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While planning the day at breakfast, there’s an elephant in the room. In this particular case the elephant takes the form of the steeply sided and flat-topped Long Mynd, one of the burly bigger brothers that make up the Shropshire Hills, a string of heather topped mounds and ridges that dominate the Welsh borderland skyline … Read more
Odd NED fellows! Giant former show horse ‘Gunner’ retires to Shropshire farm to become best buddies with Steve the pint-sized Shetland pony Former show horse Gunner, 5ft 6ins recently retired to a sleepy Shropshire farm Tiny Shetland pony Steve, who stands at just 3ft, has taken him under his wing Pictures show the pair snuggling up and grazing … Read more
Pensioner in his 70s is found dead at Shropshire beauty spot – as tip-off leads police to arrest 21-year-old murder suspect Police arrested the man at 8.30pm on Thursday after receiving a tip-off Pensioner was found dead on Brown Clee Hill in South Shropshire on Friday It’s an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and at … Read more
Pensioner in his 70s is found dead at Shropshire beauty spot – as tip-off leads police to arrest 21-year-old murder suspect Police arrested the man at 8.30pm on Thursday after receiving a tip-off Pensioner was found dead on Brown Clee Hill in South Shropshire on Friday It’s an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and at … Read more
BT quotes pensioner more than £100,000 for broadband internet at his rural Shropshire home John Simister, 72, from Ellesmere, Shropshire, called BT after years of bad signal But he was shocked when the firm quoted him ‘between £70,000 and £100,000’ He had wanted to watch TV online and cursed BT for ‘absolutely ridiculous’ quote By … Read more
Coronavirus cases are soaring in Shropshire, Swindon and North Yorkshire, according to official data used by the government to track outbreaks. Official statistics reveal infections nearly tripled in Shropshire in the week ending July 28, rising by 280 per cent after 19 people caught the virus. Overall the Covid-19 case rate is still just 5.9 … Read more
Coronavirus cases are soaring in Shropshire, Swindon and North Yorkshire, according to official data used by the government to track outbreaks. Official statistics reveal infections nearly tripled in Shropshire in the week ending July 28, rising by 280 per cent after 19 people caught the virus. Overall the Covid-19 case rate is still just 5.9 … Read more
Travellers at the centre of a coronavirus outbreak in Shropshire say they have been ‘treated like animals’. But locals claim some members of the group, who live on a caravan park in the town of Craven Arms, are not self-isolating. Twenty-three coronavirus cases have been diagnosed on the site and health officials have warned the … Read more
Travellers at the centre of a coronavirus outbreak in Shropshire say they have been ‘treated like animals’. But locals claim some members of the group, who live on a caravan park in the town of Craven Arms, are not self-isolating. Twenty-three coronavirus cases have been diagnosed on the site and health officials have warned the … Read more
A coronavirus outbreak at a traveller site in Shropshire has seen nearly two dozen residents struck down with the life-threatening disease. Twenty-three new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed out of 41 people tested at the Long Lane caravan park in Craven Arms. But council bosses fear the number of coronavirus cases will continue to rise … Read more