Snow and freezing conditions have forced the scrapping of a string events across Shropshire and Mid Wales today as the region began to buckle under Britain’s Big Freeze.

More schools have been closed due to the cold weather which has hit Shropshire.

Pictures painted by a Shropshire woman who died in a car crash almost 30 years ago are being exhibited together for the first time since her death.

Tickets for the annual jazz festival at Leasowes Bank are due to go on sale shortly, and this year’s event promises a sparkling line up of musical talent.

Parents from a village near Shrewsbury are in a desperate search for a qualified person to run their after-school club, which is in danger of closing.

Five wartime airmen who died when their bomber crashed into a Shropshire hillside have been commemorated with the unveiling of a memorial in a small, simple ceremony.

Letter: People are being urged to  jump on a shuttle bus to visit beauty spots, only to find these places sprayed with toxic chemicals.

Hikers are being invited to join a seven-mile walk this weekend to take in the beauties of the Stiperstones ridge between Church Stretton and Montgomery.

One year on from the closure of 13 Shropshire post offices there is some hope for the service in rural areas, but village shops are struggling.