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V Festival arrests: Boy, 17, arrested for trying to smuggle 200 PILLS through gates

V Festival arrests: Boy, 17, arrested for trying to smuggle 200 PILLS through gates

Crime | Last updated: 12 hours ago

James Corfield: Mid Wales community celebrate teenager's life at ceremony

James Corfield: Mid Wales community celebrate teenager's life at ceremony

Mid Wales | Last updated: 12 hours ago

TV legend Sir Bruce Forsyth dies, aged 89

TV legend Sir Bruce Forsyth dies, aged 89

UK News | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Telford car arsons: Police probe another blaze as spate of attacks continues

Telford car arsons: Police probe another blaze as spate of attacks continues

Telford | Last updated: 14 hours ago

Rush hour chaos as lorry get stuck under Shrewsbury bridge

Rush hour chaos as lorry get stuck under Shrewsbury bridge

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 9 hours ago

Man injured in attack on Market Drayton street

Man injured in attack on Market Drayton street

Market Drayton | Last updated: 13 hours ago

Barcelona attack: Oswestry couple describe shock from scene of atrocity

Barcelona attack: Oswestry couple describe shock from scene of atrocity

Morda | Last updated: 16 hours ago

13 dead and more than 100 injured as van driver brings terror to Barcelona

13 dead and more than 100 injured as van driver brings terror to Barcelona

World News | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Michael Warham murder trial: Teenager was stabbed in the heart on Shrewsbury street, court told

Michael Warham murder trial: Teenager was stabbed in the heart on Shrewsbury street, court told

Meole Brace | Last updated: 19 hours ago

V Festival traffic: Delays on A5, A449 and A41 as thousands head to Weston Park

V Festival traffic: Delays on A5, A449 and A41 as thousands head to Weston Park

Transport | Last updated: 16 hours ago

New Zealand mother holidaying in Shropshire has pendant containing son's ashes returned after Facebook plea

New Zealand mother holidaying in Shropshire has pendant containing son's ashes returned after Facebook plea

Ironbridge | Last updated: 15 hours ago

DIY SOS: Builder who had tools stolen from van during filming given new equipment

DIY SOS: Builder who had tools stolen from van during filming given new equipment

Telford | Last updated: 16 hours ago

Jailed: Drug dealer caught with heroin, cocaine and cannabis in Oswestry

Jailed: Drug dealer caught with heroin, cocaine and cannabis in Oswestry

Oswestry | Last updated: 19 hours ago

Joe Hart reveals new tattoo by Shrewsbury artist

Joe Hart reveals new tattoo by Shrewsbury artist

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 19 hours ago

Support for brewery’s 26-bed budget hotel near Oswestry

Support for brewery’s 26-bed budget hotel near Oswestry

Oswestry | Last updated: 17 hours ago

Ludlow MP Dunne welcomes dropping of 'normal birth' campaign

Ludlow MP Dunne welcomes dropping of 'normal birth' campaign

Ludlow | Last updated: 22 hours ago

Plans to move Shrewsbury doctors practice will safeguard future

Plans to move Shrewsbury doctors practice will safeguard future

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 22 hours ago

Shropshire's Hawkstone Hall to be turned into luxury hotel

Shropshire's Hawkstone Hall to be turned into luxury hotel

Wem | Last updated: 22 hours ago

Top stories

A-levels results day 2017: Shropshire and Telford students celebrate - with pictures

A-levels results day 2017: Shropshire and Telford students celebrate - with pictures

Education | Last updated: 20 hours ago

WATCH: Arsonist torches Telford car right in front of CCTV camera

WATCH: Arsonist torches Telford car right in front of CCTV camera

Telford | Last updated: Aug 17, 2017

Toblerone row: Chocolate bar not distinctive enough to trademark, says Poundland

Toblerone row: Chocolate bar not distinctive enough to trademark, says Poundland

Business | Last updated: Aug 17, 2017

Casualty cut from car which crashed up verge on M54

Casualty cut from car which crashed up verge on M54

Telford | Last updated: Aug 17, 2017

Fire at Market Drayton barber shop

Fire at Market Drayton barber shop

Market Drayton | Last updated: Aug 17, 2017

Shropshire CCG rated as 'inadequate'

Shropshire CCG rated as 'inadequate'

