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Walk-in mobile testing units will be in place in Craven Arms this weekend to make it easier for local people to get tested quickly.

Traders at a popular town centre market have been the number of pitches will not increase due to their failure to comply with rules around face coverings and hygiene.

Post Office bosses have said they are committed to retaining a service in a south Shropshire village set to lose its post office at the end of the month.

More than 800 new jobs and 1,600 homes could be created after the Marches Local Enterprise Partnership secured £14m for shovel-ready projects to help the recovery of the regional economy.

West Mercia Police has gained an additional 93 new police officers since the government launched a major recruitment drive, according to figures released recently.

Shropshire Council has been urged to set an annual carbon emissions “budget” for the whole county to steer residents and businesses towards becoming carbon neutral.

Rural criminals have been targeted as police from South Shropshire carried out another successful initiative to tackle rural thefts.

Holidaymakers could soon be checking in to a disused public toilet block if plans to convert it into a holiday let are approved.

Police are appealing for witnesses following a collision between two vehicles yesterday on the A44 in Herefordshire.

Police are appealing for witnesses and dash-cam footage after a man sadly died in a collision in Craven Arms.

Drop-in testing sessions that took place in two locations in Craven Arms yesterday, found no new cases of coronavirus.

Shropshire Council says the number of people infected with COVID-19 at the Long Lane site in Craven Arms has decreased significantly.

A whistleblower was “rebuffed” after raising concerns about asbestos at a hospital, but the NHS trust eventually “acted responsibly”, investigating and rewriting its policies, a report says.

Some Shropshire residents may be “resistant” to NHS service changes and sceptical that the coronavirus pandemic is the real reason for altering the system, a health service PR boss has said.

There are plans to convert barns into homes on a farm north of Leominster.

Police are appealing for the public’s help to locate 28-year-old Benjamin Thomas who is wanted on recall to prison.

Craven Arms Medical Practice is offering telephone appointments only due to a COVID-19 outbreak in a caravan site.

The total number of positive cases linked to an outbreak at the Long Lane Caravan site is now 29.

Shropshire Council and Public Health England (PHE) Midlands continue to work with key partners to contain an outbreak of COVID-19 at the Long Lane travellers site in Craven Arms. The total number of positive cases linked to the outbreak is now 25. Testing is still available to all residents at the site.

The latest plans for homes to be built in the grounds of a Grade II listed house would cause harm to the environment and go against Shropshire Council’s planning policies, councillors have said.

Health officials have ruled out any public review into the handling of the coronavirus outbreak at Rook Row Farm in Mathon.

Public Health England has today confirmed 21 positive cases of COVID-19 have been recorded at a caravan site in Craven Arms.

River pollution is the biggest environmental challenge facing Herefordshire.

The construction industry in most of the northern half of the county has been halted for almost 10 months due to the phosphate issue affecting the River Lugg.

Bridgnorth High Street will be closed to traffic on Saturdays to allow social distancing during market trading hours.

Public Health England have confirmed an outbreak of Covid-19 at a caravan park near Craven Arms.