Local police say they are appealing for witnesses following an attempted robbery in the Bradley Stoke area last weekend. The incident happened between 10.30pm and 10.45pm outside 55-57 Oaktree Crescent on Saturday (8th March) when a man approached a number of Asian people and was racially abusive and threatening before asking them for money. When they refused, he threw the
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The Bradley Stoke police beat team says it is giving a high priority to investigating a spate of vandalism centred on the Huckley Way and Baileys Court areas. Speaking at last night’s Bradley Stoke Safer and Stronger Community meeting, PC Claire Fletcher said the team is aware that young people have been congregating in the underpass between Huckley Way and
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Detectives investigating a burglary in the area of Brook Way and Bradley Stoke Way in Bradley Stoke, on Saturday 21st December, have released photographs of some of the items of jewellery stolen in the break-in. It happened between 3.30pm and 6.15pm, when thieves forced a window to get into the house. The stolen jewellery (pictured, click to enlarge) includes necklaces,
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A man who answered his door was confronted by two men in balaclavas in an attempted robbery in Bradley Stoke. The incident happened at 6pm on Saturday 28th December in Broad Croft (off Pear Tree Road). A man in his 80s answered his door when two men pushed their way into his home and demanded he tell them where the drugs
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Police have arrested two men after responding to reports of graffiti being painted on street furniture and properties in north Bradley Stoke. They received two phone calls at about 11.15pm on Friday 8th November 2013 from witnesses reporting suspicious activity in the Woodlands Lane area of the town. Patrolling officers responded and found that graffiti ‘tags’ had been painted on
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Police are appealing for the public’s assistance following a racially aggravated assault in Bradley Stoke. It happened at around 11.15pm on Friday 1st November 2013. Two men were walking along Oaktree Crescent when they were subjected to racial abuse and were assaulted. They received bruising and their bike was damaged. The three offenders are described as white and aged between
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Local police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who might have information about a burglary in Bradley Stoke. On Thursday 12th September 2013, a shovel taken from a shed was used to break a window and enter a property in Great Meadow Road. Entry was gained into the conservatory but an attempt to force their way
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The death of a man whose body was found in the Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve on Tuesday 2nd July is “in no way suspicious” says a local police inspector. In a piece written for the August edition of the Bradley Stoke Journal magazine, Inspector Bob Evely gives an assurance that the incident has no relevance for community safety. Inspector
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The emergency services were called to two road traffic accidents in the vicinity of the Willow Brook Centre last weekend. The first incident, on Saturday (13th July), is reported to have occurred on the zebra crossing on the access road into the shopping centre, close to the Tesco petrol station. Traffic coming in and out of the centre was gridlocked
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Police have sealed off an area on the north side of the “duck pond” in Bradley Stoke’s Three Brooks Local Nature Reserve and a Crime Scene Investigation unit is at the scene, following the discovery of a body earlier today. At midday, a total of ten police vehicles were parked at the lake or in nearby Juniper Way, where an
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