Shrewsbury 24 campaigners in high spirits after Commons vote
Campaigners have said they are hopeful the Shrewsbury 24 convictions dating back more than 40 years will be overturned – possibly this year.
Campaigners have said they are hopeful the Shrewsbury 24 convictions dating back more than 40 years will be overturned – possibly this year.
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Papers relating to the so-called Shrewsbury 24 dispute which led to pickets being jailed over 40 years ago must be released so the public can judge whether the convictions were justified, Labour has said.
MPs were today pressing for the release of papers relating to an industrial dispute more than 40 years ago that led to pickets being jailed, amid claims of a "conspiracy of silence".
A House of Commons debate calling for secret documents relating to the convictions of the Shrewsbury 24 to be published will take place this week, it has been announced.
Campaigners trying to quash 40-year-old convictions against 24 pickets convicted over the National Builders' Strike in Shrewsbury have delivered a 100,000-signature petition to the Government, saying they were confident the "miscarriage of justice" will be overturned.
A three-hour debate will take place in Parliament next month on the convictions of the "Shrewsbury 24" during the national building workers' strike more than 40 years ago, campaigners have announced.
A petition with more than 100,000 signatures calling to clear the names of the Shrewsbury 24, who were convicted over a builders' strike 40 years ago, will be presented at Downing Street on Monday.
Controversial plans for a 24-hour Asda have been submitted to the council.
Police are appealing for help to find a missing 24-year-old woman from Shrewsbury.
Two dozen workers have lost their jobs in the collapse of a firm that made competition wheels for motorsport teams around the world.
A man from Telford appeared in court today accused of rape.
It is 7pm on a Saturday afternoon and a 12-year-old girl has just been wheeled into one of the country's busiest A&E departments on a stretcher.
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