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March 25, 2025

Dog theft stock image.

Stolen dog breeds 2025: Top 10 dog breeds with most reported thefts - what can I do if someone steals my dog?

Video|5 hours ago

CCTV shows Shane O'Malley and an accomplice raiding Hansons Auctioneers building in Derbyshire

BBC Bargain Hunt star Charles Hanson's auction house targeted by hammer-wielding ram-raid crook in £21,000 raid

Crime|5 hours ago

Sentencing of a man who admitted threatening to "cut up" two Llandrindod Wells people and their children has been delayed

Sentencing of a man who admitted threatening to "cut up" two Llandrindod Wells people and their children has been delayed

News|7 hours ago

Ismet Lika

Two years in jail for cannabis farmer caught with more than 270 plants

News|8 hours ago

Taxi driver pushed and grabbed around the throat in Shrewsbury town centre - police launch appeal

News|10 hours ago

The shop was prosecuted after a sting operation using a 15-year-old volunteer.

Newport vape store fined for selling E-cigarette to undercover 15-year-old child

News|11 hours ago

Police tape

The 14 neighbourhoods of Telford and Wrekin ranked by number of violent and sexual offences according to official police figures

Crime|16 hours ago

Shrewsbury Crown Court

Telford man who assaulted police officers given second chance after 'turning life around'

News|16 hours ago

March 24, 2025

The case was heard at Shrewsbury Crown Court.

Man to face trial over alleged Telford town centre incident

Kidderminster Magistrates Court

Three men due to face court today including Telford man charged with 18 counts of theft

Letter box theft warning issued by police in Telford

A rat

Motorist blames pet rat for not wearing a seatbelt after being pulled over in Telford

Missing persons, a burglary and domestic incidents have kept Kington police busy in recent weeks

Missing persons, a burglary and domestic incidents have kept Kington police busy in recent weeks

Man appears in court charged with nine offences - including assault in Newport

£1M keyless car theft gang jailed in West Midlands after bragging about crimes on social media

The 'racist' grafitti

'We need to tackle this problem before it gets worse' - Anger as racist graffiti daubed along Ludlow beauty spot

Picture of Morgan Dorsett making a heart shape with her fingers

Shrewsbury teenager killed in dog attack was bitten on face and neck, inquest opening told

Officers said this car had been seized.

Car seized in crackdown on hare coursing in Shropshire

'Black mamba' Shrewsbury cannabis dealer with history of 35 offences spared jail

March 23, 2025

Shropshire man wanted over 'serious assaults' in Newport is arrested in Essex after widespread manhunt

Telford man, 43, found guilty of sexually assaulting woman at a West Midlands prison

Great grandad brandishes pistol during heated family argument.

Terrifying moment West Midlands great grandad brandishes pistol in the street during heated family argument

Telford man, 26, who assaulted four policemen and smashed window of Chinese also admits racial harassment

Man who assaulted policeman in Telford facing crown court sentence after being found guilty

Fine and points for Shrewsbury driver who crashed and failed to stop for police

Stephen Graham as Eddie Miller in Adolescence.

Netflix series Adolescence: Shropshire schools leader on the crime show everyone is talking about, including banning phones and Andrew Tate

March 22, 2025

The biker was caught by police.

Police catch off-roader seen riding 'dangerously' in Telford

Police said this car had been seized.

Three vehicles seized as Telford police tackle 'major problem' of untaxed cars

The puppies with PC Frendo.

Two adorable Telford puppies have been reunited with their owner as suspect arrested

March 21, 2025

West Mercia Police seized 156 cannabis plants from a property in Telford this week. Photo: West Mercia Police

Police seize cannabis plants with street value ‘north of £150k’ in Telford

Inquest

Two men arrested after trailer stolen in Ludlow

Photo: West Mercia Police

CCTV appeal after shop thefts in Telford - including £320 worth of items taken from Boots

The British Ironwork Centre is working on its latest project - made of handcuffs.

Handcuffs to be used for British Ironwork Centre's latest powerful sculpture

Police seized a vehicle in Broseley on Wednesday. Picture: West Mercia Police.

Police seize vehicle believed to be involved in rural crime - fake number plates found inside

'We must punish the dumpers' - Disgrace of litter bugs in the West Midlands as the Great British Spring Clean is launched

'He lives in London - why was he in Telford stealing toothbrushes?' - Range thief sentenced

'We were just going to scare him' - Murder accused admits to going armed with a hockey stick but denies killing DPD driver

March 20, 2025

E Vape Shop Ltd, High Street, Shrewsbury. Photo: Google

Shop director fined after illegal vapes and tobacco found concealed in Shrewsbury store

Ryan Twardun. Photo: West Mercia Police

'One of the most dangerous' offenders urged to hand himself in after woman 'hit over the head with a glass' in Newport

Do you recognise these bikes? Police release images of illegal motorbike users plaguing a Telford housing estate

'Good result' as rural police find stolen digger within hours

South Shropshire|Mar 20

Fraud crackdown sees more than £500,000 seized from crooks across West Mercia in national crackdown

Kabaddi tournament violence was behind fatal DPD worker ambush in Shrewsbury, court heard

March 19, 2025

The new chief constable of West Mercia Police, Richard Cooper (left) with Police and Crime Commissioner, John Campion. Picture: West Mercia PCC

'My commitment has solidified': West Mercia Police's new chief intends to see out his term for 'stability'

West Mercia Police officers have issued a warning.

Police appeal to help find youths in Oswestry causing 'disruption and harassment' to the general public

West Mercia Police's new Chief Constable Richard Cooper, with West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner, John Campion.

New chief constable formally confirmed for West Mercia Police

Councillor Alex Wagner wants Shrewsbury town centre to once again have a police base. Picture: Shropshire Liberal Democrats

Motion to bring back Shrewsbury town centre police base

Recent fly-tipping on Bratton Lane in Shawbirch.

Fly-tipping cost taxpayers in Telford and Wrekin £200k in just a year

Independent Sentencing Review report

West Mercia Police station cells could be used to hold prisoners due to overcrowding

A bench was 'deliberately' set on fire. Picture: West Mercia Police.

Police to increase patrols around Oswestry park after bench 'deliberately' set on fire