Claire Blackman, wife of Alex, the Royal Marine convicted of...
The wife of a Somerset Royal Marine convicted of murdering a Taliban fighter in Afghanistan says she has to remain "optimistic" as her agonising wait to hear whether he can appeal his conviction...
View ArticleWeston-super-Mare family call for help after their £3,000...
A Weston-super-Mare family are appealing for help after their £3,000 van was torched and completely destroyed during the night on Tuesday (September 21).Police are now investigating the incident after...
View ArticleStun gun charge for Burnham-on-Sea man with device that was...
A Burnham-on-Sea man has been warned he could be facing serious jail time after he admitted being in possession of an illegal stun-gun, disguised to look like a torch.Stuart Kilcoyne from Briar Close...
View ArticleHuge fire in Yeovil being treated as 'suspicious'
Fire fighters spent hours battling a 'suspicious' fire which destroyed a caravan and shed as well as damaged a garage and a summer house last night.The fire service was called out at 9.45pm after...
View ArticleWiveliscombe man Robert Norman to face judge and jury over...
A Wiveliscombe man will face a judge and jury later this year after a dispute with neighbours spiraled out of control.Robert Norman appeared before Taunton Crown Court today to deny a charge of being...
View ArticleChristopher Halliwell had 'direct relationship' with Linda...
Convicted double killer Christopher Halliwell had a "direct relationship" to Linda Razzell, according to a former detective who arrested him.Linda's former husband, Glyn Razzell, has always denied...
View ArticleWellington woman had sex with boy, 13, to get pregnant and...
A woman has been spared jail despite plying a vulnerable 13-year-old boy with cider and sleeping with him in an attempt to get pregnant.The court heard that Hannah Cox, 29, of Priory, Wellington, had...
View ArticleHalifax bank robber hunted by police after staff threatened and...
Police are hunting a robber who threatened staff at the Halifax bank in Keynsham.The man entered the bank in the High Street at 11.30am on Monday (September 26) before fleeing with a sum of money.A...
View ArticleChristopher Halliwell: Police keeping 'open mind' about more...
Police officers are keeping an "open mind" into the possibility Christopher Halliwell may have killed more women.Halliwell has been convicted of murdering two women and on Monday, September 26, the...
View ArticleYeovil teaching assistant Hamid Bhatti conspired with schoolgirl...
A 22-year-old teaching assistant conspired with his 15-year-old girlfriend to cover up their relationship, telling her he would "get away with it" if she told police she had claimed to be 16, a court...
View ArticleCCTV of Keynsham bank robbery suspect released as Somerset police...
Efforts to catch a bank robber responsible for a raid on a Halifax in Somerset have been stepped up by the police, after CCTV images of a suspect were released.Staff were threatened on Monday...
View ArticleChristopher Halliwell link to Linda Razzell has 'huge significanc...
The family of convicted killer Glyn Razzell, who has protested his innocence for more than a decade, has acknowledged the "huge significance" of new information linking Christopher Halliwell to his...
View ArticleMost prolific offender to avoid jail in South West has racked up...
An offender has racked up nearly 300 previous convictions but been jailed for just 60 of them.The criminal in the South West was the most prolific offender in the region given a non-custodial sentence...
View ArticleAshcott brothers campaign to find thief who broke into their car...
Two Ashcott brothers are campaigning to find out who broke into their car.Sam and Ethan Boxell went for a walk at Shapwick Heath National Nature Reserve with their girlfriends, but when they got back...
View ArticlePolice investigate claims cats died after eating poisoned...
Police are investigating reports that two cats died after consuming poison in a park in Bath and North East Somerset.It comes after a woman from Whitchurch claims she returned from holiday to find her...
View ArticleWoman attacked in 'serious sexual assault' in Weston-super-Mare,...
A woman was attacked in a serious and "very concerning" sexual assault in the early hours of Friday (September 23) in Weston-super-Mare.The woman, who is in her forties, was attacked by a man in Albert...
View ArticleMan arrested following Keynsham bank robbery appeal
Avon and Somerset Police have arrested a 31-year-old man in connection with a robbery at a bank in Keynsham.The man, from the Keynsham area, was arrested soon after a CCTV appeal was issued by the...
View ArticleYeovil teaching assistant who allegedly slept with schoolgirl was...
A 22-year-old teaching assistant accused of sleeping with a 15-year-old girl had been reported to the school three times for inappropriate conduct around pupils a court heard today.Teachers at the...
View ArticlePolice send letter to Winscombe residents after spate of thefts...
Police sent a letter out to residents of Winscombe earlier this week after a worrying spate of thefts in the village.Three serious thefts occurred in the space of just three days, with jewellery, iPads...
View ArticleSomerset woman to complete gruelling Mount Kilimanjaro trek for...
A Somerset woman will embark on a mammoth trek of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for those affected by female genital mutilation (FGM).DCI Leanne Pook, who leads Avon and Somerset Constabulary's FGM...
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