Craven Arms news


Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre cuts opening hours in savings bid

Bosses of a top county tourist attraction have cut opening hours to make savings of £45,000 – but say finding a further £40,000 next year will be a ‘challenge’.


SOS call over Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre cuts

Calls have been made to secure the future of Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre amid fears its budget could be slashed as part of multi-million pound savings.


Shropshire Council lays bare full scale of cuts

The full scale of the latest cuts affecting Shropshire Council services were today laid bare as bosses try to save almost £25 million by 2014.


Fire crew in second call-out to farm near Craven Arms

Firefighters dragged bales of smouldering hay out of a barn after smoke was spotted billowing into the sky.


Three held over Roxanne Pallett train attack

Three people from Shrewsbury have been arrested over an attack on former Emmerdale star Roxanne Pallett during a train journey through the county.


Veolia U-turn on recycling of Shropshire plastics

County waste contractor Veolia has performed a U-turn over plans to remove plastic bottle recycling banks from across Shropshire, it was revealed today.


Shropshire library homework clubs face the axe

Children across Shropshire will lose their homework clubs at the end of March if money cannot be found to keep them open, it emerged today.


Church Stretton plastics firm moving to Craven Arms

A plastics manufacturing firm has been given permission to build a factory in Craven Arms.


Crunch talks to save Craven Arms HSBC branch from closure threat

Crunch talks will be held today in a bid to save a bank in Craven Arms from closure. Ludlow MP Philip Dunne and Councillor David Evans,are meeting HSBC officials.


Couples suing Fred Olsen cruise firm over norovirus outbreaks

Luxury cruise operator Fred Olsen is facing a massive legal action over claims holidaymakers picked up the deadly norovirus sickness bug on one of its ships.


Spate of crashes on Shropshire’s icy roads

Motorists escaped serious injury in a spate of crashes on icy roads across Shropshire.


Bowlers reveal £250,000 plan for Craven Arms clubhouse

Plans for a £250,000 bowling clubhouse in Craven Arms have been submitted to Shropshire Council planning chiefs. Craven Arms Bowling Club members want to flatten their current clubhouse.


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.


Duke of Gloucester visits Hopton Castle

The Duke of Gloucester has spoken of his ‘great pleasure’ at officially unveiling restored ruins at Shropshire’s Hopton Castle on a visit to the county today.


Campaign launched to save Craven Arms HSBC

A campaign has been launched by councillors and residents in Craven Arms to try to save the town’s closure-threatened branch of HSBC.


Movember shop workers collect £500 with moustache efforts

Generous customers have donated cash to help hairy-faced shop workers raise hundreds of pounds for charity.


HSBC closing Craven Arms branch sparks anger

A branch of the HSBC in south Shropshire will shut down in February next year, it was revealed today by banking chiefs who say it is no longer viable to keep the service in Craven Arms open.


Shropshire Hills Centre must save £100,000

Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre in Craven Arms needs to find savings of almost £100,000 over the next two years, it has been revealed.


Duke flying in for unveiling of Hopton Castle

The Duke of Gloucester will officially unveil the newly-restored Hopton Castle in Shropshire at a ceremony, it has been revealed. He will arrive at the castle, near Craven Arms, by helicopter on December 1.


Traders suffering as work shuts A49

Traders along Shropshire’s A49 claim to have lost thousands of pounds in takings due to roadworks – as the route was named as having some of Britain’s worst delays during October.


Bonfire night busy time for Shropshire fire crews

Firefighters had a busy bonfire weekend tackling blazes across Shropshire – but officials said the number was ‘nothing out of the ordinary’ for the time of year.


Woman jailed for swindling £80,000 from employer

A 54-year-old woman who swindled her employer out of more than £80,000 has been jailed for 16 months.


Shropshire woman jailed for £80,000 swindle

A 54-year-old woman was today jailed for 16 months for swindling her employer out of more than £80,000.


Pictures from the past – October 7, 2011

A round-up of this week’s Shropshire Star nostalgia pictures


Crashes cause delays in Shawbury and Craven Arms

Two rush hour crashes sparked hold-ups for drivers on main roads in Shropshire today.


70lbs of plums from a single 100-year-old tree

For more than 100 years, a plum tree at the Alderson family’s south Shropshire farm has produced little more than a few pounds of fruit each harvest.


Roman remains could scupper Craven Arms development

A Roman encampment could prevent a site to the north of Craven Arms being developed for employment land in future years, it has been claimed.


Fundraisers in Onibury fume as road is closed

rVillagers in Onibury claimed they were given barely 24 hours notice that the A49 was being closed on the day of their biggest fundraiser of the year.


Driver who died at wheel named

A motorist who died after becoming ill at the wheel and crashing into a hedge on a rural south Shropshire road was today named.


Family pays tribute to devoted father Dave Adams

Tributes have been paid to a “devoted” father who “lived for his family” after his sudden death aged 52. Dave Adams, of Diddlebury, had a “kind and caring” nature, his devastated family said.

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