A director of finance with West Midlands Police has quit his £121,000-a-year post for charging £200 to his official expenses account for an unauthorised hotel stay with a female colleague.
Business has been booming across Shropshire and Mid Wales with shoppers hitting the shops in the search for post-Christmas bargains.
Hundreds of fundraisers dressed head to toe in Santa outfits took part in a festive charity fun run in Stourbridge for a Black Country hospice.
Priory Park ABC's amateurs are set to feel the force in the quarter-finals of the ABA Novice national championships this weekend.
Aerospace giant Goodrich today announced it has landed a multi-million pound deal to maintain landing gear systems for the US Air Force.
West Brom captain Chris Brunt today claimed the Baggies are becoming a "Premier League force" after they completed a memorable derby double on Saturday.
Hundreds pulled on their trainers to take part in an annual charity run in South Staffordshire. Runners made the most of warm weather yesterday to help make the annual Pattingham Bells event a success. The run covers seven miles.
A SHROPSHIRE SCHOOL was forced to close today after thieves attempting to steal metal caused part of the roof to collapse. A SHROPSHIRE SCHOOL was forced to close today after thieves attempting to steal metal caused part of the roof to collapse. The roof of school buildings at the Burton Borough School in Newport was left in a dangerous state by thieves at the weekend and high winds caused further damage overnight. The headteacher was today forced to call off lessons over pupil safety. Repairs were being made today and the school is expected to be open as usual tomorrow. Full report in today's Shropshire Star
A landmark Shropshire pub has been forced to close, with its owner blaming a slump in trade on rising fuel costs and the economic crisis.
Church officials have exercised rarely-used legal powers to force the Government to review the controversial closure of a Shrewsbury secondary school.Church officials have exercised rarely-used legal powers to force the Government to review the controversial closure of a Shrewsbury secondary school. Church officials have exercised rarely-used legal powers to force the Government to review the controversial closure of a Shrewsbury secondary school.Church officials have exercised rarely-used legal powers to force the Government to review the controversial closure of a Shrewsbury secondary school. The Church of England's Diocese of Lichfield has referred Shropshire Council's bid to shut the Wakeman School in Abbey Foregate to the Office of the Schools Adjudicator at the Department for Education. Church leaders said that it was rare for them to step in to such cases, but they had chosen to use their right as a statutory consultee to appeal the council's decision, which was ratified by cabinet members earlier this month. Colin Hopkins, director of education at the Diocese of Lichfield, said: "The closure of any school is a traumatic event for its community and whilst we understand the financial pressures on the local authority that have led to this decision, we believe that a decision of this complexity and magnitude should be subject to external review so that a completely independent assessment of the case for closure can be made."[24link url="http://24.shropshirestar.com/story/church-chiefs-force-review-of-wakeman-axe-decision-128806/"]
Boss Andy Sinton will force AFC Telford United to train harder as he seeks to establish his newcomers in the Blue Square Bet Premier. Boss Andy Sinton will force AFC Telford United to train harder as he seeks to establish his newcomers in the Blue Square Bet Premier. Telford went down 2-0 at home to non-League giants Luton Town last night but Sinton felt concentration and sharpness was the only real difference between the sides. And he is willing to risk losing some of his large part-time squad by demanding even more hard graft on the training ground in order to ensure they measure up to their full-time rivals. "We've played eight games now and I've seen nothing that will scare or frighten me, but we have got to be fitter – people let runners go last night and that sort of thing costs you," said Sinton.
Disabled motorists scored a victory today in their fight to get controversial car parking charges in Shropshire scrapped for blue badge holders.
Tony Rhodes enjoyed a perfect warm-up for today's All England bowls finals in Shrewsbury.
Thieves stole a high performance car in an early morning raid on a car dealership near Shrewsbury today after using a 4x4 vehicle to force the gates to the site's forecourt open. Thieves stole a high performance car in an early morning raid on a car dealership near Shrewsbury today after using a 4x4 vehicle to force the gates to the site's forecourt open. Police said the thieves broke into the salesroom at Shukers in Hereford Road, Bayston Hill, just after 3am, taking various vehicle keys and cutting phone lines. They then forced the gates open using a 4x4 from the forecourt, which they dumped before making off with a red Subaru Impreza WRX STI, officers said.
A detective constable with West Midlands Police illegally pocketed more than £3,600 by wrongly cashing housing benefit cheques.
