Shropshire news

• Heatwave blamed for fridge breakdown boom

  26-10-2026 07:18 via BBC News
  
  A peak in production stretched to six weeks, with up to 580,000 appliances passing through the site.
  
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• Campaign targets women's fears over night-time running

  26-10-2026 16:37 via BBC News
  
  Let's Lift the Curfew was set up to help women who avoid running after dark as the nights draw in.
  
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• 'My dying wish to get married is coming true'

  26-10-2026 14:36 via BBC News
  
  Antony "Shorty" Shorter will get married this weekend after an appeal organised by singer Macy O.
  
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• Weary driver creates AI 'litter-tracking dashcam'

  26-10-2026 07:18 via BBC News
  
  Robin Bennett says he created the app after getting frustrated by the amount of rubbish beside roads
  
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• Storm Boelo sees passenger plane leave runway

  25-10-2026 17:51 via BBC News
  
  Storm Boelo is the second named storm of the season, and follows Storm Austen.
  
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• Storm Boleo sees trains cancelled and fallen trees

  25-10-2026 14:10 via BBC News
  
  Storm Boleo is the second named storm of the season, and follows Storm Austen.
  
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• Historic boatyard awarded £4.5m heritage funding

  25-10-2026 13:17 via BBC News
  
  Ellesmere Yard wants to introduce more creative spaces and repair buildings.
  
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• What is the appeal of the backyard ultra?

  25-10-2026 08:20 via BBC News
  
  The races see runners complete a 4.16 mile loop on the hour, every hour until one person remains.
  
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• Your photos: Rainy days and reflected rainbows

  25-10-2026 08:02 via BBC News
  
  Take a look at these gorgeous weather photos of the West Midlands we have been sent this week.
  
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• Haverfordwest shock Barry Town and TNS hit nine

  24-10-2026 20:21 via BBC News
  
  TNS are nine points clear at the top of the Cymru Premier.
  
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• Charity expects demand for Christmas present campaign

  24-10-2026 11:53 via BBC News
  
  The campaign, run by Little Stars, is running from today until 4 December.
  
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• How the beauty industry is boosting High Streets

  24-10-2026 08:07 via BBC News
  
  Beauty salons and shops now make up almost a third of all leisure sites across UK retail centres.
  
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• Cymru Premier leaders TNS hit nine past Ammanford

  23-10-2026 23:28 via BBC News
  
  TNS are nine points clear at the top of the Cymru Premier while Ammanford dropped a spot to 14th.
  
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• New operating theatre opens at hospital

  23-10-2026 18:08 via BBC News
  
  This facility will allow for an additional 1,000 to 1,200 procedures a year, hospital bosses say.
  
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• Boy, 15, says stammer won't stop me dreaming of a radio career

  23-10-2026 15:09 via BBC News
  
  Ben, 15, says taking part in a radio football phone-in helped him to speak more fluently.
  
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• 'Our unfinished estate is like no-man's land'

  23-10-2026 14:43 via BBC News
  
  The two estates have been waiting years to be formally taken on by the council.
  
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• Santa’s Little Stars 2026 campaign launched to help provide Christmas gifts

  23-10-2026 12:05 via Shropshire Council Newsroom
  
  Some of the gifts donated in 2024
  Shropshire-based charity Little Stars has launched this year’s Santa’s Little Stars campaign, running from Saturday 24 October to Friday 4 December [2026], in partnership with The Darwin shopping centre in Shrewsbury. The campaign aims to provide Christmas gifts to children and pregnant women across the county who might otherwise go without.
  Since launching in 2020, Santa’s Little Stars has grown into a truly community-led initiative. Thanks to the generos
  
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• Weekly quiz: How did Star Wars and Marvel discover this artist?

  23-10-2026 07:18 via BBC News
  
  Other stories include rock-star sponsors and Britain's best pub - can you get 100%?
  
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• Town wins four awards at floral competition

  22-10-2026 18:44 via BBC News
  
  The Dingle in Quarry Park won the Mike Garwood Memorial Trophy for a second year running.
  
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• Bodybuilder dies after collapsing on stage at competition

  22-10-2026 17:41 via BBC News
  
  Chmura's wife describes her loss as "incredibly painful" following his death.
  
