{"id":411510,"date":"2026-02-06T17:51:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/411510\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T17:51:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T17:51:14","slug":"runner-bitten-by-dog-outside-swindon-school-sparks-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/411510\/","title":{"rendered":"Runner bitten by dog outside Swindon school sparks search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The incident, which took place on Monday, February 2, 2026, saw a woman in her 50s bitten by a dog just outside Liden School in Swindon.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The victim is understood to have been a local runner, who was running past the school when a dog being walked in the opposite direction bit her on the leg.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Following the incident, officers from Wiltshire Police are now looking for a woman they believe is connected.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The police force has released an image of a woman with brown hair, wearing a blue waterproof coat and grey leggings, walking a black and white dog.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Wiltshire Police officers have shared this image of the woman they wish to speak to (Image: Wiltshire Police)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Anyone who recognises her should get in touch with Wiltshire Police.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesperson for Wiltshire Police said: &#8220;We would like to speak to the woman pictured in connection with an incident in Liden during which a woman was bitten by a dog.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Anyone with information should call 101 and quote crime reference number 54260013293. Alternatively, call CrimeStoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  At this stage, the severity of the dog bite or the victim&#8217;s injuries is not known.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The incident, which took place on Monday, February 2, 2026, saw a woman in her 50s bitten by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411511,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-411510","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-greatbritain","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}