A police investigation was under way today after a woman was allegedly sexually assaulted close to a cycle path in Telford.

People arrested and held at police stations in Telford are to be routinely tested for Class A drugs, police chiefs revealed today.

A botched murder probe that led to five men being acquitted of a gangland killing on the Shropshire border cost police almost £500,000, it was revealed today.

As members of the majority law-abiding community of Shropshire we would like pass on recent experience of our excellent police force, and the despicable thieves they try hard, daily, to catch.

Army explosives experts were called in after a suspected bomb was found by teams searching the River Severn in Shrewsbury.

Detectives hunting a man from Shrewsbury wanted over drug offences today said they had received tip-offs from the public following an appeal on Crimewatch.

A man grabbed a nine-year-old girl and led her down an alleyway in Tenbury Wells, police said today.

A man was assaulted after challenging a suspected car thief on his own driveway in Telford, police this afternoon said.

A manhunt was under way today for three robbers who raided a £1 million home near Shifnal. Police say the gang is rash and disorganised.

A man was knocked to the ground and kicked repeatedly in the head by thugs in a late-night assault in Ellesmere. The 29-year-old was hurt as he lay unable to defend himself.

Police today released CCTV images of three men they want to speak to in connection with a gang fight in Telford which left one teenager with a broken jaw.

A volunteer lifesaver was attacked in Wem after thugs demanded money in a late night attack.

Police have issued an e-fit of the man they are looking for in connection with a serious sex attack on a young woman in Shrewsbury.

Police today launched a fresh appeal for witnesses after a woman was seriously sexually assaulted in Shrewsbury.

A masked robber threatened two teenagers with a knife before fleeing with a mobile phone, police said this afternoon.

More than half of the drivers arrested for drink-driving in West Mercia last year were caught after getting behind the wheel the next day, figures revealed today.

Five people were injured when a series of brawls broke out on the Shropshire border following England’s Six Nations rugby defeat to Wales.

Thieves cut the copper pipes of an oil tank to steal fuel from the Merrythought factory in Ironbridge, causing a spill into the River Severn.

In the twisted doublespeak that is used to slip unpalatable changes past the public, the shortening of public opening hours at all Shropshire’s police stations is being presented as an improvement in efficiency and effectiveness, while protecting front line policing.

Thieves forced their way into a home in Telford and stole hundreds of pounds worth of jewellery, police this afternoon said.

Police seized 25 cannabis plants during a raid on a home in Church Stretton.

During the war iron railings and metal street furniture disappeared in huge amounts, all going towards the war effort.

Metal thieves climbed telegraph poles to cut copper from overhead cables in the middle of the night in remote Shropshire fields, police said today.

A mother of three has been banned from driving after she crashed her car into a Chinese takeaway in Ludlow while nearly three times the legal drink-drive limit.

A policeman was today hailed as a hero after he used his patrol car in order to stop a van sliding over the edge of a Shropshire beauty spot.

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.