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Kembrey Street, Swindon Picture: GOOGLE Three teenagers have been arrested after armed police were called to reports of a group firing an air rifle. Wiltshire Police said the officers were called to Kembrey Street shortly before 8pm tonight. An 18-year-old man and two boys, aged 15 and 16, were arrested on suspicion of causing fear of violence with a firearm. They were taken to Gablecross police station, where they remain. Insp Colin Conway said: The public may have seen the firearms officers responding to this incident and I want to reassure people that this was dealt with quickly and there were no injuries.
Police out in Swindon on Saturday, December 19 Inset: Insp Colin Conway Pictures: ADVER BLACK Eye Friday is how the tabloids term the final Friday night before Christmas – with partygoers leaving a trail of destruction in their wake. And the last Saturday before December 25 is often dubbed Super Saturday. But this weekend, like most of 2020, has not gone to form. Police have dealt with a fraction of the drunken violence they would normally be sent to mop up at this time of year. On the night Boris Johnson cancelled family festivities for millions of households across the country, we went out on patrol with Wiltshire Police response officers in Swindon to see what policing Christmas 2020 was like.