Cold callers are being frozen out in Yate thanks to a new pilot scheme between South Gloucestershire Council and Avon and Somerset Police. ‘No Cold Calling Zones’ have been launched in parts of the town in a bid to help reduce doorstep crime. They have been set up by the Council’s trading standards officers with support from police and local
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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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A new Minor Injuries Unit (MIU) has opened at the Yate West Gate Centre, offering a drop-in service for children and adults to treat a whole range of minor injuries from cuts to sprains, from bites to broken arms. The Unit, run by NHS South Gloucestershire’s Provider Services Team, is the first dedicated MIU in South Gloucestershire which is open
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South Gloucestershire Council’s Conservative administration has given the green light to transport schemes designed to improve road safety and beat traffic congestion across the district. As part of this financial year’s Local Transport Capital Programme, building work will start on the district’s first park and ride facility – a £1.2m scheme at Parkway station. Already-announced changes to the controversial 2+
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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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A new face has joined the neighbourhood policing team for Yate. Police Community Support Officer Gary Tilling is based at Chipping Sodbury Police Station with the existing team of PCs John Gillman and Giles Sutton and PCSOs Gareth Betts, Tony Bristow and Darren Thorn. Gary, 41, brings more than two years’ experience in the role, as he has been working
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Police have arrested four young men in connection with criminal damage in Yate. Overnight Friday April 9 to Saturday April 10 2010 garden eight walls and two fences were knocked down and a car window smashed. The incidents happened in Highworth Crescent, Quedgeley, Sandhurst, St Briavels Drive and Toddington Close. The young men, two aged 14 and two 15 and
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Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a sexual assault in Meadow Mead, Brimsham near Yate. The incident occurred on Sunday 18th April 2010 at around 12am. An unknown offender followed the victim as she entered Meadow Mead via the cut-through from Spar Pools Lake. He took hold of her shoulders from behind before sexually assaulting her. The offender
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Police are seeking the public’s help to recover two stolen bikes – one of which belongs to a 10-year-old cystic fibrosis sufferer. They were taken overnight between 5pm on Sunday April 11 and 11am on Monday April 12 form a property in Edgeworth, Yate. Both bikes were Apollo mountain bikes – one with 26ins wheels and the other with 20ins
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Police in South Gloucestershire are warning drivers to be vigilant following a number of thefts of vehicles in the area. Police have received a number of reports of stolen vehicles, in which thieves are particularly targeting Vauxhall Brava cars. Since January police have received reports of 10 Vauxhall Bravas being stolen in South Gloucestershire, including, in particular three in the
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