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Body is pulled from river

A police investigation has been launched after the body of a man was recovered from the River Severn in Shrewsbury. A police investigation has been launched after the body of a man was recovered from the River Severn in Shrewsbury. The body was found submerged in the water by rescue volunteers yesterday morning and the death is being treated as "suspicious". An area near the public gardens in the centre of Shrewsbury was sealed off while officers searched the river. The alarm was raised at about 10.15am yesterday when a member of the public spotted a pile of clothing left on the riverbank near the Welsh Bridge. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star

Shrewsbury|Aug 27, 2007
Shrewsbury

Shropshire police reveal deadly weapons haul

Thousands of deadly weapons including guns, swords and crossbows have been recovered by police officers across Shropshire during the last three years, new figures reveal. Thousands of deadly weapons including guns, swords and crossbows have been recovered by police officers across Shropshire during the last three years, new figures reveal. Statistics show 3,661 weapons were seized by officers or handed in at police stations across the county in 2008, 2009 and 2010. A total of 2,243 were handed in the Shropshire division and 1,418 from Telford. More than 1,000 guns were cleared from the county's streets including 888 by police in Shropshire — three times as many as in Telford where 237 were recovered. Police say 1,837 knives, including blades, flick knives, kitchen knives, pen knives and swords, were collected by officers. Read more in today's Shropshire Star

Telford|Mar 9, 2011
Telford

Tributes to crash victim

Tributes were today paid to a great-grandfather who worked at an Albrighton flower company after he died in a motorcycle accident on a Shropshire road. Tributes were today paid to a great-grandfather who worked at an Albrighton flower company after he died in a motorcycle accident on a Shropshire road. Edward Murphy, known as Ted (pictured with wife Joyce), worked at David Austin Roses, where he helped prepare entries for the Chelsea Flower Show, among other duties. He died after his gold coloured 600cc Suzuki motorcycle was involved in a collision with a blue Vauxhall Astra on the Albrighton bypass near Cosford. Work colleagues were travelling behind him and tried in vain to save him following the smash at 4.35pm on Thursday. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star.

Bridgnorth|Oct 13, 2007
Bridgnorth