Chanel and Jimmy Choo perfumes swiped by Wells beauty salon...
A beauty salon in Wells has had stock worth thousands of pounds stolen after being hit by burglars for the second time in under a year. Broad Street boutique and salon Frontlinestyle had the range of...
View ArticleWells man handed suspended jail term for sending threatening...
A Wells man who sent his former partner a string of abusive messages after learning she had begun a new relationship has been handed a suspended prison sentence.Tim James Wickham later sent seven voice...
View ArticleJack Gudge murder investigation continues as vigil held in memory...
Police have released a picture of the teenager who died after a disturbance outside a Tesco Express store in Dorset.Four people, including a 15 year old, have been arrested on suspicion of the murder...
View ArticleChard man who allegedly assaulted partner and friend with knife...
A CHARD man who allegedly attacked his partner and a friend with a knife has had his case sent to Taunton Crown Court.Tiago Simon Gomes Jacinto, 28, appeared before Somerset Magistrates Court in Yeovil...
View ArticlePictures of illegal waste tip published as £50,000 clean up...
Shocking pictures have emerged of an illegal stockpile of 60,000 litres of used cooking fat which was partly contaminated with human waste.The pictures were released by the Environment Agency which is...
View ArticleBridgwater man jailed for 15 years for string of child sex...
A Bridgwater man has been jailed for 15 years after being convicted of a string of child sex offences.Peter Carl Martin, 61, was found guilty of 16 counts of non-recent sexual offences against children...
View ArticlePolice reassure residents Street 'does not have a cannabis...
Police have reassured Street residents that the village does not have a cannabis problem despite complaints. Residents raised concerns over the use of the drug at the police-arranged Partnerships And...
View ArticleGetaway driver in bungled raid on Taunton jewellery shop jailed...
THE getaway driver in a bungled raid at a jewellery shop in Taunton has been jailed for five years.Louis Kelly, 36, from Belgrave Gardens, London was part of a gang of five raided a jewellers in...
View ArticleCold case: Meet the detectives tackling unsolved crimes in...
Meet the minds behind Avon and Somerset's 'cold case' team; detectives who are tackling unsolved murders from across the years. Avon and Somerset Police's Major Crime Review Team (MCRT) started out as...
View ArticleWANTED - Somerset police hunt Damien Wells with public warned not...
Somerset police have appealed for public help in locating wanted man Damien Wells.They advise not to approach Wells, 26, who is in breach of his terms of prison licence, and is also wanted in...
View ArticleTwo members of 'wider paedophile network' jailed for sex offences...
A man has been jailed for five years for indecently assaulting a boy, the second such conviction following a large-scale police investigation into a wider paedophile network in Somerset.Christopher...
View ArticlePolice appeal after Wiltshire man Simon Chadwick goes missing in...
A renewed police appeal has been launched to find a missing man who disappeared on Friday (July 22).Simon Chadwick, 34, was last seen at 11am wearing a blue and black striped t-shirt, jeans and black...
View ArticleDorset woman jailed for ten weeks for stealing food from...
A woman will spend ten weeks in jail after being found guilty of stealing food from a Dorset supermarket.Evelena Bishton appeared at Bournemouth Magistrates Court on Friday (July 22) and pleaded guilty...
View ArticlePolice at scene as body found in River Parrett near Martock in...
A body has been found in the River Parrett west of Martock following a police search for a missing man from the area. Officers from Avon and Somerset Constabulary have been searching the area for...
View ArticlePolice investigate after car crashes into pedestrian in Dorset...
Police are investigating after a car crashed into a pedestrian and failed to stop.The vehicle, thought to be a yellow people carrier, collided with a Wiltshire man in his 50s on Tuesday, July 19.He was...
View ArticleBoy punched in head and robbed while walking home in Frome
Police are appealing for witnesses to a violent robbery in which a 16-year-old boy had his mobile phone stolen. The victim was walking along Vallis Road in Frome at about 11.20pm on Saturday, July 16...
View ArticleWatch as Wincanton paedophile is confronted by vigilantes after...
A Wincanton man has admitted attempting to groom a 13-year-old girl after vigilante investigators set up a fake online profile of the victim and filmed themselves confronting him outside his home.Paul...
View ArticleRobber bites victim after struggle and makes off with purse in...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was robbed in Taunton earlier this month.The 55-year-old victim was walking along Queen Street at around 2pm on Saturday, July 16, holding a bag of...
View ArticlePolice urge vigilance after 'suspicious incident' near Sherborne
Dorset Police have urged Sherborne residents to be vigilant following a "suspicious incident" which occurred near the town on Friday (July 22). The incident in question involved two male occupants of a...
View ArticlePolice launch appeal after 240 sheep stolen from Langport and...
Police have launched an appeal after 240 sheep were stolen from fields in Langport and South Petherton. The livestock were stolen over night between Sunday, July 24 and Monday, July 25. The incident...
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