned for later in January.
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15 January 2008
CON MAN BELIEVED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR 20 DECEPTIONS
POLICE are investigating 20 deception offences throughout Bristol and believe they could all be linked with one man.
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11 January 2008
'DESPICABLE' THIEVES ROBBED 84-YEAR-OLD PENSIONER IN HER OWN HOME
'DESPICABLE' thieves robbed an old age pensioner when one posed as a police officer. A warning has now gone out to residents about bogus callers after a distraction burglary that took place at an address in Grange Road,Withywood at 7pm on Thursday (January 10).
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10 January 2008
MAN KILLED IN ACCIDENT
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a fatal road traffic collision in Chilton Polden in Somerset. It happened on the A39 at Childon Polden Hill shortly before 5.30pm on Wednesday (January 9).
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04 January 2008
POLICE CLOSE OFF ROADS IN BATH AFTER MAN IS KILLED
POLICE closed off a road near Bath following a fatal road traffic collision earlier this morning (Friday January 4).
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03 January 2008
SIX-YEAR-OLD CHILD HIT BY A BUS
A SIX-year-old child was taken to hospital with serious injuries after an accident with a bus in Bristol on Thursday (January 3).
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03 January 2008
FESTIVE DRINK-DRIVING FIGURES ENCOURAGING FOR OLDER MOTORISTS
MOST older drivers are finally getting the message, it seems, as the number of people caught for getting behind the wheel while over the legal alcohol limit has dropped sharply on previous years.
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03 January 2008
TEXT MESSAGE SCAM CAUSES CHAOS AT SUPPORT GROUP
A TEXT message scam is causing chaos at a support group for the gay communities. Police in Gloucestershire are appealing for people not to respond to messages that ask them to ring a certain number.
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03 January 2008
POLICE TRY AND TRACE FAMILY OF CRITICALLY INJURED SYRIAN MAN
POLICE are appealing for help in tracing the family of a Bristol student critically injured in a freak accident.
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02 January 2008
MAN CRITICALLY INJURED AFTER NEW YEAR'S DAY ATTACK
A MAN is in hospital and in a critical condition after he suffered serious head injuries during an attack in Bristol on New Year's Day morning. Paramedics were called to attend to the injured man on Wells Road at the back of Tesco Express about 6.45am.
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31 December 2007
APPEAL AFTER ATTEMPTED BURGLARY
POLICE are appealing for information after an attempted burglary at Somerfield supermarket in Southwell Crescent, Highbridge, at about 2.30am on Friday (December 28).
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28 December 2007
MAN GETS MASSIVE SIX-YEAR FOOTBALL BANNING ORDER
A 40-year-old Bristol City supporter has been banned from watching football live for six years, one of the longest ever imposed in the Avon and Somerset police force area.
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24 December 2007
POLICE RECOVER MAN'S BODY FROM RIVER AVON
POLICE are appealing for information to help identify a man whose body was recovered from the River Avon in Bristol on Christmas Eve.
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19 December 2007
SIX MEN CHARGED WITH GBH
SIX people have appeared before magistrates on serious assault charges following an attack on a Bristol man in September. John Hall, 40, remains in hospital after sustaining a serious head injury during an attack which happened more than three months ago in Catherine Street, Avonmouth.
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18 December 2007
MAJOR OPERATION AT PORTBURY DOCKS REAPS REWARDS
FIVE people have been arrested, 85 commercial vehicles stopped and nine ships boarded as part of a huge three-day multi-agency operation at Avonmouth's Portbury Dock (pictured).
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17 December 2007
ILLEGAL TAXIS FORCED OFF THE ROADS
TAXIS have been ordered off the roads following a blitz by road policing officers in the South Somerset area.
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17 December 2007
'SECURE YOUR MANOR' OVER CHRISTMAS
PEOPLE are being urged to 'secure their manor' to enjoy a crime-free Christmas as Operation Relentless turns its attention to beating the burglar.
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14 December 2007
POLICE SEIZE £250K OF DRUGS FROM CANNABIS FACTORY
POLICE have recovered a quarter of a million pounds worth of drugs following an intelligence-led operation in Nibley, Yate. At around 9am on Thursday (December 13), officers from the Chipping Sodbury Neighbourhood Policing Team executed a warrant under the Misuse of Drugs Act in a premise on the outskirts of the town.
