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New parking restrictions have been put in place on roads around the Wrekin

Visitors to Shropshire landmark hit with parking fines

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service engine stock

Crews called to Telford house fire after 'excessive use of aerosol'

Shane Game of the Shropshire Bereavement Group

Bereaved mum who launched group on helping people through heartache

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Two car crash in village near Telford with 'person trapped'

Hotspur bus

Good news for Shropshire passengers as bus firm announces new links

The homes inside the gated works

Neglected historic Shropshire industrial works brought back to life

Queens Head near Oswestry

Oswestry pub on the market for £800,000

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Credit: West Midlands Ambulance Service.

Woman treated by paramedics after car rolls into ditch in Ellesmere

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service engine stock

Firefighters called to two-vehicle crash in Market Drayton area

How the houses for Gipsy Castle Lane on the outskirts of Hay-on-Wye could look.

Noise concerns raised over development proposals for Hay-on-Wye

AFC Bridgnorth manager Jack Griffiths

AFC Bridgnorth looking to make FA Vase history this weekend

Six-hour fog warning issued across West Midlands as motorists face travel disruption

6-hour fog warning for the West Midlands issued by Met Office

Wenlock Spring director Bruce Orme and Santa launches the company's 'The ONLY One for the Road' campaign

Wenlock Spring brings back festive drinks campaign

Boys at Constitution Hill Boys’ School in the 1921 to 1924 period. Jack Felton could well be one of these lads, but it is not known which.

Remembering Jack Felton’s school days in 1920s Wellington

The suit of armour with a member of the antiques team

Knightly Halloween display turns heads at Bridgnorth antiques centre

The A5 at Shottaton

The eight fixed speed camera locations in Shropshire to be aware of

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Telford soft play centre opens new safari-themed attraction

Ben Adams has taken over The Horseshoe Inn, Telford.
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Plus ‘Think The Rovers Return’: New landlord’s vision for Telford pub

Prolific shoplifter wore wig to steal £45 of meat

Man donned long brown wig to steal £45 worth of meat from store

CCTV of the person Jade Walton identified as stealing from her honesty shop.

Hero baker chases thief after snatching lemon drizzle from cake shed

Business

The team from Peakes Travel Elite at their Luxury Travel Showcase

Luxury travel showcase coming to Shrewsbury

The design team at Shrewsbury agency Source (from left): Holly Blakemore, Harry Woodhouse, Jules O'Connor and Lewis Mottram

Shrewsbury design agency welcomes trio of new hires

From left: Toby Shaw from Towler Shaw Roberts, Neil Anderson from Morris Property and Phil and Kyle Evans from Phil Evans Vehicle Refurbishment

Vehicle care company moves to new Shrewsbury home

A Poundland shop

Beloved discount chain Poundland to appoint administrators

Nostalgia

Bridgnorth's HSBC is set for renovation.

Restoration work to historic Bridgnorth building will go ahead

Shropshire in the Victorian era: 37 pictures of life long ago

Shropshire family’s war heroes remembered after portrait discovery

Shrewsbury in 1979: 25 pictures of football glory and life around town

Bridgnorth Low Town clock tower

Repairs set to begin on historic Bridgnorth clock tower

Tom Cockburn investigates where Ruyton got its unique name from

Plus I visit village as old as Domesday book to uncover how it got its name

Education

Wrekin College pupils Bitsie and Tamara

Shropshire teenagers take on Halloween skydive for children’s hospital
The friends are turning a 16th birthday celebration into a fundraising challenge
Megan Jones

What's On

Huddersfield Town v Arsenal – Premier League – John Smith’s Stadium

Sir Ian McKellen leads tributes to ‘respected and beloved’ Sir Patrick Stewart

Celebrity Traitors rountable

The Celebrity Traitors winner to be crowned after surprise roundtable reveal

Huddersfield Town v Arsenal – Premier League – John Smith’s Stadium

Dame Harriet Walter: World is going to be very poor without Sir Patrick Stewart

Star Trek actor Sir Patrick Stewart dies aged 86 after glittering 60-year career

Joanne McNally

Joanne McNally says thinking Richard E Grant was faithful was ’embarrassing’

Sir Patrick Stewart: The Mirfield-born actor recalls an amazing life

Star Trek actor Sir Patrick Stewart dies aged 86

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The end-of-terrace house on Barkstone Drive is on the market for £225,000, with a front lawn, driveway, garage and EV charging point adding practical appeal.

Shrewsbury home for £225,000 with a garden and garage

Politics

Council told that full financial recovery must be made by March 2029

Ludlow Assembly Rooms

System suggested as Ludlow Assembly Rooms seeks help with toilet costs

“Sadly, pets and their owners have been forgotten again.”

