A woman has died following a collision near Yeovilton earlier this week. Emergency services were called shortly after midday on Sunday 12 May after a collision between a red Kia Rio and a black Hyundai Coupe on the B3151. Paramedics attended and a woman, aged in her 80s, was taken to hospital with serious injuries. Sadly, she died in hospital on Tuesday 14 May. Her family have been… Source ..read more

A CCTV image has today been released by officers of a man they want to speak to after staff at Sainsbury’s in Avon Street in the St Philips area of Bristol were pushed and headbutted. At approximately 6.45pm on Friday 22 March a man was asked to leave the shop and then pushed past a security guard before headbutting another member of staff. As he was leaving, he has then thrown a glass on the… Source ..read more

A police officer who engaged in sexual activity with a vulnerable woman he met online has been dismissed and barred from policing. Ross Knox, a police constable based in South Gloucestershire, engaged in consensual sexual activity with the woman while off-duty between April/May 2022 and January 2023, despite knowing she was vulnerable. An accelerated misconduct hearing was held in… Source ..read more

A 55-year-old man appeared at Bristol Magistrates’ Court today (17 May) charged in connection with the burglary of a home in Kingswood last month. Brennan Hartrey, of Dangerfield Avenue, Bishopsworth, was charged following the incident, which took place in Sweets Road, Kingswood on Thursday 11 April. He has also been charged with the repeated use of an older person’s free travel card… Source ..read more

Two officers who put themselves in danger to help a distressed man on a busy motorway have been nominated for the national Police Bravery Awards 2024. On the evening of Sunday 28 May 2023, having just left the scene of a serious road traffic collision on the M5 northbound split level, Avon and Somerset officer Sgt Nicholas Dalrymple was alerted to a concern for welfare incident involving a… Source ..read more

His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) has published the findings of its latest assessment of how we manage our custody suites across Avon and Somerset. Inspectors visited our three sites – in Bridgwater, Keynsham and Patchway – between 8-19 January this year. In its subsequent report, published today (Thursday 16 May), the HMICFRS alongside the… Source ..read more

Chard Police Station will be undergoing a refurbishment this summer to bring it up to date and improve the efficiency of the building. Once the project is completed it will be one the most sustainable stations in the force area and will ensure a police presence in Chard is maintained for many years to come. The refurbishment will include new windows, doors and roofing, along with solar panels… Source ..read more

We’re appealing for witnesses following a large disorder in a South Bristol pub. A significant number of people were involved in the incident at The Rising Sun, opposite Greville Smyth Park, at around 9pm on Saturday (11 May). Officers were quickly on the scene after being alerted to the disorder which saw several people punched and kicked, but several of those involved had already left… Source ..read more

We are appealing for witnesses following a collision in the Clifton area of Bristol last month in which a motorbike has collided with the rear of a car. The collision, which happened between 4pm and 4.30pm on Thursday 25 April, involved a black scrambler-style motorcycle, which left the scene, and a grey Volvo estate on the Junction Swing Bridge in Merchants Road. Later… Source ..read more

Four people are in police custody after officers were called to a suspected burglary in progress in St Paul’s, Bristol. The call came in just before 2.10am today, Tuesday 14 May, reporting a group of people trying to break into a house in William Street. Officers attended, arrested four men on foot nearby and after further enquiries seized a car. Suspected cannabis plants were being… Source ..read more