Loggerheads news


Shrewsbury Town at loggerheads with fans over badge

Shrewsbury Town is at loggerheads with hundreds of fans after they signed a petition to change the club’s badge – a campaign that team officials have called ‘extremely disappointing’.


Shropshire farm in RSPB contest’s final four

A farm near Market Drayton has been named as one of four farms in the regional finals of a national competition.


Primary school put in special measures after report

A primary school has been placed in special measures following a damning report by education watchdogs. Hugo Meynell CE Primary School, in Loggerheads, near Market Drayton, was rated ‘inadequate’ by Government inspectors.


Park Hill Farm in running for rural Oscar award

Farm bosses near Market Drayton are celebrating after edging closer to an enterprise award as part of a ceremony dubbed the ‘rural Oscars’.


Spate of crashes on Shropshire’s icy roads

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


Market Drayton nursery nurse dies after cancer fight

A nursery nurse who played a major role in life at a school in Market Drayton for more than 20 years has died after a battle with cancer.


Shropshire’s Oscars celebrations

There were Oscars celebrations in Shropshire today as Peter Bebb, whose parents hail from the Westbury area, picked up a visual effects Oscar for the sci-fi thriller Inception.


Loggerheads teenager killed in car crash

A TEENAGER HAS died after her car crashed into a tree on her way home from college.


Motorcyclist killed in accident near Market Drayton

A Shropshire man has died following a smash between a motorcycle and tractor on a country road.


The Loggerheads, near Market Drayton

Reviewer’s rating **** Cathy Stanworth hears of spooky goings on at pub but talk of ghosts did not spoil her meal.


Family’s closure as body found

The family of an elderly man who went missing from his home on the north Shropshire border more than five months ago has been left distressed by the discovery of his body but say it has given them some closure.


Killer ordered to return £250,000

A father-of-five from the Shropshire/Staffordshire border who profited after murdering his wife in a house fire, must pay back almost £250,000 or face an extra three years behind bars, police said today.


Judge awards cash to tragedy-hit sleuth

A father from the Shropshire/Staffordshire border who turned sleuth to help catch his daughter’s killer has been awarded £8,000 by a judge to compensate him for his expenses and loss of time.


Courage award for rescue trek boy, 5

A five-year-old boy who trekked across isolated countryside to get help for his injured grandfather on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border was being honoured today alongside some of the country’s bravest children at a star- studded ceremony in London


Motorcyclist found dead at roadside

A motorcyclist has been found dead at the side of a road near Market Drayton after his bike veered off into a field. It is believed that he crashed and then crawled to the side of the road.


Plea by family of missing man, 79

The family of an elderly man missing from his home in a village near Market Drayton have issued a desperate plea for anyone who may have seen him to contact police.


Hunt for missing man, 79, goes on

Police officers were today continuing to search for an elderly man who went missing from his home in a village near Market Drayton almost two weeks ago.


Concerns grow for husband

The wife of a pensioner missing from his home near Market Drayton for a week today said she fears the worse.


Police continue search for pensioner

Police were today continuing to search for an elderly man who went missing from his home in a village near Market Drayton earlier this week.


Eighty in search for man, 79

More than 80 people, including soldiers and officers from a Shropshire-based Army regiment have joined in the search for an elderly man missing from his home near Market Drayton.


Hunt for missing man, 79

An elderly man has gone missing from his home in a village near Market Drayton, sparking a police search and concerns about his safety.

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