Cash and jewellery was stolen from a 90-year-old woman by a man posing as a water engineer during a distraction burglary near Shrewsbury.

Police in Market Drayton are joining forces with traders in the town in a clamp down on shoplifters, it was revealed today.

Metal thieves stole shopping trolleys worth more than £3,000 from a DIY store in Telford, police said this afternoon.

A retired chief superintendent from Shropshire has entered the race to become the region’s first elected police commissioner.

A police officer was kicked in the stomach and another punched in the face during a mass brawl at a boxing night in Shrewsbury, a court has heard.

A man died and two other men were injured after a van careered off the A49 in Shropshire and crashed today.

Only one arrest was made at Shrewsbury Town’s big local derby at Hereford United on Saturday, police today said.

Parents who put children’s lives at risk by breaking the speed limit and parking illegally outside schools in Telford will face court action, police warned today.

Drug dealers have been warned ‘we are watching you’ after police launched a fresh campaign to clamp down on the drug menace in Market Drayton.

A gang of Eastern Europeans ushered a terrified pensioner into a room before searching her house and stealing valuable jewellery, police said today.

About 20 drain covers worth a total of £5,000 have been stolen from Shropshire’s roads in the past week, including more than a dozen in one night, it was revealed this afternoon.

A detective from Shrewsbury has received two top commendations after playing a leading role in solving a series of burglaries at stately homes across England.

Detectives today released CCTV footage of three men they want to speak to in connection with a ‘sickening’ assault on two friends as they walked home from a night out in Telford.

A 17-year-old girl was attacked by two men in Wellington who grabbed her round the neck and hit her in the face.

The shooting of Mark Duggan by armed officers in London last summer prompted scenes of anarchy and violence across England as rioters took to the streets with one thing in common: a burning hatred of the police.

Two people were arrested after police raided a home in Shrewsbury as part of a campaign to tackle illegal drugs in the area, it was revealed today.

Thousands of pounds’ worth of catalytic converters have been stolen from a garage in Telford.

A 22-year-old woman suffered a broken wrist after being grabbed from behind and thrown against a fence by a man in Telford.

An English Defence League supporter who chanted ‘You’re not English any more’ at a police officer during a protest in Telford has been convicted of using threatening behaviour.

A woman was attacked by a man who tried to sexually assault her in an alleyway.

Raiders stole cash and alcohol from The Venue leisure complex near Oswestry, police said today.

A teenager was allegedly raped three times after being grabbed by a man while she was standing on a platform at Wellington Railway Station.

Black Panther Donald Neilson – who murdered Shropshire heiress Lesley Whittle in 1975 – has died in hospital, it was announced this afternoon.

Thieves fled empty-handed after an attempted break-in at a shop near Shrewsbury, police said today.

A pensioner had her handbag snatched as she walked home from a shopping trip in Telford, police said today.

A sawn-off shotgun and ammunition were found after police smashed their way into a house as part of a number of dawn raids across Telford.

Thieves broke into two homes in Telford and stole hundreds of pounds of Christmas presents.

Detectives used CSI-style DNA testing to track down a couple from Shropshire who ran off from an Aberystwyth bed and breakfast without paying the £130 bill.

Police are hunting a group of youngsters who knocked a 10-year-old boy off his bike and then kicked him in the stomach during an unprovoked attack in Shrewsbury.

Thieves stole paintball equipment including two guns, ammunition and clothing worth about £2,500, in a raid on a Market Drayton home, police said today.