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With the advancements of modern technology and the rise in cybercrime, it’s proving more difficult to keep yourself safe online. The UK had the highest number of cybercrime victims per million internet users in 2022, with the most common cyber threat in the UK being phishing. This is the advice of Cheltenham Police: To protect […]
A man is being wanted in connection with multiple breaches of a restraining order. Aaron Collins, aged 30, previously lived in Gloucester is described as being 5ft 10ins tall, of a stocky build, light brown hair with a beard and tattoos on his arms and neck. He is known to frequent areas: Birmingham, the West […]
Police have issued CCTV images of a man they want to speak to about a mass brawl during a stag do in Cheltenham. This is in relation to a serious incident which occurred on the evening of Saturday 13 November last year when a large brawl took place at Home and Botanic Nightclub on St […]
By Tia Cole A violent exchange between football fans was captured from the The Miller and The Moon Under Water. The fight broke out on Bath Road where punches were exchanged between the two groups, they then dispersed and no injuries were reported to the police. Gloucestershire Constabulary have issued images of a number of […]
A woman in her 80s has had her handbag stolen from her after she was watched taking money from a cash machine. After being seen taking money out of an ATM on Bristol road in Gloucester, the robber followed the woman to Aldi where she was going to do her shopping. The thief was in […]
Homes in Cheltenham have been targeted for several burglaries over the past week. Children’s clothing, cash, jewellery and expensive push bikes have all been snatched. Residents have come home to find a hammer on the other side of a broken back door, a rock on a bedroom floor by a smashed window, and bolt cutters […]
A campaign has been launched by Gloucestershire Police to stop drink and drug driving this December. It comes after it was revealed that Gloucestershire is the second worst region for driving under the influence, with 420 arrests in the first half of the year. The campaign will run from December 1 until January 1, and […]
Properties in Tetbury, Gloucestershire have been targeted by stone-throwers. One shop in particular on London Road has had its windows smashed three times in the past two months. A person has been seen picking up stones off the ground, throwing them at the property and then running away. They have been described as tall, slim […]
A 42-year-old man who fled from a psychiatric hospital has admitted stabbing his parents to death. William Warrington, from St Georges’ Street, Cheltenham, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of his father Clive, 67, and mother Valerie, 73, by reason of diminished responsibility. The parents, who were divorced, were found dead at two separate properties, in […]
The Emergency Services were called to Cheltenham this morning with a report of Arson. A resident reported that a car had been set on fire on St. Phillip’s Street with the rear passenger door open. Police are appealing for witnesses and would like to speak to a man seen in the area at the time […]