NHS 111 service to take calls out-of-hours across Shropshire from July
Calls for Shropshire's out-of-hours GP service will be taken by the NHS 111 service from July.
Calls for Shropshire's out-of-hours GP service will be taken by the NHS 111 service from July.
Rain failed to dampen the spirits as pop star Will Young took to the stage in Staffordshire.
A Shropshire cake shop will be celebrating its first anniversary by giving away 365 cakes to raise money for charity.
Serious concerns would be raised about the future of an historic Shropshire agricultural society if it is not granted a licence to help it to hold more events, bosses warned. Serious concerns would be raised about the future of an historic Shropshire agricultural society if it is not granted a licence to help it to hold more events, bosses warned. Gary Tudor, commercial director of the Shropshire and West Midlands Agricultural Society, issued the warning as councillors heard his bid for a new licence for the West Mid Showground, in Shrewsbury. Showground bosses want to be able to open from 8am to 4.30am every day, with outdoor live and recorded music and dancing until 11.59pm and the same indoors until 4am. But neighbours of the Berwick Road showground have objected, fearing the plans would keep them awake into the early hours. After hearing evidence for and against the plans yesterday, Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council's licensing sub-committee decided to meet again on Wednesday to make their decision about the proposals. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star
A woman in her 40s has died after falling from a viaduct in Kidderminster yesterday.
A man who cared for his mother took his own life after she died of natural causes, an inquest heard.
Letter:Telford & Wrekin Council has, in its wisdom, removed the grit and salt bins.
Tory MP Daniel Kawczynski is to give up his London flat in a personal gesture designed to open his own expenses to public view. Tory MP Daniel Kawczynski is to give up his London flat in a personal gesture designed to open his own expenses to public view. The Shrewsbury and Atcham MP said he would no longer stay in a rented flat in Westminster when he was in London carrying out his parliamentary duties. Instead, he plans to join a London club and pay £94 for the nights he spends away from his Shropshire constituency. "I have calculated that I am in London for 110 nights a year out of 365, and I have concluded that it is not viable to rent an apartment to stay in London for less than a third of the year," said Mr Kawczynski. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star
An IT company has secured a new contract with Oswestry-based hotel specialists, The Robert Parker Collection.
Three coronavirus deaths have been reported at a hospital trust in Birmingham.
The RSPCA dealt with nearly 1,200 calls in Shropshire last winter – and is preparing for another difficult year.
A south Shropshire church is 'making visitors eyes come out on stalks' with some stunning new high technology.
A drug addict stole stock worth more than £3,000 from supermarkets to fund his class A habit.
It is no exaggeration to presume that lives were lost because of strike action by ambulance staff.
A rare piece of music has rarely been played outside the UK's main cultural centres will be performed in Shropshire for charity.