Police are urging witnesses to come forward after an attempted burglary in Titchfield. Burglars tried to break through the letter box on the front door of a bungalow in Hewitt Close. The homeowner, a 49-year-old woman, believed she disturbed the burglar during the incident on January 4, between 4am and 4.10am. PC Tara Magnus said: “Please [...]
Detectives investigating an armed robbery in Fareham have released this CCTV image of the car they believe to be the getaway vehicle. The dark-coloured BMW 1 series was caught on camera in the town when raiders smashed into the Nationwide building society in West Street last Tuesday (December 13). Security guards at the ATM were [...]
Armed robbers got away with a large amount of cash after targeting a Fareham building society late last night (Tuesday December 13). The robbery took place at Nationwide building society in West Street, while security guards were at the cashpoint. The offenders, who were all wearing dark coloured clothing, forced the two security guards to [...]
Police in Hampshire arrested 43 people on suspicion of drink-driving in the first four days of their Christmas campaign – a 126 per cent increase on last year. Hampshire Constabulary’s Roads Policing Unit has stopped 338 vehicles and carried out 320 breath tests under Operation Holly, which was launched on December 1 to reduce drink-driving [...]
Nearly 150 Christmas trees have been stolen by thieves targeting garden centres in the Titchfield area. Police said the thefts took place overnight, between 4.30pm on November 28 and 9am on November 29, and could be linked. Thieves stole 49 Christmas trees from a car park area outside Park Place Farm Nursery in Titchfield Lane, [...]
Motorists are furious and feel unsafe in their neighbourhoods after vandals slashed their car tyres. Alex Fugard, 17, and Kelly Jones, 37, are two of eight car-owners who had their tyres slashed and wing mirrors damaged overnight in Locks Heath. Ms Jones of Primrose Way said she luckily had not needed to use her car, [...]
Allotment holders in Titchfield Common are furious after vandals rampaged through their site reaping havoc. Plot owners were left distraught after vandals smashed greenhouses and pushed over sheds at the allotments in Hunts Pond Road overnight between November 29 and 30. They ruined plants, vegetables and let several chickens out of coops across the 240-plot [...]
Two men have been cautioned by police after an assault outside a Christmas party at the Royal British Legion in Park Gate. The 19-year-old victim from Warsash was punched in the face and suffered a minor injury during the brawl outside the club in Brook Lane in the early hours of Sunday morning (November 27). A [...]
Police are seeking witnesses to a burglary in Park Gate where a camera and jewellery were stolen. A black Canon camera and jewellery were stolen in a raid a at the house in Brook Lane. Thieves entered the property through a bathroom window on the ground floor and ransacked a bedside cabinet to steal a [...]
A Peugeot Competitor bicycle was stolen from Deacons Boat Yard on Bursledon Bridge during the night of Friday to Saturday, November 25 and 26. The bike is described as having bright yellow tyres and white wheels with green and white striped handlebars. Anyone who has seen the cycle or saw it being taken away from [...]
