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Councillors have agreed to form a new committee to scrutinise Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service and pay whoever chairs the body a ‘special responsibility allowance’ of £2,259.

Police are appealing for witnesses after concern was raised for a woman in Leominster last Thursday.

West Mercia Police is offering free training to staff who work in hotels across Shopshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire to help them spot the signs of child sexual exploitation.

A list of main roads in Herefordshire to be resurfaced in the coming weeks has been revealed.

People living in Shropshire village are becoming frustrated about how long it is taking to repair collapsed culverts.

A new group to help food and drink businesses across the Marches work more closely together, develop international markets and access specialist support has been launched at an online event.

A village’s bid to be more sustainable could see the installation of more than 400 solar panels in an unused orchard.

West Mercia Police is offering free training to staff who work in hotels across Shopshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire to help them spot the signs of child sexual exploitation.

Police are investigating the deaths of two people in Redditch.

Environment body Natural Resources Wales (NRW) will be asked to provide more comment on conditions to be placed on controversial plans to build homes in Caersws on land at risk of flooding.

Councillors have agreed to form a new committee to scrutinise Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service and pay whoever chairs the body a ‘special responsibility allowance’ of £2,259.

A 35-year-old man has been charged in relation to drugs supply in Telford. 

West Mercia Police is offering free training to staff who work in hotels across Shopshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire to help them spot the signs of child sexual exploitation.

Mobile phone footage allegedly showing the moment the famous Sycamore Gap tree crashed to the ground to the sound of a chainsaw has been played to jurors.

A man abused by Richard Burrows as a child has told Sky News he is grateful that "finally" the serial paedophile "can't escape from what he's done" after being jailed for 46 years.

The King has shared his thoughts on the "frightening experience" of being among the thousands of people diagnosed with cancer every year.

At a midnight briefing in Kentish Town police station in north London, officers are shown a photograph of Danny Downes, a large white man with a wispy beard, who has been linked to a shooting in the area.

The US Treasury has announced it has agreed to establish an American-Ukrainian reconstruction investment fund.

The biggest city in the Sahel has been ransacked and left in ruins.

Mobile phone footage allegedly showing the moment the famous Sycamore Gap tree crashed to the ground to the sound of a chainsaw has been played to jurors.

The King has shared his thoughts on the "frightening experience" of being among the thousands of people diagnosed with cancer every year.

Tottenham midfielder James Maddison insists the team are "100 per cent behind" boss Ange Postecoglou despite their "unacceptable" Premier League season.

Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis has removed himself from control of the club by officially withdrawing his position at Companies House.

The Mexico City Grand Prix will remain on the F1 calendar until 2028 as part of a new three-year extension.

Manchester United are actively considering a move for Germany international Jonathan Tah this summer, Sky Sports News understands. 

Liverpool will not stand still this summer and rest on their laurels. The club want to be busy in the transfer market and strengthen their squad to compete again next season and develop the next title-winning team.

Paul Weller, Primal Scream and DJ Annie Mac are among the music stars who have signed a letter in support of rap group Kneecap.

A former TV production assistant has told a court she felt "the unthinkable was happening" during an alleged assault by Harvey Weinstein.

A performance by Belfast rap trio Kneecap at the Eden Project has been cancelled.

Irish band Kneecap have had a meteoric rise in the music industry, with tens of millions of streams on Spotify alone and widespread critical acclaim.

"Powerful individuals" at the BBC are making the lives of their colleagues "unbearable", the corporation's chairman has said, after a review into its workplace culture.

A car-sized piece of Soviet rocket is expected to come crashing back down to Earth in the coming days, after 53 years in orbit. 

M&S may have been hacked by a group of notorious cyber-criminals known as Scattered Spider, some of whom are believed to be English-speaking teenagers.

A blistering new report has slated government efforts to protect Britons from climate change that is already flooding homes, farmland and railways, overheating hospitals and schools and fuelling wildfires.

Drinking white wine and Champagne, eating more fruit and keeping waistlines slim could reduce the risk of sudden cardiac arrest, according to a new study.

A Chinese student who was airlifted from Japan's Mount Fuji last week had to be saved a second time just four days later, local authorities have said.

How did one woman fool the most famous magic society on the planet?

New analysis of a letter fragment has possibly shed light on William Shakespeare's marriage - suggesting it may have been less fractious than previously suggested.

Forty years on from the film that made them immortal, there are just 303 DeLorean cars left on Britain's roads.

The US Treasury has announced it has agreed to establish an American-Ukrainian reconstruction investment fund.

"Powerful individuals" at the BBC are making the lives of their colleagues "unbearable", the corporation's chairman has said, after a review into its workplace culture.

The government is being urged to end the "absolute scandal" of new homes being built without solar panels.

A paramedic in Gaza who was detained for more than five weeks following an Israeli attack that killed 15 aid workers has been released, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said.