Health | Last updated: Aug 17, 2017

Shrewsbury parking charge rises slammed as 'excessive'

Shrewsbury parking charge rises slammed as 'excessive'

Shrewsbury | Last updated: Aug 17, 2017

Police investigate Shrewsbury sex assault claims

Police investigate Shrewsbury sex assault claims

Shrewsbury | Last updated: Aug 17, 2017

Finally! Majority of Shropshire parking machines now accept new £1 coin

Finally! Majority of Shropshire parking machines now accept new £1 coin

Transport | Last updated: Aug 17, 2017

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Featured

The A5 at 25: How the Shrewsbury to M54 link road changed the way we travel

It was the biggest engineering project Shropshire had seen since the days of Thomas Telford.

Nostalgia | Last updated: Aug 11, 2017

Crime

V Festival arrests: Boy, 17, arrested for trying to smuggle 200 PILLS through gates

V Festival arrests: Boy, 17, arrested for trying to smuggle 200 PILLS through gates

Crime | Last updated: 12 hours ago

Telford car arsons: Police probe another blaze as spate of attacks continues

Telford | Last updated: 14 hours ago

Business

Brexit will allow councils to support local business, says MP

Brexit will allow councils to support local business, says MP

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 22 hours ago

Profits slip for The Rank Group

Business | Last updated: Aug 17, 2017

Toblerone row: Chocolate bar not distinctive enough to trademark, says Poundland

Business | Last updated: Aug 17, 2017

Education

First international compassion school in Shrewsbury

First international compassion school in Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 22 hours ago

A-levels results day 2017: Shropshire and Telford students celebrate - with pictures

Education | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Clearing the confusion about university

Shrewsbury | Last updated: Aug 16, 2017

Motors

Drivers are scared of autonomous vehicles, new research finds

Drivers are scared of autonomous vehicles, new research finds

Motors | Last updated: 10 hours ago

Retired drivers name favourite UK road in new survey

Motors | Last updated: 15 hours ago

Greener electricity generation makes EVs cleaner than ever

Motors | Last updated: 16 hours ago

Property

Support for brewery’s 26-bed budget hotel near Oswestry

Support for brewery’s 26-bed budget hotel near Oswestry

Oswestry | Last updated: 17 hours ago

Shropshire's Hawkstone Hall to be turned into luxury hotel

Wem | Last updated: 22 hours ago

Telford garage boss welcomes homes approval

Wellington | Last updated: Aug 17, 2017

Health

Ludlow MP Dunne welcomes dropping of 'normal birth' campaign

Ludlow MP Dunne welcomes dropping of 'normal birth' campaign

Ludlow | Last updated: 22 hours ago

Golf day boost for children's charity

Oswestry | Last updated: 22 hours ago

Plans to move Shrewsbury doctors practice will safeguard future

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 22 hours ago

Latest videos

James Corfield: Mid Wales community celebrate teenager's life at ceremony

James Corfield: Mid Wales community celebrate teenager's life at ceremony

Mid Wales | Last updated: 12 hours ago

DIY SOS: Builder who had tools stolen from van during filming given new equipment

DIY SOS: Builder who had tools stolen from van during filming given new equipment

Telford | Last updated: 16 hours ago

WATCH: Arsonist torches Telford car right in front of CCTV camera

WATCH: Arsonist torches Telford car right in front of CCTV camera

Telford | Last updated: Aug 17, 2017

Meet the Shropshire gran who starred alongside Elvis

Meet the Shropshire gran who starred alongside Elvis

Telford | Last updated: Aug 17, 2017

Latest News

V Festival arrests: Boy, 17, arrested for trying to smuggle 200 PILLS through gates

V Festival arrests: Boy, 17, arrested for trying to smuggle 200 PILLS through gates

Crime | Last updated: 12 hours ago

James Corfield: Mid Wales community celebrate teenager's life at ceremony

James Corfield: Mid Wales community celebrate teenager's life at ceremony

Mid Wales | Last updated: 12 hours ago

Driver sought after crash

North Shropshire | Last updated: 13 hours ago

Telford car arsons: Police probe another blaze as spate of attacks continues

Telford car arsons: Police probe another blaze as spate of attacks continues

Telford | Last updated: 14 hours ago

Man injured in attack on Market Drayton street

Man injured in attack on Market Drayton street

Market Drayton | Last updated: 13 hours ago

Rush hour chaos as lorry get stuck under Shrewsbury bridge

Rush hour chaos as lorry get stuck under Shrewsbury bridge

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 9 hours ago

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Voices

Featured

Racers with the ride stuff from 100 years ago

Exactly 100 years ago this month top cyclists came to Wellington for what had grown to become one of the most important sporting fixtures in the Midlands and one of the most lucrative meets in the whole country.

