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Fears Oswestry to Gobowen rail link faces axe after Government spending review
Plans to re-connect Oswestry to the main railway network have been thrown into doubt after the new Labour government said it was scrapping the funding programme behind the scheme. A number of projects including the rail link between Oswestry and
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Ex-BBC newsreader Huw Edwards charged with making indecent images
Former BBC presenter Huw Edwards has been charged with making indecent images of children, the Metropolitan Police said. The veteran broadcaster, 62, who left the corporation in April, faces three charges over alleged activity between December
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Danger driver tasered TWICE after high speed police chase in over-stuffed car
A ST MARTINS man who ran away from police for dangerous driving and had to be tasered twice to be arrested has escaped jail. Benjamin Golding, 24 and of Ellesmere Road, appeared at Shrewsbury Crown Court on Monday, July 29 to be sentenced for one
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Motorcyclist sent to hospital after Oswestry A5 Mile End services crash
A MOTORCYLIST was taken to hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries as a result of the accident that closed part of the A5 near Mile End services on Sunday. West Mercia Police and West Midlands Ambulance Services(WMAS) both attended
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Met Office issues Shropshire with yellow warning for thunderstorm
The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms for Shropshire. Most of England and the eastern half of Wales are covered by the alert, which comes into force at 12pm on Thursday, August 1, and ends at 11.59pm. Heavy showers
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National Garden Scheme to open up at Llanfyllin's Bryngwyn Hall
THE National Garden Scheme (NGS) will be coming to Llanfyllin this weekend as owners of Bryngwyn Hall will be opening the doors. On Sunday, August 4, the Grade II-listed hall will open its gardens to the public as part of the national scheme to
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Whisper, Buttons and Freddo find loving home after Cadbury factory rescue
KITTENS and their mum which were saved from the Cadbury site in Chirk have been given a loving home. Whisper, Buttons and Freddo, and their mum Shadow, were recently rescued by Paul Conway of the Candy & Tibby Trust charity after moving onto the
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Residents say Oswestry shop 'unlikely to reopen' after serving generations
RESIDENTS close to a long-established shop in Oswestry say it is unlikely to reopen after serving generations of people. R K & M Lewis Convenience Store, in Upper Church Street, has been emptied of its items and closed to the public. According