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Revealed: Eight of the most crime-ridden streets in Bridgwater
We can reveal eight of the worst streets for crime in Bridgwater after new figures were released by Avon and Somerset Police.The crime data is for December 2016 and is available from the police.uk...
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Crime statistics reveal Somerset town with highest crime rate
Crime figures for the year 2016 have been released by Avon and Somerset Police, and we can reveal that the Somerset town with the highest crime rate is Bridgwater.Using data from the police.co.uk...
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Frome man smashed up partner's home when she left for his...
ANGRY that his partner had left for his father's funeral without him, a Frome man started smashing up property at their home after flying into a rage. Matthew Alexander Lofts could be heard making a...
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Chard woman admits violent behaviour towards police officer
Angry that her husband was being arrested for breaching his bail conditions by talking to her, a Chard woman intervened and launched a barrage of abuse and violent behaviour towards the police....
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Is splashing someone with your car a crime? It could be –...
Splashing someone on the pavement with your car could be a crime, according to police in Somerset. At this time of year there's often water on the roads and we've probably all witnessed pedestrians...
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Man with car full of drugs tried to enter music festival at...
A 31-year old who was stopped with a car full of drugs as he tried to enter a music festival at Butlins in Minehead has been spared a jail sentence.Edward Oliver, 31, appeared before Taunton Crown...
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Trowbridge Wetherspoons: Eyewitness describes shocking scenes in...
An eyewitness who filmed the chaos of a dramatic bar brawl at a pub in Trowbridge has described the moment the punches started flying.The fight broke out in the early hours of Sunday morning (February...
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Crash on A36 at Farleigh Hungerford near Frome caught on dashcam...
A woman was left afraid to travel as a car passenger after a van driver pulled out of a junction and crashed into her husband's car - leaving both of them with whiplash.Somerset Magistrates were told...
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Fires in Naishs Street, Frome: witness describes flames leaping...
A man who raised the alarm when a fire was started deliberately near a house described seeing flames eight feet tall leaping from burning bins.The fire, which took place on Naishs Street, Frome was one...
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Police appeal: Still no sign of Tanya, missing for a week
There is still no sign of a woman who has been missing since last Tuesday.Police are still running an appeal to find 30-year-old Tanya Vickery.Searches of the shore and sea were carried out around...
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Shepton Mallet community must pull together to tackle 'scary'...
A Shepton Mallet woman has called on her community to pull together to report crime and anti-social behaviour after a "scary" disturbance in the town centre. Amanda Stone-Outten, who runs a gallery and...
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Yarlington Homes property in Yeovil was damaged as man rowed with...
A man who started arguing with his former partner and "came to blows" as they lay in bed then punched a hole in the bathroom door to avoid hitting her instead.Callum Ray McAteer was caught on a police...
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Sherborne mum admits stealing clothes from Yeovil Marks and...
A Sherborne woman who was caught red-handed stealing a bag of clothing from a Yeovil store confessed she was going to sell them to fund her spiralling addiction to class A drugs.Mother Carrie...
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Somerset teenager flew into rage and smashed up family cars with...
A teenager who totally lost control after an argument with her boyfriend and assaulted her mother and stepfather before trashing their house in Ilchester with a sledgehammer has been sentenced to a...
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Man made 'sexually-motivated' threats to mum and daughter, 9, in...
A man made nasty "sexually-motivated" threats toward a mother and her nine-year-old daughter in Blandford and police are appealing for information as they try to track him down. The worrying encounter...
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Taunton dad denies striking his son with a mallet in Abbey Close,...
A trial has heard a dad got a "a kicking" from his son after he repeatedly hit the teenager on the head with a mallet.53-year-old Anthony Carp, from Darwin Close in Taunton, denies one charge of being...
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Bath councillor Donal Hassett guilty of one count of conspiring...
A Bath and North East Somerset councillor is behind bars tonight after he was found guilty of being a property fixer for a drugs syndicate.Donal Hassett remains a councillor despite his conviction for...
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Somerset recorded highest ever levels of hate crime after EU...
Avon and Somerset recorded its highest ever levels of hate crime immediately following the EU referendum in June 2016. New statistics released by Avon and Somerset Constabulary reveal there were 449...
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Jonathan Devlin, from Templecombe, repeatedly harassed partner...
A Templecombe man who persistently harassed his former partner by bombarding her with unwanted texts and emails has been given a suspended prison sentence by magistrates. Jonathan Devlin kept attending...
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Somerset pensioner claimed £37k benefits while working...
A Weston-super-Mare pensioner faces having to sell his home after he claimed more than £37,000 in benefits while secretly working - on a £35-a-week paper round. Roy Taylor, 71, had received benefits...
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