Abbey Foregate news


Cheaper charges at new Shrewsbury car park

A car park due to open in Shrewsbury next month will offer cheaper rates than its council-run counterparts, it was revealed today.


Bringing out the platform shoes for return of the Buttermarket

I’m not as young as I used to be. My clubbing days are behind me. (If I’m perfectly honest, they were never really in front or beside me).


Curry is thrown at Shrewsbury restaurant windows

Masked vandals threw curry at the front of a restaurant in an early morning attack in Shrewsbury.


Shrewsbury car park will open despite safety concern

A new 83-space public car park will be opened in Shrewsbury town centre – despite fears pedestrian safety will be put at risk.


Start date to build on old Gay Meadow site

Work to build almost 200 homes on the site of Shrewsbury Town’s former Gay Meadow home is due to start in March, developers said today.


Shrewsbury taxi driver’s £20,000 charity aid milestone

A taxi driver from Shrewsbury has raised more than £20,000 for charity in the last seven years after organising dozens of gigs and events.


Shrewsbury date for Strictly star Robbie Savage

Former Premier League footballer and Strictly Come Dancing star Robbie Savage will be waltzing his way into Shrewsbury.


Controversial bid for 62 Shrewsbury homes backed

Controversial plans for more than 60 new homes in Shrewsbury have been approved, despite fears they would lead to increased traffic problems and damage local wildlife.


Community action plan a first for area

An area of Shrewsbury has become one of the first in the country to trial a new community planning scheme.


Mass brawl at Shrewsbury boxing night

A boxing night descended into a mass brawl involving dozens of people at a hotel in Shrewsbury, leaving two police officers injured as they battled to bring it under control.


Shropshire unions back strike call over pensions

Representatives of some of Shrewsbury’s key public sector trade unions have backed a call for a day of co-ordinated strike action next month over reforms of their members’ pensions.


Shrewsbury travellers move on

A group of French travellers who set up camp on a Shrewsbury town centre car park have left the site.


Travellers at Shrewsbury Abbey Foregate car park

A group of travellers has moved on to a town centre car park in Shrewsbury.

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