Two New CSOs For North Shropshire
September 2nd, 2010
Two new Police Community Support Officers began work in north Shropshire today. They have joined West Mercia’s Local Policing teams in Market Drayton Town and Whitchurch Town areas.
CSO Andy Hudson has been appointed to the Market Drayton post working with PC Paul Frank and CSOs Andy King, Angeline Roche and Mike Ellis. CSO Alison Hodnett becomes part of the Whitchurch team, alongside PC Karena Evans and CSOs Tim Meredith, Graeme Baines and Laura Viner.
Parish Council Pleads Case for Local Policing in Shropshire
August 27th, 2010A Shropshire parish council is urging the government not to make spending cuts which could reduce Local Policing in communities across the county.
Condover Parish Council has been so impressed with its Local Policing team, it has written to West Mercia Chief Constable Paul West praising the service and voicing concern about proposed cuts.
Copies of the letter have also been sent to Shrewsbury & Atcham MP Daniel Kawczynski and West Mercia Police Authority chairman Sheila Blagg.
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Wallet found in Oswestry
August 27th, 2010Police are trying to trace the owners of a wallet found in Oswestry containing a “substantial” sum of money.
It was handed in to staff at the town’s post office in Willow Street by a member of the public on August 19.
The wallet is now in the lost property office at Oswestry police station. Counter clerk Carol Bromley said today: “I would imagine it’s not a young person’s wallet, and almost certainly belonged to a woman. It’s made out of a tapestry-type material with various colours and a black leathery trim.”
Newport man killed in crash
August 25th, 2010A motorcyclist who was killed in a four-vehicle collision near Shrewsbury at the weekend, was today named as Adrian Jones, aged 34, of Masons Place, Newport, Shropshire.
Mr Jones died when his two-tone black Suzuki motorcycle was involved in a crash on the B5062 at Uffington, near the crossroads for Haughton and Withington at about 9.20pm on Sunday.
A post mortem was held yesterday and an inquest is expected to open either later this week or next week.
Oswestry Fatal Road Collision - Victim Named
August 24th, 2010The motorcyclist killed in a road collision on the A483 near Oswestry on Sunday, has been named as Alan Hickman, aged 62, of Church Road, Wolverhampton.
Mr Hickman died when his yellow Triumph motorcycle crashed into a tree near Mile End roundabout shortly after 1pm. He was formally identified this afternoon.
It's thought he was involved in a collision with another motorcycle travelling in the same direction towards Welshpool after completing an overtaking manoeuvre. His machine veered across the road and struck a tree.
Witness Appeal After Cyclist Dies at Beckbury
August 23rd, 2010Police are appealing for witnesses after a cyclist came off his bike in a village near Shifnal and later died in hospital.
Officers were called to Ryton Road, Beckbury shortly after 12.30pm yesterday, August 22, following reports a man in his 50s has been found lying at the side of the road with his bike.
He was taken to the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford for treatment but died later that afternoon.
Witness Appeal to Fatal crash at Uffington
August 23rd, 2010A motorcyclist was killed and another man injured in a four-vehicle collision at Uffington.
Police are appealing for any witnesses to the crash, which happened on the B5062 at Uffington, near the crossroads for Haughton and Withington at about 9.20pm yesterday, August 22.
A green Audi 80, a silver Ford Focus and a green Mini Cooper were travelling towards Shrewsbury and a two-tone black Suzuki motorcycle was travelling in the opposite direction.
Motorcyclist Killed in Road Collision near Oswestry
August 23rd, 2010A motorcyclist died in a road collision near Oswestry shortly after 1pm yesterday (Aug 22).
The collision happened near Mile End roundabout on the A483 road. It’s thought the motorcyclist was involved in a collision with another motorcycle travelling in the same direction after completing an overtaking manoeuvre.
The motorcyclist then went across the road and struck a tree. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The rider is believed to be a man in his sixties from the West Midlands area. He has yet to be formally identified.
Relatives of railway workers encouraged to attend ceremony
August 19th, 2010Shropshire Council and the Shropshire War Memorials Association are encouraging the relatives of railway workers, named on the Roll of Honour at Shrewsbury Rail Station, to attend a rededication ceremony next month (14 September 2010).
The Roll of Honour, installed on platform three to commemorate the Shropshire railwaymen who fell in the Great War of 1914-1918, has been refurbished as part of the council’s ongoing improvements to the station.
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Tribute to Shrewsbury Man Joshua Wreford
August 17th, 2010
The fiancée of a man who died after going missing following a night out in Shrewsbury today paid tribute to a ‘real character’ who was the ‘life and soul of every party’. Catherine Moore-Hughes, known as ‘Tez’, said her partner Joshua Wreford would want people to celebrate his life rather than feel upset he had gone.
