Four people have been arrested after what is believed to be monkey dust was uncovered during raids. Three females and one male remain in custody after West Mercia Police carried out two raids on properties in Telford. Officers targeted properties in Ketley Park Road, Ketley and Wilkinson Close, Snedshill, where...

Four arrested in raids targeting monkey dust

Officers investigating the crash are continuing to appeal for any witnesses to come forward.

Biker who died in crash 'will be hugely missed'

A Teaching Regulation Authority panel bans Paul Welch from ever working as a teacher again.

Ex-teacher permanently barred over indecent images

Coroner Paul Marks said the death was accidental with the cause confirmed as chest injuries.

Farmer dies after being run over by his own Range Rover

Holly Newton was stabbed multiple times by a 16-year-old boy in a town centre in January 2023.

Teen killer 'probably' hid from girl before attack

Hannah Jacobs died within hours of sipping a Costa Coffee hot chocolate made with cows' milk.

Confusion may have led to Costa allergy death - inquest

Police say they have not arrested anyone yet in connection with the incident on Keighley Road.

'Substantial' cannabis farm discovered in town

A man who shared racially aggravated online social media posts linked to national civil unrest has been jailed. Lee Joseph Dunn, of Egremont, Cumbria, pleaded guilty to one offence of sending, by means of a public electronic communications network, a message that was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character.

Man jailed over racially aggravated posts

Laura-Jane Seaman was "begging staff to help her" before she died, an inquest hears.

Mother died after neglect by hospital - coroner

A mixture of houses and apartments are to be built in an area historically associated with lock making.

Plans approved to replace old buildings with homes

Tina Peters was found guilty of four felony charges related to the election interference case.

Ex-county clerk found guilty of election interference

A £70,000 treatment gone wrong left the 49-year-old with years of treatment and mobility issues.

I had surgery to lengthen my legs and then it went horribly wrong

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The funeral for British teenager Jay Slater, who died while on holiday on Tenerife, will be held in Accrington, Lancashire on Saturday.Well-wishers who attend the service have been asked to wear something blue in his memory.Mr Slater’s loved ones have also asked that instead of flowers, people could donate to LBT Global, an overseas crisis support charity which helped his family through their heartache.A post-mortem examination found the 19-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, who died on June 17, found he died of traumatic head injuries, consistent with a fall from height.His death would have been instantaneous.The “celebration of life service” is...

Funeral for teenager Jay Slater who died on Tenerife to be held

Employers are not currently required to provide an employee with written reasons for their dismissal.

Employers must give written dismissal in new plans

The shop has been ordered to close for three months after an investigation by Wiltshire Council

Vape shop ordered to close due to illegal sales

For 149 years, a Lake District town has played host to a Christian convention that has grown from a small affair in a vicar's garden to a big annual gathering, drawing crowds from all over the world. Keswick Convention now takes place over three weeks in the summer and this...

'Wrong time' for Christian convention as trade hit

A petrol bomb was thrown at a house and another placed inside a car in Newry on Tuesday morning.

Petrol bombs thrown at a house and put in a car

A department store will shut its doors for good in Northampton town centre this weekend. Next will have its final day of trading on Saturday and will be replaced by an as yet unknown retailer. Mark Mullen, the operations manager for Northampton Town Centre Business Improvement District (BID), said the...

Major retailer to close permanently in town centre

Cannabis with an estimated value of more than €16m (£14m) has been seized in County Wexford. Revenue officers and gardaí (Irish police) discovered the drugs on Saturday after a unaccompanied freight unit, which had disembarked a ferry from Bilbao, Spain, was searched at Rosslare Europort. About 783kg...

Cannabis worth more than €16m seized in Rosslare

Two people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man fell from a fourth floor balcony in Salford.Officers were called to reports that a man had fallen from a balcony at Black Friar Court at 8.42pm on Sunday, Greater Manchester Police said.Despite efforts from emergency services, the 57-year-old man was pronounced dead at hospital, the force added.Police have arrested a man, 37, and a woman, 40, on suspicion of murder. Both remain in custody for questioning.Enquiries are ongoing, the force said, as they appealed to anyone with information to come forward.Detective inspector David Ogden of Greater Manchester Police...

Man and woman arrested on suspicion of murder after 57-year-old falls to death from Salford balcony

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Chairman of Harland & Wolff resigns

He had been a non-executive director of the shipbuilder since 2019 and became chair in...

Chairman of Harland & Wolff resigns

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