Villagers are being urged to speak up to save a near 100-year-old school building from possibly being demolished and turned into housing.

An 85-year-old woman is lucky to be alive today after a blaze at her home near Oswestry, firefighters said.

Only six out of 226 schools in Shropshire have applied for academy status, government education officials said today.

A Shropshire primary school threatened with the axe has given up the fight to stay open, its headteacher said today.

The uncle of murdered teenage schoolgirl Kirstie Foster has been told he must ask the new owners of Osbaston House for permission to put a memorial to her in the grounds where she is buried.

Supporters of a Shropshire primary school are in talks with other schools in the area to try and keep it open despite it being marked for closure.

Parents of youngsters at an Oswestry primary school earmarked for closure say they need reassurances about their children’s future.

Campaigners fighting to save several county schools backed for closure by councillors today claimed their elected officials had let them down.

Education chiefs unanimously agreed to press on with plans to shut five Shropshire primary schools.

Shropshire councillors today agreed to close five primary schools.

THREE CLOSURE-THREATENED Shropshire primary schools today vowed that their battle to stay open would go on.

Campaigners today spoke of their anger and frustration after it was revealed five primary schools in the county are still being recommended for closure.

Council chiefs look set to press ahead with controversial plans to close five Shropshire primary schools, it was announced today.

The headteacher of a closure-threatened Shropshire school is feeling positive after posting off an application form that could save it.

Shropshire councillors today rejected moves to defer a decision to close The Wakeman secondary school in Shrewsbury when they met at Shirehall.

Petitions containing thousands of signatures calling for five schools in Shropshire to be saved from the axe have prompted a special debate at the county’s Shirehall next week.

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.

Schools across Shropshire will be taking part in a host of quintessentially British celebrations to honour Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding.

Tears were shed as more than 100 people packed out a meeting to plead for a closure-threatened school to be kept open.

Follow the Maesbury Primary School consultation meeting as it happened with live updates from the Shropshire Star.

The chairman of governors at a closure-threatened school near Oswestry has quit her post as it fights for its future.