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18 Vineyard Road in Wellington is up for auction

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

MOD Stafford and the RAF Cosford Museum storage facility. Items are being listed and made ready for transportation to a new building at RAF Cosford Museum where the public will be able to see a large part of the collection. Amy Seadon (Conservation & Collections Care Manager), with a 3d map.

RAF Museum needs helping hands for huge move of hidden collection

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

Man trapped under car in Shropshire - 999 crews called to scene

One of the latest artist's impressions drawn up for the Bradford Estates' plans for 'Weston'.

Plus 4,000 homes and giant business site plan returns for county green belt

The town council is looking for ideas to revive Llandrindod Wells.

Shropshire and Powys towns named among Britain’s happiest

The Snatchfield Farm site. Picture: Pegasus Group

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

Plus ‘I was urban exploring’: Burglar jailed for stealing pipes from house

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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

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

Liz Keirle, policy and patron engagement manager at Shropshire Chamber of Commerce

Business confidence in the spotlight with new chamber survey

Lizzie Champion, owner of Kiss and Tell Books in Shrewsbury

Former reluctant reader to launch new bookshop in Shrewsbury

Tributes have been paid to Rob Jones by former colleagues at GHP Legal

Law firm pays tribute to colleague who died two years into retirement

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
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What's On

James Acaster

James Acaster was ‘scared’ of public reaction to Celebrity Traitors exit

Jonathan Ross pictured at ITV Palooza in 2025

Jonathan Ross ‘horrified’ by allegations about David Walliams and Russell Brand

Raye on Michael B Jordan relationship rumours: ‘Nothing’s happening there’

Baroness Louise Casey speaking into a microphone

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

Baroness Louise Casey speaking into a microphone

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

ITV cutting costs by £30m as ad market weakens

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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

Lookfantastic's £40 Black Friday beauty box is worth over £195, with an £80 Rodial skincare treat inside

Lookfantastic's £40 Black Friday beauty box has an £80 Rodial treat

Haier's dishwasher range is renowned for being smart and incredibly capable - so we put that to the test

Haier I-Pro Shine Series 6: Living with a seriously clever dishwasher

Politics

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

New Ludlow Town Councillor James Evans (right), alongside his business partner, David Powell.

Ludlow councillor to press on with controversial mobile farm shop plan

A spotted dog, spotted at a polling station.

Telford polling stations reviewed in run up to 2027 elections

Farming

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

Future of Farming

Three Counties Agricultural Society hosts leading farming event

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

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

Free after-dark running club returns to Lilleshall

Free after-dark running club returns to Lilleshall

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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