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New Shrewsbury Town owner and chairman Scott Davidson

‘Shrewsbury Town or nothing’: Scott Davidson on why Salop

The Croud Meadow, home of Shrewsbury Town

New owner lays down Shrewsbury Town promotion ambition

Young John Mongan.

Plus Man 'punched and kicked to death' in Welshpool attack

The Snatchfield Farm site. Picture: Pegasus Group

Fears for ancient woodlands as 75-home plan faces mounting opposition

Edward Garratt, NFU County Advisor for Shropshire

Plus 'Serious organised crime': Farming leader tells of 'constant worry'

Shrewsbury Mayor Bernie Bentick (centre) with veterans and other dignitaries

Shrewsbury stops and falls silent to mark Armistice Day 2026

Craven Arms railway station

Update after person dies at Shropshire train station

News

Brad Friedel is part of the consortium vying to complete a takeover of Shrewsbury Town

Brad Friedel explains his sporting director role at Shrewsbury Town

Alderford Lake

Shropshire attraction's 'beautiful' gesture after fog ruins fireworks

Shrewsbury CEO Liam Dooley (AMA)

Shrewsbury Town CEO and vice-chairman to remain under new ownership

Owain was joined by Dame Sarah Storey.

BBC presenter cheered through Shropshire as fundraising tops £1m

Birmingham Airport (BHX)

Birmingham Airport's Air-Rail Link closes for three nights

Residents face disruption to water supplies due to fault with pumps

West Mercia Police

Barber, vape shop, and nail salon raids find cash, fake guns and drugs

Lucy Moran from Marches Career Hub presents the Cornerstone Employer Award to Tony Sproston from Fowler & Gilbert

Firm recognised for work helping young people develop skills

The incident took place on the A5 near Oswestry.

Cattle rescued after trailer rolls on A5 near Oswestry

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Shrewsbury Town fans have reacted to the huge new American takeover

'I am feeling very positive': Shrewsbury Town fans react to takeover

The larger radome on Titterstone Clee Hill, Ludlow is to be decommissioned and a smaller one is being build nearby.
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Construction under way on new 'golf ball’ at Shropshire radar station

Watch: Police searching for missing man release CCTV of sighting

Shrewsbury Town fans

WATCH: Shrewsbury Town takeover completed as new era officially begins

Business

18 Vineyard Road in Wellington is up for auction

Inside the Shropshire home in need of major TLC - yours for £35,000

There will be four Christmas art and craft markets in Kington over the next few weeks.

Christmas art and craft market in Kington on Saturday

From left: Emma Johnson from Landau, Luke Hunter from Dodd Group and Debbie Evans from Shropshire Community Foundation

New research highlights challenges facing young people in Shropshire

Towler Shaw Roberts has moved to a new home at Mercian House alongside the team at Roger Parry

New chapter for agency following Shrewsbury office move

Nostalgia

Shropshire regiment soldiers tackling an outbreak of plague in Hong Kong in 1894

Shropshire's 'Foreign Legion': The soldiers who rarely saw home

Volunteers stripping the plane this week

Cold War plane takes to the road to its new home near Bridgnorth

The inscription on the back of the tile reads 'I do hereby discharge you, John Lewis, from my employment, Thomas Austin.'

Historic 'P45' tile unearthed reveals 200-year-old sacking

23 pictures of the politicians who shaped Shropshire's past

W H Pendlebury uses a silver trowel to lay a foundation stone bearing his name on November 7, 1936

How Shrewsbury invested in its youngsters 90 years ago

Sir Norman Wisdom's iconic 'Gump Suit' set to fetch £3,500 at auction

Sir Norman Wisdom's iconic 'Gump Suit' set to fetch £3,500 at auction

Education

Lafan lead education consultant Meinir Lloyd Jones has created a bilingual version of an education pack about the use and teaching of AI in Welsh schools. It has been adapted and translated to align with the curriculum for Wales from an initial resource created for English schools by education consultant Phil Wickins at Run Don’t Walk Computing.

Ex- headteacher helps Powys schools to use AI safely
Ex-headteacher launches AI safety lessons for schools in Powys
Karen Compton

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Bridget Phillipson

Women in the media industry join Government minister in voicing NDA concerns

Sir Elton John with the King as they recorded the Rocket Hour radio show

King to appear on Sir Elton John’s Rocket Hour radio show on Apple Music

David Walliams

Limits on NDAs could ‘go further’, minister says after Walliams allegations

Lily Collins

Emily In Paris season 6 trailer teases show ending ‘with a bang’

Head and shoulders photo of David Walliams smiling while posing for photos at a red carpet event

Sky drops new David Walliams movie after ‘extremely serious’ allegations

Baroness Louise Casey speaking into a microphone

Baroness Casey condemns ‘appalling’ abuse of power by high-profile figures

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Stacey Solomon has posted on her Instagram Stories about a Primark outfit she wore on BBC's The One Show.

