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North Shropshire’s MP has given her backing to Oswestry Town Council in its bid to extend 20mph speed limits across the town.

A man has been sentenced after he was found guilty of non-recent sexual offences against a child in Shropshire.

A councillor believes a Shropshire leisure centre that is at risk of being closed to the public has not been used to its full extent.

A Leominster man has been charged with drink driving following an arrest on Tuesday.

North Herefordshire Green MP has explained why she abstained on yesterday’s vote opposing inheritance tax on larger farms.

A man has been given a 22-year sentence for multiple non-recent rapes of a young girl in Shropshire.

A Herefordshire town has lost its town crier of 17 years, it has been announced.

North Herefordshire Green MP Ellie Chowns did not vote to oppose the government’s planned tax rise on farms – despite speaking in support of the county’s farmers as the vote was called.

Police are appealing for witnesses following a collision on the A458 Bridgnorth Bypass in the town yesterday.

A North Herefordshire fruit grower is fighting an order to remove 18 workers’ caravans at a remote borderland farm.

A Herefordshire resort offering fishing, accommodation and a pub is hoping a new walk around its 110 acres of wooded countryside will help it overcome recent challenges.

Bridgnorth Town Council has appealed to Sainsbury’s to sort out the problem of the supermarket’s toilets that has forced it to close.

West Mercia Police say they are working hard to tackle Anti-social behaviour (ASB) in Ludlow.

Shropshire Council’s Cabinet will be asked to consider approving a consultation on options for changes at Much Wenlock Leisure Centre tomorrow.

More than 100 people have no confidence in the leadership of Ludlow Town Council (LTC) due to ‘the secrecy and closed nature in which council business is being conducted’.

Herefordshire Council is heading towards a 10-million-pound overspend this financial year – but bosses say this figure still be reined back to £2 million.

A Herefordshire family say they are begging their social landlord to move them from a flood-prone house which they say isn’t safe for their one-year-old son.

Local campaigners are angry that a controversial planned anaerobic digester (AD) at a Herefordshire farm has been quietly given an environmental permit.

Shropshire has one of the highest suicide rates in the West Midlands.

Questions have been asked in Parliament on why Herefordshire was not better able to help those hit by recent floods.

More than 10,000 people in Herefordshire have signed a national petition calling for a fresh general election.

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A man's been arrested after a tractor was driven through floodwater in Worcestershire following Storm Bert.

Plans have been revealed to turn a former Herefordshire bingo hall into a KFC restaurant.

A prop gravestone belonging to Ebenezer Scrooge has been destroyed.

A number of flood warnings and alerts are currently in place as river levels continue to rise.

The Script will perform in Ludlow next summer.

Local pub campaigners have joined a bid to block the sale of a Herefordshire village pub for use as a holiday rental property.

A Herefordshire hotel, pub and music venue has won its bid to hosts events till late, despite neighbours’ objections.

A proposal to build five larger houses by a busy Herefordshire road has been knocked back – again.

There are still many people in Shropshire who don’t have access to broadband, it has been revealed.

Developers have come back with a revised scheme to build 38 homes in Shrewsbury.

A historic pub could be gone forever after plans were submitted to convert it into apartments.

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.