Market Drayton news, page 2


Former headteacher dies on camping trip

A former headteacher of Ludlow School has died after suffering a heart attack while on a camping holiday with his wife.


Tributes paid to car crash death pair

Tributes have been paid to two friends who died in an horrific car crash in Shropshire. The victims, named locally as Gareth Tyson, of Hodnet, and Jack Speight, of Market Drayton, died in the accident near Peplow.


Shocking injuries of machete raid victims

These are the first images of the injuries suffered by two of the victims of a machete-wielding gang who terrorised neighbouring homes in a quiet village in Shropshire.


Leader: Crimewatch in search for clues over raids

It is nearly a month since masked men armed with a machete and baseball bat burst into two homes near Market Drayton and put their occupants through an unimaginable ordeal.


30 callers offer Wollerton knife raid gang clues

Detectives hunting a violent gang who terrorised two Shropshire families in their own homes received more than 30 calls from members of the public within an hour after a Crimewatch appeal.


Appeal over second car as friends die in horror crash

Two men who were killed in a horrific car crash in north Shropshire were friends from Hodnet and Market Drayton, it has emerged today.


Two admit potato deal bribe claim

Directors at a potato supplier in Shropshire lavished £5m of gifts and hospitality on an executive at Sainsbury’s for granting them a £40 million contract, a court heard.


Two killed in Shropshire horror crash

Two young men have been killed in a horrific car accident in Shropshire.


Shropshire village machete robberies on Crimewatch

Two terrifying robberies carried out by three men at neighbouring homes in a Shropshire village will be featured on Crimewatch tonight.


Business investor is key to Market Drayton’s future

Business leaders and councillors say a potential investment that would create 600 jobs in Market Drayton is the ‘key to the future’ of the town.


Travellers bidding to make site their home

A row over a travellers’ site in the Shropshire countryside took a new twist after the occupants applied for planning permission to stay put – despite council bosses serving them with an injunction.


Silent minority at Market Drayton council meeting

Residents in Market Drayton have been criticised after just one turned up for the town council’s annual meeting – and did not ask any questions.


600 new jobs hope as firm looks to buy business park

A £3.7 million business park in Market Drayton which has stood empty for almost 18 months could be snapped up by an investor, creating up to 600 jobs.


Market Drayton homes scheme comes under fire

Residents in Market Drayton have criticised plans for hundreds of new homes in the town as a ‘19th century proposal’.


Opposition to poultry units near Market Drayton

Plans to create six poultry units housing more than 300,000 birds near Market Drayton have been met by a storm of opposition.


Mary Portas in Telford to reveal High Streets plan

Retail expert Mary Portas was in Shropshire this afternoon to talk to thousands of traders about the future of the nation’s High Streets.


Free swimming at Shropshire pools

Free swimming is to be offered to every single person in Shropshire in the run up to the Olympic Games. Shropshire Council is opening up all of its swimming pools for the public sessions once a week during the eight-weeks before London 2012.


Crimewatch plea on Wollerton raids

Two terrifying raids on homes in a quiet Shropshire village will feature on BBC’s CrimeWatch as detectives step up the hunt for the machete-wielding gang responsible.


Top civic honour for hero soldiers

They have bravely done their duty for their country and now the Shropshire town they call home has bestowed on them a top civic honour in return.


Labour chief questions Shropshire leisure centres deal

Shropshire’s Labour leader has questioned the savings that will be made under a new deal to get a private multi-national firm to run five of the county’s leisure centres.


Cost of petrol at all-time high, says AA

The cost of filling up at the pumps has risen to a new high, the AA said today.


Fears over Shropshire market trade after 800 years

Plans to privatise a Shropshire market after 800 years could sound a death knell for the weekly event inside two years, angry traders claimed today.


Pride on eve of troops’ Market Drayton freedom accolade

Hero soldiers today spoke of their pride on the eve of a special ceremony that will see them granted the freedom of Market Drayton.


Serco must invest as part of Shropshire leisure centres deal

Serco will have to make a ‘significant investment’ in improving five county leisure centres as part of any deal to hand the buildings over to them, council bosses insisted.


Shropshire leisure centres to be taken over

Five of Shropshire’s biggest leisure centres are set to be taken over by a private firm.


Go-ahead for Market Drayton sports ground work

Major plans to improve a recreation ground which is the home of a number of Shropshire sports clubs have been given the go-ahead.


Shropshire’s former top soldier to lead agricultural society

Shropshire’s former top soldier has taken on a new challenge, at the helm of the Shropshire and West Midlands Agricultural Society.


Market Drayton Carnival bosses vow to deliver best event

This year’s Market Drayton Carnival is expected to be bigger and better than ever with new entertainment planned and famous cars from film and television to appear.


Comedy great Barry Cryer in Market Drayton

Comedy legend and TV and radio show panellist Barry Cryer was today due to entertain an audience in Shropshire.


Shropshire chicken units could house 300,000 birds

Six poultry units housing more than 300,000 chickens could be built in the Shropshire countryside.

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