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Peter Hill from West Bromwich has forked out around £336,0000 drinking on the world's longest pub crawl has celebrated reaching his 25,000th boozer.

West Midlands man on world's longest pub crawl reaches 25,000th pub

Le Italiano has been available for a long time. Photo: Google Street Map

10 cheapest pubs, takeaways and restaurants for sale for under £50,000

The Black Country Arms in Walsall is one of the pubs on the trail

Real ale lovers invited to take on new trail across West Midlands

World Cup celebrations at a Marston's pub

Marston's reports 'significant profit growth’ in latest trading update

Beer glasses

Digital ID can be accepted as proof of age for alcohol under new rules

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Pubs and restaurants losing business because of weight-loss drugs, report says

A man wears a t-shirt promoting Doonbeg

Doonbeg ‘used to Trump in our backyard’ as village braces for presidential visit

Across Shropshire and the borough of Telford and Wrekin, 34 businesses have been handed ratings of zero, one or two this year

34 Shropshire food venues handed low hygiene scores this year

Workers at Marston's

Marston's bolsters energy resilience with new electricity partnership

The King's Head, Shrewsbury

Meet new landlord hoping to bring 'community feel' to historic pub

The Three Horseshoes in Alveley is one of the oldest pubs in Shropshire

Plus I explored Shropshire’s oldest pubs, from historic inns to hidden gems

Owners Rich and Tina Hibbs in their Pub Shed of the Year 2026 Winner Bar Hibby's in Staffordshire.

Footy-themed DIY sports bar named Pub Shed Of The Year

Plus 33 nostalgic pictures of Telford pubs and clubs we have lost

Bridgnorth Music & Arts festival is held in different settings across the town. This is ELM on the 2025 Quayside stage.

Bridgnorth pub joins town's Music & Arts Festival line-up

Will Nigel really send the small boats back?

Mark Andrews: 'Blokey' Burnham, a Facebook ban, and stopping the boats Mark Andrews

Le Italiano has been available for a long time. Photo: Google Street Map

10 cheapest takeaways and restaurants for under £50,000

And here's your host, Andy Burrrnhaaaam

Vertical drinking, varsity Walter Mitty, and The Price is Right for PM
Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week’s news
Mark Andrews

The Old Wharf Inn in Stourbridge was on the top 100 list in 2025. Photo: Google Street Map

Pub lovers urged to nominate their local as best in country

L-R: Jake Maloney-Cox and Kelsey Scurrah from Prostate Cancer UK, with Neil Campbell of Marston’s

Marston's pubs raise £152,563 for Prostate Cancer UK during World Cup

Jeremy Clarkson’s IPA turned into a pub pie in the West Midlands

Market Square in Wellington town centre

Wellington bars support town council's pub trail idea, meeting told

Fans attending a homecoming celebration for the Mayo Gaelic football players in Castlebar, Co Mayo

Pubs restocking as Mayo’s party of parties set to continue

Le Italiano has been available for a long time. Photo: Google Street Map

10 cheapest takeaways and restaurants for under £50,000

Simon and Rhea Alton at The Druid Inn, Birchover, where Simon's father Bob was born while his grandfather Sidney was landlord

Shropshire couple reveal plan to open dream village micropub

Shropshire businesses give cautious welcome for Burnham's rates relief

Andy Burnham becomes new PM

Pubs, clubs and music venues to get 20% cut to business rates from April

A good range of ciders will be available at the festival. Photo: J D Wetherspoon

Cider lovers invited to Wetherspoons across West Midlands for festival

Some of the Shropshire pubs featured in the Telegraph's guide

Seven great Shropshire pubs named in new Telegraph Best Pubs guide
Some have featured on the list previously and some are new entries
James Vukmirovic

The Sunday Roast packed in a lot of rich food on the plate

Plus Staffordshire pub famed for Sunday lunch with huge Yorkshire puddings

The Bridge Inn at Chirk.

Border pub to reopen this weekend after new bosses complete refurb

Fans at The Malthouse, Ironbridge

We joined England fans in Ironbridge for kick-off against Argentina

Joule's Brewery's new Gas Street Vaults

Joule’s Brewery unveils new chapter for Birmingham canalside pub

The New Inn pub in Harborne, Birmingham

Shropshire brewery wins green light for £2m Birmingham pub revamp

The Wonder in Tividale is one of the pubs involved in the scheme

Free pint offer at West Midlands pubs for Three Lions supporters

Beer glasses and a set of car keys on a bar in a pub

Pubs to serve more than 64 million pints of no and low alcohol beer this summer

Cross Guns, Pant

Border village pub up for sale after failed community purchase bid

Is the Government about to end TV as we know it?

Mark Andrews: Is the Government about to end TV as we know it?

Fans watching England v Mexico

Pubs answer late-night call as England fans toast World Cup white knuckle ride

England fans

Pubs waiting to learn if England’s kick off against Mexico will move forward

These Shropshire pubs are staying open late to show England v Mexico

World Cup: Pubs can stay open until 5am for England v Mexico

Brunning & Price, owners of The Mytton & Mermaid in Atcham, near Shrewsbury have again applied for planning permission to build a car park on a field near to the pub.

Plus Popular Shrewsbury country pub makes second bid for new car park

Wrexham’s Pontcysyllte Aqueduct is a Unesco World Heritage Site and the region, which is a base for firms including JCB and Kellogg’s as well as aerospace giants such as Magellen and Cytec, is to become home to the new National Football Museum of Wales.

Historic city near Shropshire named one of the best places to retire

People at a restaurant

Treasury minister signals no special VAT cut for Northern Ireland hospitality

The Woodman was praised as an outstanding example of how thoughtful conservation can allow historic buildings to live on

'Picture-perfect' West Midlands pub named one of UK’s most attractive

The Crown, Sedgley

16-year-old taken to hospital after pub served alcohol

The Haygate, Wellington

Most‑loved Shropshire pubs from the 90s - according to readers

The Wonder in Tividale is one of the pubs involved in the scheme

Free pint offer at West Midlands pubs for Three Lions supporters

Plus Shropshire landlords hope World Cup boost kickstarts 'bumper summer'

Plus So popular it was built twice – a Shropshire pub story

Andrea Acocks at the Railwayman in Bridgnorth

'Cheers' to Severn Valley Railway pubs as they are honoured by CAMRA

Mayor Peter Jones with Simon Metcalf from the Red Lion in Ellesmere

Ellesmere pub’s quiz nights help raise £18,000 for local good causes

Keith Davies, of Beeches Bayston Hill, is presented with the Singles trophy by secretary Paul Thomas

Keith, 92, among winners at finals and presentation night

Two bunches of grapes - a previous fabulous entry in the Kington Wheelbarrow Race.

Kington goes back to the 70’s for iconic wheelbarrow race

Tony David said the Stables had provided a great place for him to keep busy in his retirement.

Plus The pub that gave landlord a new purpose and walkers a real ale haven

Jamie Thyer fronts The Worried Men

Live blues takes centre stage at The Wrekin Inn tonight

The very hungry caterpillar - one of the amazing entries at last year's Kington Wheelbarrow Race.

Kington’s iconic wheelbarrow race to celebrate its 50th anniversary

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