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• Victor Jones Obituary (2025) - Shropshire Star - Legacy | Obituary

  28-11-2025 08:17 via news.google.com
  Victor Jones Obituary (2025) - Shropshire Star  Legacy | Obituary
  
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• Shropshire Fostering Launches Campaign to Find Loving Homes for Babies

  11-12-2025 12:27 via newsroom.shropshire.gov.uk
  Shropshire Fostering has launched a new campaign to raise awareness that babies are among the children who need foster care – and to encourage local families to consider opening their hearts and homes to the youngest children requiring support.
  While many people associate fostering with older children and teenagers, babies in Shropshire regularly need safe, nurturing fostering families. Some fostering arrangements last just a few weeks, while others may continue for up to two years as fami
  
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• Shropshire Council awarded £2 million for walking, wheeling and cycling schemes

  11-12-2025 10:00 via newsroom.shropshire.gov.uk
  Shropshire Council has been awarded more than £2 million of Government funding to help deliver walking, wheeling and cycling schemes in the county.
  The council is to receive £2,004,877 from Active Travel England’s (ATE) Capability and Ambition Fund (CATF) – investment that will allow the council to better utilise local capacity to design, consult on, and deliver high-quality walking, wheeling, and cycling initiatives.
  For Shropshire residents, this means safer, greener,
  
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• Marches Forward Partnership adopts green growth programme

  10-12-2025 16:23 via newsroom.shropshire.gov.uk
  The Marches Forward Partnership (MFP) is launching  a green growth programme, a bold initiative designed to bring lasting benefits to communities across the region.
  The MFP aims to position the region at the forefront of rural green growth by creating the UK’s first geography-based environmental market. This will harness the Marches’ unique natural capital assets – from its rivers and farmland to its landscapes and biodiversity – establishing a market rooted in real-
  
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• Shropshire Council announces possible next steps for Shirehall redevelopment

  10-12-2025 16:00 via newsroom.shropshire.gov.uk
  Shropshire Council has today (Wednesday 10 December 2025) published the findings of its strategic review of its former headquarters, Shirehall in Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury. 
  The review, which comes at a time of unprecedented financial pressure for the council, sets out a clear recommendation for the future of the now-vacant Shirehall building and surrounding site.  
  The council is currently managing a declared financial emergency, with significant management a
  
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• Tributes on death of long-serving Shropshire councillor - BBC

  10-12-2025 15:08 via news.google.com
  Tributes on death of long-serving Shropshire councillor  BBC
  
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• Shropshire trust left out of maternity review due to police probe - BBC

  10-12-2025 14:30 via news.google.com
  Shropshire trust left out of maternity review due to police probe  BBC
  
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• Shropshire councils plan joint action to tackle high collision rates on one of the region’s busiest routes - Highways News

  10-12-2025 12:53 via news.google.com
  Shropshire councils plan joint action to tackle high collision rates on one of the region’s busiest routes  Highways News
  
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• Fire service called to blaze at Shrewsbury sewage treatment works - Shropshire Star

  10-12-2025 12:10 via news.google.com
  Fire service called to blaze at Shrewsbury sewage treatment works  Shropshire Star
  
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• Triobutes paid to former Speaker and vice-Chairman of Shropshire Council - Shropshire Council Newsroom

  10-12-2025 12:08 via news.google.com
  Triobutes paid to former Speaker and vice-Chairman of Shropshire Council  Shropshire Council Newsroom
  
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• Tributes paid to former Speaker and Vice-Chairman of Shropshire Council

  10-12-2025 12:07 via newsroom.shropshire.gov.uk
  Brian Williams
  Tributes have been paid to Brian Williams, the former speaker and Vice-Chairman of Shropshire Council, who passed away last week at the age of 91.
  First elected as a councillor in Prestwich in 1960, Brian moved to Shropshire in 1999 and served as a councillor on North Shropshire District Council from 2003 to 2009, and the former Shropshire County Council from 2005 to 2009, before being elected to the new unitary Shropshire Council as councillor for The Meres division.
  He served as
  
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• Of One Accord to bring festive cheer to Shrewsbury Baptist Church - Shropshire Star

  10-12-2025 12:01 via news.google.com
  Of One Accord to bring festive cheer to Shrewsbury Baptist Church  Shropshire Star
  
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• Plans for massive extension at holiday park near Llanfair Caereinion - Shropshire Star

  10-12-2025 12:00 via news.google.com
  Plans for massive extension at holiday park near Llanfair Caereinion  Shropshire Star
  
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• Shropshire policing resources discussed in top level Westminster meeting - Shropshire Star

