Local MP Jack Lopresti says he welcomes the “huge interest” shown by Conservative and other candidates in the new Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) posts which are due be elected in November this year. The Filton and Bradley Stoke MP has been given the task of finding potential Tory nominees for the roles, which critics say risks politicising the police
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Bike theft, racial abuse and drugs are the main topics of local interest in the latest police newsletter for the Severnside, Stokes & Villages area. It is reported that fifteen suspects were arrested last year following a spate of bike thefts from outside leisure centres, youth clubs, schools. colleges and shops in Bradley Stoke, Little Stoke and Stoke Gifford during
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A 30-year-old man from the Oaktree Crescent area of Bradley Stoke has appeared before Northavon Magistrates charged with indecent exposure and burglary in connection with offences in Mautravers Close and Courtlands on Friday 20th January 2012. He was released on court bail to live at an address outside of South Gloucestershire with conditions including an 18-hour curfew between 6pm and
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Police investigating multiple reports of a prowler in Bradley Stoke and Little Stoke say they have arrested a man. A statement posted today on the Avon and Somerset Police website reads: “A 30-year-old man from Bradley Stoke was arrested shortly after 8pm last night, Thursday 26th January, by neighbourhood PC Claire Fletcher.” “He remains in police custody today, Friday 27th
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Police are urging people living in Bradley Stoke and Little Stoke to make sure doors and windows are secured after reports of an early-morning prowler. Officers were called to two incidents yesterday morning (Wednesday 18th January) in which householders spotted a man in their gardens. A man was seen in a garden in Elm Close, Little Stoke, at about 6:45am.
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A Journal reader reports that he had both number plates stolen from his vehicle last night (Tuesday 17th January) while it was parked in Juniper Way. According to the AA, number plate thefts have more than doubled in the last five years and there were at least 40,000 cases last year. Directgov, the government’s information website, explains that stolen number
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Bradley Stoke Community School reports that it has been warned by local police of “inappropriate conversations” on Facebook involving students at the school. The conversations are said to have involved contact with someone “potentially posing as a 15-year-old girl living in Bath”. The school says the situation is being followed up and it recommends that parents and carers be vigilant
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Police are appealing for information after a man made indecent remarks to a teenage girl in Bradley Stoke. It happened in Ormonds Close just before 7pm last night (Thursday 8th December), as the 14-year-old was walking home after meeting a friend. She was approached by a man who grabbed her arm and made indecent comments to her. She broke free
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A new service that allows people to ‘shop’ a drink driver by text message has been introduced as part of this year’s local Christmas drink driving campaign, launched at Aztec West last week. Avon and Somerset Police say they want the public to call 999 or text on their mobile phone to report offenders they know are getting behind the
Continue readingPolice have today (Monday 28th November) confirmed that they have charged ten people in connection with ill treatment and neglect offences under the Mental Health Act. This in relation to allegations that criminal offences were committed at the Winterbourne View Hospital [map], located within Bradley Stoke’s Vantage Business Park (off Old Gloucester Road). The following have been charged: Wayne Rogers,
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