Blog: Flax Mill redevelopment a feather in the cap for Shrewsbury

Ditherington’s Flax Mill is famed for being the world’s first iron-framed building

Could it? Finally? Is Shrewsbury's Flax Mill about to see some real movement on its looooooooooooong awaited redevelopment?

Blog: Protect the countryside, but at what cost?

I consider myself to be quite an environmentally friendly sort of chap.

Blog: Time to get serious about MMR

The year: 2013.

Blog: Raising a glass to cafe culture

You've got to admire the British spirit, writes Dave Burrows

Blog: Cuts from health budgets hit us all

As ye reap so shall ye sow, writes Dave Burrows

Blog: Shrewsbury Food Festival set to be a tasty treat

Good on the organisers of Shrewsbury Food Festival, writes David Burrows.

Everyone has a part to play in vital work of police

Hard man - Cage fighter Lee 'Prettyboy' Stevens

On the police dramas on the tellybox, it's all stakeouts, car chases and hard-nut coppers grinding a confession out of the accused (who is usually one of about a half a dozen suspects, all with motive and opportunity).

Lord Hill must retain pride of place

He survived the Battle of Waterloo, narrowly escaping the indignity of having Abba singing about him 159 years later, but now Lord Hill is looking a bit the worse for wear.

Out of Ben's tragedy comes hope

Sometimes, out of something tragic, something good can come, writes Dave Burrows

Lap dancing club plan all wrong for Shrewsbury

Source Vodka Bar in Barker Street. Image: Google Street View

As it's Valentine's Day, thoughts naturally turn to matters of the heart. Not my heart, of course. That is made of lead and is kept locked away in a vault encased in concrete 15ft thick writes Dave Burrows.

Blog: Take care with accusations like 'discrimination'

Council bosses have warned churchgoers in Shrewsbury that they will not be exempt from Sunday parking charges - and quite right too, writes David Burrows.

Shrewsbury Railway Station lights plan all smoke and mirrors

Shrewsbury Railway Station will be bathed in colour for special occasions in the town

'Smoke and mirrors': the obscuring or embellishing of the truth, employed by spin doctors in order to deceive the general public writes Dave Burrows.

Praise deserved as Shrewsbury keeps moving through the snow

The Ostrowski family enjoy some fun in the snow in Monkmoor

Don't know if you noticed or not, but it snowed. Not just a little bit, but a lot. Well, a lot for Shropshire. Not a lot for, say, Val D'isere, writes Dave Burrows.

Shrewsbury Prison closure a blow to economy

Shrewsbury Prison which is due to close on April 1

It is far from a happy time in Shrewsbury. The economy, that most fragile of creatures, has taken another turn for the worse and is back in hospital. Its condition is said to be serious writes Dave Burrows.

Olympics inspire Shrewsbury's first ever marathon event

Like millions of others I spent a glorious summer swept up in that wonderful disease that was Olympic fever writes Dave Burrows.

Officer's New Year's Eve tweets show human side of policing

So, 2013 then, eh? New Year. Time for things to change (of course they won't - the clock ticking over to 12.00.01am on January 1 is no different to it ticking over to 7.58.01pm on June 22) writes Dave Burrows.