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Shropshire Council is considering changes to the way it provides some of its leisure services in a bid to save more money.

Dyfed-Powys Police have confirmed that they are to sell Crickhowell Police Station and relocate to a new base with Mid and West Wales Fire. 

Shropshire Council’s adult care services have been rated ‘good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

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A mother who believes Shropdoc saved her son’s life has insisted that the out-of-hours GP service needs to stay in Shropshire.

A Herefordshire venue plans to host a double bill of politics and the reunion of an infamous band, both featuring Britain’s longest-serving political party leader.

Ludlow Town Council could be taken to court over a heated legal dispute regarding a collapsed wall and how it will be repaired.

In a rare show of cross-party unity, Herefordshire’s two MPs have jointly presented a Bill in Parliament pressing the government to bring back a plan to clean up the river Wye.

A councillor says he is worried about what nickname people may give to a housing development “due to its shape”.

Extinction Rebellion (XR) will be carrying a coffin in Shrewsbury on Thursday (February 27) to highlight Shropshire Council’s decision ‘to kill off its climate emergency declaration’.

Locals are optimistic they can bring a much-loved Herefordshire village pub back into community use.

It has cost Shropshire Council more than £500,000 to maintain 47 properties during the past year.

Planners have granted permission for 323 houses to be built in a village near Bridgnorth.

More than £21 million of outstanding council tax is owed to Shropshire Council, it can be revealed.

A police constable has admitted carrying out searches of West Mercia force systems concerning his child rapist ex brother-in-law and ex-wife but claims that he did it with permission from his seniors and for legitimate policing reasons.

A person was cut free from a vehicle after a crash at a level crossing.

Public urged not to touch sick or dead wild birds as avian influenza confirmed in Worcestershire.

Clun No2 Bridge – which carries an unclassified road over a tributary of the river Clun – will be closed for essential maintenance works from 24 February to 5 March 2025.

Worcestershire County Council will start to construct a new wall in Tenbury on Monday 24 February to replace the structure which collapsed during flooding last Autumn.

A project which will allow environmental experts to monitor bacteria at a bathing spot in the River Severn catchment on a daily basis has won funds from the River Severn Partnership Advanced Wireless Innovation Region.

A phone mast been given the green light to be built in a Shropshire hamlet despite dozens of objections.

The decision to stop using Shropdoc as the county’s out of hours GP provider has been officially challenged.

A plan for a new supermarket, care homes and nursery in a Herefordshire town faces its first major objection.

Residents are demanding immediate action on a section of a busy A-road after a large number of ‘near misses’ at temporary traffic lights.

Police are appealing for witnesses following a two-vehicle collision on the A525 Newcastle Road, near Woore.

Local elections will be held in Shropshire on May 1 – with all Shropshire Council and town and parish councils up for grabs.

Villagers have been left shocked by the sudden withdrawl of its post office outreach services, saying there was “virtually no warning.”

Nine people were arrested as police and partner agencies swooped on four locations in a crackdown on illegal workers in Herefordshire on Thursday.

Ludlow Town Council has objected to plans for a plant to recycle green waste.

People living in Shropshire village are becoming frustrated about how long it is taking to repair collapsed culverts.

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.