All news on the topic: Avon and Somerset Police

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Teen dies on M5 after stepping out of ambulance during emergency treatment
A teenager died after leaving an ambulance on a motorway and being hit by a car, police have reported.
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Bristol sees tense standoff as police separate anti-immigration rally and counter-protesters
Police formed a guard in Bristol as anti-immigration protesters and counter-protesters clashed in the city center on Saturday, November 15.
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Sexual crimes, child abduction, rape: Labour MP Daniel Norris suspected of multiple offenses
A Labour MP has been arrested on suspicion of child sex offences and misconduct in public office.
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Jack Ayres’ family seeks answers after his body is discovered in a drainage ditch
An appeal has been launched after a 22-year-old man was found dead in a body of water in Somerset.
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Morgan Dorsett has been named as the woman who died after being attacked by a dog in Bristol
Two individuals—a man and a woman, both in their 20s—have been arrested in connection with the attack and have been released on conditional bail.
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M4 and M48 human remains: Police disclose that the body found belonged to a man in his 40s
The body was discovered between junction 20 at the Almondsbury Interchange with the M5 and junction 21, near Awkley, in South Gloucestershire - the M4 and M48 were initially closed but have now reopened.
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CCTV released as disabled woman's bag robbed while parked at Home Bargains
Avon and Somerset Police have released an image of a man in a tracksuit after a woman's bag was snatched while she was parked in a disabled bay outside Home Bargains in Bristol
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Baby's cause of death confirmed after parents accused of killing him in hospital
Little Brendon Staddon was in the neo-natal unit at Yeovil District Hospital in Somerset when he died from a “significant fracture to the skull” last week
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Police hunting man who vanished 8 days ago issue CCTV image of distant figure
Avon and Somerset Police are searching for a missing 22-year-old man in Bristol and have released CCTV of a possible sighting near to the River Avon on the evening he disappeared
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Two-week-old baby boy dies in hospital as two arrested on suspicion of murder
Daniel Gunter, 25, and Sophie Staddon, 20, both of no fixed address, were arrested and charged with two-week-old Brendon Staddon's alleged murder at Yeovil District Hospital
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Mum of three children found dead in house detained under Mental Health Act
Avon & Somerset Police have confirmed the latest update into the Bristol murder investigation in which three children, Fares, Joury and Mohammed, were found dead at home
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Pensioner, 71, who fatally stabbed his wife at holiday park is jailed
Simon Steeves, 71, from Brean, Somerset, has been jailed for 14 years and two months for stabbing his wife Denise, 59, to death at a holiday park in October last year
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Three kids found dead inside home were all stabbed to death
Siblings Fares Bash, seven, Joury Bash, three, and nine-month-old Mohammed Bash, who were found dead in the Sea Mills area of Bristol on Sunday, all died due to knife injuries, Avon and Somerset Police said.
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Police issue heartbreaking update after three kids found dead inside home
Police said three children found dead in a property in the Sea Mills area of Bristol were seven-year-old Fares Bash, three-year-old Joury Bash and nine-month-old Mohammed Bash
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Boy, 7, girl, 3, and 9-month-old baby dead in house named as tributes pour in
Photos show the three children aged 9 months old, three and seven, who were found dead by police at a property in the Sea Mills area of Bristol with a 42-year-old woman arrested
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Police confirm boy, 7, girl, 3 and 10-month-old baby found dead in Bristol house
Police were called to a property in the Sea Mills area of Bristol and made the horrific discovery of three dead children inside a property, leading to the arrest of a 42-year-old woman
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Boy, 2, found roaming street with no coat or shoes after escaping from nursery
The toddler was found "roaming the street" by himself after he escaped Hillsides Secret Garden Day Nursery in Bristol and was discovered by a delivery driver and a passer-by
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Girl, 14, becomes 12th person arrested in connection with Bristol stabbings
The pair, named locally as Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16, died after they were attacked on Ilminster Road in Knowle West, Bristol on January 27 by a group of people who fled the scene in a car
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Police make arrest after hospital in lockdown amid reports of 'man with machete'
Avon and Somerset Police said a man in his 40s has been arrested in connection with an incident at Royal United Hospital in Bath to be locked down, with armed officers at the scene
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Two teens charged with murders of schoolboys Mason Rist and Max Dixon
Two teenage boys have been charged with the murders of Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16 - who were stabbed to death - and will appear at Bristol Youth Court on Friday
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Man appears in court charged with murdering two teenage boys in Bristol
A 44-year-old man accused of stabbing to death two teenage boys – 15-year-old Mason Rist and 16-year-old Max Dixon – in Bristol on Saturday has been charged with murder
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Man, 44, charged with murders of Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16
Avon and Somerset Police have confirmed a 44-year-old man has been charged with the murders of teenagers Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16 in Bristol over the weekend
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Bristol stabbings victim's heartbreaking plea as he collapsed into couple
Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16, sustained fatal stab wounds in Knowle West, Bristol last night before suspects fled the scene in a car, and one of the victims reportedly made a heartbreaking request before dying
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Teens stabbed to death 'were victims of postcode gang feud', neighbours claim
Max Dixon, 16, and Mason Rist, 15, were knifed to death in front of bus passengers in Knowle West, Bristol, with neighbours fearing that they died in a postcode gang feud
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'Dangerous' sex offender still missing after woman found dead in home
Kelly Faiers, 61, died in October last year after meeting "dangerous" Richard Scatchard who went missing the day after her death as Avon & Somerset Police continue investigations