South Shropshire mother flies to Middle East in search for her two missing young children
A mother who lives in south Shropshire has flown to the Middle East to try to find her two children who have left the UK with a family member.
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Police say they are treating the two children, a 10-year-old and an eight-year-old, as "high-risk missing people" and have advised their mother to get in touch with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
A spokesperson for West Mercia Police said the force had received a report on Friday that two children from Shropshire had left the UK with a family member.
The spokesperson said: "On Friday, February 16 we received a report that two children from Shropshire had been illegally taken abroad by a family member.