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People forced to leave their flats in an unsafe tower block in Bristol are still being asked to pay rent – because the council is paying to put them up in hotels. But Mayor Marvin Rees[1] said the council’s housing staff are ‘being very empathetic’ abo…
Hospital records of up to 200 people were inappropriately accessed by a member of staff, a NHS trust has said.
A staff member at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton accessed the records of people known to them over a period of six years.
The Somerset NHS…
One of the UK’s finest Police Dogs has retired from Avon and Somerset Constabulary[1]. PD Ash was hailed a hero when he played a key role in preventing rioters from invading a police station.
He also won the National Police Dog Championships in 2019, m…
The number of flats now occupied in Barton[1] House has risen to 14. The increase in families living in the evacuated building deemed too unsafe to live in comes as attempts were made to move residents staying at other hotels into the Holiday Inn.
Some…
A true canine policing legend and one of the finest working dogs[1] every to wag their tail has retired from Avon and Somerset Police. After apprehending countless offenders and helping numerous vulnerable victims, Police Dog Ash has taken retirement.
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A former Avon and Somerset Police chief has said the relationship between the media and police forces across the country needs to be rebuilt for the benefit of the public. College of Policing Chief Constable Andy Marsh, who worked at Avon and Somerset …
A former police chief at Avon and Somerset Constabulary[1] has called for trust between the media and police forces to be ‘reset’ and rebuilt in the aftermath of the tragic Nicola Bulley case. College of Policing Chief Constable Andy Marsh said the ‘de…
The Barton House evacuation is down to ‘failures at every level of government’ according to the firefighters union. In a hard-hitting statement from the FBU today (November 22), its general secretary said the evacuation of more than 400 people from the…
Morgan Smith (right) killed David Haw (left) when his boat hit a buoy after hours of drinking – CROWFOOT, AMY/BNPSA Team GB sailor has been sentenced to three years in prison after he killed his colleague in a high-speed midnight boat crash while drunk…
Exeter City manager Gary Caldwell was left delighted after the Grecians ended their ten game run without a victory. City had lost nine of the last ten having been on a terrible run of form, but put a hold to that sequence with a 1-0 win away to Swindon…