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.

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.

A couple who grew their small Shropshire farm into one of Britain’s leading poultry breeding centres during the last 25 years are looking forward to a well-earned rest, as they prepare to sell off their award-winning business.

One of Britain’s leading poultry breeding centres in south Shropshire is to close after its owners today announced their retirement after 25 years.

A south Shropshire village fete has been postponed for more than two months after organisers admitted they had forgotten to apply for events licences in time.

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.

PLANS PUT forward to save two under-threat south Shropshire primary schools from the axe could save education chiefs up to £200,000, campaigners claimed today.

Only Fools and Horses star John Challis lifted the gloom surrounding a closure-threatened Shropshire primary school by joining pupils in an assembly sing-a-long.

Campaigners fighting to save a south Shropshire village primary school from the axe today claimed they had collected more than 2,000 signatures on petitions.

A school which has been at the heart of life in a Shropshire village for 400 years should be saved – and celebrated as a mark of the county’s heritage, it has been claimed.

A rescue package is being put together in a bid to save a Shropshire primary school from closure, governors have revealed.

Letter: I am the parent of two children who attend Onny C of E school which is one of the schools on Shropshire Council’s closure list. There will be many valid arguments given during the consultation period for not closing this excellent school.

Letter: Our MP, Philip Dunne, has spent a lot of time on local media backing up Shropshire Council line on falling school rolls and the fact that some small schools may have to close because of surplus places.