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11 December 2007
HINKLEY POINT B GETS ANOTHER FIVE YEARS OF LIFE
BRITISH Energy has announced that the lifetime of its Hinkley Point B nuclear power station in Somerset is to be extended by five years which will safeguard the future of nearly 700 full and contract staff.
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11 December 2007
MOTORCYCLISTS KILLED IN SOMERSET CRASH
A 30-year-old man has been killed after his motorbike was involved in a crash in Somerset on Monday (Dec 10). Police are appealing for witnesses about the accident near Butleigh in Somerset.
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09 December 2007
CADBURY WORKERS MARCH THROUGH KEYNSHAM IN CLOSURE PROTEST
HUNDREDS of workers at the Cadbury factory in Keynsham marched through the town in Saturday in protest at the closure of their plant. The company plans to transfer a lot of work from Keynsham and the Bourville plant in Birmingham over to Poland.
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07 December 2007
TWO DOZEN PEOPLE KICKED OUT OF THEIR AREAS FOR ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
OVER 20 people have been compelled to leave areas in North Somerset after causing alcohol-related anti social behaviour. Police, using new powers under the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006, are able to order troublemakers to leave an area and not return for up to 48 hours. Failure to comply may result in a fine of up to £2,500.
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07 December 2007
FIVE IN COURT AFTER HUGE CITY CENTRE FIGHT
FIVE people have been charged after a big fight broke out in Bath city centre in September. Police have released CCTV footage of the incident which happened on September 8 and involved a number of individuals fighting.
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06 December 2007
DRUGS RAID OPERATION 'ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN YEARS'
DRUGS worth hundreds of thousands of pounds have been seized by Avon and Somerset Police in Bristol on what they say is one of their most successful days of drugs enforcement action in recent years.
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06 December 2007
POLICE WARN THEY WILL SEIZE UNINSURED CARS
POLICE are warning motorists who are driving without insurance that it could lead to their vehicle being seized, plus fines and penalty points on licences.
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05 December 2007
MAN CRITICAL AFTER STABBING INCIDENT
DETECTIVES in North Somerset are appealing for witnesses and information after a man received serious stab wounds following a burglary in Congresbury.
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04 December 2007
THIEF STEALS CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS
POLICE in Ilminster are appealing for witnesses after an unknown offender stole Christmas decorations from a home on Blackdown View in the town.
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03 December 2007
CADBURY WORKERS TAKE TWO-PRONGED ACTION AGAINST CUTS
WORKERS at the Cadbury factory in Keynsham are looking to increase their protests against the closure of their factory and loss of jobs.
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02 December 2007
BATH TO FEATURE IN NEW 'BONEKICKERS' DRAMA SERIES
BATH is going on screen in a new adverture-drama series that is being made for BBC One. Filming of the production, called 'Bonekickers', has already started around Bath city centre and follows on from the extremely successful period drama 'The Duchess' which captured venues throughout the region earlier this year.
(Pictured: The Assembly Rooms)
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30 November 2007
'WE ARE WATCHING YOU' POLICE TELL CHRISTMAS DRINK DRIVERS
A night in a police cell, a criminal record, a 12 month minimum driving ban and 11 year wait for a clean licence will all be added to the Christmas gift list for any drivers unable to say no to a festive drink, police have warned.
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30 November 2007
'WE ARE WATCHING YOU' POLICE WARN CHRISTMAS DRINK DRIVERS
A night in a police cell, a criminal record, a 12 month minimum driving ban and 11 year wait for a clean licence will all be added to the Christmas gift list for any drivers unable to say no to a festive drink, police have warned.
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29 November 2007
CLASSIC CAR STOLEN
A RARE classic car worth more than £15,000 has been stolen from a garage in the Redland area of Bristol.
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28 November 2007
PARENTS TOLD TO KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON KIDS
PARENTS have been told to keep a close eye on their children and what they might be up to after a spate of incidents in Burnham.
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27 November 2007
MP ACCUSES GOVERNMENT OF FAILING TO CONTROL BINGE DRINKING
BATH MP Don Foster has accused the Government of failing to address the country's binge drinking culture.
(Pictured: Bath's Liberal Democrat MP Don Foster)
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27 November 2007
TWO FANS BANNED FROM WATCHING BRISTOL CITY
TWO Bristol City supporters have been banned from attending matches involving their club by North Somerset magistrates.
