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Vandals caused serious damage to cars and properties in Wells last week. Overnight between March 8 and 9 a number of vehicles and properties were damaged in areas around Bath Road, Sadler Street, Broad Street, St Thomas Street and St Andrews Street. Car windscreens were smashed and windows were broken during the wrecking spree. Police say the damage is likely to have happened in the early hours of Saturday morning at some point after...

Police raided a house in St Cuthbert Street, Wells and seized a number of cannabis plants. Officers raided the property at 1.30pm yesterday, Wednesday March 6. Eight mature cannabis plants were discovered along with a hydroponic growing set-up.

Police are attempting to trace an escaped prisoner who they believe may be in the Somerset area. John Loveridge , aged 28, absconded from HMP North Sea Camp in Lincolnshire on Monday February 11. He was jailed in 2011 for offences including burglary and theft. Loveridge is described as white, around 5ft 8 to 5ft 9 inches tall, of a slim build, with short black hair and hazel coloured eyes. He has a 4 inch scar on back of left hand,...

A local man has been charged with an assault that occurred in Wookey 13 years ago. Clive Edwards, 58 from Wookey, was charged with GBH with intent today and is due to appear at Yeovil Magistrates Court on March 14. The assault took place during April 2000 and the victim suffered serious leg injuries. A spokesperson for Avon and Somerset Police said: "Although the assault was investigated at the time and a man arrested, he was...

Police are asking second-hand shops and antique dealers to be vigilant after valuable 18th century furniture was stolen from a church near Wells. Thieves forced their way into St Lawrence Church's vestry in Westbury-sub-Mendip stealing a chest, a table and two chairs. The incident happened sometime between 7.30 pm on Sunday September 16 and 8.15 am on Monday September 17. Anyone who has any information about this crime is asked to...

Police held their first meeting at The Old Deanery, Wells last Tuesday where members of the Mendip beat team gave presentations to representatives of over 40 churches in the Somerset area.  The meeting was called as part of the Constabulary's ongoing work to tackle metal theft and in direct response to four recent incidents of theft from churches in the Mendip area. Nick Denison, Diocesan Secretary, said: "The theft of...

Wells Police are asking everyone living across the Mendips, with views to the local churches to be vigilant after a number of churches have had lead stolen from their roofs. Parish churches across the Mendips have recently been targeted by metal thieves.  The damage and financial impact of these thefts has been exacerbated by the appalling recent wet weather. A number of the thefts were discovered as a result of rain running...

Police are urging members of the public to be vigilant following the theft of champagne and quality white wine from the Wells area. The champagne – 144 bottles - and 120 bottles of white wine were in a refrigerated trailer which was parked in Henley Lane, Wookey overnight between Saturday June 23 and Sunday June 24. Thieves forced their way into the trailer between midnight and 3.30am and took the bottles. Police have...

New measures to combat metal theft have being rolled out across the region today Monday, 25th June. Estimated to cost the UK approximately £1billion a year, metal theft is increasing nationally due to the global rise in metal prices, resulting in, inconvenience and expense to thousands of people and in some cases causing risk to life. All affected industries are working together with the police to tackle the problem at a...

Police are urging businesses to be vigilant following a rise in fuel theft reports from lorries and agricultural vehicles in the Mendip area over the past month. Intruders entered a farm in Street and attacked four vehicles. Fuel caps were prised off and diesel siphoned from two Landrovers and two tractors parked in the farmyard. Unknown offenders forced entry to a yard at Commerce Park in Frome and siphoned fuel from two...