Kidnap scare for girl ,10
A 10-year-old girl escaped a kidnap attempt by a man who tried to lure her from the street in Bewdley.
A 10-year-old girl escaped a kidnap attempt by a man who tried to lure her from the street in Bewdley.
It's a yearly pilgrimage for many and still attracting newcomers, as a town's annual mistletoe auctions mark the start of the festive season.
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
A woman has been found dead at her home on a Shropshire housing estate, sparking a major police operation today.
Detectives were today trying to unravel the mystery of the missing Midland millionaire and his family, feared dead in an arson attack which destroyed their £1.2 million dream mansion.
Daire Hughes polled top with 22,299 votes, gaining an extra 2,012 votes more than Sinn Fein’s departing MP, Mickey Brady.
Company’s CEO says he would also be surprised if half the range is electric within his lifetime.
Company’s CEO says he would also be surprised if half the range is electric within his lifetime.
Fleet vehicles from the ambulance service covering Shropshire were involved in a crash every 27,000 miles, at a cost of more than £160,000 during 2018.
The couple had been together for 10 years.
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
Posters claiming more than 30 "extremely aggressive and highly venomous" spiders have escaped in Oswestry are a hoax - it was revealed today.
The devastated family of a Wolverhampton businessman killed in a car smash on a rain-drenched road in Kidderminster today told how he spoke to his mother just minutes before his death.
A couple have been left heartbroken after thieves stole a cherished set of video tapes which contained films of their young children.
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.