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Cold weather health alert issued- posing risk to vulnerable residents

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service engine stock

Emergency services called to car fire on busy Shropshire A-road

Owain was joined by Dame Sarah Storey.

BBC presenter cheered through Shropshire as fundraising tops £1m

Woore, near Market Drayton

Controversial 65-home development gets green light after appeal

Young John Mongan, 49, died following a fatal incident in Welshpool town centre

Plus Wife saw man kicking her husband with full force on Welshpool street

Val Howard was twice mayor of Newtown.

Tribute as council confirms death of 'dedicated' former mayor

Becky Dibble could win £500,000

Walkers fan gets tattooed as she waits to find out if she's won £500k

News

Shrewsbury Town’s safe standing area

Shrewsbury Town introduce new measures after safe standing concerns

Iran Lane.

Man caught drinking in Oswestry pub jailed for breaching order

The robin is the only bird that keeps singing right through the winter

How to look after the birds in your garden this winter

A Poundland store

Poundland secures more time to find buyer as rescue talks continue

Scooters seized by officers in Shrewsbury.

Police parade for 13 electric scooters seized in Shrewsbury

Llandrindod Wells Mayor Councillor Steve Deeks-D'Silva enjoyed a packed month with a huge variety of engagements and activities.

Llandrindod Mayor praises bowling club for ‘best greens in Wales’

The order has been issued by Defra.

Chicken farms set for restrictions after rise in bird flu cases

Pictured is an Aldi supermarket worker on the bread aisle at one of their stores.

Man-made ingredient to be added to bread across UK - here’s when & why

Footage captures Marshall Leese, 32, stealing, driving and abandoning an ambulance with a patient in the back at Royal Stoke University Hospital, before his arrest.

Moment man hijacked West Midlands ambulance with patient inside

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Shrewsbury Town fans have reacted to the huge new American takeover

'I am feeling very positive': Shrewsbury Town fans react to takeover

The larger radome on Titterstone Clee Hill, Ludlow is to be decommissioned and a smaller one is being build nearby.
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Construction under way on new 'golf ball’ at Shropshire radar station

Watch: Police searching for missing man release CCTV of sighting

Shrewsbury Town fans

WATCH: Shrewsbury Town takeover completed as new era officially begins

Business

Gobowen Railway Station

More than 600 people sign petition to keep railway ticket office

Lucy Moran from Marches Career Hub presents the Cornerstone Employer Award to Tony Sproston from Fowler & Gilbert

Firm recognised for work helping young people develop skills

18 Vineyard Road in Wellington is up for auction

Inside the Shropshire home in need of major TLC - yours for £35,000

There will be four Christmas art and craft markets in Kington over the next few weeks.

Christmas art and craft market in Kington on Saturday

Nostalgia

New book captures 1930s Midlands: See some of the fascinating pictures

Shropshire regiment soldiers tackling an outbreak of plague in Hong Kong in 1894

Shropshire's 'Foreign Legion': The soldiers who rarely saw home

Volunteers stripping the plane this week

Cold War plane takes to the road to its new home near Bridgnorth

The inscription on the back of the tile reads 'I do hereby discharge you, John Lewis, from my employment, Thomas Austin.'

Historic 'P45' tile unearthed reveals 200-year-old sacking

23 pictures of the politicians who shaped Shropshire's past

W H Pendlebury uses a silver trowel to lay a foundation stone bearing his name on November 7, 1936

How Shrewsbury invested in its youngsters 90 years ago

Education

Pupils and staff at St Mary's Catholic Primary School in Newtown are delighted after the school was removed from Estyn's list of schools requiring significant improvement

St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School celebrates Estyn success
Powys primary school celebrates after being removed from Estyn’s schools requiring significant improvement
Karen Compton

What's On

Judge David Walliams arrives for Britain’s Got Talent auditions held at The London Palladium, Soho

Entertainment industry must bring in safeguards after Brand and Walliams – Nandy

Laura Aikman and Robert Carlyle in character as police officers in Line Of Duty

Robert Carlyle shown as armed officer in first look at Line Of Duty series seven

Adjoa Andoh

Adjoa Andoh explores pressures of black female police officers in new ITV drama

Tim Westwood arriving at court

Former Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood denies further sex offences

Ncuti Gatwa as Doctor Who on set

Strictly, Doctor Who and Bluey memorabilia lead Children In Need charity sale

Stage production of Hamnet to tour the UK for the first time

Recommended

Mrs Hinch has shared the L'Oréal Paris make-up products she loves, including some old favourites and new discoveries.

