Upgrade to police stations

A Pounds 129 million scheme to improve police stations whichincludes a new custody centre at Keynsham has been approved byministers.

Avon and Somerset Police Authority has been granted permission bythe Home Office and the Treasury to appoint the Blue LightPartnership consortium as its private finance initiative partner.

The opening of the new cells at Ashmead Road in Keynsham willmean the closure of the custody suite at Bath police station.

The new custody and crime investigation centre will be the firstport of call for officers when they arrest people who need to …