avon and somerset police

• News / police

  More than 2,000 drink-driving offences recorded by the police in the past year

  Researchers have described the South West as one of the UK's top drink-driving hotspots

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• News / UWE Bristol

  ‘I want to be able to trust the police’

  A research project based on children’s lived experiences of racism is to transform police training

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• News / Safe Link

  £1m to be awarded to Safe Link

  The funding will come from the police and crime commissioner for Avon and Somerset Police

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• News / Lawrence Weston

  Family left ‘scarred’ after collision that left four-year-old seriously injured

  The driver that caused the collision was sentenced on Friday

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• News / Ashton Gate

  Football banning orders likely for City fans after fight

  Bristol City say they are "appalled" by the violence outside Ashton Gate on Saturday

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• News / Crime

  Police boss denies Bristol is ‘hub of violent crime’

  Superintendent Mark Runacres admitted murders of several teenagers had damaged Bristol's reputation

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• News / Housing

  Court delays slow action on evicting Traveller encampments

  "When people are passing through they don’t necessarily respect the area as much as they might."

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• News / Crime

  Knife crime rises

  The report acknowledged the tragic loss of young lives through knife crime

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