Avon and Somerset Police have issued two CCTV images of a man they want to identify in connection with an armed robbery at a convenience store in Filton. A man walked into the Spar in Filton Avenue at around 7.30am on Monday (2nd October) brandishing a small axe. He threatened staff and stole a quantity of money from the till. It’s
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Police have arrested a man after a number of burglary incidents in Filton on Thursday 15th June. Between 4pm and 4.30pm, a householder in Third Avenue was disturbed by a suspicious noise and saw a man in her neighbour’s garden who made off when he saw her. The neighbour’s door was found to have been damaged, but no entry was
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Police in Filton are urging local residents to review the security of outbuildings following a spate of shed break-ins. Since the beginning of February, push bikes have been stolen from three sheds in Filton, with a further eight incidents in which sheds were entered but nothing stolen and another in which beer was taken. Most of the incidents have happened
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Police are appealing for information after a woman had her handbag snatched on Filton Avenue. The incident happened at around 7pm on Saturday (22nd November). It’s understood that the suspects left the scene on foot, heading towards the Gloucester Road North (A38) junction of Filton Avenue. Before the incident, the woman used the number 75 bus from Bedminster and alighted at
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Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a robbery at Filton Post Office on Thursday 17th July. Two men went into the branch in Church View, just off the A38, just before midday, and demanded money. Both were wearing motorcycle helmets, one had a large knife and the other a wooden baton. One of the men forced the till
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Avon and Somerset Police have confirmed the closure of Filton Police Station, with staff being transferred to Southmead Police Station until the new police centre currently being constructed in Patchway (in front of the Rolls-Royce site) is ready later this year. The Filton station, in Gloucester Road North, closed on 4th March. The move came days after planning permission to
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Police are appealing for information relating to an incident of assault and criminal damage in The Sidings, Filton on Monday 24th February. Three men were seen acting suspiciously at around 6.15pm and, when challenged by a 50-year-old man, they pushed him to the ground and kicked him in the chest area. He was left shaken but not seriously hurt. The
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Witnesses are being sought following an incident of criminal damage at a church in Filton. The damage is believed to have happened between 9.30pm and 10.30pm on Thursday (6th February 2014). Someone has caused damage to plant pots and a car at St Teresa’s Presbytery in Gloucester Road North. Anyone who can help should contact Detective Constable Liz Mildren at
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Local police are asking Filton residents to help a burglary investigation by looking out for stolen property discarded by thieves. Last night (Tuesday 14th January), three people were arrested in Nutfield Grove following a robbery a short time earlier in Sixth Avenue. Between these two locations it is suspected that a grey iPod, a black mobile phone and a pair
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Police are asking for the public’s help in tracking down jewellery that was stolen from a house in Filton. Detectives investigating a burglary in Broncksea Road, on Saturday 19th October, have released photographs of some of the items of jewellery stolen in the break-in. It happened between 4pm and 11pm, when thieves forced a small window to get into the
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