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Major artists including Jools Holland, Alfie Boe, James Morrison, Elkie Brooks, Russell Howard and more confirmed for new 1,400-seat Big Top venue.

Fire authority chiefs in Shropshire have been recommended to increase their share of the council tax by 4.18 per cent.

Police in Ludlow are appealing for information after two incidents of criminal damage on the same road over the weekend.

A South Shropshire council has become the only authority in Shropshire that has agreed to reduce the amount of council tax residents will have to pay for the next financial year.

A national pizza chain plans to take on a prominent former bank building in the heart of a Herefordshire town.

A Ludlow councillor is again calling for action over a deteriorating former Costa Coffee building in the town centre.

Ludlow Town Council has launched a public consultation on plans for a Summer 2026 Youth Festival at the Wheeler Road Recreation Area.

Shropshire Council has confirmed a road closure near Church Stretton next month for resurfacing works.

A Worcester man is due to appear in court charged with terrorism offences.

Police are investigating the deaths of two people in Redditch.

Lower employer pension contributions by Powys County Council could plug a budget gap next year of up to half of the £12 million needed to maintain a balanced budget.

A consultation could be held soon on potential parking restrictions to be brought in to parts of a Powys town to deal with selfish parking.

Council tax bills in Powys will be going up by 4.9 per cent from April.

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust says it’s hugely proud of major progress in cutting treatment waiting times.

The number of people living in "very deep poverty" in the UK is at the highest level in more than 30 years, a charity has warned.

Ellen Roome began campaigning for a change in the law after her 14-year-old son died.

Reform UK and the Green Party are eyeing victory in 2026's first parliamentary by-election, as Sir Keir Starmer faces internal revolt over the decision to block Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham from standing for Labour.

"It's like starting life again," says Wayne Birkett, who suffered life-changing injuries in a killing spree which left three people stabbed to death.

"It's like starting life again," says Wayne Birkett, who suffered life-changing injuries in a killing spree which left three people stabbed to death.

The border commander who has emerged as the face of the Trump administration's ICE operation in Minneapolis is leaving his role.

The sound of deep, slow breaths echoes up a frozen staircase, followed by footsteps.

The threat to shipping posed by GPS jamming and other interference is growing and there is a "real risk to life", experts have warned.

The New England Patriots booked their place at Super Bowl LX as they edged out the Denver Broncos 10-7 in near blizzard conditions in the AFC Championship game.

Jamie Carragher believes Arne Slot's job will be at risk if Liverpool fail to qualify for the Champions League this season.

Nottingham Forest are prepared to pay £35m to sign Jean-Philippe Mateta from Crystal Palace and are willing to offer the striker a significant pay rise.

Arsenal's former captain Patrick Vieira has questioned the Gunners' "mental strength" in the Premier League title race after they lost at home to Manchester United.

Rory McIlroy, Keegan Bradley and Michael Thorbjornsen powered Boston Common Golf to another emphatic TGL victory as they routed The Bay Golf Club 9-1 at the SoFi Center.

Paris Hilton says the "pain and abuse" she faced as a teenager at so-called behaviour camps paved the way for her to find the "most meaningful work" of her life.

Steve Coogan says he doesn't want to fully be part of the British establishment because you cannot "get rid of the history which weighs heavily on all of us".

Stars of the runway and the screen have said farewell to fashion designer Valentino at a church service in Rome.

He is the Lewisham-born actor who, at the age of 73, finds himself in the running for an Oscar.

While Sinners has surpassed all expectations at this year's Oscar nominations, coming away with a whopping 16 nods, not all movies will be coming away from the nominations with the same happy glow.

Ellen Roome began campaigning for a change in the law after her 14-year-old son died.

AI and robotics are to be used to help detect lung cancer in a "trailblazing" scheme that experts are calling "a glimpse of the future of cancer detection".

The threat to shipping posed by GPS jamming and other interference is growing and there is a "real risk to life", experts have warned.

The UK has lost its measles elimination status from the World Health Organisation (WHO) after vaccination coverage plateaued and cases surged.

American climber Alex Honnold ascended one of the world's tallest buildings on Sunday without a rope or protective equipment. 

When Jane Wallbank found out she'd been awarded free upgrades to make her home warmer and cheaper to run, it sounded like "a fairytale".

A community action group in Tunbridge Wells is demanding the “immediate” sacking of South East Water’s chief executive after weeks of outages which have left tens of thousands of customers without water.

The UK has lost its measles elimination status from the World Health Organisation (WHO) after vaccination coverage plateaued and cases surged.

Suella Braverman has become the latest prominent Conservative politician to jump ship and join Reform UK.