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Local campaigners have expressed dismay at the Government’s failure to bring in tougher environmental protection for the Wye and other rivers.

National Highways and The Wildlife Trusts have joined forces to launch a new £6 million Network for Nature programme that will improve habitats across the Midlands, benefitting people, nature and wildlife.

A number of headline acts have been confirmed for next month's Ludlow Fringe Festival as excitement builds ahead of the event.

A person was airlifted to hospital following a two vehicle collision yesterday.

A plan to build 31 one-bedroom flats in a Herefordshire town has been given the green light.

A further 43 stretches of road in Shropshire are set to be resurfaced in the 2022/23 financial year, as Shropshire Council and its partners Kier and WSP continue their programme of work to improve the county’s roads.

Three arts groups have been awarded a total of £15,000 by Shropshire Council to support high-quality projects across the county for 12 months.

Plans are in place in Bridgnorth to celebrate the arrival of Birmingham 2022 The Queen’s Baton Relay this July.

A woman has died following a serious crash on the M5 in Worcestershire.

Police are appealing for witnesses to a head on collision on Castlemorton Common in which two men were seriously injured.

Two men have been arrested following an attempted burglary in Alvechurch.

Police are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision on the A456 in Kidderminster on Friday afternoon.

People are being urged to hand over illegal firearms and ammunition during a two-week gun amnesty.

Liberal Democrats in Wales have confirmed that one of their successful candidates in last week’s local election in Powys, has been suspended from the party.

By the time the Powys County Council annual general meeting (AGM) comes round later this month, residents will know the make-up of the ruling administration.

Plans for smaller business units and more parking spaces at Abermule business park have been approved by Powys planners.

Plans have been presented to Powys County Council for holiday lodges to be built at a caravan park that is just a short walk from Llanidloes.

Plans have been lodged with Powys County Council to extend a holiday park near Llandrindod Wells

People are being urged to hand over illegal firearms and ammunition during a two-week gun amnesty.

A firearms 'surrender' scheme will be launched this month for people to hand over weapons to the police without fear of prosecution.

Plans are in place in Bridgnorth to celebrate the arrival of Birmingham 2022 The Queen’s Baton Relay this July.

Worcester Paralympic medallist Rebecca Redfern will represent Team England at her first Commonwealth Games.

Team Wales has announced the 2022 Women's Table Tennis team for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

The Queen's Baton will visit Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Shropshire this July as part of the 16th official Queen's Baton Relay.

Birmingham 2022 has unveiled the official medals which will be awarded to athletes at the Commonwealth Games this summer.

A 22-year-old man has been found guilty of the murder of police community support officer Julia James.

A 17-year-old player has come out, becoming the only openly gay male professional footballer in Britain.

A government minister has suggested that people struggling with the cost of living could take on more hours or move to a better-paid job.

Four more cases of monkeypox have been detected in England, health officials have said.

More than 200 Ukrainian soldiers are being evacuated from Azovstal steel plant in the city of Mariupol after weeks of resistance against the Russian invasion.

A 17-year-old player has come out, becoming the only openly gay male professional footballer in Britain.

Four more cases of monkeypox have been detected in England, health officials have said.

A Conservative MP has suggested people could "incentivise granny annexes" to save money amid the cost of living crisis.

"I told my mum and my sister. The day after we played Accrington and I scored four, so it just shows how much of a weight off the shoulders it was and a massive relief."

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp expects to miss out on the Premier League title and an unprecedented Quadruple as he admitted: "I don't expect Manchester City to drop points."

Dermot Gallagher dissects the big flashpoints from the weekend's action and discusses whether Everton should have been awarded another penalty against Brentford for a shirt pull on Richarlison?

Juventus are meeting Paul Pogba's representatives on Monday as they begin talks over a potential return to Turin.

Everton boss Frank Lampard says his side should have been awarded a penalty for a “clear pull” on Richarlison’s shirt just moments before Jarrad Branthwaite was sent off in the 3-2 home defeat to Brentford.

Photographs of Amber Heard with red marks, bruises and swelling on her face - the result, she alleges, of her and Johnny Depp's final fight - have been shown in court.

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Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker have reportedly married in Santa Barbara, California.

The frontman of the Ukrainian band which won the Eurovision Song Contest has condemned the "sick lottery" of Russian missiles hitting residential buildings in his war-torn country. 

The Queen received a standing ovation as her Platinum Jubilee celebrations began on Sunday.

Twitter's chief executive has hit back after Elon Musk put his deal to buy the platform "on hold" over concerns about fake user accounts.

Google is being sued over its use of confidential medical records belonging to 1.6 million individuals in the UK.

Scientists have powered a miniature computer for six months using only the electrical current generated by algae.

They say they are just volunteers translating posts from the Chinese internet. State media call them "a despicable anti-China smear campaign" and "psychological warfare".

Parasitic worms have been sucked into the gender bias row after a report claimed the naming of the creatures was sexist.

Supermarkets, cars and lifts are just some of the unusual birth places reported for babies who have made speedy entrances into the world.

A four-year-old boy has been likened to F1 star Max Verstappen after taking his mother's car for a drive in the Netherlands.

Two of the UK's best-known condiments are getting a royal makeover to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

Boris Johnson has said the UK needs to "proceed with a legislative solution" to the Northern Ireland Protocol as an "insurance" in case a deal is not reached with Brussels.

Twitter's chief executive has hit back after Elon Musk put his deal to buy the platform "on hold" over concerns about fake user accounts.

Pointing to a grubby, grey sofa in the corner of a small room in her neighbour's house, the Ukrainian mother said that was where a teenage Russian soldier raped her.

A government minister has suggested that people struggling with the cost of living could take on more hours or move to a better-paid job.