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September 2, 2024

Peter Rhodes on drugs, shoplifting and what do we mean by “once in a generation”?

Peter Rhodes|Sep 2

September 1, 2024

How Shropshire Council wants to remove 26,000 of waste and save £1m

Shrewsbury|Sep 1

Town council throws support behind care home plans on former Clifton cinema site in Wellington

August 31, 2024

'Gone has gone the sunlit uplands tone optimist Boris Johnson' – Toby Neal on doom-monger Keir Starmer

Features|Aug 31

August 29, 2024

Council committee chair could be in line for £9,000 pay boost

Politics|Aug 29

Hay-on-Wye needs street cleaned all year round and not just at festival time

Politics|Aug 29

Former MP reacts to Nigel Farage attacker sentencing - and insists those who attack political candidates should be jailed

How many Shropshire pensioners are set to lose winter fuel payments, according to MP

Features|Aug 29

August 27, 2024

Business leaders list what they'd like to see on key Shropshire rail route - and why

Politics|Aug 27

How Shropshire's rail service should be improved according to county's business leaders

Shrewsbury|Aug 27

August 25, 2024

Drone shots give fresh perspective on Shrewsbury riverside demolition work after old doctor's surgery is knocked down

Politics|Aug 25

August 24, 2024

'Southport rioters are being handed out in-the-moment sentences to send out stern message'

Features|Aug 24

August 22, 2024

Council reveals how government's ambitious new housing targets will affect the borough

Police and crime commissioner to meet force over improvement progress

Councillor makes prediction over Shropshire Council's new home

Shrewsbury|Aug 22

August 20, 2024

MP calls on the Government to not scrap scheme that provides free off-peak bus travel for millions of people

South Shropshire|Aug 20

August 19, 2024

'Do the right thing': Zombie knife owners urged to hand weapons in ahead of ban

August 17, 2024

Council reveals when it plans to deliver update on future of Shirehall

Shrewsbury|Aug 17

August 14, 2024

'Back officers' call as figures reveal record number of police leaving

August 13, 2024

Shropshire sees 20 per cent increase in number of neonatal nurses

August 12, 2024

'Luxury' holiday lodges would 'bring significant investment' to Shropshire village

Bridgnorth|Aug 12

'Luxury' holiday lodges would 'bring significant investment' to Shropshire village

Bridgnorth|Aug 12

Solar farm plans lodged for farm near Welshpool

Environment|Aug 12

Green light for plans to repair aqueduct as part of £14 million canal restoration near Newtown

Politics|Aug 12

Bungalow could become home for kids with behavioural problems in Shropshire village

Shrewsbury|Aug 12

£13m swimming centre 'pleasing' for Whitchurch councillor, who hails measures to help disabled

Electric vehicle chargers 'outside' danger area in flood-prone Shropshire town

Ironbridge|Aug 12

August 11, 2024

Shropshire activists in silent protest for jailed Just Stop Oil protest on the M25

Shropshire activists in silent protest for jailed Just Stop Oil protest on the M25

‘We’ve got some way to go’: Shropshire health bosses say changes are underway following hard-hitting TV documentary

August 8, 2024

Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s defiant message to rioters on visit to West Midlands mosque and school

Council plans new village hall for Bucknell

Proposed respite centre would bring 17 jobs and relieve 'stretched' care services

Market Drayton|Aug 8

August 6, 2024

Plans to extend caravan park near Hay-on-Wye have been pulled

'Don't scrap the freeze on fuel duty' – Shropshire MP sends a message to the government

South Shropshire|Aug 6

August 3, 2024

The North West Relief Road – here's what Shrewsbury's new MP thinks about the project

Shrewsbury|Aug 3

Find out why Shropshire climate activists are cycling from London to Paris Olympics

Environment|Aug 3

August 2, 2024

Could former Wolverhampton schoolboy become next Tory leader?

Search on for sites for homeless 'modular units' to get rough sleepers off the streets

August 1, 2024

Councillors asked to help search for sites suitable for prefabricated units to help lower cost of dealing with homelessness issue

Council launches new automated phone system where you can talk to a robot

'Nuisance' shoplifter spared jail over concerns someone 'dangerous' could be released to make room

July 31, 2024

Police pay rise 'not a moment too soon' says federation

Transfer of Presteigne Memorial Hall trusteeship gets the green light from Powys Cabinet.

Politics|Jul 31

Parking review report finished was finished in April - but still remains hidden to councillors

Politics|Jul 31

£16m blackhole for schools’ budget ‘can not materialise’

Education|Jul 31

Councillor urges Cabinet to use £1.8 million budget surplus to repair potholes

Mid Wales|Jul 31

Angry man shouted 'Tory scum' at canvasser before 'raining down punches' in street attack

'It's a joke': Canvasser punched in brutal assault left' disgusted' by attacker's sentence

July 30, 2024

Why chancellor's comments will have drawn nervous glances from relief road supporters

Shrewsbury|Jul 30

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