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'Call 999 now! I'm hanging off a cliff'

Mr Bird with the Clevedon coastguard team

Thursday, March 11, 2010

A PENSIONER from Portishead who fell 10ft down a cliff in Clevedon was rescued after calling his wife on his mobile phone.

John Bird's fall near Ladye Bay was broken when he managed to grab onto thick undergrowth. Holding onto a branch while lying in the brambles, Mr...

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Police shooting gallery for old quarry

Thursday, February 04, 2010

A FIREARMS centre used by police forces from across the South West could be built at Black Rock Quarry in Portishead. The former quarry on Valley...

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Thefts prompt security warning

Thursday, February 04, 2010

POLICE in Clevedon are warning residents to secure their homes and vehicles following a spate of house burglaries and thefts from cars in the town....

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North Somerset becomes a rural retreat for drug dealers

WPC Jackie McDonald, left, and PCSO Burnadette Van-Der- Watt surrounded by Cannabis plants grown in a bedroom of a detatched house beside the A38 at Barrow Gurney.

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

THE number of cannabis factories being set up in North Somerset is on the rise – as criminals move out of Bristol to more rural areas to grow...

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Damage to glassblower statue reported to police

The official unveiling ceremony of the glassblower in February 2008 of town council chair Mary Ponsonby, assistant clerk Sue Walker (left) and Richard Barclay, the great great great great grandson of the glassworks founder John Robert Lucas.

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

A BRONZE statue near Tesco in Nailsea has been damaged. Nailsea Town Council chairman said: "At this point we are not sure whether this is mindless...

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Burglars assault woman in her own home

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

A WOMAN who was assaulted in her Nailsea home after burglars broke in on Monday afternoon is being treated in hospital.. The 50-year-old of Caversham...

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World War II veteran dies after living room fire

Friday, January 08, 2010

AN elderly man died after a fire in his living room. Firefighters found the man, thought to be in his eighties and a World War II veteran, dead after...

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Witnesses sought after M5 crash

Monday, January 04, 2010

A WOMAN received serious injuries after the car she was travelling in crashed on the M5 motorway between Clevedon and Portishead on Sunday. Police are...

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