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Community News reporter

Community News reporter covering Shropshire.

March 10, 2025

A general view of the former Beacon pub on Ironbridge Road, Madeley, Telford on Thursday, February 20, 2025

'Locals are fed up with the whole farce': Reaction to latest housing plans for derelict Telford pub

Photo: Halls/Zoopla

Price slash for 18th-century blacksmith's workshop turned Shropshire recording studio

Oswestry|Mar 10

A Food Standards Agency rating sticker on a window of a restaurant

10 Shropshire pubs, restaurants and takeaways get updated food hygiene ratings

Magna Cosma in Telford

High-tech firm gets green light to build new storage facility in Telford amid expansion

March 9, 2025

Ryan Twardun. Photo: West Mercia Police

Police search for wanted man after assault in Newport

The incident took place in the exercise yard at Stoke Heath.

Firefighters rush to Stoke Heath prison to tackle fire in cell

Photo: Zoopla/Sidney Phillips

Building home to nightclub up for sale - along with shop, two homes and a barn in Oswestry town centre

The memorial garden in Telford Town Park was designed in partnership with bereaved families

Five years on: Community comes together in Shropshire for Covid-19 Day of Reflection

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service attended to the unattended bonfire in Bridgnorth this afternoon. Photo: Sam Bagnall

Firefighters battle 100 tonne hay bale blaze near Bridgnorth

A memo written in the Newport Parish Register by Thomas Munk, with transcript. Shropshire Archives/Newport History Society

The 'Great Fire' that changed Newport forever

Shrewsbury Road, between Pulverbatch and Bridges, will be closed for three days while carriageway repairs take place. Photo: Google

34-mile diversion planned for three days of roadworks through Shropshire Hills

Network Rail will be rebuilding a bridge parapet after it was damaged in a collision. Photo: Google

Road to close for repairs after vehicle collides with railway bridge

March 8, 2025

Perimeter fencing plan for Shrewsbury car park after tragic death of 18-year-old student

March 7, 2025

Photo: The Shrewsbury Ark

'As always we will rise above this' - Shrewsbury homeless charity 'distressed' after windows smashed

Attempts to build houses on the former home of Jones & Hughes Monumental Masons stone merchants on Salop Road in Oswestry have been ongoing since 2010. Photo: Google

Fourth attempt to build homes on former Oswestry stone merchant fails - as plot remains vacant after 15 years

'Kipster' barns. Photo: Lidl GB

Shropshire farm gets permission to build 'egg farm of the future' despite objections from neighbours

The fire completely gutted the kitchen of the Castle Lodge Buttery in Ludlow

'We had to stand and watch as fire wrecked our beloved cafe': Family-run Ludlow cafe counting costs of major blaze

The Corbet Arms, Uffington. Photo: Google

Shrewsbury pub's extension plans get green light

Photo: Sidney Phillips/Zoopla

Leasehold for medieval village pub with 'wealth of period charm' up for sale

March 6, 2025

Wellington Civic and Leisure Centre

Town council to take over running of Wellington Library as borough bows out

Photo: Albrighton Fire Station

Cat stuck up 60-foot tree for three days is rescued by firefighters

SHREWS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL WORLD JAMIE RICKETTS 04/03/2025 - Community making progress on buying The Fox Inn Dorrington Shrewsbury.

Ownership in sight for community group trying to save rural pub near Shrewsbury

'It's up to us to support our vibrant high street!' Newport shoppers urged to buy local amid string of closures

The Royal Victoria Hotel, Newport

A decade of drama: Grade II listed former Newport hotel rots while dispute rages on

March 5, 2025

Arriva buses at Shrewsbury Bus Station

Several changes coming to Shropshire bus services as new timetables released

Could you be a councillor? Shropshire residents encouraged to stand for election this year

Diamond Bus

Bridgnorth-to-Kidderminster bus service deemed 'commercially unviable' will continue after funding boost

School’s out for teachers as students take over Newport's Burton Borough

St Peter and St Paul's Church, Newport. Photo: Cunliffes

Repair works 'essential' to preserving Grade II listed Newport church battling wet rot and Deathwatch beetles

March 4, 2025

'Vital' engineering work will close parts of the Cambrian line for 16 days from mid-March

16 days of railway closures planned as Network Rail undertakes 'vital' engineering work

Lol Crawley, winner of the award for best cinematography for “The Brutalist,” poses in the press room at the Oscars

Powys cinematographer brings home Oscar for The Brutalist

Still from the CCTV footage shared by Wadokai England/Mairi Kerin

'My martial arts skills stopped a robbery - and I did it all in brand new heels'

March 3, 2025

One of the payphones under threat outside Worfield Post Office. Photo: Google

BT set to pull plug on 61 hardly-used Shropshire payphones - including 16 that haven't been used once in a year

CoCo64 Home, Newport. Photo: Google

'Time for my next chapter': Newport homeware store to close after 'amazing' decade in town

Midlands Air Ambulance Charity

Motorcyclist dies after crash with car on A41 at Hinstock

Surface dressing in north Shropshire

Dozens of Shropshire roads to be resurfaced this year - including A41 and Whitchurch High Street

The road outside the community centre on Cabin Lane could be getting new parking restrictions. Photo: Google

Yellow lines planned for road outside Oswestry community centre

March 2, 2025

Turreff Avenue, Donnington. Photo: Google

11-day road closure for resurfacing work in Donnington

February 28, 2025

An example of fly-tipping in Shropshire. Tyres that were dumped in Lee Brockhurst. Picture: Shropshire Council.

CCTV cameras trialled in Shropshire's fight against fly-tipping

(APHA) Interactive Avian Influenza Disease Map

Restrictions in place after bird flu outbreak near Shropshire/Cheshire border

Much Wenlock Leisure Centre. Photo: Google

Much Wenlock leisure centre could close to the public in April 2026

Surface dressing in north Shropshire

41 Shopshire roads set to be surface dressed this summer - some requiring road closures

Shropshire Council's HQ at Shirehall in Shrewsbury, has officially closed to the public

Shropshire Council HQ at Shirehall officially closes its doors to the public

Photo: West Mercia Police

Photos of people police want to speak to over Telford shoplifting cases - including £2,000 theft from Boots

The former scrap yard on Lightmoor Road. Photo: Google

52 homes for social rent planned for former scrap metal yard in Telford

One of the abandoned trailers. Photo: Change.org/Iana Jacobson

Waste-filled trailers dumped by 'organised crime gangs' in Shropshire laybys could cost council £30k to remove

The land south of the B5069 in St Martins, near Oswestry. Photo: Google

'Infrastructure already at breaking point': Villagers react to plans for 62 more homes

February 27, 2025

TELFORD COPYRIGHT Mike Sheridan - Joanna Porebna and Paulina Kurstak from Masovia Craft Bakery in Wellington on "Fat Thursday"(thusty czwartek), photographed on New Street, Wellington, Telford on Thursday, February 27, 2025.

Fat Thursday: Wellington bakery celebrates Polish holiday with 'doughnut day'

The plot of land off the A53 in Market Drayton. Photo: Google

Land with permission for traveller site in Market Drayton to go up for auction

The cottage and log cabins sit on the slopes of Caer Caradoc. Photo: Google Maps

Holiday lets opened without planning permission 'significantly harm' Shropshire Hills' scenic beauty, owners told

Church Stretton|Feb 27

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