Police are appealing for information to help trace a man who snatched a handbag from an elderly woman in the High Street, Staple Hill on Boxing Day. The 74-year-old was walking towards Page Park at around 11:45am when a man on a mountain bike grabbed her bag as he rode past. She fell over and suffered minor injuries to her
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Police and South Gloucestershire Council targeted pubs in an under-age alcohol test-purchase operation for the first time on Friday 10th December 10. Two 16-year-old girls volunteered to try to buy alcohol at six pubs – two in Emersons Green and the rest in Kingswood, Longwell Green, Pucklechurch and Soundwell. Neighbourhood Inspector Kevin Thatcher said: “I’m delighted that these clearly under-age
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Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a man was robbed in Staple Hill. The incident occurred on Friday 10th December 2010 at around 11:15pm as the victim was walking from High Street, Staple Hill towards Overnill Road with his girlfriend. As they approached the junction with Grace Road, they were approached from behind by three men. The victim
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Police are appealing for information following an aggravated burglary at a house in Emersons Green on Monday 6th December. At around 10am three men knocked on the door of a house in The Sidings. When the occupant answered the men confronted him, tied him up and threatened him. They then searched the house and made off with money, jewellery and
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Police are appealing for information about a racially aggravated assault in Patchway, north Bristol. It happened at 6am on Sunday 5th December near the Texaco service station on the A38 Gloucester Road. Two men asked a 28-year-old Polish man for directions. When he replied they racially abused him, chased him and one of them punched him in the head. The
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Police are appealing for information after a burglary in Siston Hill, South Gloucestershire, that left the home-owner seriously ill with stab wounds. The 49-year-old man is in a stable condition in Frenchay Hospital. He was stabbed with a kitchen knife in the abdomen and suffered cuts to his head and face. It happened at around 9pm on Tuesday 16th November
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Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a robbery in Yate. The incident occurred on Friday 12th November 2010 at around 12:30am. The male victim was walking along carrying a pizza when two men approached him. One of these men punched the victim to the face which caused him to fall to the ground. While he has was on
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Three stores sold alcohol to under-18s in a test-purchase operation run by police and South Gloucestershire Trading Standards. Two clearly under-age girls tried to buy alcohol in eight off licences and convenience stores in Downend, Kingswood, Mangotsfield and Warmley in the operation on Friday 5th November 2010. The teenage volunteers were able to buy alcohol in two Kingswood stores and
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Police are appealing for help to trace the driver of a red sports car which was driving along Hill Lane, Shepperdine at the time of a crash involving a livestock carrier. The crash happened at about 4:45pm on Saturday 30th October 2010. The blue Iveco livestock carrier left the road and rolled into a ditch. The driver was uninjured, but
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Police are appealing for information after a pedestrian was assaulted in the Asda car park on Highwood Lane, Patchway. The incident occurred at around 8pm on Wednesday 27th October 2010. The victim, a 29-year-old man, was walking alone though the car park when he noticed a dark, five-door car driving carelessly. He challenged the driver about his behaviour and was
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