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Floods plan comes under fire

Top quality farmland and roads could be ruined if Environment Agency plans to use land above Shrewsbury as a flood plain go ahead, a councillor from the Shropshire and Powys border has claimed.

Severn Trent will face fine of £35m

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Water regulator Ofwat today confirmed it was fining Shropshire’s water supplier Severn Trent a total of £35.8 million for deliberately providing false information and poor customer service.

History brought back to real life

Students at Shrewsbury School performing their production of The Diary of Petr Ginz

The latest Shrewsbury School play premiere is a remarkable confluence of two news stories that took place 60 years apart - one of which was completely covered up, the other seen on every television on the planet.

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Weston Park Proms Spectacular
Pride of Herefordshire Awards 2008
Pride of Herefordshire Awards 2008

From Glastonbury to Shrewsbury

The Futureheads are one of England’s finest bands, writes Catherine Roche, and last night they visited Shrewsbury for a sarnie, a chat with the Shropshire Star, and to play a bit of music.

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Crash risk fear over care village bid

Building a “mammoth” 250-bed care village in Shropshire could see more fatal accidents on a road where a 25-year-old man was killed just three days ago, a councillor claimed.

13 county post offices to close

Thirteen post offices branches across Shropshire will definitely close, it was announced today.

Hot - but storms on the way

People across Shropshire and Mid Wales were basking in sunshine today as the weather gave us a glimpse of summer.

Haul of counterfeits at boot sale

Hundreds of illegal DVDs and counterfeit clothing worth a total of about £15,000 were seized during a weekend raid on a car boot sale in Shrewsbury.

Schools fight is moving forward

The fight to halt Shropshire’s controversial policy for tackling falling pupil numbers, has been taken to the local government ombudsman.

Support for lorry demo

Shropshire hauliers will be among angry truckers taking hundreds of lorries to the capital tomorrow in what is expected to be the biggest protest so far against record-high fuel prices.

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