Recruitment is underway to fill “the massive boots” left by a Shropshire police community support officer who has stepped down after nearly 20 years on the beat.

Officers from Neighbourhood teams across Wolverhampton have been kept busy making arrests, recovering stolen vehicles and getting illegal bikes off the streets.

Genieve Fitt was escorted to prom by the police officer who delivered her in the back of a car near a tearoom in Ixworth 17 years ago.

Riders set out from St Mark’s community hall in Pennington and from Brockenhurst Primary School, ending their journeys at ...