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A warning for high winds is in place this weekend as Storm Boelo lands

Live Shropshire and Mid Wales warned of heavy rain as Storm Boelo arrives

Gibsons in New Street, Oswestry

Oswestry nightclub placed on the market again as owner set to retire

Wellington Railway Station in Telford

Improvement and access works to begin at Shropshire railway station

Shaun Davies MP officially opens the Thomas Telford Primary Free School.
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Staff and students celebrate opening of new Telford primary school

Shrewsbury Crown Court and Telford Magistrates Court justice centres

Telford drug dealer, 40, admits peddling cannabis

A solar farm is proposed for land east of Willmoor Lane

Anti-solar farm campaigners 'won't roll over'

Shrewsbury Bazaar is being officially opened by the mayor

Mayor to open Shrewsbury’s new ‘bazaar’ next week

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Lewis Cox's Shrewsbury video verdict

Watch: Video verdict as Shrewsbury Town seal memorable comeback win

Peter Hill from West Bromwich has forked out around £336,0000 drinking on the world's longest pub crawl has celebrated reaching his 25,000th boozer.

West Midlands man on world's longest pub crawl reaches 25,000th pub

Tom Decker with knitted traffic officer in Fillongley, Warwickshire.

West Midlands villagers install fake knitted speed cameras

Four in five drivers would consider going back to driving school

Business

From left: Contracts manager Mark Bennett, office manager Trish Dovaston, site manager Conor Roberts amd communications manager Claire Brown from Morris Group

Outstanding result for Morris Property team for work in Shrewsbury

Val & Tracey Heighway, owners of V&T Jewellers

Owners react to jewellery shop being dubbed 'Best in The Wrekin'

The new (2026) designs for Telford Theatre

Land deal will expand Telford Theatre's car park

Matthew Roberts and Mike Sambrook receive their award

Construction firm wins recognition at apprenticeship awards

Nostalgia

The Chevrolet which reached the top of The Wrekin in 1929

The American truck which conquered The Wrekin in a pioneering stunt

A trip back to 1985: 27 pictures full of Shropshire memories

Members of Shrewsbury Borough Police Force in 1937, when policemen doubled as firemen. The location is possibly Bicton Heath and they appear to be checking a fire hydrant or piece of equipment. Left is Tom Davies, then Tom Meredith. Far right is Ieuan Lloyd. Jack Laird is thought to be the person bending down with “Bomber” Mills hidden second from right

Memories of days when Shrewsbury police officers fought fires too

The Springwell Pit may well have looked something like this - this is the Moat Hall mine in the shadow of the Stiperstones, perhaps around the 1880s.

Shropshire mining tragedy which plunged a town into mourning

Plus Shropshire’s Evel Knievel-style stunt that went wrong – in pictures

23 pictures bringing back memories of Shropshire pop bands

Education

T-Level students at Sandwell College, with Lisa Capper, right

'T-Levels are vital if we are to power progress through skills'
LISA CAPPER MBE, Principal of Sandwell Colleges, explains why opportunity knocks for students
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A film based on a ceramic artist who revolutionises the workplace will be shown in Kington

The Colour Room will be shown at a Kington venue

Colin Graham, a rising Northern Irish country artist will be performing in Powys in November

Northern Irish country artist to perform in Powys

Rumpelstiltskin to be performed for a Powys arts venue's 50th anniversary

Local theatre group to perform Rumpelstiltskin in Powys venue

No Buddy Does it Better, a tribute show to Buddy Holly and The Crickets is coming to Builth Wells.

Tribute show to Buddy Holly is coming to a Powys town

The film The Trouble With Jessica is to be shown in a Kington village

Kington village to screen The Trouble With Jessica

Wallace & Gromit Lego set

15 Wallace & Gromit gifts to celebrate Aardman's 50th birthday

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Politics

Llandrindod Wells South County Councillor Lauren D'Silva

Residents to tell their stories at Powys rally against health cuts

Cllr Sian Cox - Liberal Democrat - represents Llangors with Bwlch.

Powys workers and senior staff relationship has been reset, chief says

Oswestry Library

Future of libraries in jeopardy as council demands towns step in

Cutting council tax benefit could hit one in four Kington families and local businesses, councillor says

Kington councils concern about proposed cut in council tax benefits

Marches Forward Partnership recognised as “UK’s most significant rural growth partnership” at Westminster event

Marches Forward Partnership recognised at Westminster reception

Work to begin on Brecon active travel improvements

Work to begin on Brecon active travel improvements

Chris Walsh is a Labour Powys County Councillor for Brecon East.

Money from producers of waste has saved Powys jobs

Farming

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

The RWAS is sponsoring Mid Wales livestock farmer William Davies as the 2027 Royal Welsh Nuffield Scholar

Mid Wales man named as 2027 Royal Welsh Nuffield Scholar

Ludlow Winter Festival. Picture: Ludlow Town Council

Farmers to be celebrated as Ludlow Winter Festival returns

FUW calls for a long-term strategy to fulfil significant potential of Welsh dairy sector

Union calls for a long-term strategy for Welsh dairy sector

Opinion

PICTURE FROM THE ARCHIVE: England manager Walter Winterbottom (right) shares a quiet moment in conversation with Wolverhampton Wanderers inside-right Peter Broadbent during an international squad gathering in 1960. The pair were pictured at Lilleshall, the national sports centre on the Shropshire-Staffordshire border that served as the primary training base for the England national team for many years. Do you remember Peter Broadbent playing during Wolves' golden era, or visiting Lilleshall Hall during its years as an elite sporting hub? We’ll have another Lilleshall picture on Monday.

Fire stations, Crooked House and a football legend in 1960

Dyfed Powys Police and Crime Commissioner Dafydd Llywelyn

Column by Dyfed Powys Police and Crime Commissioner Dafydd Llywelyn

PICTURE FROM THE ARCHIVE: A barber wearing a protective visor works on a client wearing a face mask inside a Bridgnorth barbershop as coronavirus lockdown restrictions eased across England in July 2020. After months of closure, the summer respite allowed locals to finally replace questionable home DIY haircuts with a professional trim. Did you queue up for a professional haircut as soon as barbers reopened, or did you stick with a lockdown DIY trim?

Letters: Loneliness, school trips and a 2020 barbershop scene

Sean Jones & Joe Sleigh: Mickey and Eddie

I'm not a musical fanatic - but Blood Brothers left me enthralled

Your World

Wheatlands Care Home

Much Wenlock care home to host soup lunch for dance charity

Ludlow Winter Festival

Ludlow Winter Festival returns with Christmas lights, music and food

The volunteers!

Volunteers join forces to restore overgrown Ludlow garden

Ellesmere Yard

£4.5m boost to secure future of historic Shropshire canal yard

Environment

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for strong winds. Photo: Marina Gordejeva - stock.adobe.com

Yellow wind warning: Times and what to expect in the West Midlands

A proposal for a new National Park in north east Wales which includes a small part of Powys now looks set to be scrapped.

Powys council reinforces its objection to national park proposal

Stormy conditions are expected this weekend

Beware Storm Austen - woeful weekend weather for the West Midlands

Network rail workers inspect the track and embankment after the Stourbridge wildfire

Call for BBQ ban and fire-fighting planes after Stourbridge wildfire

Randlay Community Centre in Telford.

Parish council agrees to spend £20k on battery system for solar panels

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