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A German shepherd named Ira died during labour. Picture: Stock image/Pixabay

Frome pair banned from keeping animals after death of dog

A FROME pair have been banned from keeping animals for 20 years after a German shepherd puppy died. Grzegoraz Zareba,…

The 'dangerous' overtake on the A358 in Taunton was caught on camera. Picture: Avon & Somerset Police RPU

“Dangerous” overtake caught on dashcam in Taunton sees driver in court

A “DANGEROUS” overtaking manoeuvre on a route in Taunton was caught on dashcam and sent to police. The incident, on…

Troy Johnson, of Weston, has been jailed for 20 months. Picture: Avon & Somerset Police

Troy Johnson jailed for “brutal” assault of woman in Weston-super-Mare

TROY Johnson – of Weston-Super-Mare – has been jailed after attacking a woman in what a court heard was…

The incident happened outside Superdrug in Yeovil High Street. Picture: Google

Man racially abused and assaulted outside Yeovil Superdrug

POLICE have made an arrest after a man was racially abused, punched and kicked in a Yeovil street. The incident…

The girl, 8, was hit by a car in Parkstone Avenue, Bridgwater. Picture: Google

Police appeal after girl, 8, hit by car in Bridgwater

AN eight-year-old girl was hit by a car in Bridgwater – and police are trying to trace the driver. The…

The incident unfolded in a courtyard at the Orchard Centre, in Taunton, with the Little Italy restaurant attacked

Group of 20 to 30 people attacked man and vandalised restaurant in Taunton

BETWEEN 20 and 30 people attacked a man and vandalised a restaurant in Taunton. A man suffered fractured ribs and…

Plants were seized and a man arrested in the Yeovil raid. Picture: Avon & Somerset Police

Arrest after ‘hundreds of cannabis plants’ seized in Yeovil drugs raid

A MAN has been arrested after hundreds of cannabis plants were seized at a commercial premises in Yeovil. A 38-year-old…

The teens were followed in Tyning Road, Combe Down, by the group

Gang of men dressed all in black followed group through village

THREE teenagers were followed by a group of men dressed in black and wearing surgical gloves as they walked…

‘Mr Garvey’ fined over nuisance garden bonfires in North Somerset

A NORTH Somerset man has been fined over repeated cases of ‘nuisance’ bonfires in his garden. The man, named by…

A number of items were stolen from Montacute House, near Yeovil. Pictures: Google/Avon & Somerset Police

Burglars target Montacute House near Yeovil in late-night raid

A STATELY home in Somerset was raided in a late-night burglary. Items including a silver dining-room table centrepiece (an epergne),…