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Whistleblower told truth about Clevedon builder killed on Portishead job
A VERDICT of accidental death has finally been given after a young builder from Clevedon was crushed by a tipper truck on a job in Portishead. But the truth about the incident was only discovered after a colleague's conscience got the better of him, an inquest heard. Paul Thorogood died as a result of pelvic injuries a day after being trapped against a stone wall when the truck rolled backwards down a driveway in 2007. ... -
Clevedon mum jailed over £70k benefit fraud
A Clevedon mother-of-three has been jailed for five months for swindling more than £70,000 in benefits. For five years Maxine Ireland claimed income support, housing benefit and council tax benefit on the premise that her husband Paul Rutherford was not living with the family. But the Department for Work and Pensions investigated the claims when Mr Rutherford signed a credit agreement saying he was living at the Clevedon... -
Let's catch Clevedon vandals who targeted charity car
Clevedon is a small place - so somebody must know who smashed up a car belonging to a fundraiser for blind people. Martyn Mills, who works as a district fundraiser for Guide Dogs for the Blind and last year raised £320,000 for them, found his blue Ford Escort estate vandalised earlier this week and faces a bill for hundreds of pounds to get it fixed. The car belongs to the charity and has charity branding on it. The 67-year-ol... -
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Clevedon flasher set to lose job at hospital
A hospital worker from Clevedon is set to lose his job after admitting exposing himself to a woman as she walked to work. Timothy Clark, an operating theatre administrator who lives in Alexandra Road, was originally suspended from his job when charges were brought. Initially, when questioned by police, he gave an excuse he later conceded was "complete and utter nonsense". And at Bristol Magistrates' Court on Thursday... -
LETTERS: Pregnant woman outraged by Tickenham car driver
I would like to say THANK YOU to the driver of a white car (with a knitted PG Tips monkey on the dashboard) for the damage to my car's passenger door and for not leaving his/her contact details. We are not talking about a small ding that can happen in tight car parking spaces! This damage happened on Wednesday 4 May at Round Trees Garden Centre, Tickenham between 13.30 and 14.30. I returned to the car to find the damage, with a...
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'Let's scrap CCTV and pay for a PC instead' says Somerset town
Councillors in Clevedon are calling for the cash spent on running the town's CCTV system to be withdrawn and used to employ a dedicated town centre policeman instead. Community leaders have branded the nine cameras in the town centre as useless, claiming they have failed to capture the culprits behind a spate of vandalism. Residents in Clevedon pay £19,000 a year to North Somerset Council as a 'special expense' on their council... -
Man also spotted at earlier break-in attempt
A LITTLE Stoke man who attempted one shop break-in moments before pulling off a second has been jailed for 30 months. Jimmy Young was seen with two others trying to burgle the Morrisons store in Clevedon, Bristol Crown Court heard. Shortly afterwards he was part of a raid on McColls in Severn Beach. Young, 35, of Orion Drive, pleaded guilty to attempted burglary and burglary following the incidents on April 4. The... -
Watch your step: Clevedon manhole covers stolen for scrap
Manhole covers costing thousands of pounds have gone missing in Clevedon and across North Somerset in a spate of thefts. Avon and Somerset Police officers are conducting door to door enquiries and reviewing CCTV after 19 covers disappeared from Clevedon, Backwell, Burrington, Worle, Chew Stoke and Churchill in the past 48 hours. And North Somerset Council are warning motorists and pedestrians to take care and watch out for missing... -
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Body found off Clevedon Road in hunt for missing Joanna Yeates
The body of a young woman has been found just off the Clevedon Road by police hunting for missing Bristol architect Joanna Yeates. It is understood, but has not yet been confirmed, the body is of the missing woman from Clifton. Detectives said a couple walking their dogs found a body in Failand, North Somerset, on Christmas Day morning. The woman's body was discovered at 9am in a verge in Longwood Lane, off Long Ashton golf... -
Judge tells defendant custody is only option
A SERIAL thief has been jailed for almost three years after burgling a home on the seafront in Clevedon. David McDonnell, 23, was locked up at Bristol Crown Court after committing his third house burglary. The court was told McDonnell was chased by members of the public and arrested by police after snatching £15 from a cabinet at a married couple's home in The Beach. Julian Howells, prosecuting, said the burglar was...
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2,150 incidents of drunkenness, vandalism and anti social behaviour in Clevedon over the past year – and only five arrests. Does that make our...
By Local_Andy at 20:31 on 09/11/11
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21-year-old Clevedon man jailed for a year for "disgraceful and unprovoked violence" in Bristol http://tinyurl.com/6zxoz2r
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Good luck to Clevedon PCSO Cathryn Turner who is up for PCSO of the year in the Avon and Somerset Community Policing Awards tonight - thanks to your...
By Local_Andy at 16:31 on 08/03/11
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£16,000 "missing" from Clevedon Conservative Club accounts... http://tinyurl.com/67nte3e
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Police blocking off the tickenham road into nailsea from clevedon just after the turning up to failand. Something bad has happened.
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By kennroad
the clevedon police know the culprits FACT