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More than one-third of eight years olds in the West Mercia police area have Facebook accounts that put them at higher risk of contact with ‘sexualised language and behaviour’, police have warned.

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All superstar Mariah Carey wants for Christmas is . . . a story in the Shropshire Star, or so it seems. The global singing legend sparked a rush to our website after posting a link to one of our stories on her Facebook page.

False rumours about strangers approaching children were spread on a Market Drayton Facebook page, sparking a child safety alert, it was revealed today.

A 15-year-old boy from Powys has been arrested after messages were posted on Facebook allegedly inciting others to commit acts of violent disorder during the riots in England.

Almost 115,000 people have signed up to a group on the social networking site Facebook calling for a boycott of petrol stations on April Fool’s Day.