Mrs Hinch shares favourite L'Oréal Paris make-up and they're on sale

Stacey Solomon has posted on her Instagram Stories about a Primark outfit she wore on BBC's The One Show.

Stacey Solomon reveals where she got co-ord she wore on The One Show

The biggest savings of the year have been applied to Jackery's portable power stations

Jackery Black Friday sale cuts portable power prices by up to 58%

Boots Black Friday deals include big savings on luxury beauty gifts, designer fragrances and electrical grooming products from Lancôme, Vera Wang and Braun.

Boots Black Friday beauty deals with up to £440 off

Politics

Cllr Gareth E Jones of the Powys Independents group, represents Llanelwedd at Powys County Council.

New Powys care homes would have 60 beds, councillors are told

Another steep council tax rise in Shropshire could be on the cards

Council officials anticipate ‘best possible outcome’ from auditors

Mark Pritchard MP raises concerns about St Andrew's Primary School in the Commons

MP pushes to allow non-white people to describe themselves as English

Frank Jones, who is standing in the Whitchurch Town Council West Ward by-election.

Former Whitchurch councillor to stand in by-election for Reform UK

Picture by LINDSEY PARNABY/AFP via Getty Images)

Accessibility concerns could see Telford polling stations replaced

Council needs a clear plan to get out of financial mess - Reform

Farming

Will on his new tenancy

Staffordshire’s ‘Farmer of The Year’ branches out with new tenancy

The Farmers’ Union of Wales (FUW) is hosting a series of local winter farming conferences across Wales during November.

New FUW Winter Farming Conference

The virus was detected for the first time on the Shropshire and Mid Wales border.

Breaking First UK cases of midge-borne virus found in Shropshire cattle

The NFU Cymru Next Generation Development Group on the steps of Parliament

NFU Cymru Next Generation Development Group visits London

NFU Cymru writes to Welsh MPs seeking support for ban on Brazilian meat imports

NFU Cymru calls on UK Government to ban Brazilian meat imports

One of the early entries for the vintage tractor and implements auction on November 21.

Strong entry for Halls’ sale

Opinion

PICTURE FROM THE PAST: Village politics under the rafters, February 1973. A winter’s evening over half a century ago, when local democracy found a rather cosy refuge. Driven out of the Old School on Station Road by the resounding rehearsals of the local choir, members of Albrighton Parish Council decamped to the drafty, charming loft of Councillor Keith Worthington’s home on the High Street. Perched on mismatched chairs beneath bare brickwork and exposed timber beams, the councillors pressed ahead with their village agenda—stoically resisting the siren call of a miniature electric train layout set up just inches from the debate.

Letters: Toilet debate, TV licences, bank closures and 1973 politics

PICTURE FROM THE ARCHIVE: Not a local image, but worth using for its poignancy on November 11. This image from 1919 shows road workers in Regent Street, London, baring their heads in tribute to the dead of the First World War during the "Great Silence" of the first anniversary of Armistice Day

Letters: Life in service, green energy, plus an Armistice Day tribute

PICTURE FROM THE ARCHIVE: Armani Leroy, who is described as a ‘wellbeing ambassador’, leads motorists in Wing Ysun, Chinese martial arts exercises, to help lower stress and heart rate. It was set up to launch a new Loen restaurant at Roadchefs Norton Canes service area on the M6 Toll in 2017.

Letters: Bus music fines and poppy rules, plus a look back at 2017

David Chadwick, Welsh Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader and MP for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

Column by Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP David Chadwick

Your World

Residents enjoying a baking session with Katie Wellington

Telford baking workshops help older residents reconnect

Care Home joins Christmas gift appeal to help spread festive cheer

Lanyon Bowdler staff present a cheque to Chantal Cassini-Jones of Little Stars

Shropshire law firm raises £4,600 for two local charities

Celebrating achievements

Charity expands support for people across Shropshire

Environment

The Snatchfield Farm site. Picture: Pegasus Group

Fears for ancient woodlands as 75-home plan faces mounting opposition

Knighton Town Council recently agreed to back a project to create a stage at Pinner's Hole near the Offa's Dyke path.

A temporary lease for the Knighton site will be drawn up

Storm Eowyn saw a rare red weather warning issued – with the public advised not to travel. (Jane Barlow/PA)

West Midlands residents urged to prepare as first cold alert issued

View from the top of Titterstone Clee Hill, Ludlow. The Ditton Priors mast located on Abdon Burf, the summit of Brown Clee Hill, emerges from the fog.
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Met Office plays down 'big freeze' headlines

New Street, Dawley

Council plans to dispose of tennis court-sized green space in Telford

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