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Megan Jones

Community News reporter

Community News reporter covering Shropshire.

April 7, 2025

Green light given to major renovation of Wellington Orbit

April 6, 2025

The B5009 Chirk Road in Gobowen. Photo: Google

Two mile diversion as Gobowen road to close for 8 days for carriageway repairs

Shrewsbury railway station work. Photo: Shropshire Council

New restrictions proposed for Shrewsbury railway station area as work to reduce traffic continues

April 5, 2025

Jailed: 8 of Shropshire's worst criminals locked up in March

Jailed: 8 of Shropshire's worst criminals locked up in March

The Hollies, Shrewsbury. Photo: MossCo LLP/Ryminster Ltd

Apartments and 12 new townhouses planned for former county training centre in Shrewsbury

Work planned to repair and preserve Newport's 'black shed'

Tom Steventon (right) is preparing to take on a half marathon and full marathon a week apart in support of his aunt, Rachel Massey (left)

Man to take on two charity runs in support of aunt defying odds in battle with brain tumour

April 4, 2025

Friday was the hottest day of the year so far

Sunny weekend ahead for Shropshire as UK officially marks hottest day of the year so far

Bus services in Telford could stop from next month, as over a hundred drivers ballot for strikes over pay

Telford bus drivers ballot for strikes over pay amid fears services could face 'severe disruption'

Shropshire local elections 2025: Full list of candidates vying to be your next councillor

Exotic Zoo in Telford are preparing to celebrate World Civet Day. In Picture: Zookeeper Kirsten Massey with their 'cousins' a pair of baby genets

Telford zoo to celebrate animals behind the world's most expensive coffee

The 'makeshift' layby at Lower Heath CE Primary. Photo: Google

New road planned for village primary to reduce school drop off traffic and tackle 'makeshift' layby parking

April 3, 2025

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.

Shifnal skip fire sparks call out for firefighters

Church Road, Wrockwardine Wood. Photo: Google

Boy 'found with serious injuries' taken to hospital after air ambulance spotted near Telford school

St Peter and St Paul's Church, Newport. Photo: Cunliffes

'Essential' repairs to take place to preserve rotting Newport church

Homelands Park Estate in Ketley Bank. Photo: Google

Expansion plan for Telford caravan park home estate

April 2, 2025

Lawn Central, Telford Town Centre. Photo: Google

Firefighters rush to car blaze in Telford town centre

The Silkin Way is a fourteen-mile walking and cycle route stretching from Bratton to Coalport

Man needed surgery after being hit with 'baseball bat' in Telford robbery - police launch appeal

West Mercia Police are appealing for witnesses to a robbery in Leominster last December

Group of men and boys in Leominster threaten victim with knife and demand money

B4386 near Chirbury. Photo: Google

Vehicle flips onto roof in crash near Shropshire and Wales border

Photo: Savills/Zoopla

Imposing chapel in historic Ironbridge Gorge to go under the hammer next week

April 1, 2025

The care home would be built off Palisade Close in Newport. Photo: Google

Plans revealed for new 70-bed care home in Newport in Shropshire

Newport Community Library celebrate their first birthday

Newport library 'flourishing' in year since town council take over

Surface repairs taking place on Cheshire Street in Market Drayton

'We're seeing change' - How a Shropshire market town is faring in its war with potholes

March 31, 2025

A man from Church Stretton painting in The Quarry in Shrewsbury on Monday, March 31

Shropshire set for week of sun as parts of the country could be 'hotter than Athens' this Thursday

Demolished buildings on former AGA site in Coalbrookdale must be 'reinstated' says Historic England

The layby on the A442, north of Shawbirch. Photo: Google

Plans lodged for catering trailer in layby on A442 near Telford

March 30, 2025

Kim Fawke at Telford Parkrun

Telford parkrun's modest 'star' Kim Fawke celebrates 500th day of volunteering at popular weekly run events

The Elizabethan in Woodside, Telford. Photo: Google

Telford pub hoping to boost trade by building extension is denied permission over parking concerns

Permission is being sought to convert part of a grazing paddock in Rodington into a secure exercise area for dogs. Photo: Google

Plans for new dog exercise field between Telford and Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury|Mar 30

The latest data has revealed storm overflows in Shropshire were dumping sewage into waterways for a record number of hours last year

Revealed: The alarming number of hours raw sewage was released into waterways in the West Midlands and Shropshire

March 29, 2025

Shrewsbury on Thursday morning

Weather forecast: Shropshire set for a week of spring sunshine and chilly evenings

Partial solar eclipse, photographed in Ellesmere on March 29, 2025, by Sue Austin

Partial solar eclipse caught on camera as clouds part over Shropshire

Churchill Road, Arleston. Photo: Google

CCTV appeal after pair on push bikes set fire to van in Telford

The site off Welshpool Road after the removal of the hedgerow. Photo: Councillor Alex Wagner

Lidl claims trees cut down in Shrewsbury sparking backlash were 'not of environmental significance'

Princess Royal Hospital, Telford

Telford's Princess Royal Hospital to lose 'unsafe' staff parking spaces for siting of new generator

March 28, 2025

Photo: Telford & Wrekin Council

Telford resident hit with £1,000 fine after leaving children's toys and bedding stacked next to bins

The site off Welshpool Road in Bicton Heath. Photo: Google

Preparations under way for new Lidl on the outskirts of Shrewsbury

A flyover at the Shropshire County Show in 2023

Lancaster Bomber flypast expected for county show in Shrewsbury

The site off the B4756, east of Wem. Photo: Google

Plans lodged for eight-pitch traveller site on horse paddock near Wem amid 'undersupply' of suitable accommodation

March 27, 2025

Stock image of a road closure sign at Station Hill, Oakengates, Telford on Saturday, January 11, 2025

11 day closure planned for resurfacing of Baschurch road with 19 mile diversion in place

Deer at New Works, off Dawley Road. Photo: Google

Suspected deer poaching reported in Telford woodlands

The site of the proposed biochar facility at Ludlow Business Park. Photo: Google

Work on £2million biochar plant in Ludlow to start in coming months

Photo: Towler Shaw Roberts

Apartment plans for former Wrekin Housing Trust offices in Telford - but residents would have to park off site

Photo: McPhillips

New drone photographs reveal progress on £20m retirement community taking shape in Newport

Children enjoying VE Day, Victory in Europe Day, on Tuesday May 8, 1945 in Gordon Street, Wolverhampton

Newport to commemorate VE Day with 1940s-themed games, music and food

March 26, 2025

Officers are appealing to the public to help identify a man who could assist with enquiries into sexual assault incidents in Shrewsbury. Photo: West Mercia Police

CCTV appeal after teenagers 'inappropriately touched' in Shrewsbury bar

March 24, 2025

Ebnal Road, Shrewsbury. Photo: Google

Yellow lines planned for roads near Shrewsbury college and primary school

March 23, 2025

A442 near Sutton Maddock. Photo: Google

Speed reduction proposed for stretch of A442 near Telford

Abermule level crossing. Photo: Google

Network Rail 'reviewing options' amid concerns level crossing closure near Newtown would force pedestrians to walk 10 miles to school