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Taxi driver stroked his passenger, court is told

A taxi driver repeatedly stroked a female passenger’s leg and grabbed her chest while he drove her home in the early hours, a court has heard.


MP Daniel Kawczynski’s call for grit on M54

MP Daniel Kawczynski is calling for highways chiefs to improve gritting on the M54 following a spate of crashes after up to six inches of snow fell in the county.


KT Tunstall to headline Shrewsbury Folk Festival

Singer-songwriter KT Tunstall was this afternoon confirmed as the final headline act for this year’s Shrewsbury Folk Festival.


Stage 2 youngsters put on great show

Working in casting and television and seeing endless shows with amateur kids and teenagers, my expectations of Stage 2 Performing Arts Academy’s ‘The Album’ were limited . . . But, boy oh boy, how wrong could I have been?


Shrewsbury Flower Show boss to retire after 27 years

The boss of Shrewsbury Flower Show is stepping down after almost 30 years in the job, it was revealed today.


Cheaper charges at new Shrewsbury car park

A car park due to open in Shrewsbury next month will offer cheaper rates than its council-run counterparts, it was revealed today.


Work starts on Shrewsbury’s Flax Mill in £500,000 repair plan

Work is being carried out as part of a £500,000 project to conduct urgent repairs to sections of Shrewsbury’s historic Flax Mill buildings.


Ben back on form for tackling bucket list after hospital release

Terminally ill Ben Hughes vowed today to crack straight on with fulfilling his ‘bucket list’ – and will be travelling to London at the weekend just a couple of days after being released from hospital.


Shropshire pair deny part in alleged £8m CD fraud conspiracy

Two Shropshire men told police that they were not part of an alleged £8 million conspiracy to defraud leading music companies, Wolverhampton Crown Court has heard.


Hero pilot medals to be sold at Shrewsbury auction

A group of six medals belonging to a heroic Second World War navigator and pilot, who flew 84 bombing missions over heavily defended targets in Germany, will be sold at auction in Shropshire in March.


£1m being set aside for new Shrewsbury cemetery

More than £1 million is being set aside to pay for a new cemetery in Shrewsbury, council chiefs have revealed.


Metal thieves stole MP David Wright’s family plaque

MP David Wright today revealed how metal thieves ripped up and stole a commemorative plaque dedicated to his wife’s parents from a crematorium in Shrewsbury.


More Shropshire social housing rents up by £5-a-week

Thousands of social housing tenants across Shropshire are facing a rent hike of up to £286-a-year, it was revealed today.


Charles Darwin’s Shrewsbury garden will open for anniversary

It was the garden in which a young Charles Darwin first contemplated the wonders of the natural world.


Shrewsbury Business Park road prompts safety fear

Children could be put in danger by motorists using a new access road under plans to expand a business park on the edge of Shrewsbury which would create up to 1,500 jobs, residents claimed today.


Distraction burglar in callous raid on victim, 90

Cash and jewellery was stolen from a 90-year-old woman by a man posing as a water engineer during a distraction burglary near Shrewsbury.


Shrewsbury River Severn weir power plan wins funding

Major plans to generate power from the weir in Shrewsbury have been given a boost after securing Government funding, it was revealed today.


Renewed plea to find missing Simon Rothwell

Police this afternoon renewed an appeal for information about a 36-year-old man who has been missing from his home in Abbotts Road, in Shrewsbury since Friday.


Mackenzie Crook to appear at Shrewsbury Bookfest

The Office and Pirates of the Caribbean star Mackenzie Crook is to appear at this year’s Shrewsbury Bookfest, organisers confirmed this afternoon.


Man, 24, attacked in Shrewsbury town centre

A 24-year-old man needed stitches after he was struck on the head with a bottle in Shrewsbury town centre in an unprovoked attack.


Born just 1lb 7oz, but baby look at you now

She was born weighing less than a bag of sugar with hands as small as an adult fingernail.


Volunteer’s medal found in Shrewsbury glasses bin

A medal for distinguished service has been discovered in a bin full of old glasses at a Shrewsbury opticians.


On-site pharmacy to be opened at Shrewsbury surgery

Bosses of a doctors’ surgery in Shrewsbury have been given the go-ahead to build a new on-site pharmacy which will create a ‘one-stop shop’ for patients.


Police plea in hunt for missing Shrewsbury man Simon

A search was under way today for a man from Shrewsbury who has been missing for three days.


New look of Shrewsbury town centre revealed

This is the shape of Shrewsbury town centre under a £150 million revamp which will create 700 jobs.


Light now shines on hands of Shrewsbury Market Hall clock

The clock above Shrewsbury Market Hall is working again after refurbishment work on it was completed.


Approval given for Emstrey Crematorium upgrade

A £1.75 million revamp of the crematorium in Shrewsbury has been approved.


Past Times shuts Shrewsbury store down

The Past Times gift shop in Shrewsbury has shut with the loss of six jobs after the company went into administration.


Polar adventurer sure if someFinn special

A polar adventurer who has spent the last three months in Antarctica has made his triumphant return to Shropshire.


Shrewsbury College race claim nets lecturer £25k

A lecturer born in Ethiopia has been awarded more than £25,000 in compensation following a race discrimination case against Shrewsbury College of Arts and Technology lasting 13 years.

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