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Yeovil man flips car after driving more than double the drink...

When a resident living in Yeovil heard a loud bang outside his home in the early morning he was horrified to see a car teetering on its roof - rocking from side to side.He went over to the car and...

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Cannabis raids: £1.5 million of the drug seized by police...

Nearly £1.5million worth of cannabis has been seized by police from three factories in Ston Easton.Three Eastern European men, aged 22, 23 and 25, were arrested on suspicion of cultivation of cannabis...

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Councillor Adam Dance describes 'humiliation' of kebab shop...

A councillor has spoken out after an allegation of an assault during a town centre kebab shop brawl was dropped halfway through a trial.Adam Dance appeared in the dock before Somerset Magistrates...

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BMX bike stolen from teen in Wincanton skate park by stocky young...

Police say a teenager's bike was stolen right in front of him at a skate park by a stocky man called "David".The 15-year-old's bike was taken from Wincanton skate park just before 6am on Friday,...

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Nailsea skate park: Bullies and vandals make park a no-go area...

Children are avoiding a skate park in North Somerset because of the bullying they suffer there, according to police.Avon and Somerset Constabulary says anti-social behaviour, graffiti and littering is...

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Street driver gets ban after smashing into pub wall while three...

A lorry driver found nearly three times the drink drive limit after crashing into the boundary wall of a pub has been given a two year driving ban.Police were on patrol in Street when they saw Thomas...

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Drunk learner driver drove girlfriend home from Yeovil nightclub

Out drinking with his girlfriend, a Yeovil man agreed to her request to drive them home after both of them had been drinking.However town centre CCTV operators saw Samuel John Brueton leave a nightclub...

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Wells woman crashed into parked car while double the drink- drive...

A Wells woman who crashed into the back of a parked car, shunting it forward eight feet, has been given a 20 month driving ban after being found more than double the drink drive limit.Sara Martin was...

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Westfest thank fans for helping police investigation as man, 25,...

A man remains in a "critical but stable" condition in hospital, as police continue to investigate a suspected serious assault at a popular Somerset music event. The 25-year-old man was left fighting...

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A303 fatal crash: No formal identification of Buckland St Mary...

The identity of two people killed in a horrific crash on the A303 near Chard will not be made public until the end of the week. The couple, both in their 70s, died when the car in which they were...

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Two men jailed for Yeovil child sexual exploitation

Two men have been sentenced to a total of 32 years in prison after being convicted of committing child sex offences in Yeovil.Ahmet Kurtyemez, 29, and Mehmet Citak, 34, and were convicted of offences...

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NSPCC hails 'brave' victims as 'despicable' Yeovil pair jailed 32...

A leading children's charity has welcomed the sentencing of two men for child sex offences committed in Yeovil over a three-year period.Mehmet Citak, 34, of Bradford Abbas, and Ahmet Kurtyemez, 29, of...

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Man killed by police taser in Warminster near Frome named as...

A man who died after being tasered by police near the Somerset border has been named as Terrence Bennett.The 44-year-old died shortly after he was fired at by officers outside his home in Warminster in...

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Reported Wincanton knife attack was just antisocial behaviour,...

Police have played down a recent incident in Wincanton as "antisocial behaviour", following reports of a knife attack in one of the town's public houses.Local reports indicated that a man had been...

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Cheeki Rafiki tragedy: Man in court charged with manslaughter of...

The director of a company that managed a yacht which capsized and killed two Somerset sailors has appeared in court charged with manslaughter.Steve Warren, 52, of Wincanton and Paul Goslin, 56, of West...

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Police activity in Glenthorne Avenue area of Yeovil: reports of...

Reports are coming in this evening of police being called to an incident involving someone on a rooftop in Yeovil. Residents of Yeovil have described a police presence in the Glenthorne Avenue area of...

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CCTV released as police hunt men who stole children's bikes in...

Police are hunting a pair of suspects after two bikes owned by children in Paulton, Somerset were swiped from outside a supermarket. CCTV images of two men officers want to speak to in connection with...

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Dorset Police warn the public about silver car linked to series...

Police have warned the public about a silver car which might be linked to a series of burglaries in Dorset. Expensive garden machinery was taken in a number of reported break-ins in rural areas of the...

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Royal United Hospital fined £200k after patient plunged to...

A Somerset hospital has been fined £200,000 after a patient plunged to his death through a faulty window.Mark Scott-Green, 48, managed to force his way through the opening, despite it being restricted...

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Cat urinating inside neighbours' houses causes ugly street brawl...

A cat owner has been given a restraining order after coming to blows with her neighbour - because her pet kept wandering into their houses. Vanessa McCarlie, 33, got into a scuffle with Samantha Arnold...

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