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November 13, 2024

'Abandoned' Alfa Romeo with no tax or insurance seized from Bridgnorth gym car park

Police appeal for information after Fiat Ducato motorhome stolen near Much Wenlock

Two women jailed over monkey torture ring - investigator describes historic case as one of the 'most disturbing'

Police catch vehicles exceeding Ludlow speed limit - with one driver doing 37mph

Shropshire motorists warned after attempted 'crash for cash' collisions reported on 'A' roads

Huge court bill for Shrewsbury shop caught illegally selling vapes with too much nicotine - and to children

Newport Cricket Club burgled, doors damaged and alcohol stolen - community groups left unable to use facilities

Two men arrested as police find '12-inch machete' in Telford drugs bust

Watch police smash down Shrewsbury front door in dramatic drugs raid video

Do you know this motorcyclist? Appeal after biker 'narrowly missed' twin buggy carrying newborn babies in Telford

Appeal after tools stolen from home in Telford burglary

Police issue update on pair arrested on suspicion of firearms offence after 'assault' in Cleobury Mortimer

New bobby on the beat for south Shropshire police team

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'Heartless!' Elderly Shropshire fraud victim's message for £59,000 rip-off builder who left home 'a complete mess'

One-legged man hit pedestrian with mobility scooter in Shrewsbury and left him with broken arm, court told

Albrighton actor stands trial accused of 26 sexual crimes against children and actresses

'It has put me off alcohol for life': Telford man sentenced for damaging police car while drunk

Telford man to be sentenced at crown court after admitting making hundreds of indecent images of children

Whitchurch shoplifter ordered to pay out £240 after stealing £57 worth of crisps, sandwiches and booze

November 12, 2024

Man injured and two arrested as armed police rush to report of assault near south Shropshire school

Girl, 12, arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm at Newport Girls' High School after staff member injured 'with pair of scissors'

Police 'investigating' criminal damage at Madeley Lidl store

A deceased man's brother called for mercy in court for the pensioner who caused the death

Police given extra powers to tackle anti-social behaviour in Powys town after residents 'alarmed and distressed'

In pictures: Man arrested after raid of Shrewsbury property 'suspected of being linked to drug dealing in the area'

Man sentenced after interfering with badger sett in Shropshire by filling it in

A Llandrindod Wells worker stole car keys and a car before taking it on a ‘joy ride’ crashing into two other vehicles.

A Llandrindod Wells sex offender jailed for more than six and a half years is going back to the crown court after breaching an order.

A biker sped up to 120mph at Llanidloes because ‘he did not want to get lost’.

'Threatened by shoplifters': Retail workers in Shropshire speak out about the threats they face

Peter Rhodes on greenwashing, shoplifting and Trump's road map to peace

Man speeding in Knighton had trace amounts of two drugs in his body.

November 11, 2024

'We asked them to stop!' Rogue builder conned pensioners out of £59,500 life savings - leaving them 18p

No jail for Shrewsbury drug dealer caught in the act with 46 wraps of heroin hidden 'within his bum cheeks'

'I'm a paedophile' - 'Sick' Shrewsbury child rapist jailed after 'frank' confession to jury

Road ban for Oswestry dental nurse caught driving under influence of drugs late at night

Is reporting crime a 'waste of time'? Shropshire residents' survey reveals experiences and fears of crime

Shrewsbury paedophile, 34, collected stash of child sex abuse images over more than five years

November 10, 2024

Police warning to keyless car owners after Land Rover and Mercedes stolen inside two days in Telford

Man denies holding women as prisoners and burglary in Whitchurch

Hefty fine for Telford man who took cannabis before driving high-powered BMW

Carpenter banned from the road after taking cannabis before going to work in Oswestry

November 9, 2024

Biker caught doing 113mph on a 70mph Powys road says it won't happen again

£2.6m burglary gang left graffiti including picture of male genital after raiding Walsall firm

Man denies serious attack on policeman and assaulting female officer in Wem

Illegal Telford driver found with axe in his car had it 'for chopping wood at dad's house'

Two-time drug driver gets three-year road ban after being caught behind wheel of BMW in Telford

I am sure he regrets it: Would be entrepreneur gets road ban for drink driving in Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury woman to be sentenced for being drunk in charge of a child

November 8, 2024

Mini seized by police in Shropshire border town after being spotted without insurance or tax

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