avon and somerset police

• Features / knife crime

  Knife crime in Bristol triples in a decade

  A Freedom of Information request has revealed a concerning increase in knife-related offences

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• News / Crime

  Police appeal after fire damages home and car

  There were three young children in the house at the time of the fire

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• News / floating harbour

  Woman rescued from docks

  The woman resisted rescue for around an hour

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• Your say / protest

  ‘Bristol is and always will be antifascist’

  Bristol Antifascists say racists will become more emboldened if we do not keep turning out

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• News / avon and somerset police

  Avon and Somerset police appoints new assistant chief constable

  Rachel Shields will join a team of two other chief constables

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• News / protest

  Stand Up to Racism claim counter-protesters ‘set on by police’

  One Green councillor says police officers "acted like hired thugs"

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• News / Politics

  Green councillor ‘shocked and disgusted’ by policing during anti-immigration protest

  Ani Townsend has said they will be making "multiple strong complaints"

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• News / Crime

  Gun fired inside house

  Police have confirmed a gun was fired in Knowle West on Friday

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