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26 November 2007
COMPANY SUFFER £1M OF FIRE DAMAGE
A £5000 reward is being offered for the successful conviction of people who caused £1million worth of damage to a property at a Shepton Mallet company.
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23 November 2007
POLICE FEAR FOR TEENAGER'S SAFETY
POLICE are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of a 19-year-old man who has not been seen since the early hours of Saturday November 17 in the car park of a Bridgwater pub.
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TEENAGER DIES IN HORROR CAR CRASH
A TEENAGER died and a young boy was seriously injured after a crash in Long Ashton, Bristol, on Tuesday night (November 20).
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06/11/2007
HELP NEEDED TO TRACE MISSING MAN
POLICE are trying to trace Neil Robert Thomas, from Bedminster, Bristol, who has gone missing since November 5.
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06/11/2007
POLICE HUNT WALLET SNATCHER
POLICE are hunting a thief who snatched a wallet and ran through the middle of Weston-super-Mare town centre.
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05/11/2007
POLICE INVESTIGATE PUB FIRE
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a fire at the Ship and Castle pub in Ashton Vale Road, Bristol, at about 2am on Saturday (November 3).
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25/10/2007
BRISTOL CITY FANS GIVEN BANNING ORDERS
TWO Bristol City fans have been subjected to banning orders for three years. The orders were imposed at Bristol Magistrates Court on Friday (October 19).
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24/10/2007
MAN CONVICTED OF DEVELOPING AND SELLING PIRATE DVD GAMES
A BUSINESSMAN has became only the second person in the UK to be convicted for developing and selling the illegal technology that enables games console users to play pirate CDs and DVDs.
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23/10/2007
CRACKDOWN STARTS ON TRICK OR TREAT HOOLIGANS
AVON and Somerset Police have warned they will be out in force this Halloween to crack down onTrick or Treat troublemakers.
(Pictured: Good natured Trick or Treaters)
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23/10/2007
MAN ORDERED TO RE-PAY £51,000 OF HIS CRIMINAL PROCEEDS BACK
POLICE have warned that crime doesn't pay as a man, found guilty of theft, was ordered to pay over £51,000 of his proceeds back.
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15/10/2007
MAN LEFT UNCONSCIOUS AFTER ATTACK
POLICE are appealing for information after a man was left unconscious after being assaulted in Staple Hill.
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15/10/2007
POLICE APPEAL FOR ACCIDENT WITNESSES
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a road traffic collision in Bridgwater.
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11/10/2007
FOUR IN COURT ON THEFT CHARGES
FOUR men have been brought before the courts by detectives in Somerset East after being suspected of involvement in three separate false claims of vehicle theft.
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11/10/2007
POLICE HUNT KNOWLE MAN
POLICE want to speak to a man in connection with a number of crimes in the Bristol area. He is Sean Quinn, aged 29 who lives in the Knowle West area.
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10/10/2007
MAN ARRESTED AFTER DRAMATIC POLICE CHASE
A man was arrested after a dramatic police chase through the streets of Bristol during the early hours of Wednesday morning (Oct 10).
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10/10/2007
POLICE HUNT CRIMINAL DAMAGE MAN
POLICE have released images of a man they want to speak to in connection with a series of incidents of criminal damage in Taunton.
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09/10/2007
WORKERS PROTEST AGAINST JOB LOSSES
WORKERS at the threatened Cadbury factory in Keynsham are protesting against the loss of 500 jobs there.
(Pictured: The threatened Cadbury factory)
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05/10/07
SEVERN BARRAGE 'NOT SUSTAINABLE'
THE SEVERN Barrage is 'not sustainable' and will cause 'real environmental' damage, believes the Bristol Port Company. (Pictured: The proposed Severn Barrage)
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04/10/07
RAM RAIDERS STRIKE IN BATH
POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a ram raid in the early hours of Thursday (October 4) in Rivers Street Place, Bath.
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01/10/07
POLICE HUNT GANG OF ROBBERS
POLICE are appealing for information after a robbery in Royal Victoria Park, Bath, on Saturday (September 29).
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01/10/2007
ANDY ROBINSON TAKES OVER AT EDINBURGH
FORMER Bath and England coach Andy Robinson (pictured) has been appointed as the new head coach of Edinburgh Rugby.
