avon and somerset police

• News / knife crime

  Knife crime figures falling

  Avon and Somerset Police attribute the decline to knife crime education

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• News / protest

  Anti-migrant protesters and counter-protesters stand off in Bristol

  Hundreds showed solidarity with refugees as the ‘Bristol Patriots’ paid a visit to an asylum hotel

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• News / police and crime commissioner

  Avon and Somerset crime commissioner speaks out as role is abolished

  Clare Moody will remain in her post until her term ends in 2028

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• News / avon and somerset police

  Seven men charged in Bristol child sexual exploitation investigation

  Men appeared in court accused of more than 40 offences against teenage girls

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• News / Crime

  Arrest after woman forced into car in Clifton

  Police called the incident "truly shocking" and urged witnesses to come forward

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• News / Crime

  Organised crime group ‘dismantled’ as four jailed

  The four men were involved in the supply of multiple kilos of cocaine and heroin

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• News / Crime

  30-year-old from Devon jailed for raping teenager in Bristol

  The man met the victim on a dating app

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• Features / drugs

  Group urges ‘mandatory’ medical cannabis awareness training for police officers

  Several accounts suggest misinformation around cannabis-based products prescribed for medicinal use

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