Hire boats burgled at Avoncliff
Two Oxfordshire Narrowboats hire boats were broken into at Avoncliff in the early evening after dark yesterday and valuables including laptops were stolen. The spate of boat burglaries has continued...
View ArticlePolice name boat burglary suspect
Police have named the suspect they are looking for in connection with the recent spate of boat burglaries as Allan Campbell. He is 39 years old, white, 6’ 2” tall, of proportionate build, with many...
View ArticleBoat watch proposed for Bedwyn to Devizes
The RBOA rep for the eastern K&A, Jane Pollard, has had discussions with PC Teresa Herbert of Wiltshire Police. Jane says “PC Herbert is very keen to establish an efficient means of communication...
View ArticlePolice set up Canal Watch for Wiltshire
Following the spate of boat burglaries earler this year, Wiltshire Police has set up a Canal Watch scheme. The scheme will run in a similar way to the Farm Watch scheme. Members will receive a text...
View ArticleAnother boat burglary
There was another boat burglary last week at All Cannings bridge according to Wiltshire Police Canal Watch. If you see anything suspicious, ring the police on 101 and quote log number 313. The police...
View ArticleBoat burglar Campbell arrested
Allan Campbell, who police sought in connection with thefts from upwards of 50 boats on the K&A and beyond earlier this year, was arrested at the end of August in Lincolnshire and then held at...
View ArticleCampbell not the only boat burglar
A boat on the permanent moorings at Dundas had four solar panels stolen on Thursday night (19th September) and a silver bicycle was stolen from Sunset Strip on Wednesday. The solar panels are 15w...
View ArticleCampbell admits 8 boat burglaries
Allan Campbell, who was arrested for burglaries of boats on the K&A and beyond, has admitted to burgling 8 boats on the K&A. He appeared in Swindon Crown Court on September 26th. The trial has...
View ArticleHire company recalls stag party boats
Two boatloads of drunk stag partygoers had their holiday terminated early by Oxfordshire Narrowboats last weekend. The boats were taken back on Saturday following numerous complaints about their...
View ArticleVolunteer enforcer harasses liveaboard without home mooring
A volunteer mooring ranger told a boater without a home mooring recently that “You are one of those continuous cruisers that won’t follow the rules”, demonstrating a prejudiced attitude that is...
View ArticleStolen Boat – Dudley Castle
Please look out for a 35′ to 40′ fibreglass boat called the Dudley Castle. It has been stolen. The thief was seen driving it west from Honey Street today. The theft has been reported to the police so...
View ArticleASBO officer wants videos of stag party behaviour
Following discussions with liveaboard boaters, Tim Harris, the Antisocial Behaviour Officer for BaNES has asked for video evidence of stag party hire boat crews causing damage to boats or behaving...
View ArticleUpdate on stolen boat
We have been informed that the police are treating the theft of the Dudley Castle as a civil matter. This means that is has not been logged as a crime and the police are treating it as a dispute over...
View ArticleProgress on hire boat stag parties
The BaNES Gypsy, Traveller, Boater and Roma Community Support Service report that over the summer they met with Chief Inspector Thatcher of Avon and Somerset Police on the issue of anti-social hire...
View ArticleBoaters meet with hire companies over ASB stag parties
Last year over 150 people, mostly liveaboard boaters, signed a letter to Avon and Somerset and Wiltshire police forces about the concerns of liveaboard boaters, leisure boaters and residents along the...
View ArticleSpate of boat burglaries on K&A
In the week to 22nd April 2016 at least five boats on the K&A, at Pewsey and Hilperton, have been broken into. The modus operandi of the thief is very similar to that of Allan Campbell who was...
View ArticleBaNES Council trial of 14 day moorings at Mead Lane in support of liveaboards
BaNES Council presented its mooring trial and parking review for Mead Lane on the River Avon at the Saltford Parish Council meeting on 1st November. Signs were put up on 8th November and the ‘no...
View ArticleWiltshire Police bring project Kraken to the K&A
Project Kraken is the UK-wide Police operation that targets boat-related crime. It operates on all the UK’s inland waterways and on the coast. In London, Project Kraken dealt with the epidemic of boat...
View ArticleWiltshire Police seek liveaboard boaters to join new Independent Advisory...
Wiltshire Police has approached the liveaboard boating community seeking people to participate in its new Independent Advisory Group (IAG) in East Wiltshire. The police are particularly looking for...
View Article101 Non-Emergency Police Calls Free as of 1st April
The Home Office announced recently that the charge for calling the police non-emergency number 101 would be scrapped from 1st April 2020. You should now be able to call 101 free of charge. However,...
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