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01/10/2007
AUSTRALIAN MAN DIES IN M5 CRASH
POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a fatal RTC n which a 66-year-old Australian died.
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01/10/2007
ARRESTS MADE AFTER FOOTBALL MATCH TROUBLE
POLICE have arrested three people following public disorder during the Bristol Rovers v Swindon Town match earlier this year.
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28/09/2007
WOMAN ASSAULTED
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after an incident
on Staplegrove Road, Taunton, in which a woman was assaulted.
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28/09/2007
ALL THIS WEEKEND'S RUGBY TEAM NEWS AS IT IS ANNOUNCED
Friday all day! All the
team news for this weekend's Guinness Premiership and Magners League matches
as we get them. Wales and West News and Sport - Rugby news TODAY, not tomorrow
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27/09/2007
PUBLIC CALLED TO GIVE VIEWS ON COUNCIL PLANNING SCHEME
The public are being invited to get involved in the preparation of a major new
planning framework for Bath and North East Somerset.
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27/09/2007
MASSIVE
CAMPAIGN ON BURGLARY IS LAUNCHED
AVON and Somerset Police have today (Thursday,
September 27) launched a massive campaign to tackle the growing menace of distraction
burglary and the misery it causes to victims and their families.
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27/09/2007
HAVE YOUR SAY AT NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH MEETING
PEOPLE living in Frampton
Cotterell and Westerleigh are being invited to have their say on issues affecting
their neighbourhoods in the first of the area's Safer Stronger Community Groups
(SSCG).
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27/09/2007
MOTORBIKE ACCIDENTS ON THE RISE
POLICE are urging
motorcyclists to take extra care on the region's roads following a sudden rise
in the number of serious and fatal collisions.
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26/09/2007
MAN LEFT
FOR DEAD IN 'BRUTAL' ATTACK
TWELVE people have been arrested after a man was
left for dead in Avonmouth.
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22/09/2007
GRAFFITI MAN IS GIVEN SUSPENDED JAIL SENTENCE
BANKSY may have made
a mint out of it but continuous graffiti has landed a Bristol man with a criminal
record.
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21/09/2007
COLD CASE TEAM CAPTURE 1980S ALLEGED RAPIST
A
BRISTOL man has been charged with a series of rapes on women which happened between
December 1980 and June 1981 and one charge of false imprisonment.
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20/09/2007
POLICE APPEAL AFTER THREE-CAR PILE-UP
POLICE are appealing for witnesses
after a three-car crash in Bristol on Wednesday (Sept 19).
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17/09/2007
BRISTOL MURDER VICTIM NAMED
POLICE have named the man who was murdered at the
Criterion pub in St Paul's, Bristol, on Sunday (September 16).
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16/09/2007
POLICE HUNT MAN'S MURDERER
POLICE have launched a murder investigation after
a man was stabbed in Bristol on Sunday morning (September 16).
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14/09/2007
POLICE SEIZE £6K OF DRUGS AFTER RAIDS
SUSPECTED cocaine with a street value of
around £6,000 has been seized by police in Yate on Friday (September 14).
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12/09/2007
MOTORCYCLIST DIES IN CRASH
A motorcyclist has died following
a collision on the A358 at Peasmarsh, near Chard in Somerset.
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09/09/2007
MAN FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE AFTER STABBING
A MAN is fighting for his life in hospital
after being stabbed on Sunday (Sept 9).
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08/09/2007
DON'T BE TAKEN
IN BY SCAM
POLICE are warning residents not to part with their cash following
reports of a letter scam.
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08/09/2007
POLCE HUNT MAN'S ATTACKERS
POLICE
are urgently appealing for witnesses after a serious assault that took place
on Friday (Sept 7) in Bridgwater.
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08/09/2007
MEN ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTED
MURDER
TWO men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after an incident
that took place in the early hours of this morning, which has resulted in a man
being stabbed.
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05/09/2007
PENSIONER DIES AFTER BUS FALL
POLICE in
Weston are appealing for information and witnesses following an incident on a
bus in the town which has resulted in the death of a 72-year-old man.
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03/09/2007
POLICE HUNT MAN'S ATTACKER
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after
a man was assaulted in what police believe to be an unprovoked attack on Sunday
(September 2) in Bath Road, Bristol.
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