Cleobury Mortimer news


Recycle centre hopes raised after bosses’ cashpot move

Cleobury Mortimer could get a new recycling centre as part of a development of business units and offices which is proposed for the town.


Cleobury Mortimer nursing home bid and sale unveiled

Plans have been unveiled for a 55-bed nursing home in Cleobury Mortimer – on the same day a land deal was struck for the town’s new £1 million medical practice.


Firefighters prevent south Shropshire hay blaze

Nearly 30 firefighters managed to stop hundreds of smouldering hay bales from going up in flames at a farm in south Shropshire.


Runners on marks for Olympic torch glory

About 100 people will be asked to carry the Olympic Torch when it makes its way through Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin at the end of May.


Crunch meeting on Shropshire leisure centres cash

A crunch meeting to discuss funding the running of leisure centres in parts of Shropshire will take place tomorrow, amid claims some could see their budgets cut by up to 40 per cent.


Huge tree destroys part of golfer’s Cleobury Mortimer house

A golf professional from Shropshire was today counting the cost after a massive tree crashed down on his house in high winds, destroying part of the roof.


Age-old calendars make a comeback

Cliff Richard might be as old as the Gregorian calendar, but staring out from the cover of his 2012 calendar in a clingy wet T-shirt, the sultry Peter Pan pensioner is still having a funny effect on ladies’ legs.


Couples can borrow stately homes for weddings

It’s definitely old and it is a novel idea – to borrow a historic Shropshire house for a bride and groom’s big day.


Thieves strike during Rock service

Thieves stole floodlights from outside a church while parishioners were taking part in a Christmas service inside.


New recycling banks for cardboard waste

Eight new cardboard recycling banks are to be set up around Shropshire following the end of kerbside recycling collections, it has been announced.


Exchange Brasserie, Cleobury Mortimer

Rating **** Sharon Walters is happy with readers’ recommendation as she visits The Exchange Brasserie in Cleobury Mortimer.


Leader: The Olympic flame set to light Shropshire

For a while, the unthinkable seemed on the cards – that the Olympic torch would pass through Shropshire next summer without paying a visit to Much Wenlock, the spiritual home of the rebirth of the modern Olympics.


Break-in at Cleobury Mortimer Harry Tuffins

Intruders fled with cash after causing extensive damage in a supermarket raid in Cleobury Mortimer. The burglars forced open internal doors at the Harry Tuffins store.


Bayton School’s very green greenhouse

Families, teachers and pupils of a school on the south Shropshire border have turned 1,500 used plastic bottles into an environmentally-friendly greenhouse.


Coracle tales inspire veteran author Edwin

A Shropshire pensioner has written his first book at the age of 80 – a children’s adventure story inspired by his childhood conversations with Ironbridge coracle man Harry Rogers.


Rugby: Rock bottom for Shrewsbury

Struggling Shrewsbury hit rock bottom in Midlands Two West (North) – after a 68-10 drubbing at Old Saltleians.


Land sale paves way for Cleobury Mortimer medical practice

A £170,000 land sale deal to pave the way for a new £1 million medical practice in Cleobury Mortimer has been agreed.


Cleobury Mortimer meeting backs medical practice plans

More than 250 residents in Cleobury Mortimer have given their unanimous support to a plan to build a £1 million medical practice on the town’s former Muller England factory site.


Crunch meeting tonight on Cleobury Mortimer medical practice plan

Up to 200 residents are expected to pack into a crunch meeting tonight to discuss Cleobury Mortimer’s long-awaited new £1 million medical practice.


£1,000 reward for return of stolen Shropshire puppies

A £1,000 reward was this afternoon offered after thieves stole two litters of spaniel puppies from kennels in south Shropshire – just days before they were due to be sent to their new homes.


Cleobury Mortimer set to get CCTV cameras

Cleobury Mortimer looks set to get its first CCTV system with Shropshire Council chiefs hoping to put up three cameras to tackle crime in the town centre.


Public vote on Cleobury Mortimer doctor’s surgery plan

The people of Cleobury Mortimer could seal the fate of the town’s planned £1 million doctor’s surgery under radical plans for a public vote.


Two motorbikers killed in separate Shropshire crashes

Two motorcyclists have died in separate crashes on south Shropshire roads.


Water waste claim as hosepipe ban looms

Shropshire has been hit by three water leaks across the county as the threat of hosepipe bans looms large due to the dry weather.


Shropshire child golfer off to US world championships

Young Shropshire golf star Emily Price has booked her place in the US Kids Golf World Championship in August.


Hammer blow of Shropshire schools cuts

A sledgehammer blow was today delivered to a number of schools across Shropshire after the latest proposals to overhaul the county’s education system were released.


Half of Cleobury Mortimer signs up to neighbourhood watch

More than half of residents in a south Shropshire town have joined an online neighbourhood watch group.


Cleobury Mortimer awaiting offers to build medical practice

Parish councillors in a south Shropshire town are still awaiting offers from developers to build a long awaited £1 million medical practice. Shropshire County Primary Care Trust agreed to fund the project last week.


Six-school federation plan to save Shropshire primary

A SUPER-FEDERATION of six south Shropshire schools could be set up in a bid to save an under-threat village primary from the axe.


Brewery bosses’ anger at the Chancellor over taxes

Bosses at two breweries which serve pubs in rural areas have hit out at Chancellor George Osborne over a rise in the duty placed on a pint of beer.

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