'Pets and owners forgotten again’ - RSPCA's ‘disappointment’ in Budget

Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey

Budget 2026: How Chancellor's speech could affect West Mids residents

Mark Pritchard MP is calling for crackdown on car cruising

Car cruising is blighting parts of Shropshire, says MP

The High Sheriff of Shropshire Katy Tanner with Nicholas Walker, senior coroner for Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin

High Sheriff learns of 'complexities and demands' at inquests

Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd Senedd Member James Evans

How will Welsh Government's undergrounding policy affect current plans

Farming

Future of Farming

Three Counties Agricultural Society hosts leading farming event

Charlotte and Ben Hollins from Fordhall Farm in Market Drayton received the accolades from Harper Adams University

Honorary degrees for family behind Shropshire community-owned farm

The prize winners from left to right Harri Bird club chair, Nigel Davies, Simon Orrells and Andrew Ritchie.

Tractor Run raises £1500 for Air Ambulance

NFU Midlands chair Jane Bassett

‘The budget presents an opportunity to support Shropshire farmers’

Annie takes to the stage after accident to thank tractor run efforts

The Farmer Awards at Shrewsbury Town FC. Winners.

Farming industry celebrated at glittering night at the Rural Awards

Opinion

PICTURE FROM THE ARCHIVE: Office staff at Alveley Colliery took a well-earned break in the summer sunshine when they gathered outside the pithead for this group snapshot back in 1948. The 11-strong team, captured smiling on the colliery grounds, traded their paperwork and ledgers for a brief pause in front of the lens. Pictured in the back row are (from left) Tom Cadwallader, Olive Link, Dennis Bache, Doreen Giles, Ted Warrington, and possibly Joan Childs. Taking a seat at the front are (from left) Harold Powell, Wilbur Lloyd, Marie Price (née Robinson), Denise Davies, and Keith Holford.

Political debate and EU ties – your letters, plus colliery memories

PICTURE FROM THE ARCHIVE: In 1990, sixth-formers at the Royal Wolverhampton School gave their charity appeal a supersonic boost by pitting their strength against a Jaguar jet. More than 20 pupils joined forces to haul the aircraft 500 yards across the tarmac at RAF Cosford in a strongman stunt. The sponsored challenge was the latest in a series of events being held as part of the teenagers’ annual Lenten Appeal.

Your letters on Halloween and e-bikes, plus pupils take on a jet

PICTURE FROM THE ARCHIVE: Prime Minister Tony Blair chats with Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto as world leaders take a stroll down the stone steps at Weston Park on the Shropshire-Staffordshire border in 1998. The distinguished group gathering for the G8 retreat included US President Bill Clinton, French President Jacques Chirac, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, and Russia’s Boris Yeltsin.

Letters: Nato and High Streets, plus world leaders at Weston Park

PICTURE FROM THE ARCHIVE: The Mayor of the French town of Thiers, Mr Maurice Adevah-Pœuf (left), joins Bridgnorth Mayor Councillor Mike McCarthy to display the official scrolls marking the twinning of their two towns on October 1, 1978. A large crowd gathered in Bridgnorth's High Street to celebrate the civic ceremony cementing the international partnership. Were you among the crowds on the High Street that day, or have you ever taken part in a Bridgnorth-Thiers twinning exchange?

River dredging, wildlife, EU debate and Bridgnorth twinning in 1978

Your World

Twelve plates spinning

Review: Magic and circus skills combine in a dazzling family show

Emily Bell - Healthwatch Shropshire at a pubic event

Healthwatch Shropshire to continue giving residents a voice

Gemma Hargreaves (centre) with Shrewsbury Severn Rotary Club’s vice president Joycelin Hoyland (left) and president Johnathan Callwood (right)

Shrewsbury Rotary club donates £250 to help local children

Danny Mason WWII veteran attended Remembrance 2025

Ludlow to honour fallen heroes at Remembrance services

Environment

A proposed traffic order would change the one way system around Llandrindod Wells lake. From Google Streetview.

Four objections to Llandrindod Lake one-way system reversal

Rhayader cemetery is almost full with no immediate solution in sight

Talks go ahead on Powys cemetery where space is running out

Weather: Wrottersley Park Road, Perton. Roscoe the dog out for his walk.

Wet and windy start to half term after storms pass, forecast warns

Five flood warnings are in place along the River Severn in Shropshire, including one at The Quarry, Shrewsbury

Storm Boelo: Flood alerts and fallen trees across the region

Storm Boelo: Caution urged amid flood alert for the River Severn

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