Police are appealing for information after reports of a man exposing himself in Alveston and Thornbury. The man was seen jogging near Down Road Park at about 5.15pm on Monday July 05 2010. He asked two girls aged 12 and 13 if they would help him find something he had lost in the bushes. The girls moved away, but the
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Police in Thornbury have arrested a number of youths after a garage was broken into and a car stolen. Officers were called to Hamble Close at about 3am on Tuesday June 29 2010 by a member of the public reporting four people acting suspiciously near a garage. A garage had been broken into and a blue Fiat Cinquecento stolen. Police
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Police investigating the disappearance and murder of Bath woman Melanie Hall, whose remains were found in undergrowth beside the M5 near Thornbury in October 2009, have arrested a 38-year-old man. He is being held at a police station in the Avon and Somerset force area and will be interviewed in connection with her murder and the disposal of her body.
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Police are warning people to be on their guard against a scam happening in supermarket car parks. A man is approaching people as they sit in their cars and asking for directions. While they are distracted looking at his map, cash and bank cards are stolen from bags left in the car. There were two incidents on Tuesday June 15
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The BBC’s Crimewatch programme will tonight (Tuesday) broadcast a reconstruction of the murder of Barry Rubery, who was found with fatal head injuries at his home in Crossing Cottage, Iron Acton, on the morning of Thursday 29th April. Police believe Mr Rubery may have been the victim of a robbery which went wrong and have issued details of items believed
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Detectives investigating the murder of Barry George Rubery have released details of property missing from Crossing Cottage a month on from his death. On Wednesday April 28 Mr Rubery returned to his home on the Latteridge Road in Iron Acton, following a night out with friends. The following day he was found with fatal head injuries. Officers investigating this crime
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Police are appealing for help identifying a man who approached a teenage girl near a school. The incident happened at 8.10am on Friday 14 May in Bristol. The victim, a 14-year-old girl, was walking from the Badminton Road playing field along the lane towards the back of Downend School. She was approached by a man who grabbed her arms and
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Police in South Gloucestershire are appealing for information after a 04-plate green Ford Ranger was damaged in the car park of B&Q in Yate. At around 3.30pm on Wednesday, May 12, the left-side wing mirror and the side panel on the vehicle were damaged. The victim, a man in his 40s, was involved in an earlier altercation on Station Road,
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Police have arrested two young men after cars were broken into in Frampton Cotterell overnight. Officers were called at St Saviours Rise at about 1.40am today, Wednesday May 19 2010, by a resident who had spotted a group of youths trying car doors. Police attended and searched the area, finding property including satellite navigation systems, laptops and wallets hidden in
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As investigations into the murder of Barry George Rubery continue three weeks on from his death, the independent charity Crimestoppers have offered a £10,000 reward to anyone providing information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons linked to Mr Rubery’s murder. On Wednesday April 28 Barry George Rubery returned to his home on the Latteridge Road
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