Crime

• News / theft

  Grant for independent shops to tackle shoplifting ‘epidemic’

  Instances of shoplifting in the West of England shot up by almost half in 2023

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• News / Claire Holland

  Claire Holland’s ex-partner found guilty of her murder

  Claire was last seen alive when she left Seamus O'Donnell's on June 6 2012

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• News / Crime

  Teen jailed for attempted motorbike robbery

  The incident caused widespread outrage after a video was shared on social media

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• News / underfall yard

  Life sentence for Underfall Yard arsonist

  Robert Boyd-Stevenson was working as maintenance manager at Underfall Yard when he started the fire

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• News / Sea Mills

  Life-saving defibrillator stolen in ‘outrageous’ crime

  The unit was stolen from a keycoded box in broad daylight

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• News / South Bristol

  School launches appeal following ‘terrible’ arson attack

  The fire ripped through the primary school's forest school area

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• News / first bus

  Buses cancelled following attacks of ‘mindless vandalism’

  First Bus bosses say large objects were hurled at drivers

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• News / cycling

  Temple Meads named UK’s fourth worst station for bike thefts

  Nearly 200 bikes were stolen from the railway station in 2022

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