Shropshire

U.S. Education Secretary Duncan touts An Achievable Dream schools

A man students recognized for playing basketball with President Barack Obama visited two Newport News schools that grew from a tennis and tutoring program on Friday. An Achievable Dream Academy and An Achievable Dream Middle...

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Flood warnings to remain in place

Flood watch warnings remain in place on the River Severn in Shropshire and Worcestershire as well as the River Wye in Herefordshire. In Herefordshire, the A4113 is closed by floods between the A4110 at Leintwardine and the...

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School on top form over support project

Staff and pupils are celebrating being top of the class after their Shropshire school was chosen as one of just 60 schools nationwide to spearhead a campaign to help failing schools. St Peter’s Primary School, Wem, was also...

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Emergency services on alert after wettest day

The emergency services were braced today for more heavy rain after England’s wettest day on record claimed the life of a “heroic” policeman. Thousands of others have been left counting the cost of flooded homes and businesses....

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Pharmacist struck off over drugs use

A Shropshire pharmacy manager, who regularly helped herself to morphine-based medicine at work to ease back pain following a car accident more than 20 years ago, has been struck off. Hazel Wilkinson, of Painters Place, Tudor...

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Kitten now back home after visit to the Star

A stray cat which won the hearts of staff at the Shropshire Star’s head office has finally been reunited with his owner following an appeal in the paper. The black kitten, named Star by employees at the paper’s Ketley office,...

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Fuel poverty hits a third of rural homes

A third of households in villages, hamlets and isolated rural parts of the West Midlands, including Shropshire, are in fuel poverty as they struggle to heat their home during the recession, latest figures show today.

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Two held on van raid bid

Two people have been arrested over an attempted robbery of a security van outside a Shropshire supermarket in which a man was threatened with a hammer. Detectives from Shropshire travelled to Liverpool on Thursday and arrested...

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Star brings glamour to annual fundraiser

Telford was the shining town of Shropshire last night when TV star Gabrielle Drake arrived for the annual Tree of Light switch-on. The Tree of Light campaign, now in its 15th year, has so far raised more than £18,000 for...

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Terrence Higgins Trust Gets Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Involved In World AIDS Day

HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) is calling for people across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin to get involved in World AIDS Day (December 1) this year, either by attending an event, making a donation to...

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