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1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment: Crowds out in force for Shropshire homecoming parade

1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment: Crowds out in force for Shropshire homecoming parade

Around 1,000 people gathered in Market Drayton town centre to welcome home the 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment following its final tour of Afghanistan.

Market Drayton | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Greg Davies switches on Christmas lights in Wem

Greg Davies switches on Christmas lights in Wem

Wem | Last updated: 21 hours ago

North Shropshire street the third worst in UK for broadband

North Shropshire street the third worst in UK for broadband

Whitchurch | Last updated: Dec 7, 2019

See what YOUR General Election candidate is saying on Twitter today

See what YOUR General Election candidate is saying on Twitter today

Bridgnorth | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Application for chicken sheds

Application for chicken sheds

Market Drayton | Last updated: Dec 6, 2019

Caring school is told it must improve

Caring school is told it must improve

North Shropshire | Last updated: Dec 6, 2019

Shropshire drugs conspiracy gang in court for sentencing

Shropshire drugs conspiracy gang in court for sentencing

Shrewsbury | Last updated: Dec 5, 2019

Panto season begins in Market Drayton with Sleeping Beauty

Panto season begins in Market Drayton with Sleeping Beauty

Market Drayton | Last updated: Dec 5, 2019

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Entertainment

Greg Davies switches on Christmas lights in Wem

Greg Davies switches on Christmas lights in Wem

He had one task and Shropshire-born comedian Greg Davies mastered it well when he performed the annual Wem Christmas Lights switch on.

Panto season begins in Market Drayton with Sleeping Beauty

Panto season begins in Market Drayton with Sleeping Beauty

Tonight is panto night in Market Drayton, with the curtain set to rise on the latest production at the Festival Drayton Centre.

A chuffing good time in Market Drayton with train fan Michael Portillo - with video

A chuffing good time in Market Drayton with train fan Michael Portillo - with video

Former politician Michael Portillo entertained to a sell-out audience in Market Drayton this week, speaking on his favourite subjects including trains and his signature colourful jackets.

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CCTV to stop nuisance drivers in Market Drayton could go up in new year

CCTV to stop nuisance drivers in Market Drayton could go up in new year

Market Drayton | Last updated: Dec 5, 2019

Market Drayton memorial wreaths create poignant display

Market Drayton memorial wreaths create poignant display

Market Drayton | Last updated: Dec 5, 2019

Council protects future of youth services in Whitchurch

Council protects future of youth services in Whitchurch

Whitchurch | Last updated: Dec 5, 2019

Homecoming parade for regiment based near Market Drayton

Homecoming parade for regiment based near Market Drayton

Market Drayton | Last updated: Dec 4, 2019

Shropshire danger driver pleads guilty to causing death of London rapper Cadet

Shropshire danger driver pleads guilty to causing death of London rapper Cadet

Market Drayton | Last updated: Dec 3, 2019

Anger over seven break-ins in 10 days at Market Drayton Town Football Club

Anger over seven break-ins in 10 days at Market Drayton Town Football Club

Market Drayton | Last updated: Dec 3, 2019

Young Star Harlie gets behind our toy appeal

Telford | Last updated: Dec 3, 2019

Primary school near Whitchurch celebrates 'good' Ofsted report

Wem | Last updated: Dec 3, 2019

Most people brought around to Market Drayton cemetery rule, says clerk

Market Drayton | Last updated: Dec 3, 2019

‘Farmers in need of certainty’, says North Shropshire candidate

North Shropshire | Last updated: Dec 3, 2019

Fuel, ladders and chain taken in five separate north Shropshire thefts

Market Drayton | Last updated: Dec 3, 2019

Watch: Starlings' stunning sky dance over Shropshire nature reserve

Wem | Last updated: Dec 2, 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

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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

Shropshire drugs conspiracy gang in court for sentencing

Shropshire drugs conspiracy gang in court for sentencing

Shrewsbury | Last updated: Dec 5, 2019

Flood alert near Shawbury as county prepares for more rainfall

Shawbury | Last updated: Nov 24, 2019

Elderly woman taken to hospital after car flips onto roof in Shropshire crash

Shawbury | Last updated: Nov 8, 2019

Wem

Greg Davies switches on Christmas lights in Wem

Greg Davies switches on Christmas lights in Wem

Wem | Last updated: 21 hours ago

Caring school is told it must improve

North Shropshire | Last updated: Dec 6, 2019

Primary school near Whitchurch celebrates 'good' Ofsted report

Wem | Last updated: Dec 3, 2019

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Homecoming parade for regiment based near Market Drayton

Homecoming parade for regiment based near Market Drayton

Market Drayton | Last updated: Dec 4, 2019

Police welcome jail sentences for trio who attacked Market Drayton man in his flat

Market Drayton | Last updated: Nov 21, 2019

Car leaves road and crashes into field near Market Drayton

Tern Hill | Last updated: Oct 21, 2019

Market Drayton

1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment: Crowds out in force for Shropshire homecoming parade

1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment: Crowds out in force for Shropshire homecoming parade

Market Drayton | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Application for chicken sheds

Market Drayton | Last updated: Dec 6, 2019

Shropshire drugs conspiracy gang in court for sentencing

Shrewsbury | Last updated: Dec 5, 2019