One WFH trick cost her the job Avon and Somerset Police have sacked a police sergeant for using a working from home trick, as the officer gave the false impression she was working from home. According to the police, the sergeant was using a picture frame to weigh down her laptop keys. The officer, referred […]

3 weeks ago

The body is believed to be that of a man in his forties Two motorways were closed for several hours on Saturday evening after a human body was found on the carriageway. A number of drivers calls police from 6:40pm to report “something in the road” between junctions 20 and 21 of the M4 – […]

1 year ago

An investigation has been launched into the incident A 17-year-old girl died after being hit by a car when she got out of a police vehicle on the M5, the police watchdog has said. The teenager was being transported to custody by Avon and Somerset Police when she got out of the vehicle between junctions […]

1 year ago

‘I didn’t intend to scare anybody. I am crying out for help’ A man exposed as the ‘Somerset Gimp’ has been found guilty of two public order offences – after he terrorised people in a pitch-black rural country lane last year. Joshua Hunt, who wore a latex black ‘gimp suit’ and terrified female motorists, was […]

2 years ago

He was arrested after two recent incidents A man accused of being the ‘Somerset Gimp’ is set to appear in court today. Police say Joshua Hunt, 31, has been charged in connection with a series of incidents in the area. Hunt, of Claverham, will appear at North Somerset Magistrates Court on Wednesday (May 10). He […]

3 years ago

Police have urged people not to speculate on the circumstances of the ‘tragic event’ A man and a woman have been arrested after a newborn baby was found dead at a recycling centre in Somerset. Police were called to a waste and recycling centre on Artillery Road in the Lufton Trading Estate just after 2.30pm […]

3 years ago