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A Hereford man has been jailed after crashing into a house in North Herefordshire.

Tributes are being paid to a 17-year-old boy who died from fatal injuries in Bishops Castle.

Children's NHS services are reminding children, young people and parents/carers of the range of emotional wellbeing support available across both counties.

Herefordshire Council is joining big brand names in supporting Recycle Week 2021 which kicks off today.

Detectives investigating the death of a young man in South Shropshire are appealing for witnesses and information.

Tributes are continuing to pour in following the death of Herefordshire actor John Challis who has died from cancer aged 79.

Only Fools And Horses actor John Challis has died at the age of 79

Ten new engines are on their way to the county’s fire stations, after the service’s governing body approved the final slice of funding.

All four of Shropshire’s community ambulance stations will close at the beginning of next month, it has been confirmed.

Young drivers, and their passengers, are being encouraged to remain safe on Herefordshire roads through an initiative that is targeting students in their final year of secondary school.

Cases of coronavirus have risen in Shropshire as children return to school.

Bromyard residents will be able to use a new click and collect library service from next week.

Shropshire Council is being urged to join a campaign to save four ambulance stations threatened with closure.

Shropshire Council is being urged to increase its spending on active travel to 10 per cent of its total highways budget.

Details of how £3.6 million will be spent to help reinvigorate the historic centre of a Herefordshire town have been unveiled.

An information board will be put up next to Shrewsbury’s Clive of India statue in the next few weeks, more than a year after councillors voted not to have the controversial figure removed.

Shropshire Council has been criticised by a transport expert for spending £1.4 million on road safety measures without assessing whether they would be effective or good value for money.

Two planning applications made by the owner of a holiday homes park in a Herefordshire village have been sharply criticised for containing “discrepancies, misinformation, and missing information”.

The A49 at Onibury has re-opened following an earlier tanker fire.

Call assessors at West Midlands Ambulance Service said they have been subjected to threats of sexual violence while on duty as they speak out about abuse.

Shropshire Council has been ordered to pay compensation to a mother whose repeated pleas to have her “violent” daughter taken into care for the safety of her other children were not listened to.

Craven Arms level crossing will remain open as often as possible as Network Rail starts work to fit three miles of brand-new track.

A tourism forum took place at Hereford Cathedral last week.

Midlands Air Ambulance Charity is asking bikers across Herefordshire and Worcestershire to support the lifesaving service by sharing pictures of their favourite motorbike ride out spots on social media.

A new programme which brings businesses together to learn from each other and expert professional advisers will launch in Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin next week.

The Ramblers Cymru, Big Welsh Walk touched down in Knighton last Saturday for the second of their walking events to celebrate the Offa's Dyke Path 50th Anniversary.

Shropshire Council has received a boost in its effort to improve the county’s traffic lights, and to save money and carbon by reducing the amount of power that they use.

A new museum has opened telling the story of Bishop's Castle Railway.

Shropshire Local is expanding its services to rural communities across Shropshire and in the south of the county by launching two further pilot schemes.

A new storage facility has been found for the hundreds of items donated by Shropshire people to help Afghan refugees arriving in the county.

Businesses were evacuated in Bridgnorth High Street earlier following a loud explosion.

A yellow weather warning for heavy rain has been issued by the Met Office.

Police are appealing for information following a fatal collision in Bridgnorth last week.

Shropshire Council says its investigating concerns raised regarding a housing development in Clee Hill.

A man has been charged with manslaughter after an investigation was launched into the death of an 80 year old man in Shropshire.

Thousands of people attended the popular Ludlow Food Festival over the weekend.

A woman has died following a collision between a car and a pedestrian in Bridgnorth.

A local NHS Trust has relaunched its ‘rainbow badge’ initiative to mark Pride in the NHS week.

County Councillors have paid tribute to the efforts of the emergency services, the local community and other partners following a large fire in Kidderminster.

Thousands of planned new council-built homes in Herefordshire will have to meet tough sustainability standards if proposals are approved next week.

A lack of certainty over whether Shropshire Council will receive any more government funds to plug its Covid-related overspend is making it “difficult” to plan how the authority’s finances will shape up for the rest of the year, its leader has said.

Communities are getting the opportunity to talk to their Police and Crime Commissioner at events taking place across West Mercia including this weekend's Bromyard Folk Festival.

More than 1,000 candidates applied for just six firefighter positions last year, with the successful recruits starting over the summer, a report says.

A trial lane closure planned for next month outside Shrewsbury railway station has been postponed.

The first new wetland created to absorb run-off pollution, and so help free up Herefordshire’s planning logjam, should be in use by the end of the year, a senior county official has said.

Police are continuing to investigate the death of an 80 year old man in Shropshire.

The number of complaints made to Shropshire Council dropped in 2020/21 while the number of compliments went up by more than 50 per cent.

Police are appealing for information after a robbery in Malvern.

A lifesaving messaging system, that was founded in Shropshire, is to be adopted by several other police forces across the UK.

Shropshire Council has been accused of “disowning” young people after failing to provide assurance that it would not sell off a purpose-built youth centre.

Police are appealing for information after a robbery in Telford.

Herefordshire has been confirmed as the latest English county to have its own wild beavers.

Police are investigating the death of an 80 year old man at an address in Shropshire.

A petrol station in North Herefordshire has closed for a major revamp.

Up to £100,000 is being invested by the Police and Crime Commissioner to reduce flytipping across Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.

Up to 25 jobs will be created and a vacant building refurbished under a £2.2 million plan to open a new pub in Ludlow town centre.

Around 40 unaccompanied asylum seeking children will be living in the county by the end of the year, Shropshire Council has said.

More than ten fire crews spent the night dealing with a major fire in Worcestershire.

A six-time British record holder and youth weightlifting champion is encouraging those aged 16 and over to get their COVID-19 vaccine, in order to allow them to do the things they love and for life to return to normal.

Houses will be built on a former bowling green after plans were approved by councillors.

Shrewsbury has been chosen as one of the key flagship locations to celebrate national 999 day tomorrow.

A rare 3,000-year-old sun pendant is to be displayed to the public for the first time at Shropshire Council’s Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery as part of the British Museum’s National Programmes.

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Staff at West Midland Safari Park are celebrating the birthday of resident Indian rhino calf, Inesh, who turns one today.

Organisers have confirmed next year's Shobdon Food and Flying Festival will not take place.

Firefighters were called to tackle a blaze at a GP surgery in North Herefordshire.

West Mercia Police are appealing for information following yesterday's serious collision on the A44 Floodgates near Kington.

Herefordshire Wildlife Trust have received a gift of a new nature reserve from Weobley residents Martin and Julie Peacock who recently bought the three meadows adjoining their property.

The decision to grant the Ironbridge Power Station developers another attempt at winning approval for their plans represents a “unique” situation, councillors have been told.

A man and a woman have died and a third patient has been airlifted to hospital following a collision between a motorbike and pedestrians this morning.

Herefordshire Council's secondary school admissions process opens for applications from today.

Only Fools and Horses star John Challis has cancelled his upcoming tour due to ill health.

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.