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• News from our partners: Remembrance Match to take place on October 31

  22-10-2026 17:07 via Shropshire Council Newsroom
  Shrewsbury Town will honour armed forces past and present at a home game against Gillingham on October 31.
  Each year, Shrewsbury Town are proud to host a Remembrance Match in tribute to service personnel who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty.
  The fixture against Gillingham is Town’s closest home game prior to Remembrance Sunday, which falls on November 8 this year.  Ahead of kick-off, a series of tributes will take place to remember those who have served and sacrificed so much f
  
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• Tank barrel production returns to UK after 20 years

  22-10-2026 15:45 via BBC News
  
  The defence secretary says the UK is "back in the business of making weapons" for its armed forces.
  
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• New footpath opens between Cosford’s station and RAF Museum

  22-10-2026 15:35 via Shropshire Council Newsroom
  
  The new footpath and lighting
  Visiting the RAF Museum Midlands by public transport has become safer and more convenient following the completion of a new footpath linking Cosford train station to the Museum.
  The newly installed footpath along Worcester Road provides a dedicated pedestrian route between the station and the Museum, meaning users are no longer required to walk on the road or navigate the grass verge during the 15-minute walk. The improvements will benefit all users of the route inc
  
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• RAF veteran with leg injury awarded special poppy

  22-10-2026 15:25 via BBC News
  
  Neil Fellingham is honoured at the launch of the Royal British Legion's poppy appeal in Shropshire.
  
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• Shrewsbury Park and Ride services from Monday 2 November

  22-10-2026 14:30 via Shropshire Council Newsroom
  
  One of the Hotspur buses that will be used on the Park and Ride
  People are being reminded that from Monday 2 November [2026] Shrewsbury Park and Ride will operate as follows.
  The Park and Ride will operate Monday to Saturday from three sites (with no service on Sundays or bank holidays, excluding Good Friday).
  Oxon (behind Bicton Heath Co-op – SY3 5AD)First bus leaves Oxon at 7.20am, with buses every 20 minutes until 8am.
  Buses run every 12 minutes between 8am and 5pm.
  A new evening service wi
  
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• View sought on local bus services due for review in 2027

  22-10-2026 12:55 via Shropshire Council Newsroom
  
  Shropshire Council is inviting residents to share their views on a number of council-supported local bus services that are due to be reviewed and retendered in 2027.
  The survey will help the council better understand how people use the services today, what works well, what could be improved, and what residents would like to see in the future.
  The services included in the survey are currently supported by Shropshire Council and are approaching the end of their existing contracts. As part of the n
  
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• Consultation into Neighbourhood Plan for The Strettons parish area

  22-10-2026 11:42 via Shropshire Council Newsroom
  
  Shropshire Council has begun a consultation into a Neighbourhood Plan for The Strettons parish area on behalf of Church Stretton Town Council. The consultation runs until 27 November [2026].
  Church Stretton Town Council started work on a Neighbourhood Plan for The Strettons Parish area in early 2023.  The preparation of the Plan has been led by a local steering group, which includes representatives from the town council and the wider community.
  In February 2026, the town council carried out loc
  
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• Shrewsbury among first towns to test new independent high street health check

  22-10-2026 11:26 via Shropshire Council Newsroom
  News from our partners: Shrewsbury BID
  Shrewsbury has become one of the first ten towns in the UK to take part in a new independent assessment of town centre health, acting as a test case for The High Street Consultancy’s HAPPS diagnostic.
  Shrewsbury BID invited Ben Stephenson and Matt Colledge, partners in the High Street Consultancy, to assess the town centre in August 2026. The assessment was given free as charge as part of the pilot programme.
  The HAPPS model measures a town against 25 fac
  
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• Shropshire Council clarifies affordable housing requirements at Dutton Close

  22-10-2026 08:03 via Shropshire Council Newsroom
  
  Shropshire Council is aware there is some misunderstanding regarding the restrictions around the previously affordable homes on the Dutton Close development in Stoke Heath.
  The Section 106 agreement did not restrict all homes at Dutton Close to sale or rent only to local Shropshire families. It required three of the 25 homes within the development to be provided as affordable housing as a planning policy requirement on larger housing developments, with the remaining market properties being avail
  
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• Youth Hub opens to help young people find work

  22-10-2026 07:25 via BBC News
  
  A new youth employment hub has opened in a shopping centre, offering CV advice and skills training.
  
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