Twelve people have been arrested in a series of raids across Shropshire and the West Midlands by detectives investigating a £500,000 drugs gang.

Six men and a woman have appeared in court after more than £100,000 of cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin and cannabis resin was seized in Shropshire.

Fourteen people – including a businessman and two cagefighters – have been charged after drugs worth more than £100,000 were found in a series of dawn raids on homes in Shropshire.

Three heroes from Telford leapt from their car to help a man sitting motionless in his vehicle after a crash with a lorry on the M54, it has been revealed.

Thieves carried out three raids on homes in Telford – stealing thousands of pounds of jewellery. Police said today they believe the raids could be linked.

A 40-year-old man caught burgling a home in Telford has been jailed for 32 months.

A benefits cheat has escaped an immediate prison sentence after claiming more than £70,000 she wasn’t entitled to.

Burglars raided four homes in Newport in the space of six hours stealing thousands of pounds worth of jewellery, electrical good and cash.

A man who was a member of a gang, some of whom were armed with sticks and knives, and which raided a home in Telford has been jailed for five-and-a-half years.

An area of Telford is to benefit from a £1 million National Lottery cash boost to be spent over the next 10 years.

Pensioner Jessie Lewis was celebrating her 100th birthday today . . . at the grand old age of 25.

Like ML Francis, I was enraged when I read about Councillor Davies and his plans to provide the estate of Brookside with free wifi.

Armed police swooped on a street in Telford following reports a man was brandishing a gun just yards away from the site of a primary school.

A family who lost everything in a house fire in Telford said they have been overwhelmed with the response from the public as donations of toys and clothing flood in.

A seven-year-old boy was rescued by firefighters after he became stuck in a climbing frame while out playing near his home in Telford.

A mother today revealed the desperate moment she dropped her seven-week-old baby out of an upstairs window to save his life as fire ripped through her home in Telford.

A former soldier from Telford who sexually abused three young girls hundreds of times, including a seven-year-old, has been jailed for more than four years.

A motorcyclist in his 40s suffered minor leg injuries after he came off his bike in Telford.

A mother who escaped her burning home in Telford by jumping from an upstairs window is recovering in hospital after an operation on her broken leg, it emerged today.

A fire which ripped through a house in Telford was caused by an electric heater, fire investigators said today.

Cannabis plants, controlled drugs and suspected stolen property were seized and 15 people arrested as part of a series of dawn raids in Telford today.

The number of people who have died in house fires in Shropshire this year is the highest since records began.

Two firefighters have been taken to hospital after being injured as they rescued a woman from her burning home in Telford.

A six-year-old Telford girl and her father died from carbon monoxide poisoning after a chip pan fire, an inquest today heard.

More than 1,000 homes in Telford were left either without water or with limited supplies last night due to a burst water main.

It was a day his parents thought they would never see as little Jamie Hancox celebrated his fourth birthday just a couple of months after suffering horrific injuries in a Shropshire road accident.

A THREE-YEAR-OLD Telford boy who survived despite suffering horrific injuries in a road accident outside his home has been hailed a miracle by doctors.

A two-year-old Shropshire boy who suffered serious injuries after being knocked off his scooter is in a critical condition, police said today.

A two-year-old boy has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after being knocked off his scooter outside his Telford home.

Thieves have attacked a child’s memorial in Shropshire and stolen the baby’s toys,  leaving a family devastated.