Three call-outs a day to one every three days - figures have come out revealing where the busiest, and quietest fire stations in the Black Country.
Vandals smashed through the roof of a pavilion at a recreational ground near Oswestry causing hundreds of pounds damage. Vandals smashed through the roof of a pavilion at a recreational ground near Oswestry causing hundreds of pounds damage. The roof at the pavilion at Weston Rhyn, home to the village's football team, was damaged on Monday afternoon, before raiders jumped about 12ft into the building and made off with club footballs. Club secretary Frank Griffiths said members were "devastated" by the attack, which has led officials to cancel this Saturday's match against Prees. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star
A man was today arrested in connection with a hit and run accident in Shropshire in which a motorcyclist was killed.
A 10-year-old girl escaped a kidnap attempt by a man who tried to lure her from the street in Bewdley.
Detectives and crown prosecutors are to consider criminal charges related to the apparent internet suicide of Shropshire father-of-two Kevin Whitrick.
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.
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
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.
Posters claiming more than 30 "extremely aggressive and highly venomous" spiders have escaped in Oswestry are a hoax - it was revealed today.
Daire Hughes polled top with 22,299 votes, gaining an extra 2,012 votes more than Sinn Fein’s departing MP, Mickey Brady.
