Thieves hit Gorge Outdoors shop owner with car after stealing...
A CHEDDAR shop owner was mowed down by a gang of thieves who stole thousands of pounds worth of stock.Dave Hodgson, of Gorge Outdoors, was left shaken and bruised after a black Vauxhall Astra, being...
View ArticlePolice hunt man who punched out dog walker because her pets...
POLICE want your help in finding a man who attacked a young woman out walking her dogs.This crime happened in Worlebury Woods, Weston-super-Mare, on Tuesday, August 18. The victim, 26, was walking dogs...
View ArticlePolice arrest man for bomb hoax at Bristol Airport
THE POLICE have arrested a man overnight for allegedly being the cause of disruption at Bristol Airport.A man, 38, was arrested by Avon & Somerset Police on suspicion of making a bomb hoax and...
View ArticleTeamwork steals 15 joints of lamb from Farmfoods in Weston-super-...
POLICE are looking to speak to two men about the disappearance of a large amount of lamb from a supermarket.The pair could possibly shed light on how 15 joints of lamb left Farmfoods in...
View Article'Andy Kebab' admits selling antifreeze as vodka to Weston...
A MAN nicknamed Andy Kebab was nearly sent to jail for flogging bottles of Smirnoff Red Label vodka which were actually full of car screen wash and antifreeze.Bristol Crown Court recorder Jim Tindal...
View ArticleSex offender attacks woman, who turns out to be a kickboxer and...
A sex attacker picked on the wrong woman when she turned out to be a kickboxer - who pinned him in a headlock with her LEGS.Mark Willis, 40, hid behind a garden bush before pouncing on the woman as she...
View ArticleBest job ever? Police want someone to clear up cannabis
WANTED: Someone to clear up cannabis found during drug busts by police. Driver's licence a must. Will be issued with own thermal imaging camera.It's a wacky job but someone has to do it. Who do you...
View ArticlePolice appeal for break in murder case on Crimewatch. Tip offs...
THIS IS probably the weirdest case of mistaken identity ever reported. An actor's performance during a televised murder appeal was so haunting that people who know him told police he is the killer they...
View ArticlePair dress up as police officers and try to lure woman out of...
A WORRYING case of police officer impersonation has happened in South Bristol, leading to an appeal for information from the real police.Two people - a man and a woman - turned up on a woman's doorstep...
View ArticlePolice appeal after 13-year-old girl sexually assaulted at Cribbs...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 13-year-old girl was sexually assaulted. The incident, along with a second, took place at The Mall, Cribbs Causeway. The first took place at approximately...
View ArticleBristol man who left his victim permanently disabled wanted for...
A man who left his victim permanently disabled is wanted for recall to prison by police. In 2009, Christian Cunningham-West jailed for six and a half years for a "vicious and sustained beating" and...
View ArticleWeston-super-Mare nurse charged with manslaughter of ten-year-old...
A nurse from Weston General Hospital has been charged with killing a ten-year-old girl with a are genetic condition. Phoebe Willis, from Locking, died at Bristol Children's Hospital in late August 2012...
View Article'Pathetic' gunman 'picked wrong house' to mess with in Weston-sup...
A Weston-super-Mare couple were left terrified gun-point in their own home after a hapless criminal gang broke into a house but left empty handed. But one member of the gang later returned - having...
View ArticleFind Fox: Five month old Chihuahua stolen from Bristol handed...
A five month old Chihuahua cross puppy stolen from Bristol Dogs and Cats Home has been handed in to the RSPCA. A spokeswoman for the centre said: "We are delighted to be able to update you with the...
View ArticleThree Cheddar Gorge shops fall victim to theft in one night
THREE shops in Cheddar Gorge have been hit by burglars in one night. The break-ins which police have not confirmed are linked, happened between late Friday night and early Saturday morning. For the...
View ArticleCheddar armed police raid lands man in court
ARMED police were called to an incident at a house in Hythe Wood, Cheddar, last Wednesday.Neighbours were shocked when police with guns appeared in the development off Orchard Way.Police had been...
View ArticleMystery of the missing Cheddar rugby kit – stolen or...
A RUGBY team has been left baffled by the apparent theft of their team's kit from a launderette.Cheddar Valley RFC reported the incident, in which the culprits also picked up the cleaning bill, to the...
View ArticleWallet stolen at Cheddar Reservoir
A Cheddar mum is appealing for help after her husband's wallet was stolen from their family car at Cheddar Reservoir.As Cheddar rugby player Tom Corbett took a jog round the reservoir with the rest of...
View ArticleMan arrested for lobbing drugs over prison wall
WHEN throwing contraband over the prison wall, try not to be seen.That's what happened to one man at 10.30am today when he was spotted by staff on Longmead Avenue by HMP Bristol.The chap and his push...
View ArticleCan you help identify these people?
CAN you help identify these people? Offices belonging to Burn!Motorsport, based at the Stables Business Park in Rooksbridge were broken into yesterday. It is alleged that a pair of males broke into the...
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