ILMINSTER NEWS: Town criers have plenty to shout about
Posted: 8th May 2016
SHOUTING galore could be heard in Ilminster yesterday (Saturday, May 7, 2016) as the second-ever town criers competition took place in the town centre. The competition was hosted by Ilminster’s very own town crier Andrew Fox and around 15 of his colleagues came from far and wide to take part. The deserved winner was Christian Ashdown, from Haslemere, in Surrey, while…
ILMINSTER NEWS: Chemical plant fire at Daido
Posted: 8th May 2016
FIREFIGHTERS were called out last night (Saturday, May 7, 2016) to deal with a fire at factory premises in Ilminster. The alarm was raised at 7.20pm to the problem at the Daido Industrial Bearings Ltd premises in Winterhay Lane. Fire engines from Ilminster and Chard were initially mobilised, but further support was requested from Taunton and Crewkerne and an incident…
ILMINSTER AREA NEWS: Shooting Update - Donna Broadway arrested in connection with shooting
Posted: 7th May 2016
POLICE have announced they have arrested 26-year-old Donna Broadway in connection with the fatal shooting near Ilton. She handed herself into an Avon and Somerset Police custody centre this evening (Saturday, May 7, 2016). A police spokesman said: “She’s been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender. “This brings the total number of arrests in this inquiry to…
ILMINSTER AREA NEWS: Shooting Update – Wanted John Broadway is arrested
Posted: 7th May 2016
THREE people - including wanted man John Broadway - have been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting in Ilton. Following new intelligence, officers arrested 37-year-old John Broadway in Lichfield, Staffordshire, on suspicion of murder, attempted murder and firearms offences. Two other women who were at the same location have been arrested on suspicion of assisting…
ILMINSTER AREA NEWS: Shooting Update – Police confirm victim is Wilfred Isaacs
Posted: 7th May 2016
POLICE have confirmed that the victim of the fatal shooting at Ilton was 50-year-old Wilfred Isaacs. A formal identification has confirmed the victim of the incident on Thursday night (May 5, 2016) was 50-year-old Wilfred Isaacs. A forensic post-mortem examination has taken place and confirmed he died of a gunshot wound to the body. “We’re continuing to support Wilfred’s…
ILMINSTER AREA NEWS: Shooting Update – Search goes on for Donna Broadway and John Broadway
Posted: 7th May 2016
THE search for two people wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in Ilton has continued today (Saturday, May 7, 2016). Police have released two photographs of Donna Broadway, 26, and have re-released a photograph of John Broadway, 37, who they want to speak to following the shooting at Chubbards Cross caravan site in which one man died and a second was injured on…
ILMINSTER AREA NEWS: Shooting Update – Police still look for murder weapon
Posted: 6th May 2016
THE firearm police believe was used in last night’s (Thursday, May 5, 2016) fatal shooting in South Somerset has still to be found. Police announced earlier that they were still looking for the weapon which fatally killed a man and wounded another during a domestic incident near Ilton which is not far from Ilminster. “The firearm we believe was used during the incident…
ILMINSTER AREA NEWS: Shooting Update – Police search for two other people
Posted: 6th May 2016
POLICE are keen to find two other people involved in the fatal shooting last night (Thursday, May 5, 2016) at Ilton. One man was shot dead and another wounded and chief suspect Charlie Broadway went on the run until he handed himself into police earlier this afternoon (Friday, May 6, 2016) and charged with murder and attempted murder. But Detective Superintendent Andy…
ILMINSTER AREA NEWS: Shooting Update – Charlie Broadway hands himself in
Posted: 6th May 2016
POLICE have announced that Charlie Broadway has handed himself into officers at a custody centre in Somerset and been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. The charges relate to the fatal shooting of a man near Ilton last night (Thursday, May 5, 2016) and wounding another man. It sparked a widespread police hunt for Broadway, but it was earlier this…
SOMERSET NEWS: Sue Mountstevens wins Police and Crime Commissioner election
Posted: 6th May 2016
INDEPENDENT candidate Sue Mountstevens has retained her position as the Police and Crime Commissioner for the Avon and Somerset area. The result of the 2016 PCC election for Avon and Somerset was declared earlier this evening (Friday, May 6, 2016) by the Police Area Returning Officer, Dr Jo Farrar. Sue Mountstevens (Independent) was declared the victor after second…
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