South Shropshire bank robber fails to get sentence cut
A bank robber jailed for his role in a terrifying raid carried out near Ludlow has failed to get his prison sentence of six years and eight months cut at London’s Appeal Court.
A bank robber jailed for his role in a terrifying raid carried out near Ludlow has failed to get his prison sentence of six years and eight months cut at London’s Appeal Court.
Shropshire was braced for more flooding misery today as torrential rain again lashed the already sodden region.
Shropshire was again on flood alert today with forecasters warning that rain and strong winds will batter the county over the weekend.
Admissions to a troubled care home on the south Shropshire border will be limited in an attempt to placate furious residents, it was revealed today.
Two men have been jailed for a £50,000 bank robbery in a village on the Shropshire border which saw a security guard smashed over the head with a stone slab.
Care home bosses on the Shropshire border have today defended themselves after being accused of allowing vulnerable children to run loose in a village.
Villagers have demanded action amid claims of a decade of rural unrest caused by a care home near Shropshire.
Pensioners cowering indoors, police running around trying to trace missing children, and local crime – that was the picture painted by fed-up residents at a public meeting called last night to bring to a head a furore about a care home for vulnerable children.
TV star John Challis jetted back from Hawaii after learning runaway children had broken into his home, he revealed at a public meeting last night.
A 50-year-old man continued to be questioned by police today after an armed siege in Leintwardine which lasted for more than two hours.
Police were involved in a stand-off lasting more than two hours in Leintwardine after a 50-year-old man armed himself with an air rifle before threatening to kill himself and his partner.
A historic bridge has been severely damaged after a trailer being towed by a tractor flipped over and demolished half the parapet.