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Shropshire’s Liberal Democrats say they would scrap the controversial Household Recycling Centre booking system if they were in power.

In the lead-up to this year’s Remembrance Sunday, Ludlow Town Council, local volunteers, and residents have come together to improve Ludlow Peace Memorial.

A man has been given a 16-month custodial sentence after he was found to have over a thousand indecent images of children.

Herefordshire’s newly expanded fleet of gritters has been given its first outing ahead of the county’s winter road maintenance season.

Future Paramedics at West Midlands Ambulance Service are jumping into the virtual driving seat with a state-of-the-art virtual reality driving simulator to enhance their blue light driving skills and save lives.

South Shropshire has been "abandoned" by the Chancellor's Budget, Stuart Anderson MP has said.

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A new booking system for people wishing to visit any of Shropshire Council’s five household recycling centres comes into effect on Monday.

The line-up for the first-ever Ludlow Castle Comedy Festival has been announced.

A plan to convert buildings at a Herefordshire farm into seven homes has been approved, despite a large digester of chicken waste being also planned alongside them.

The Mayor of Ludlow Town Council told a senior officer at Shropshire Council that ‘ you don’t care what we think’ about plans to turn garden waste into a usable substance called biochar.

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People across Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Shropshire are being asked to give their views on how West Midlands Ambulance Service can be improved.

Police are continuing to appeal for witnesses after an 18-year-old was stabbed in Telford yesterday.

South Shropshire MP Stuart Anderson has marked the start of the Poppy Appeal.

A man has been taken to hospital following a stabbing in Telford.

People in a Herefordshire village say they are fed up with flooding, which they blame on a lack of capacity in the local sewerage system.

A man has been found guilty of abducting five sheep and slaughtering them in his garage.

A man will appear in the dock at Kidderminster Magistrates today after a three-week-old baby died in a car crash.

Powys county planners will advise councillors to approve plans for the long awaited £49 million new school building in Machynlleth.

Staff and councillors have been told they will have to leave the Shirehall from next week as cash-strapped Shropshire Council looks to save more money.

Shrewsbury is to be showcased on the national stage after being shortlisted for an award.

A union says it is alarmed by Shropshire Council’s sudden announcement to close the Shirehall to all staff and ‘it raises significant concerns about its financial stability’.

Plans to build nine houses near Ellesmere have been refused.

The Liberal Democrats is calling on Shropshire Council to rethink how it acts regarding severe flooding.

The new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Water Pollution, initiated and co-chaired by Ellie Chowns, MP for North Herefordshire, has held its first meeting.

A former railway station is to be converted into a holiday let.

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.