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'It's just amazing': Shropshire dad with brain tumour thanks Shropshire people for helping him raise £59k for treatment

'It's just amazing': Shropshire dad with brain tumour thanks Shropshire people for helping him raise £59k for treatment

A father who was diagnosed with a brain tumour just weeks ago has today thanked the people of Shropshire for helping to raise the £59,000 he needs to fund advanced treatment.

North Shropshire | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Man beaten unconscious by group who believed he had stolen plastic egg filled with cocaine, court hears

Man beaten unconscious by group who believed he had stolen plastic egg filled with cocaine, court hears

Market Drayton | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Market Drayton festival trail draws hundreds of families

Market Drayton festival trail draws hundreds of families

Market Drayton | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Sentence warning for would-be prison drugs smuggler

Sentence warning for would-be prison drugs smuggler

Market Drayton | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Frantic fun at Market Drayton amdram production

Frantic fun at Market Drayton amdram production

Market Drayton | Last updated: 5 hours ago

New book details experience of living in haunted Shropshire house

New book details experience of living in haunted Shropshire house

Whitchurch | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Holy Moses! Purl of a church show

Holy Moses! Purl of a church show

Market Drayton | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Beatles autographs from Shropshire concert fetch £4,200 at auction

Beatles autographs from Shropshire concert fetch £4,200 at auction

Whitchurch | Last updated: 20 hours ago

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Market Drayton festival trail draws hundreds of families

Market Drayton festival trail draws hundreds of families

More than 100 families took part in the heritage spice trail at Market Drayton's Ginger & Spice Festival this year.

Frantic fun at Market Drayton amdram production

Frantic fun at Market Drayton amdram production

Market Drayton's amateur dramatics are going meta for their latest production this weekend, telling a hilarious story about the struggles of a drama group in rehearsals.

New book details experience of living in haunted Shropshire house

New book details experience of living in haunted Shropshire house

An investigate journalist is lifting the (coffin) lid on 'the most haunted house in Whitchurch' in a new book.

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Driver knocked down woman and narrowly missed man carrying baby in Shrewsbury crash

Driver knocked down woman and narrowly missed man carrying baby in Shrewsbury crash

Shrewsbury | Last updated: Oct 22, 2019

Urgent warning issued over contaminated cannabis

Urgent warning issued over contaminated cannabis

North Shropshire | Last updated: Oct 22, 2019

Shropshire youngsters and teachers complete army assault course for school funds

Shropshire youngsters and teachers complete army assault course for school funds

Market Drayton | Last updated: Oct 22, 2019

Laser specialist pinpoints opportunity for growth following major funding

Laser specialist pinpoints opportunity for growth following major funding

Whitchurch | Last updated: Oct 22, 2019

Harvest time in Shropshire celebrated in photo competition - in pictures

Harvest time in Shropshire celebrated in photo competition - in pictures

Wem | Last updated: Oct 22, 2019

Car leaves road and crashes into field near Market Drayton

Car leaves road and crashes into field near Market Drayton

Tern Hill | Last updated: Oct 21, 2019

Women hurt and car on side after crash near Market Drayton

Market Drayton | Last updated: Oct 21, 2019

Nearly 20 hospital beds a day blocked in Shropshire

North Shropshire | Last updated: Oct 21, 2019

Car leaves road and crashes into field near Market Drayton

Market Drayton | Last updated: Oct 21, 2019

Shropshire school boarding house loses 'outstanding' rating

Wem | Last updated: Oct 21, 2019

Casualty cut free after Whitchurch A41 crash

Whitchurch | Last updated: Oct 20, 2019

Mount Pleasant surprise as safety roadworks finish ahead of schedule

Market Drayton | Last updated: Oct 19, 2019

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Star Witness: North Shropshire

Star Witness: North Shropshire

North Shropshire Star Witness | Last updated: Apr 5, 2017

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Wem

The Sandbrook Vaults in Market Drayton

North Shropshire contains some of the biggest towns in the county including Whitchurch, Market Drayton, Wem and Ellesmere. It is one of the most well connected areas of Shropshire with the A41, A49 and A53 running through it, with Whitchurch being signposted across the country.

Nostalgia: When Market Drayton led Shropshire's gas revolution

Nostalgia: When Market Drayton led Shropshire's gas revolution

Market Drayton | Last updated: Jul 14, 2019

Village's mechanical marvel rings a bell in Shropshire

Village's mechanical marvel rings a bell in Shropshire

North Shropshire nostalgia | Last updated: May 30, 2019

Kindertransport: The Shropshire school with a remarkable history

Kindertransport: The Shropshire school with a remarkable history

Wem | Last updated: Dec 1, 2018

Whitchurch town centre 'at risk' with rundown and empty buildings

Whitchurch town centre 'at risk' with rundown and empty buildings

Whitchurch | Last updated: Oct 26, 2017

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Shawbury

Warning after spate of tool thefts from vans

Warning after spate of tool thefts from vans

Bayston Hill | Last updated: Sep 13, 2019

Falcons drop in for RAF Shawbury reception - with pictures

Shawbury | Last updated: Sep 10, 2019

Pair scratching their heads over Shrewsbury ‘UFO sighting’

Shrewsbury | Last updated: Aug 26, 2019

Wem

Harvest time in Shropshire celebrated in photo competition - in pictures

Harvest time in Shropshire celebrated in photo competition - in pictures

Wem | Last updated: Oct 22, 2019

Shropshire school boarding house loses 'outstanding' rating

Wem | Last updated: Oct 21, 2019

Shropshire school boarding house loses its 'outstanding' rating

Wem | Last updated: Oct 18, 2019

Tern Hill

Car leaves road and crashes into field near Market Drayton

Car leaves road and crashes into field near Market Drayton

Tern Hill | Last updated: Oct 21, 2019

Shropshire chef in bid to increase beef and lamb carcase usage

Tern Hill | Last updated: Sep 16, 2019

Thieves take wheels, steel and batteries from haulage yard near Market Drayton

Tern Hill | Last updated: Sep 9, 2019

Market Drayton

Man beaten unconscious by group who believed he had stolen plastic egg filled with cocaine, court hears

Man beaten unconscious by group who believed he had stolen plastic egg filled with cocaine, court hears

Market Drayton | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Market Drayton festival trail draws hundreds of families

Market Drayton | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Sentence warning for would-be prison drugs smuggler

Market Drayton | Last updated: 5 hours ago