Couple and their abducted children may be in Ireland

BRITISH police suspect a Shropshire couple who abducted their four children from social services care may have fled to this country.

The couple, Steven Hayward, 33, and Sharon Richards, 25, from Shrewsbury, took the youngsters from social services staff during an arranged contact meeting at social services offices last Saturday afternoon.

The family were last seen in a white Peugot 205 car, registration E512 FLE.