Chard man pushed partner out of front door on to steps in heated...
A Chard man accused of pushing his partner out of their front door onto some steps during an argument over money has been ordered to stand trial before Somerset Magistrates.Leroy John Davies, 41, of...
View ArticleBlack Friday: Fraud experts warn public to avoid online financial...
Online shoppers in Somerset should take care this Black Friday, as new research shows 31 per cent of us are more likely to take security risks on the internet in the hunt for bargains. According to...
View ArticleSherborne vandalism: police have 'number of positive leads' after...
Police investigating the attacks on several business in Sherborne say they have "a number of positive leads" which they are exploring. Vandals damaged half a dozen small businesses and one private...
View ArticleWilf Isaacs shooting: Billy Broadway 'didn't know shotgun he...
Billy Broadway has insisted did not know the shotgun he handed to his brother Charlie, used to kill Wilfred Isaacs, was loaded, a court has heard.In closing arguments today (November 24) at Bristol...
View ArticlePedigree sheep stolen from farm near Sherborne
Have you seen this sheep?Dorset Police are appealing for information after a pedigree Zwartbles ram was stolen from a farm near Bradford Abbas.PCSO Mark Jones, from the Sherborne beat team, said: "The...
View ArticleDorset Police say controlled detonation of five tonne Second...
Police say a controlled explosion of a FIVE TONNE Second World War device has gone according to plan this morning.The Military Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team put a 1,000 metre cordon in place...
View ArticleWilfred Isaacs shooting: Isaacs started a brawl with Joseph...
Wilfred Isaacs started a brawl with a man on the Chubbards Cross caravan site in Ilton, near Ilminster, on the day he was shot and killed, a court has heard.Defence barristers giving their closing...
View ArticleNot enough arrests to justify keeping Yeovil police station...
Not enough people were being arrested to justify the cost of keeping a custody unit open in Yeovil, according to Avon and Somerset's Police and Crime Commissioner.Sue Mountstevens said that fewer than...
View ArticleCold calling in Sherborne: how can you prevent it?
Incidents of aggressive cold calling are on the rise in the Sherborne area, according to Dorset Police.Officers from the Sherborne beat team have received numerous reports of cold callers using "scare...
View ArticleWoman sexually assaulted by cyclist while walking alone in Dorset...
Detectives are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a woman was sexually assaulted.Officers were called to reports that a woman had been sexually assaulted at around 9.40pm last night...
View ArticleGillingham business owners due in court accused of misleading...
Three Dorset business directors will appear in court next month charged with misleading customers of their building company.Paulina Kubicz, Marcin Piotr Plaga and Josef Plaga, of Addison Close,...
View ArticleTwo teenagers to stand trial charged with Yeovil drug dealing
Two teenagers are to stand trial at Taunton Crown Court facing allegations of drug dealing.Rochelle Wiltshire, 18, of Milford Road, Yeovil and a 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons,...
View ArticleRyme Intrinseca man found slumped at wheel allowed to keep...
A Ryme Intrinseca man found slumped over the wheel of his car after downing half a litre of beer has been allowed to continue driving despite having 13 points on his licence.Police were called to a car...
View ArticleThieves steal black Audi after breaking into home in Mells and...
Three men are wanted in connection with a burglary after a home was raided in East Somerset and a black Audi S3 taken. The house in Mells was targeted at around 9.20pm on November 22 when the house was...
View ArticleAbbey Pharmacy raid: Police arrest Gillingham man on suspicion of...
Police have arrested a man from Gillingham on suspicion of robbery following a raid on the Abbey Pharmacy in Sherborne.Nearly three months after the pharmacy on Cheap Street was raided in broad...
View ArticleWeymouth couple who ran 'seedy' brothel in Yeovil weep in court...
A Weymouth couple wept as they were spared prison after being convicted of running a brothel. Dean Rogers and Maya Rogers, 47 and 54, who own Maiden Rest Bed and Breakfast on the Esplanade, were each...
View ArticleMcDonald's knife attack: Man attacked with weapon in car park of...
A man has been attacked with a knife in the car park of McDonald's this afternoon (November 26).The attack took place in the car park of Street McDonald's just before 4pm today and it is understood the...
View ArticleRNAS Yeovilton engineer banned from driving after crashing into...
A naval aircraft engineer who crashed his car into a parked vehicle at Huish Episcopi and then fled the scene refused to comply with a breath test when police found him hiding in a front garden...
View ArticleWilfred Isaacs murder trial: The charges, the evidence and...
It's been a long five weeks for members of both the Isaacs and Broadway families as the trial into the shooting of Wilf Isaacs and his son, Wilf Jnr. Somerset Live will bring you details of the jury's...
View ArticleDomestic violence campaign: Police release 999 call of boy, 10,...
A shocking 999 call where a 10-year-old boy describes seeing his mum getting beaten up by her boyfriend has been released by police.The boy can be heard saying his mum is lying face down in a pool of...
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