Avon and Somerset

• News / Criminal justice

  ‘It feels like a mountain, but there has been a monumental shift’

  Desmond Brown on his report into disproportionality in the criminal justice system, one year on

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• News / Castle Park

  Victim and police’s plea for information one year on from Castle Park rape 

  “It’s impossible to put into words the effect this attack had on me"

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• News / Criminal justice

  Tackling disproportionality in the criminal justice system

  "Drug policy around stop and search is a racist policy"

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• News / Criminal justice

  Disproportionality in the criminal justice system laid bare in new report

  The report sets out 83 recommendations for Avon & Somerset

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• News / Ben Stokes

  Ben Stokes found not guilty of affray

  England all-rounder got into fight on Clifton Triangle

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• Features / Avon and Somerset

  BBC series ‘Drugsland’ shows the dark side of Bristol

  Four unflinching episodes follow drug users, dealers, police and agencies across Bristol

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• News / Avon and Somerset

  Gun used after ram raid attack on shop

  Terrifying attack on Gloucester Road Co-op

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