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• No Cold Calling Alert Zones launched in local towns

  By  Tattva at 21:02 on 03/09/10

  

  Homeowners throughout Shepton Mallet are part of a pilot scheme collectively saying 'no' to cold-callers with the introduction of three Cold Calling Alert Zones in the town. The zones are designated areas where residents want to discourage cold callers from knocking on their doors. Residents in these areas will be vigilant for cold callers in their neighbourhoods and will report them to police who may attend and ensure they have a...

• Crime File 03.09.2010

  By  Wells_Jaqui at 14:54 on 03/09/10

  

  Some time between 1730 and 1930 on 15 August, person(s) unknown gained entry to a locked Peugeot 306 Estate car parked at Ebbor Gorge Nature Reserve. A bag of food was stolen from within the vehicle. Overnight on 14/15 August, electric fencing, a spade and solar lighting were stolen from a stable in Priddy. At approx 2300 on 15 August a Kubota agricultural machine was stolen from a farm at Priddy. The vehicle was driven across...

• Young man fined over cannabis

  By  Wells-People at 11:00 on 02/09/10

  

  Twenty-year-old Liam Smith from Algar Court, Parsons Way, Wells, pleaded guilty to possession of 2.3 grams of cannabis before magistrates in Frome. Smith was caught after police approached a parked vehicle in Glastonbury on June 24, suspecting the occupants were smoking the drug. Smith was fined £135. Court costs of £85 and a £15 victim surcharge were also added to the fine. He had received a caution for a...

• ‘Helping to launch her modelling career’

  By  Wells-People at 11:00 on 26/08/10

  

  A Chilcompton man who took sexy photographs of a teenage girl to help launch her modelling career has been sentenced to an 18-month community order and placed on the Sex Offenders’ Register for five years. Dale Witts, 37, of Wells Road, Chilcompton, took three pictures on a camera phone because the girl was putting together a portfolio to send to a modelling agency, Taunton Crown Court was told. He destroyed them almost...

• Do you know who to call? Ten Wells numbers you want in your mobile

  By  Wells_Jaqui at 14:32 on 23/08/10

  

  "Always be prepared!" That's the Boy Scout motto. Here are 10 phone numbers we do not think about until the moment we need them, at which point they save time, money and general peace of mind, giving immediate access to local and national support services. Police are asking the public to take 10 minutes to program each of these handy numbers into your mobile phone so if you are caught in an emergency you have help at...

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