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Bristol, 22 March 2021 (Shutterstock) Andy Marsh, the Chief Constable of Avon and Somerset, is quitting his post early after criticism of his policing of protests in Bristol. After Black Lives Matter supporters last year toppled the statue of Edward Colton, the slave trader and philanthropist, Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, was reported to have given Marsh a dressing-down. Bristol was the scene of public disorder again this year, when on March 21 a “Kill the Bill” protest against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill degenerated into a riot in which police vans wer...

Avon firefighters are supporting the NHS by driving ambulances. - Credit: AFRS More than 80 Avon and Somerset police officers are ill with Covid-19 and another 47 could be infected.  Chief constable Andy Marsh is cancelling rest days and offering overtime to tackle lockdown breaches, and is also set to consider a request for officers to drive ambulances to support stretched NHS services.  Firefighters across Avon and Somerset have put in hundreds of shifts since the start of the pandemic driving ambulances and have responded to more than 1,400 incidents.  The South Western Ambulance Servic...

Chief Constable Andy Marsh is cancelling rest days and offering overtime to tackle lockdown breaches. He is also set to consider a request for officers to drive ambulances to support stretched NHS services. Firefighters across Avon have put in hundreds of shifts since the start of the pandemic driving ambulances and have responded to more than 1,400 incidents.  The South Western Ambulance Service this week appealed to the region’s police forces for additional blue light emergency drivers.  Speaking to police and crime commissioner Sue Mountstevens on Facebook Live, Chief Constab...