内容摘要：He said: "I'm not so sure he was the drunk that he's often portrayed as."

He said: "I'm not so sure he was the drunk that he's often portrayed as."

In Wiltshire, eight arrests were made and six warrants were carried out by Police.The force said it had also recovered more than £12,000, 246 grams of cocaine and 101 grams of cannabis after targeting addresses of suspected drug dealers and suppliers.

Wiltshire Police DCC, Mark Cooper, said: "These arrests and seizures mean that a significant number of drugs have been removed from our towns and rural areas, as well as the disruption of criminal networks which prey on the vulnerable and bring so much misery to people.He said the operation was a "great opportunity" for the force to work together with partners, colleagues and other police forces from across the region.A musical theatre actor has made his hometown debut as a professional, returning to the stage he once performed on as a child.

Rhys Batten, 30, grew up in Yate, and is currently on stage in the production of Mary Poppins at Bristol's Hippodrome theatre."I spent two years in Sixth Form at Cotham School just up the hill from the Hippodrome, so it brings back a lot of memories," he said.

Mr Batten went through a gruelling six-stage audition process which lasted about six weeks to land his role.

"A lot of people don't understand that when we go for jobs, we turn up on day one and we don't know what the routines are," he said.A council spokesperson said: "We acknowledge we failed to do the proper affordability checks on the temporary accommodation, and this led to Ms X being unable to pay the increased rent and then go into arrears.

"We apologise to Ms X for the upset and uncertainty caused and we have written to Ms X with our apology."A man whose dismembered body was found in a suitcase had raped and blackmailed a teenager, a court has heard.

The remains of Albert Alfonso, 62, and Paul Longworth, 71, were found in a suitcase and trunk left near the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol in July 2024, having been taken there from London.At the trial of Yostin Mosquera, who is accused of murdering and dismembering the two men, a witness told the court he had been blackmailed by Mr Alfonso in exchange for sexual "favours".