  10-12-2025 11:32 via news.google.com
  Shropshire policing resources discussed in top level Westminster meeting  Shropshire Star
  
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• West Brom debrief: Formation change and Ryan Mason's future - Shropshire Star

  10-12-2025 11:30 via news.google.com
  West Brom debrief: Formation change and Ryan Mason's future  Shropshire Star
  
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• Shropshire manufacturer celebrated for innovative solution in pressure care - Shropshire Star

  10-12-2025 10:55 via news.google.com
  Shropshire manufacturer celebrated for innovative solution in pressure care  Shropshire Star
  
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• Human Rights Day: Speak up for safety, equality and respect - Shropshire Council Newsroom

  10-12-2025 10:48 via news.google.com
  Human Rights Day: Speak up for safety, equality and respect  Shropshire Council Newsroom
  
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• Human Rights Day: Speak up for safety, equality and respect

  10-12-2025 10:48 via newsroom.shropshire.gov.uk
  Today is Human Rights Day, which marks the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
  Human Rights Day
  It’s a global reminder that everyone is entitled to fundamental rights and freedoms—such as safety, equality and dignity—regardless of who they are or where they live.
  Here in Shropshire, it’s a call to action for all of us—colleagues, neighbours, friends and leaders—to play our part. To learn more about human rights day click here.
  Today also
  
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• 'The car was my medication' - Shropshire classic car owner crowned winner in nationwide restoration competition - Shropshire Star

  10-12-2025 10:21 via news.google.com
  'The car was my medication' - Shropshire classic car owner crowned winner in nationwide restoration competition  Shropshire Star
  
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• Local author turns book launch into charity boost - Shropshire Star

  10-12-2025 10:17 via news.google.com
  Local author turns book launch into charity boost  Shropshire Star
  
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• Campaign to ‘demystify’ creative jobs for young people welcomed - Shropshire Council Newsroom

  10-12-2025 10:01 via news.google.com
  Campaign to ‘demystify’ creative jobs for young people welcomed  Shropshire Council Newsroom
  
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• International delegation visits top college - Shropshire Star

  10-12-2025 10:00 via news.google.com
  International delegation visits top college  Shropshire Star
  
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• Campaign to ‘demystify’ creative jobs for young people welcomed

  10-12-2025 10:00 via newsroom.shropshire.gov.uk
  Vibrant Shropshire: a Cultural Compact has welcomed the recent publication of a government report which shines a light on the barriers facing young people as they seek to embark on careers in the creative industries.
  The findings reveal a concerning lack of information, understanding, and support for those wishing to enter sectors such as film, music, visual arts, advertising, and video games. Notably, nearly one in three young people aged 11–18 express an interest in pursuing creative car
  
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• Ellesmere Food Share volunteers step back after three years of service - Shropshire Star

  10-12-2025 09:54 via news.google.com
  Ellesmere Food Share volunteers step back after three years of service  Shropshire Star
  
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• 'Beware of scammers targeting Oswestry Illuminated Tractor Run' organisers warn - Shropshire Star

  10-12-2025 09:48 via news.google.com
  'Beware of scammers targeting Oswestry Illuminated Tractor Run' organisers warn  Shropshire Star
  
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• Laundry Lane to Rea Brook bridge in Shrewsbury to be replaced - Shropshire Council Newsroom

  10-12-2025 09:47 via news.google.com
  Laundry Lane to Rea Brook bridge in Shrewsbury to be replaced  Shropshire Council Newsroom
  
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• Laundry Lane to Rea Brook bridge in Shrewsbury to be replaced

  10-12-2025 09:46 via newsroom.shropshire.gov.uk
  The bridge from Laundry Lane to Rea Book nature reserve in Shrewsbury will be closed for replacement from Monday 15 to Friday 19 December [2025].
  The bridge’s timber structure is being replaced with a steel-framed structure. As a concrete abutment for the bridge to sit on needs to be made it will be necessary to close the route while work is being carried out.
  James Owen, Shropshire Council’s Cabinet member for housing and leisure, said:
  “We have long been wanting to replace t
  
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• Crosstalk: Celebrating new life in the family - Shropshire Star

  10-12-2025 09:27 via news.google.com
  Crosstalk: Celebrating new life in the family  Shropshire Star
  
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• Church Stretton sink their Salop League title rivals - Shropshire Star

  10-12-2025 08:34 via news.google.com
  Church Stretton sink their Salop League title rivals  Shropshire Star
  
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• Riders check in to celebrate another successful season - Shropshire Star

  10-12-2025 08:00 via news.google.com
  Riders check in to celebrate another successful season  Shropshire Star
  
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