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January 17, 2025

Telford rogue landlord gets £7,000 court bill for ignoring council requests to maintain properties

Police share photos of people they want to speak to over latest Telford shoplifting cases including £600 toy shop theft

Stolen quad bike recovered and 'several' drivers handed tickets in Telford police road safety operation

Police step up patrols following racist graffiti in Bridgnorth

Telford rape gang inquiry chair to help develop similar investigations in other British towns, says Home Secretary

Pupils warned off cannabis and illegal vapes by police visit to Bridgnorth school

January 16, 2025

West Mercia Police officer sacked for using police computer to look up friends and associates

Burglars steal wiring worth £10,000 from building under construction near Ludlow

Burglars steal 30 gallons of red diesel plus battery from tractor in south Shropshire

Police and Crime Commissioner welcomes Government increase in firearms licensing fees

Police appeal for witnesses after wallet stolen in 'distraction theft' in Albrighton

Police appeal after attempted burglary in Gobowen in early hours

Wanted: West Mercia Police search for man after 'serious' assault on Christmas Day

Talented former boxer who won national titles ended up dealing drugs and stashing heroin at girlfriend's home

Wellington saw ’50 per cent fall’ in shoplifting over Christmas, say police

'Mindless' vandals damage fruit trees in Newport community orchard planted by volunteers

Shropshire woman, 20, fined over racial harassment charge

Whitchurch man accused of 1980s child sex offence will stand trial in 2026

January 15, 2025

Police visit farm in Telford to 'strengthen communication' as crackdown on rural crime continues

Welshpool hit by yet another huge cannabis bust - more than £350k in plants seized

Student West Mercia police officer engaged in sexual activity with boy, 14, in his car

Off-road quadbike seized after it was used to cause damage to field in Telford

Jail for man who harassed woman, spat in police van and threatened to smash Wellington leisure centre windows

January 14, 2025

Jailed: 'Selfish and dangerous' Audi driver put 'numerous people at risk' during high-speed chase

Black Panther: Looking back at 50 years since Donald Neilson kidnapped Bridgnorth teenager Lesley Whittle

Features|Jan 14

'People don't always report a crime when it happens' - Shropshire MP challenges government over policing in rural areas

Man arrested over fatal A5 crash is bailed as police urge witnesses to come forward

Cyber crime cop hails 'brave' victims of Snapchat hacker who traded women's intimate pictures 'like football cards'

A Llandrindod Wells man will stand trial after denying two offences.

Reports ordered on a Llandrindod Wells woman found with two drugs in her body while driving, four years after a previous incident.

Car leaves road before crashing into bush in Telford - driver had no licence or insurance

Shropshire paedophile jailed after sex assault on boy and taking indecent photo of child

The case against a Swansea man accused of assaulting a man in Builth Wells has been sent to the crown court.

Man forced to work at Telford cannabis farm to pay back people smugglers is jailed

Telford shoplifter assaulted woman and stole laundry items from the Co-op and Tesco

Telford thief who was caught with knife and assaulted policeman avoids prison

January 13, 2025

Police investigating after mini digger and trailer stolen from village near Bridgnorth

The case against a Presteigne man accused of three charges, has been adjourned until the end of January.

Poundland invests in new security technology after millions lost to shoplifting

Police seize three vehicles in three days on Telford industrial estate - including stolen car

A5 crash: Man dies and several injured as police make arrest on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving

A Rhayader man who has denied drink driving will stand trial in February.

Jailed: 'Bizarre' Telford robber stole Co-op money and ran off in woman's sandals after house burglary

Thousands of illegal vapes seized in Shropshire as Shrewsbury shop owner is fined more than £30,000

'Obsessive' Snapchat hacker stole women's intimate images and 'traded them like football cards'

Repeat offender paedophile father-of-four who kept child abuse videos on hidden laptop at Telford home jailed

Drug addict trashed late granddad's Shropshire home to force 'devastated' family to sell for bargain price

Shropshire fire service attends more than 1,500 deliberate fires in four-years

January 12, 2025

Teen danger driver from Staffordshire led police on chase around Telford in high-powered Jaguar he planned on living in with girlfriend

Two vehicles taken from Bridgnorth area in key-less car thefts

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