West Mercia Police have confirmed that eight warrants were carried out in the towns in March as part of Operation Machinize.  The operation is a targeted effort to combat criminal gangs using barbershops as fronts for fraud, money laundering, and the sale …

With a warrant to search the premises for suspected money laundering, West Mercia Police officers smashed through the back doors of a barber shop in Shrewsbury town centre before detaining two men, both Kurdish asylum seekers.  Officers told the BBC that …

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are being pressured to "get a grip" over what's been described as a "farcical" situation with the state pension system. Calls for action …

West Mercia Police said they recently targeted efforts to combat criminal gangs using businesses as fronts for fraud, money laundering, and the sale of illicit goods. As part of the operation, 33 warrants were executed across the three counties, focusing …

More than 30 warrants have been carried out at barbershops across the counties covered by West Mercia Police and four people were arrested as part of the operation.  Immigration officers also arrested a further three people.  West Mercia Police carried out …

West Mercia Police said its officers had raided properties across Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire in March, as part of Operation Machinize - a targeted effort to combat criminal gangs using barbershops as fronts for fraud, money laundering, …

One of Britain's oldest pubs is closing after almost 500 years due to rising costs and changing consumer habits. The Hole in the Wall first served drinks to customers in around 1540 - that was the year Henry VIII married and divorced his fourth wife …

Hasan Nawaz, son of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, has been declared a "deliberate tax defaulter" in the United Kingdom and fined £5.2 million. The UK government has updated its list of tax …

Meleri WilliamsBBC News Reporting fromNeath ShareSave Historic rugby club Neath RFC has played at the Gnoll ground since the 1870s - and a young all-female team also now train there Residents in the community where a rugby club has come under fire for …

An international crime gang member must repay £70,000 after winning a poker tournament. Adam Lulat, of Hawkhurst Road, Preston, was jailed for 28 months in 2015 for his involvement in a £40m money laundering scam and a major pan-European VAT fraud, after a …