Detectives investigating a series of suspected arson attacks on a Shrewsbury estate have charged a man with arson at one of the properties.

The 18-year-old was arrested this morning (23 December) at an address in Shrewsbury.
He has been interviewed and was this evening charged with arson at a house in Reedham Road, on the Herongate Estate, at about 11pm on Wednesday 1 December.

He will be remanded in custody overnight and is due to appear before Shrewsbury Magistrates' Court tomorrow morning (24 December).

An almost 28 per cent the Government spending cut in the county’s fire and rescue service grant over the next four years is “very worrying” for Shropshire’s future, warned the Chair of the Shropshire and Wrekin fire authority.

Councillor Stuart West said the Government’s newly announced grant reductions were “a great disappointment” and worse than expected.

Police in Shropshire today issued a warning to keep off frozen ponds and lakes following an incident in Shrewsbury where a young boy fell through ice.

The incident happened on a pond behind Battlefield Plaza, near the DVLA centre on Saturday afternoon.

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service alerted police that one of its crews had come across four boys, aged about 10 or 11 playing on the frozen surface. One was wet to the waist having apparently fallen through the ice.

Shropshire schoolchildren will join firefighters and staff from Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service at its annual Christmas Festival of Carols in Shrewsbury on December 15.

This year the service will be held at Holy Trinity Church, Meole Brace, Shrewsbury, and attended by youngsters from Meole Brace Primary and Nursery School.

Police officers in Telford are investigating following a suspicious fire in Donnington. The incident occurred on Ash Lea Drive on Wednesday 1st December.

At just after 11pm a member of the public called the police to report they'd heard a loud bang outside their property and that when they'd looked out of the window they could see a car on fire.