A Bath and North East Somerset based organisation has renewed its call on the government to make Holocaust Denial a crime in the UK. This is in response to the heightened increase in antisemitic hate crimes and violence against Jews, both here in the UK and around the world. Denial of the Holocaust is currently…
A 33-year-old man has been convicted of murdering Olivia Wood in Frome, on the night last year she planned to end their relationship. Kieron Goodwin, of Frome, denied killing 29-year-old Olivia, but was found guilty by a jury at Bristol Crown Court today (24 April) after a five-week trial. He was also convicted of 15…
Avon & Somerset Police are appealing for the public’s help to identify these people in connection with a burglary investigation. The police believe they may have information into the incident which took place at a shop in Anchor Road, in Coleford, on 12th March. At around 2am, three unknown people gained entry to the shop…
The Police are continuing to appeal for the public’s help to find missing 65-year-old Simon Walters. Simon was last seen on Tuesday 18th March in Locking, near Weston-super-Mare, and was reported missing three days later. He is described as white, approximately 5ft 8ins tall, with short, grey hair. He is thought to be wearing a…
A police officer who deliberately weighed down keys on her laptop to make it appear as if she was working when she wasn’t, has been dismissed without notice. Detective Constable Philippa Baskwill, who was based in Somerset, will be barred from policing and other law enforcement agencies following the accelerated misconduct hearing, held in front…
The Supreme Court gender ruling could lead to trans prisoners getting “seriously hurt”, a trans woman who was moved from a men’s to a women’s prison a decade ago to serve a sentence has said. Her comments come as a solicitor also warned the judgment by the UK’s highest court on Wednesday, that the definition…
