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Trowbridge Man Sentenced for Armed Robbery
A Trowbridge man has been sentenced to 32 months in prison after carrying out an armed robbery at Tescos Petrol Station on New Year's Eve. Roy Osbourne, 50, was armed with a knife and demanded money to be handed over. Osbourne left the petrol station with about £150. Police were called to the scene and later, with a description, arrested Osbourne and found the cash and knife on him. He was sentenced at... -
Arrests Across Wiltshire as Police Raid Scrap Metal Dealerships
Police have raided scrap metal dealerships and arrested ten people in connection with stolen metal. Arrests were made in Trowbridge, Melksham and Swindon. The police began the operation after it was found that Wiltshire had a huge increase in scrap metal and cabling being stolen from businesses. It is believed the sharp rise in thefts is due to the inflation in price of scrap metal. Four sites were raided across the county at... -
Trowbridge Women Receive ASBOs for Feeding Pigeons
Two Trowbridge women have been given ASBOs for feeding pigeons around the town. Over the last few years, the two women known as 'the pigeon ladies' have been constantly asked by Wiltshire Council to stop feeding the birds as they are ruining some of Trowbridge's oldest and historical buildings. The birds which are dubbed as vermin are flocking to the county town making the population of pigeons greater than Edinburgh's. Like... -
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Thieves Steal Thousands from Trowbridge Supermarket
Thieves have stolen around £20,000 from a supermarket in Trowbridge yesterday. Tesco Extra had money stolen while the cash was being loaded into a security van at around 5pm. Shortly after the incident, police surrounded the area. The thieves were driving a Silver VW Jetta which has no licence plate and was found abandoned by Biss Meadows Country Park. Two men approached the security van and snatched a bag which... -
WITNESS APPEAL: Trowbridge Police Warning after Three Bags Are Stolen
Trowbridge Police are asking people to be extra careful on the streets of the town after three women had their bags stolen in different areas. With Christmas coming ever so closer, the last thing on anyone's mind is thieves roaming around Trowbridge waiting to pick on their next victim. Sadly, police have reported that at the end of November, three women were targeting and their bags were stolen. The first victim was...
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Wiltshire Police Aim to Make Halloween Safer
Wiltshire Police are distributing posters to people who do not wish to be disturbed by Trick or Treaters tonight. The posters will be used to put in people's windows to stop children and young people knocking on their door for treats. There have also been posters in shop windows stating that eggs and flour will not be sold to anyone under 18 to stop anti-social behaviour and property damage. This campaign has been put in place... -
Crime Rate Website Launched
Yesterday saw the launch of the police crime maps site, enabling you to check the crime levels in your area. This follows on from the site that Wiltshire Police ran, but this site goes into more detail and allows you to check how safe your street is. The site was so popular when it launched yesterday, there was many cases of the site crashing, restricting people from being able to view the site. According to the BBC, visitors to the... -
Bomb Threat in Trowbridge
What should have been a normal day shopping in Trowbridge this afternoon was turned to chaos as a suspected bomb was found in the Shires, leading to the evacuation of the shopping centre. Walking to town earlier we couldn't understand why all round the Shires Gateway was busy until we looked across and saw the Shires was blocked by a police car and the car park was near empty. Walking into town, we saw staff from the likes of Iceland... -
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Busy times for Trowbridge police
The police have had a busy few days in Trowbridge; they are appealing for witness to a mugging near Gloucester Road, an assault in a Trowbridge club, and are also searching for the driver of a white Ford Ranger after it was in collision with two cars in Seymour Road during the afternoon of yesterday Sunday 5th December. The Ford Ranger collided with a red Vauxhall Corsa and a Vauxhall Agila were damaged outside the Co-op in... -
Attempted Armed Robbery in Trowbridge
The police are out in force in Trowbridge today after an attempted armed robbery at the Cheque Interchange in Castle Street at around 11.10 this morning. The robber fled empty handed after threatening staff with a shotgun. When I was out and about earlier, police were everywhere and the police helicopter was flying overhead assisting with trying to find the robber. According to the Wiltshire Times, the suspect is described as "a light...
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Trowbridge women are being warned to be on the alert, after a man exposed himself to several women in the town's Biss Meadow Country Park. The man,...
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Has anyone head anything about an attempted abduction outside of Clarendon School?
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Trowbridge women are being warned to be on the alert, after a man exposed himself to several women in the town's Biss Meadow Country Park. The man,...
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And why don't we have a shallow paddling pool area, like the small one in Chippenhams park for the little ones in the summer? Surely it's not that old...
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I know this isn't about Trowbridge, but I just wanted to share the link about a story written about missing presenter Peter Rowell, who many of us...
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Has anyone head anything about an attempted abduction outside of Clarendon School?
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I think it is a shame that people ruin it for others and that the police have to result in such...