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The Latest Breaking News from West Mercia Police

Police force told improvements still needed after watchdog assessment

West Mercia Police had been told to improve how it investigates crimes and updates victims following an inspection in 2021.

The Independent UK

Two people injured and rushed to hospital after dog attack

A woman was knocked to the ground and suffered facial injuries during the attack

The Independent UK

Storm Babet travel advice - latest: Transport chaos as plane skids off runway and drivers issued flood warning

Torrential rain forces major roads to close and blocks rail lines as drivers warned over flooded areas

The Independent UK

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Former police constable admits to five sexual assaults on night out

Mark Slade, who was serving with West Mercia Police at the time of the assaults, will be sentenced at a later date

The Independent UK

Four men charged with murder of delivery worker

Aurman Singh, who was 23 and lived in Smethwick, died after he was attacked in Berwick Avenue in Coton Hill, Shrewsbury, on August 21.

The Independent UK

Delivery worker who died in attack is named as police arrest fifth suspect

DPD delivery worker Aurman Singh, 23, died after an attack in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, on Monday.

The Independent UK

DPD driver killed in ‘terrifying’ attack while making deliveries as four arrested for murder

Police arrested four men in their twenties on suspicion of murder after incident in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

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Police appeal to find body of man murdered 14 years ago

Jesse Richards was killed over a drugs debt in Worcestershire.

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Three men arrested on suspicion of murder after missing man ‘fell into river’

The man may have been involved in an altercation before falling into River Wye in Hereford, police say

The Independent UK

The real-life Easter Bunny who tried to make off with £31,000 of Creme Eggs – only to end up behind bars

Joby Pool made a dash with 200,000 Cadbury Creme Eggs but surrendered on the motorway

The Independent UK

Man who stole nearly 200,000 Creme Eggs is jailed

Joby Pool has been jailed for 18 months

The Independent UK

Police watchdog investigating response to 999 calls before Alfie Steele’s murder

Alfie, aged nine, died in 2021 after being held down in a bath following months of cruelty and ‘torture’ at the hands of his mother and stepfather.

The Independent UK

Woman suffers 'potentially life-changing injuries' in dog attack

A man was also injured

Nottingham Post

Woman left with 'potentially life-changing injuries' after dog attack

A man was also injured

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Woman was killed by boyfriend who then pretended she'd died in hit-and-run

Alan Edney's lies caught up with him and he's now been jailed

Wales Online

Thug battered girlfriend to death and then said she'd been killed in hit-and-run

Alan Edney's lies caught up with him and he's now been jailed

The Independent UK

Air Accidents Investigation Branch to probe man’s hot air balloon death

West Mercia Police said a man in his 20s was pronounced dead by paramedics.

Manchester Evening News

Alfie Steele's 'sadistic' killers jailed for life after nine-year-old found lifeless in cold bath

'Some of your actions can only properly be described as sadistic. I am sure you got pleasure from inflicting pain.'

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Evil mum and boyfriend jailed for 59 years for killing boy in cold bath

Neighbours heard Alfie Steele, 9, being made to suffer

The Independent UK

Mother and ‘sadistic’ stepfather ‘who enjoyed inflicting pain’ jailed for killing her son

Alfie Steele was subjected to a cold bath punishment before his death in February 2021

The Guardian - UK

Alfie Steele: mother and partner guilty over death of boy, nine, found in bath

Carla Scott guilty of manslaughter while Dirk Howell convicted of murder after child found with 50 injuries in Droitwich

The Independent UK

Man and woman found dead in shed

West Mercia Police went to a property in Bayston Hill, near Shrewsbury, after concerns were raised for the welfare of two people at the address.

Daily Record

Heartbroken family remember murdered daughter 10 years after her brutal killing

Georgia Williams was killed on May 26, 2103, after she was lured to the home of college pal Jamie Reynolds.

Daily Mirror

Parents of Georgia Williams, 17, lured to death by snuff movie obsessed pal feel betrayed

Happiness is something that has been in short supply for this family since the murder of the younger daughter Georgia 10 years ago this month - and even with the joyful event for her sister, something will be missing

Daily Mirror

Boy, 4, killed with mum and friend in car crash as families say they are 'devastated'

A Keegan Fettis, four, his mother Gemma Hobbins and her friend Cody Smith were killed when the blue Ford Focus they were travelling in hit another car in Worcestershire

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