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Gillingham's cream-covered children's slide prompts anger from...
Dorset mothers have turned sour after a slide in a children's play area was covered in cream. Pictures emerged on social media this week of a slide in the play area at Harding's Lane in Gillingham,...
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Crewkerne man ordered to stand trial after ex-girlfriend alleges...
A Crewkerne man who allegedly assaulted his former partner when she tried to get him to leave her house has been ordered to stand trial before Somerset Magistrates.Matthew Bowditch was visiting the...
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Yeovil homeless man stole from toy shop as he was robbed of...
A victim of crime then became the perpetrator himself after going shoplifting because someone had robbed him of his benefits money.Matthew John Shortland was homeless and without food when he was...
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Coroner confirms Shepton Mallet man killed in Dorset crash has...
A 49-year-old Somerset man who died in a crash at the weekend has been formally identified. Dorset Police are still investigating the collision between a black Ford Ranger and a white Ford Transit van...
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14 untaxed vehicles in Shepton Mallet clamped in DVLA crackdown
A total of 14 vehicles have been clamped in a Somerset town following a crackdown on motorists who do not have the correct tax. The DVLA said 14 untaxed vehicles were clamped in Shepton Mallet by its...
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Dorset boy, 7, has 'critical injuries' after Peugeot crashed into...
A seven-year-old boy is in hospital with "critical injuries" after he was hit by a car on his walk to school. Police officers are appealing for witnesses and seeking to reassure parents after the...
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Did Somerset police obtain controversial surveillance devices,...
Reports have emerged suggesting Avon and Somerset Constabulary may now have access to devices capable of spying on thousands of phones at a time.It is believed that the county's police force have...
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Crack cocaine and cash found in Yeovil drugs raids as 10 people...
Cash and crack cocaine were found in dawn drugs raids as ten people were arrested by police.The raids were part of Avon and Somerset police forces' ongoing investigation into the supply of Class A...
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Police seek witness following serious sexual assault in...
Police are trying to trace a witness following serious sexual assault in Weston-super-Mare.An Avon and Somerset police spokesman said: "We're continuing our efforts to trace a potentially significant...
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Crewkerne crime figures: Police respond to 63 per cent increase...
A Somerset town does not have a problem with violent and sexual offences, say police, after figures show an increase of more than 60 per cent in these type of crimes.Avon and Somerset Constabulary has...
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Broadmayne man Joseph Eke charged with murder of Harry House aged...
A man is due to appear in court tomorrow charged with the murder of two-year-old Harry House in Broadmayne.At 10.28 am on May 26 officers were called by the ambulance service to an address in Main...
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Taunton car fire: 70 per cent damage to vehicle parked under...
A car has been badly damaged after it was deliberately set on fire in Taunton last night (October 24).The car was 70 per cent destroyed by the fire after several calls were made from members of the...
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Yeovil man who crashed head-on into another car while on drugs...
A Yeovil man who admitted a string of motoring offences along with possession of drugs and a knife has been sent to prison for a total of six months.Justin King had illegal amounts of drugs in his...
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Taunton charity shop fire: Do you know this woman wanted in...
A woman is wanted in connection with an arson on a charity shop in Taunton earlier this month.Avon and Somerset Constabulary has released CCTV images of a woman who may be able to help with the...
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Broadway man accussed of harassment contacted female several...
A Broadway man accused of an offence of harassment has been ordered to appear before a domestic violence court next week.Adrian Stephen Hayward, 47, of Elms Close, is charged that between August 9 and...
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Wilf Isaacs murder trial - court hears he was blasted with...
Wilfred Isaacs was blasted to death with a sawn-off shotgun in front of his wife, son and two of his grandchildren as a traveller dispute erupted in violence, Bristol Crown Court heard today. The...
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Drunk Ken Barlow ploughed into Frome house on anniversary of...
A Frome man had been drinking on the anniversary of his friend's death when he ploughed his car into a garden wall and then crashed into the front of the house.Kenneth Timothy Barlow careered round a...
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Yeovil man accused of assaulting his partner is ordered to stand...
A man accused of carrying out two assaults on his partner within a few hours leaving her seeking hospital treatment has been ordered to stand trial before Somerset Magistrates.Ian Richardson was...
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Wilf Isaacs murder trial: Gun found hidden in toilet at Ilton...
The shotgun used to kill Wilfred Isaacs Snr was a 12-gauge sawn-off Escort Magnum semi-automatic shotgun, with the stock cut down to form a pistol grip, a court heard this afternoon.Wilfred Isaacs was...
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Sherborne body discovery: Post-mortem today on man found in West...
A post-mortem is due to be carried out on a man who was found dead in Sherborne earlier this month.Police say they now know the identity of the man, who was found in the West Mill Lane area of the town...
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