Nick Humphreys
Senior Reporter at Shropshire Star
Shrewsbury newsmonger for the Shropshire Star! Got a story? Message [email protected]
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5 days ago |
shropshirestar.com | Nick Humphreys
A burglar has admitted stealing a car and smashing a front door and window of a house. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Daniel Thomson, aged 35, burgled a house in Frank Shayler Close, Wellington on March 2 this year, stealing a Chevrolet car. He damaged the door and window at the property in the process. That came a day after Thomson stole bottles of alcohol worth £267 from a Co-op store in Shifnal.
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6 days ago |
shropshirestar.com | Nick Humphreys
A Scouts and church treasurer who stole more than £170,000 and ploughed it into a crypto scam black hole has been jailed. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Desmond Rodgers, aged 51, took tens of thousands from St Andrew's Church in Shifnal as well as Scout groups in Shifnal and Madeley, before being conned out of it himself.
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1 week ago |
shropshirestar.com | Nick Humphreys
A paedophile has been found guilty of a string of charges of child sex abuse. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Wayne Morgan, aged 39, faced trial at Shrewsbury Crown Court, sitting at Telford Justice Centre, this week over offences dating between 2014 and 2020. A jury found him guilty unanimously on two charges of causing a child to engage in sexual activity.
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1 week ago |
shropshirestar.com | Nick Humphreys
A silver pendant dating back to the 1600s which was discovered by a metal detectorist in Shropshire has been declared treasure. The post-medieval piece of jewellery was unearthed in a field in Ellesmere on January 14 last year, a treasure inquest was told. The inquest, held at Shropshire Coroner’s Court, Guildhall, Shrewsbury, was told that the find, discovered by a Mr Stephen Lewis, was described as “a complete silver heart pendant”, dating to between 1600 and 1700.
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1 week ago |
shropshirestar.com | Nick Humphreys
An Albanian cannabis farmer who was busted with more than 70 plants at a Telford house was told coming to the UK “without permission” made him a target. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Rizan Oka, aged 27, has been jailed after police burst into a house in Steventon Road, Wellington on March 3 this year, discovering a “commercial scale” drugs set-up.
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Buckingham Palace, London… where the marching band were playing “Going down the Wyle Cop (Oteley Road) to see the Shrewsbury Aces”… the Ainsworth effect! #salop https://t.co/BoNpQoJkLD