Steep rise in car thefts in Somerset blamed on police cuts by motorist groups
Car thefts in Avon and Somerset have nearly quadrupled in the past five years
View ArticlePolice officers sit on buses to catch out drivers using phones and slap them...
Operation Top Deck caught almost 20 drivers in under two hours
View ArticleMan in 60s suffered cuts and bruises when he was attacked by an intruder in...
Police have released a description of the culprit
View ArticleThug knocked out woman and went back to serving customers
Jail for garage worker who kicked partner leaving her unconscious
View ArticleThis is the face of a Somerset child rapist jailed for 20 years
He was convicted of nine separate rape charges
View ArticleSupercars seized in multi-million pound fraud case to be auctioned with no...
Fancy driving away in a Mercedes or Aston Martin?
View ArticlePokemon GO player 'horrified' to find man committing sex act in Bath park
Woman initially thought man was also playing the mobile phone game
View ArticleCallous burglars ransack Frome nursery and make off with cash and iPads
Cash and various electronics were stolen
View ArticleCash, tobacco and booze stolen during robbery at One Stop in Midsomer Norton
Police are appealing for witnesses
View ArticleTeen jailed for attack after egging doggers at notorious West Country sex spot
Ryan Hughes, 18, admitted causing grievous bodily harm following an incident in Paignton
View Article'Career criminal' jailed after a string of burglaries in Exeter and Taunton
The 39-year-old admitted eight burglaries, handling and fraud
View ArticleWiltshire Police has least police officers per resident in the country as...
“The historic under-funding of Wiltshire Police fails to reflect the modern reality that a rural force has to deal with"
View ArticleSecond teenager released under investigation following stabbing at...
A man was airlifted to hospital after the serious assault
View ArticleOfficers visit properties to 'deter and disrupt' county lines in Taunton
The visits are ongoing tackle drug crime and pledge to continue this type of operation
View ArticleBBC presenter Alex Lovell threatened with rape in sick 'love letters'
68 year old admitted bombarding news presenter with increasingly graphic letters over six-year period
View ArticleRuthless carjackers are using this new trick to try and steal your vehicle
A man was then beaten with batons and stabbed
View ArticleThieves who 'prey' on women at cash machines in Bath may still be at large
A widely-shared appeal to trace two men police would like to speak to has yet to prove successful
View ArticleIn the courts: People convicted by Bath magistrates for crimes committed...
Recent cases include
View ArticleIn the courts: People recently convicted at Taunton Magistrates' Court for...
Magistrates courts deal with more than 90 per cent of criminal cases
View ArticleFraudster jailed and another is wanted after international plot involving...
Three year investigation uncovers £400,000 fraud involving shell company
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