Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a woman was deceived by an offender claiming to have her missing dog. The victim was walking in Church Lane, Hambrook on Wednesday 13th January 2010 at around 5pm. This was the last time the dog was seen. The owner has since put up posters offering a reward and has made numerous
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Police are appealing for information after a couple had tools worth £700 stolen while loading their van at the B&Q car park in Longwell Green, near Bristol. The incident happened on Wednesday, January 20 at around 7.30pm. While loading the tools into their van through its back door, the victims noticed that someone had parked alongside their van, opened its
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Police are appealing for information from drivers about a fatal collision on the M5 in South Gloucestershire this morning, Thursday, January 28. A lorry driver was killed at around 7am when he got out of his cab on the hard shoulder and was hit by another lorry and possibly two others. The collision happened southbound between junctions 14 and 15,
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The people of South Gloucestershire are being urged to help end the scourge of mass marketed scam mailing, by taking part in a nationwide Scamnesty campaign. South Gloucestershire Council is backing the Office of Fair Trading campaign, which runs throughout February, by encouraging its residents to collect any scam mailing they receive and drop them into designated Scamnesty bins located
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Trials to cut carbon emissions by switching off some streetlights for part of the night in South Gloucestershire are set to continue. Following the success of the first phase of the trial in Charfield, a switch off trial for the Ring Road is planned to start 1 February. A selection of streetlights along the length of the Ring Road will
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South Gloucestershire Police have charged a 13-year-old boy with burglary after a break-in at a house in Stoke Gifford in which two mountain bikes were stolen on January 17 2010. The boy, from Stoke Gifford, has been released on police bail and is due to face Northavon Youth Court on February 23 2010. Source: Avon and Somerset Police
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Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a fatal road traffic collision in Kingswood. The incident occurred on Monday 25th January 2010 at around 5.45pm in Soundwell Road at the junction with Leicester Square. A motocycle was in collision with a Ford Mondeo. The motorcyclist died later in hospital. He has been named as 16-year-old Brendon Smith of Kingswood.
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Police are appealing for information to trace two men who allegedly assaulted and verbally abused another man on the petrol forecourt of Tesco Express on Gloucester Road North, Filton. It happened on January 13 at around 7.10pm. The two suspects were in separate cars. One, in a black Mini Cooper, is described as white, aged in his 30s, 5ft 11ins
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The Conservative administration on South Gloucestershire Council has announced plans for the district’s lowest ever council tax rise, despite being one of the lowest funded councils of its kind in the country. At 2.5 per cent for 2010/11, it would be the lowest council tax rise in the Council’s history and is in stark contrast to the huge rises seen
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South Gloucestershire Police have charged a 16-year-old man with burglary after a break-in at a house in Stoke Gifford in which two mountain bikes were stolen on January 17 2010. The young man, who is from Stoke Gifford, has been released on police bail and due to face Northavon Magistrates on February 23 2010. A 13-year-old boy arrested in connection
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