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Netflix's hit show Adolescence 'sends important message to parents' - Shropshire charity boss

The hit Netflix series, Adolescence, telling the story of a teenager accused of murdering a school friend, has raised a vital issue about the influence of social media on young people.

News|18 hours ago

Richard Parkes, chief executive of the SYA charity.

Stephen Graham as Eddie Miller in Adolescence.

Netflix series Adolescence: Shropshire schools leader on the crime show everyone is talking about, including banning phones and Andrew Tate

Mayors, mergers and money - what's the truth behind devolution for Shropshire

Trees in Cross Street Promenade, Ellesmere, have been deemed a health and safety risk. Picture: Ellesmere Town Council

'Risky' trees posing a health and safety risk in Ellesmere could be replaced

Environment|Mar 23

Veronica Lillis DL representing the Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire, the Mayor of Oswestry and luthier Steve Burnett handing over the Wilfred Owen violin

Violins to honour war poets donated to Oswestry

Your World|Mar 22

Be part of Oswestry’s VE Day 80 celebrations

VE Day 80 – a shared moment of celebration in Oswestry

Your World|Mar 22

Cross Street Promenade, Ellesmere

Town council inviting residents to have their say on rehoming 'dangerous' trees

Your World|Mar 22

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Netflix's hit show Adolescence 'sends important message to parents' - Shropshire charity boss

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Oswestry date for brother of Genesis guitarist

Your World|Mar 22

Nearly £50,000 has been pledged for the project so far but time is running out.

Pump track appeal raises £50k but fresh call issued with days left to reach target

Stonehouse Brewery has just scooped a national award for beer. Photo: Stonehouse Brewery

Award-winning Shropshire brewery celebrates after scooping national title for beer

Ukrainian refugee filmmaker to premiere new documentary telling stories of children fleeing war-torn nation to Shropshire

Veronica Lillis DL representing the Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire with the Mayor of Oswestry and luthier Steve Burnett handing over the Wilfred Owen violin to the people of Oswestry at the opening of the Wilfred Owen Festival.

Violins to honour war poets donated to Oswestry

The British Ironwork Centre is working on its latest project - made of handcuffs.

Handcuffs to be used for British Ironwork Centre's latest powerful sculpture

'We must punish the dumpers' - Disgrace of litter bugs in the West Midlands as the Great British Spring Clean is launched

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The Down Inn, Ludlow Road, Bridgnorth, is one of the best places for a Sunday roast in Shropshire. Photo: Charles Bradshaw/Google

21 of the best places for a Sunday roast in Shropshire according to locals - including The Down Inn

Save the Children's Patron, Princess Anne meets long-serving fund-raisers during her visit to the Jebb sisters' birthplace in Ellesmere last April

Ellesmere and District branch in plea for volunteers to help Save the Children

Your World|Mar 20

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About Oswestry

Shropshire's largest market town, Oswestry is well known for having a mixed English and Welsh heritage, being five miles from the Anglo-Welsh border. The town also boasts a host of vibrant independent stores, coffee shops and a high number of public houses per head of population - there are around 30. Oswestry is also home to one of the most spectacular and best preserved Iron Age hill forts in Britain - Old Oswestry.