Nostalgia | Last updated: Aug 12, 2017

Opinions

The bongs fall silent

The bongs fall silent

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: 18 hours ago

Darren Danks: Superfood or super fake?

Darren Danks: Superfood or super fake?

Lifestyle | Last updated: Aug 17, 2017

WOMAN: Great debate – The university of life?

WOMAN: Great debate – The university of life?

Lifestyle | Last updated: Aug 17, 2017

Peter Rhodes: Blues over shoes

Peter Rhodes: Blues over shoes

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: Aug 17, 2017

Readers' letters

Put dash cam footage to use

Put dash cam footage to use

Readers' letters | Last updated: Aug 15, 2017

Hardy was real professional whose talents will be missed

Hardy was real professional whose talents will be missed

Readers' letters | Last updated: Aug 10, 2017

Just give us basic honesty

Just give us basic honesty

Readers' letters | Last updated: Aug 9, 2017

Food bank bird cynicism

Food bank bird cynicism

Readers' letters | Last updated: Aug 8, 2017

Students are hoodwinked

Students are hoodwinked

Readers' letters | Last updated: Aug 7, 2017

NHS staff and resource investment needed

NHS staff and resource investment needed

Readers' letters | Last updated: Aug 4, 2017

UK News

McDonald’s could face first UK strike after workers back industrial action

McDonald’s could face first UK strike after workers back industrial action

UK News | Last updated: 8 hours ago

Boy, 13, dies after being pulled from water at popular beauty spot

Boy, 13, dies after being pulled from water at popular beauty spot

UK News | Last updated: 9 hours ago

IPCC: Officers who ignored warnings on paedophile Ian Watkins can face no action

IPCC: Officers who ignored warnings on paedophile Ian Watkins can face no action

UK News | Last updated: 10 hours ago

Man jailed for torching historic Tudor mansion after DNA is found on match

Man jailed for torching historic Tudor mansion after DNA is found on match

UK News | Last updated: 12 hours ago

Mother of woman killed at Charlottesville will not accept Donald Trump call

Mother of woman killed at Charlottesville will not accept Donald Trump call

UK News | Last updated: 13 hours ago

TV legend Sir Bruce Forsyth dies, aged 89

TV legend Sir Bruce Forsyth dies, aged 89

UK News | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Ex-terror laws adviser calls for identity checks on those hiring vehicles

Ex-terror laws adviser calls for identity checks on those hiring vehicles

UK News | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Driver banned after motorway crash while 79 times over drug-drive limit

Driver banned after motorway crash while 79 times over drug-drive limit

UK News | Last updated: 14 hours ago

World News

Neo-Nazis in Germany given permission to march

Neo-Nazis in Germany given permission to march

World News | Last updated: 4 hours ago

Charlottesville mayor calls for emergency meeting to remove Robert E. Lee statue

Charlottesville mayor calls for emergency meeting to remove Robert E. Lee statue

World News | Last updated: 4 hours ago

Strategist Steve Bannon leaving White House, sources say

Strategist Steve Bannon leaving White House, sources say

World News | Last updated: 8 hours ago

Venezuelan pro-government assembly takes congress’ powers

Venezuelan pro-government assembly takes congress’ powers

World News | Last updated: 10 hours ago

Two brothers among those suspected over Spain terror attacks

Two brothers among those suspected over Spain terror attacks

World News | Last updated: 4 hours ago

Two dead following stabbings in Finnish city of Turku

Two dead following stabbings in Finnish city of Turku

World News | Last updated: 7 hours ago

Thousands join Spanish king and prime minister in observing minute’s silence

Thousands join Spanish king and prime minister in observing minute’s silence

World News | Last updated: 13 hours ago

Nasa to mark 40 years since launch of Voyager spacecraft

Nasa to mark 40 years since launch of Voyager spacecraft

World News | Last updated: 14 hours ago

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