BBC News • 23rd April 2024

Senior fire officers investigated over 'horrendous' messages

Two senior fire officers are being investigated over claims they exchanged "deeply concerning" messages, one of which talked of "killing" a female colleague.

BBC News • 22nd April 2024

Frustration over half-finished Shrewsbury housing

Residents living near a half-finished housing development have been left frustrated after learning the company building it has gone into liquidation.

BBC • 22nd April 2024

Shrewsbury's abandoned housing estate - Shrewsbury's abandoned housing estate - Sounds

A half-built affordable housing development has been left abandoned.

BBC • 18th April 2024

Microsleep deaths - Microsleep deaths - Sounds

A couple died in an accident in Morville Heath after the driver experienced a microsleep.

BBC News • 17th April 2024

Man died after being crushed by Land Rover

A man died after being crushed by the Land Rover he was working on, an inquest has found.

BBC • 17th April 2024

What do you make of the proposed smoking ban? - What do you make of the proposed smoking ban? - Sounds

Newport shoppers debate MP's plans to ban smoking for anyone born after 2008.

BBC News • 17th April 2024

Morville Heath: Microsleep caused car and police crash - inquest

An inquest into the deaths of a couple killed when their car hit a police car has concluded the accident happened after the driver experienced a microsleep.

BBC News • 16th April 2024

Wet weather threatens to wash out Shropshire flower field opening

Wet weather could ruin plans to welcome visitors into fields at a flower farm, organisers fear.

BBC News • 12th April 2024

Gang gets life for DPD driver axe killing in Shrewsbury

Four men who beat a DPD delivery driver to death after ambushing him have been jailed for life for his murder. Aurman Singh, 23, was struck with an axe, a golf club, a wooden stave, a metal club, a hockey stick, a shovel, a cricket bat, and a knife during the fatal attack in Shrewsbury last August. Arshdeep Singh and Jagdeep Singh from Dudley, along with Shivdeep Singh and Manjot Singh from Smethwick were all told they will serve at least 28 years in prison. A fifth man, Sukhmandeep Singh from P

BBC • 12th April 2024

Gang gets life for Shrewsbury driver axe killing - Gang gets life for Shrewsbury driver axe killing - Sounds

BBC Radio Shropshire's Ellen Knight reports from outside Stafford Crown Court.

BBC • 5th April 2024

Wellington High Street 'revived' - Sounds

Independent shops say Wellington has improved over the past few years.

BBC News • 4th April 2024

Inpatient beds to reopen at Bishop's Castle community hospital

Health bosses have agreed to reopen inpatient beds at a community hospital, more than two years after they closed.

BBC • 28th March 2024

The Queen visits Shrewsbury - Sounds

Queen Camilla visited a farmers' market and Shrewsbury's Flaxmill Maltings.

BBC News • 27th March 2024

Queen greeted by crowds on Shrewsbury market visit

The Queen has been meeting traders at a farmers' market in Shrewsbury.

BBC News • 27th March 2024

Petition makes plea to save Shrewsbury's Chester university site

A graduate has set up an online petition, opposing the closure of the university site where he studied.

BBC • 22nd March 2024

Shropshire council improve safety on A5191 - Sounds

70 people have been injured along the A5191 in Shrewsbury in the space of 5 years.

BBC • 22nd March 2024

Telford and Cross Houses Police raids - Sounds

Seven men have been charged following an operation targeting rural crime in Shropshire.

BBC News • 21st March 2024

Dalian Atkinson youth fund launched in Telford

A fund has been set up in memory of the footballer Dalian Atkinson, who died after being tasered and beaten by a police officer in 2016.

ITV News • 1st February 2024

Villagers rally together after network 'incident' leaves homes without heating

Thousands of residents could be without heating and hot water for days, after a huge volume of water got into gas pipes.

ITV News • 25th January 2024

'We couldn't have stopped Valdo Calocane killing that night,' says police chief

The detective who investigated the "appalling" knife attacks in has told ITV News how it was "the most dreadful case that Nottingham has seen in his 28 years of policing".