Mercia

Sgt Harjit Singh, 48, and former PC Samuel Mitchell, 28, from West Mercia Police, were found guilty of gross misconduct and barred following a police conduct hearing on Thursday.

We were given exclusive access to dozens of raids carried out by Greater Manchester and West Mercia Police.

The coins would later be revealed to feature the heads of both Alfred the Great, who ruled Wessex, and Ceolwulf II of Mercia, the ancient kingdom covering the area where the coins were found.

The court heard how between 1968 and 1995, Burrows systematically abused 24 young boys across the Cheshire, West Midlands and West Mercia areas.

A 17-year-old boy died in hospital following the crash which happened in Tong, near Shifnal, on Friday night, West Mercia Police said.