A Powys arts centre has secured £10,000 funding to support an artist residency in 2025.

A Powys centre has secured £10,000 funding to support an artist residency in 2025.

Shropshire CEO Andy pens a practical resource for creative business thinking

 An award-winning Shropshire CEO has shared his expertise and insights in a new book. 

More weather warnings in place for ice tomorrow - and for a wet weekend ahead

After two days of snow disruption, a yellow warning for ice is set to be in place tonight and tomorrow morning.

Scrupulous biosecurity a must in wake of new AI cases

Defra has raised the avian influenza (AI) risk level for poultry farms with suboptimal biosecurity measures to 'medium, with low uncertainty’, prompting urgent calls for poultry producers to tighten protocols to protect their birds.

Young drivers warned a ‘little’ drink can ‘risk a lot’

The Government’s new Think! campaign targets 17-24 year-old men.

Revealed: 660bhp TWR Supercat, based on a Jaguar XJS

Just 88 examples are set to be produced and the car will have a carbon-fibre body structure.

Severn Trent encouraging Shropshire customers to get a free water butt

Teams from Severn Trent are offering customers in selected postcodes across Shropshire the opportunity to grab a free water butt. The company is offering to deliver and install a water butt completely free of charge at properties in postcodes which have historically experienced flooding.

Ludlow pub raise a 'whopping' amount of cash for local food bank

In March this year, James, the manager at The Squirrel, a Marston’s pub in Ludlow, contacted Ludlow Food Bank to say that they would like to raise some money for us. They regularly raise money for charities at their Wednesday quiz nights.

Hope House smashes fundraising target with nearly half a million in just 36 hours

Supporters of Hope House and Tŷ Gobaith children’s hospices raised an incredible £471,613 in just 36-hours for its Quality Moments Matter campaign.

Subaru Crosstrek a new model that scores on or off-road

More than 50 animals seized from a Wolverhampton rescue centre following concerns for welfare

Dozens of animals have been surrendered from a Wolverhampton rescue centre following a warrant carried out by South Staffordshire Council.

Cannock hero's role after terror attack that rocked the nation - a look back at the West Midlands in the 2000s

Mark Andrews takes a look back through the decades to mark the Express & Star's 150th anniversary. Today it is the 2000s.

Public inquiry into ‘bomb’ battery storage system project in Great Barr draws to a close

A public inquiry into a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Walsall, previously described as a ‘contained bomb’, has drawn to a close.

Peter Rhodes on booze in Downing Street, a boom in psychotherapy and jobs for two iconic women

Behold, this scepter'd isle hath need of a new Archbishop of Canterbury and a new presenter of Match of the Day. The names of two women, Gabby Logan and Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin, are in the frames for these posts.

Tragic tale of a fallen Australian soldier who ended up being buried in Dudley

For many years, Janice Hickman wondered why Alfred Skidmore's grave was in Dudley.