Thieves raid Tayleur Arms after £1.2m blaze

[gallery] Thieves raided Tayleur Arms in Longdon Upon Tern just hours after it was gutted by a huge fire.

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They risked their own safety by entering the pub near Telford and taking tools from the building after hearing that it had been hit by a devastating fire in the early hours of last Wednesday.

Landlord Eve and Richard Harvey managed to escape uninjured.

Speaking on the Tayleur Arms Facebook page, Richard said: "Someone got into the store room, the only room untouched by the fire, and stole the tools.