BBC News • 4th August 2026 Bishop's Castle hospital group get new focus after beds campaign Volunteers have created a garden at the community hospital to show support to staff and patients, two years after a hard-fought campaign to reopen its inpatient beds.
BBC News • 3rd August 2026 Longdon-upon-Tern bridge closure could halve takings, pub says Businesses in a rural community have said they fear a significant loss in earnings due to the closure of a bridge.
BBC News • 30th July 2026 New Telford College centre aims to stop talent draining from area The new state-of-the-art centre will be based at one of Telford College's campuses and is expected to create 205 new places for 16-19 year olds.
BBC News • 17th July 2026 Shropshire curlews released to boost endangered bird numbers Forty eight young curlews are being released back into their natural habitat as part of efforts to protect the species.
BBC News • 15th July 2026 Whitchurch's gnome-town heroes deliver planters to high street Operation Gnome, as it is called, is part of work to attract more business and tourism to their "gnome-town" of Whitchurch.
BBC News • 9th July 2026 Newcastle mayor died after being 'blinded by tractor headlights' Barry Panter, 75, died two days after the crash on 13 February 2025.
BBC News • 9th July 2026 Inquest opens into Brody Leach river death Brody Leach from Shrewsbury was last seen by friends at 03:54 BST on 26 June, close to the town's Porthill Bridge.
BBC News • 2nd July 2026 Oswestry couple turn Maryport cabin into award-nominated shed Abi Chesterton spotted the disused cabin, "looking sorry for itself", on a dockside in Maryport, Cumbria, when on holiday in 2022.
BBC News • 1st July 2026 Tears and celebrations as Shropshire river 'wiggle' restored A section of the River Kemp, in south Shropshire, had been straightened by landowners in the 1800s, disconnecting it from its natural floodplain and reducing biodiversity.
BBC News • 10th June 2026 'Our Church Pulverbatch nature project has been amazing for wildlife' A nature recovery project has had an amazing impact on wildlife, a group of volunteers have said.
BBC News • 5th June 2026 Support for Bridgnorth Pride praised amid abuse The organiser of a town's Pride event has praised the "support" of locals after facing abuse on social media.
BBC News • 4th June 2026 'Prostate cancer screening comes too late for my brother' A man whose twin died with prostate cancer has said the news that tens of thousands more black men will be invited to screening has come "three years too late" for his brother.
BBC • 3rd June 2026 Shropshire confetti used at superstar wedding - BBC Sounds Confetti grown on a Shropshire farm has been used at the wedding of pop superstar Dua Lipa.
BBC News • 3rd June 2026 'Dua Lipa used our Shropshire confetti at her wedding' Staff at a confetti company were "screaming" and "happy dancing" when they realised popstar Dua Lipa used their petal confetti at her wedding.
BBC News • 26th May 2026 Shropshire farmer to pay extra £25K on fertiliser due to Iran war A farmer who had to spend £25,000 more this year on fertiliser due to the war in Iran has said people in his industry are feeling "despondent."
BBC News • 23rd May 2026 Shropshire farmer's delight at 'surprise' rare triplet calves Calf triplets have been born on a Shropshire farm - a one in 100,000 chance, the National Farmers' Union estimates.
BBC News • 15th May 2026 Cows arrive in Shrewsbury for yearly conservation grazing Twenty cows have arrived in an urban nature reserve to carry out annual conservation grazing.
BBC • 7th May 2026 Phone battery the cause of fire death - BBC Sounds Dorothy Rose Roberts died in her bedroom after the blaze broke out at her home, the 15th Century Perches House, in the town centre on 27 January.
BBC News • 7th May 2026 Shrewsbury fire death caused by phone battery, inquest hears A fire that killed an 81-year-old woman in Shrewsbury started because of an overheated phone battery, an inquest has heard.
BBC • 7th May 2026 Killer jailed for 'brutal and sustained assault' - BBC Sounds Adam Rowson, carried out what the prosecution described as a "brutal and sustained assault" on Alexis De Naray last year.
