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BBC News
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Headlines: Walls ice cream works upgrade and Jellycat toys theft
Here's our daily pick of stories from across local websites in the West of England, and interesting content from social media. Our pick of local website stories Gloucester secured its status as the "home of Wall's ice cream", as multi-million pound plans to upgrade its Barnwood facility were approved. Gloucestershire Live shared news of the plans, which include a new pasteuriser and homogeniser footage emerged of a Jellycat soft toy theft in Cheddar. The Gorge Bear Company was targeted in the early hours of Sunday Bristol Live is reporting that heads are still being turned by a red super-yacht moored up in the harbour. Our top three from yesterday What to watch on social media The RNLI has been celebrating 10 years of life-saving in Portishead. The service says it has been called out 396 times, saved 14 lives, assisted 347 people and 17 and North East Somerset Council announced it is improving play equipment in parks, starting with Manor Copse in Writhlington and Royal Victoria Park in on Reddit are loving this artist who has been painting one of Bristol's most iconic Swindon Town FC said it'll do its annual roll of honour for fans who have died on 3 May.
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Yahoo
Watch: Masked ram-raiders crash into shop and steal £20k of Jellycats
Credit: JamPress Masked men crashed into a shop selling Jellycats before stealing £20,000 of the soft toys, CCTV shows. The Gorge Bear Company shop in Cheddar, Somerset, was targeted by thieves at 4.40am on Sunday. CCTV footage showed a Renault Twingo break down the door before a masked man emptied the shelves into a large bag. Some 300 Jellycat and Charlie Bear soft toys were taken, according to Paul Pimlott, the company secretary. Highly collectable Jellycat soft toys sell from between £12 to £200 each. Mr Pimlott said the shop had never suffered a raid like it in its 25 years in business. He added: 'We had over 300 soft toys stolen in the raid. We've been here since 1999 and nothing like this has happened before. But we've had lots of support from the community. 'And we will continue. We also own World of Bears in Taunton and have staff to look after. So as a local business we want to carry on contributing locally.' He urged people to look out for items at car boot sales, on Vinted and on eBay. The shop, which has been closed since the incident, is due to reopen on Thursday. An Avon and Somerset police spokesman said: 'An investigation is under way into a burglary at a shop in Cheddar which happened in the early hours of Sunday March 30. 'We were called at 4.42am to a report that a car had been used to force access to the property in Queens Row with a significant quantity of soft toys having been stolen. 'Officers were deployed within minutes of the call being made and a search of the area was carried out to try and locate the vehicle involved – a silver Renault Twingo.' It is not the first time thieves have targeted Jellycats. A shopkeeper previously criticised police for failing to arrest a thief who stole the toys from his garden centre in Bridport, Dorset, last October. A £400 haul of Jellycats was taken. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Telegraph
02-04-2025
- Telegraph
Watch: Masked ram-raiders crash into shop and steal £20k of Jellycats
Masked men crashed into a shop selling Jellycats before stealing £20,000 of the soft toys, CCTV shows. The Gorge Bear Company shop in Cheddar, Somerset, was targeted by thieves at 4.40am on Sunday. CCTV footage showed a Renault Twingo break down the door before a masked man emptied the shelves into a large bag. Some 300 Jellycat and Charlie Bear soft toys were taken, according to Paul Pimlott, the company secretary. Highly collectable Jellycat soft toys sell from between £12 to £200 each. Mr Pimlott said the shop had never suffered a raid like it in its 25 years in business. 'We will continue' He added: 'We had over 300 soft toys stolen in the raid. We've been here since 1999 and nothing like this has happened before. But we've had lots of support from the community. 'And we will continue. We also own World of Bears in Taunton and have staff to look after. So as a local business we want to carry on contributing locally.' He urged people to look out for items at car boot sales, on Vinted and on eBay. The shop, which has been closed since the incident, is due to reopen on Thursday. An Avon and Somerset police spokesman said: 'An investigation is under way into a burglary at a shop in Cheddar which happened in the early hours of Sunday March 30. 'We were called at 4.42am to a report that a car had been used to force access to the property in Queens Row with a significant quantity of soft toys having been stolen. 'Officers were deployed within minutes of the call being made and a search of the area was carried out to try and locate the vehicle involved – a silver Renault Twingo.' It is not the first time thieves have targeted Jellycats. A shopkeeper previously criticised police for failing to arrest a thief who stole the toys from his garden centre in Bridport, Dorset, last October. A £400 haul of Jellycats was taken.
