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Shropshire villager memorialises heated Trump-Zelensky exchange with knitted postbox topper

A postbox topper memorialising a fiery Oval Office exchange between the US and Ukrainian presidents has appeared in a Shropshire village.

News|10 hours ago

Abi Smith has created a postbox topper memorialising the firey Oval Office exchange between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky

Tesco in Whitchurch. Picture: Google Maps

Whitchurch parking petition nears 2,000 signatures as issue rumbles on

Politics|10 hours ago

Cllr Amanda Jenner 2022 Powys County Council

The lack of detail on how a shake up of day care services is going to run in Powys is branded as "hazy"

News|23 hours ago

Photo: Market Drayton Fire Station

Abandoned trailer destroyed in 'arson' attack 'should have been removed months ago' says North Shropshire MP

Stuart Anderson MP at Church Stretton Police Station.

Calls for 'rethink' on police funding with West Mercia to benefit from only a dozen new officers

Maes Y Wennol Care Homes/Day Care Centre Llanidloes

Day care centres could have fully re-opened if people want to use them

Builth Wells residents are being warned that there are big changes coming which will affect the dynamics of the town

Builth Wells residents are being warned that there are big changes coming which will affect the dynamics of the town

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The government’s recent sudden decision to scrap the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) has left farmers across North Herefordshire reeling says North Herefordshire MP Ellie Chowns

The government’s recent sudden decision to scrap the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) has left farmers across North Herefordshire reeling

£5.9 million has been announced for local authorities to improve transport across mid Wales

£5.9 million has been announced for local authorities to improve transport across mid Wales

Concerns about a shortage of Welsh language teachers, and poor transport links have been raised by councillors considering plans to establish a new Welsh-medium all-age school in Builth Wells

Concerns about a shortage of Welsh language teachers, and poor transport links have been raised by councillors considering plans to establish a new Welsh-medium all-age school in Builth Wells

Newtown West Welsh Conservative councillor Pete Lewington

Powys' Welsh Conservatives reiterate their call for the cabinet member for education to resign.

'Our town continues to grow' - Market Drayton mayor thanks councillors at final meeting before election

The Marches Forward Partnership is set to reach a significant milestone in its development with the establishment of the Marches Forward Partnership Board

New board to help drive Marches Forward Partnership innovation

Peter Rhodes on raisins, car tax and a beautiful illusion in the countryside

Wellington town mayor Councillor Usman Ahmed

Extraordinary meeting called to consider Telford councillor’s leave request

Politics|Apr 15

North Shropshire MP Helen Morgan.

Shropshire MP launches campaign to back Shropshire businesses in wake of 'Trump tariffs'

Oswestry|Apr 15

Rubbish bags piled up in front of bins

Man whose Mercedes was destroyed by rats ‘disappointed’ bin strike continuing

Children with their hands up in a classroom

Deteriorating relations between parents and schools ‘affecting pupil behaviour’

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Stretcher of equipment is wheeled through the Border Force compound as a group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, from a Border Force vessel

Migrant dies after medical emergency on small boat in English Channel

UK News|1 hour ago

Rescuers on the site where a cable car south of Naples crashed.

Two British tourists among four dead after cable car crash in southern Italy

UK News|2 hours ago

Dr Patrick Roach, general secretary of the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers (PA)

Government must ‘step up’ its response to youth violence – teaching union chief

UK News|3 hours ago

Rescuers on the site where a cable car south of Naples has crashed after the cable snapped.

British woman among four dead after cable car crash in southern Italy

UK News|3 hours ago

Cars queuing at check-in to board ferries at the Port of Dover in Kent on Friday morning

Easter getaway disruption expected on railways, roads and at Gatwick

UK News|4 hours ago

Blues and Villa fans spotted at WWE

Aston Villa and Birmingham City fans spotted at WWE 'every week' - leaving fans flabbergasted

Aston Villa|Mar 26

CCTV shows Shane O'Malley and an accomplice raiding Hansons Auctioneers building in Derbyshire

BBC Bargain Hunt star Charles Hanson's auction house targeted by hammer-wielding ram-raid crook in £21,000 raid

Mackintosh at the Willow

Glasgow tearoom hosting talks on enduring relationship with ‘now-humble’ cuppa

Viral news|Mar 24

Ireland’s ‘best contemporary art’ to be showcased at Dublin fair

Viral news|Mar 23

Lisa Wright and Valerie Jack

Woman who gave kidney to friend urges Scots to consider donation

Viral news|Mar 11

Actor Alexander Westwood

West Midlands Police admit losing interview of another potential victim of rapist actor Alexander Westwood

A black and white photo of Robert F Kennedy making a speech

Thousands of pages of documents relating to killing of Robert F Kennedy released

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Yemen US Airstrikes

US strikes on a Yemeni oil port kill 74 people, Houthis say

World News|2 hours ago

Vance

JD Vance visits Italy and Vatican after tangling with pope on migration

World News|5 hours ago

Japan Star Wars Celebration

In Pictures: Star Wars fans celebrate in Japan as new film announced

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Israel Palestinians

Israeli strikes kill at least 17 in Gaza

World News|5 hours ago

Bangladesh Pakistan

Bangladesh and Pakistan resume talks after 15 years

World News|7 hours ago