Stacey Solomon reveals where she got co-ord she wore on The One Show

The biggest savings of the year have been applied to Jackery's portable power stations

Jackery Black Friday sale cuts portable power prices by up to 58%

Cricut Black Friday deal: shoppers can get three crafting products for the price of two in flash sale

Cricut launches Black Friday 3 for 2 flash sale ahead of Christmas

Puerto Rico, on Gran Canaria's southwest coast

Guaranteed sun and ‘no sunbed wars’ with all-inclusive deal from £209

Politics

Another steep council tax rise in Shropshire could be on the cards

Council officials anticipate ‘best possible outcome’ from auditors

Mark Pritchard MP raises concerns about St Andrew's Primary School in the Commons

MP pushes to allow non-white people to describe themselves as English

Frank Jones, who is standing in the Whitchurch Town Council West Ward by-election.

Former Whitchurch councillor to stand in by-election for Reform UK

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Accessibility concerns could see Telford polling stations replaced

Council needs a clear plan to get out of financial mess - Reform

Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd Senedd Member James Evans speaking to Gwernyfed High School pupils

Powys pupils visit Welsh Parliament

Farming

The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) is hosting a series of local winter farming conferences across Wales during November.

New FUW Winter Farming Conference

The virus was detected for the first time on the Shropshire and Mid Wales border.

Breaking First UK cases of midge-borne virus found in Shropshire cattle

The NFU Cymru Next Generation Development Group on the steps of Parliament

NFU Cymru Next Generation Development Group visits London

NFU Cymru writes to Welsh MPs seeking support for ban on Brazilian meat imports

NFU Cymru calls on UK Government to ban Brazilian meat imports

One of the early entries for the vintage tractor and implements auction on November 21.

Strong entry for Halls’ sale

NFU Cymru Montgomeryshire County Chairman Marc Jones

NFU Cymru Montgomeryshire on-farm county meeting

Opinion

PICTURE FROM THE ARCHIVE: Not a local image, but worth using for its poignancy on November 11. This image from 1919 shows road workers in Regent Street, London, baring their heads in tribute to the dead of the First World War during the "Great Silence" of the first anniversary of Armistice Day

Letters: Life in service, green energy, plus an Armistice Day tribute

PICTURE FROM THE ARCHIVE: Armani Leroy, who is described as a ‘wellbeing ambassador’, leads motorists in Wing Ysun, Chinese martial arts exercises, to help lower stress and heart rate. It was set up to launch a new Loen restaurant at Roadchefs Norton Canes service area on the M6 Toll in 2017.

Letters: Bus music fines and poppy rules, plus a look back at 2017

David Chadwick, Welsh Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader and MP for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

Column by Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP David Chadwick

PICTURE FROM THE ARCHIVE: Rally legend Colin McRae powers his Subaru through a water splash at Weston Park during a stage of the Lombard RAC Rally in November 1992, drawing packed crowds along the spectator fence. The historic car was later meticulously restored by the McRae family and auctioned for £414,500. McRae, who went on to become Britain's first World Rally Champion in 1995, tragically died in a helicopter crash in 2007.

Budget, slave trade – your letters, plus rally memories at Weston Park

Your World

Free after-dark running club returns to the Quarry Swimming & Fitness Centre

Free running club launched to help women stay active after dark

Shrewsbury MP Julia Buckley, second from right, joins dignitaries to celebrate the charity’s anniversary

£1m appeal launched for new Shropshire respiratory centre

Santa and helpers with the new sleigh

Santa to make festive return to Shrewsbury for Christmas lights

Moreton Hall's annual Careers and Universities Fair attracts over 60 exhibitors and hundreds of students from across the region

Moreton Hall invites businesses to Careers and Universities Fair

Environment

Knighton Town Council recently agreed to back a project to create a stage at Pinner's Hole near the Offa's Dyke path.

A temporary lease for the Knighton site will be drawn up

Storm Eowyn saw a rare red weather warning issued – with the public advised not to travel. (Jane Barlow/PA)

West Midlands residents urged to prepare as first cold alert issued

View from the top of Titterstone Clee Hill, Ludlow. The Ditton Priors mast located on Abdon Burf, the summit of Brown Clee Hill, emerges from the fog.
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Met Office plays down 'big freeze' headlines

New Street, Dawley

Council plans to dispose of tennis court-sized green space in Telford

Generic picture of a wind turbine.

Major update issued on another energy project in Mid Wales

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