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More than 10 rescued after huge sinkhole opens in canal in ‘major incident’

People are being asked to avoid the incident on the Shropshire Union Canal in Chemistry, Whitchurch

The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2025

How the National Trust’s art collections can shape meadow restoration

Earlier this year I found myself stood among a sea of swaying ox-eye daises in a floodplain meadow on the Attingham estate in Shropshire, on land owned by the National Trust. I noticed other plants growing here: the sunny yellows of meadow buttercup, the wine-reds of great burnet and the…

The Conversation · Oct 13, 2025

Incense bowl and helmet handle among finds at National Trust estate dig

In new approach the charity allowed members of the public to get hands-on with archaeological dig at Attingham Estate in Shropshire.

The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2025

Willie Jones obituary

Other lives: English teacher at Shrewsbury school in Shropshire who emigrated to Japan and taught at Hokkaido University

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3, 2025

At last, a victory for rivers over megafarms: now councils can’t treat toxic waste as someone else’s problem

We won a high court case against Shropshire council’s plans for a new polluting poultry unit. Now a precedent has been set, says River Action founder Charles Watson

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2025

Poultry megafarm in Shropshire halted over river pollution concerns

Planning permission quashed by high court after officials failed to consider impact of spreading manure on land

The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2025

Police investigate Enoch Powell portrait hung in village shop as ‘hate incident’

Exclusive: A Shropshire shopkeeper hung the display to show the need for ‘strong political leadership’

The Independent UK · May 21, 2025

Chicken megafarm in Shropshire must not be built, clean river group tells court

‘Huge volumes of chicken muck’ entering rivers are harmful to fish and plants, campaigners argue at Cardiff high court

The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2025

Family pay tribute to ‘loving and kind’ 18-year-old among three killed in Shropshire car crash

Teenagers Simon Evans, Jacob Holeman, and Jenson Bridges all died after Audi A1 crashed near Telford on Friday

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2025

Tributes paid to ‘funny, loving’ 18-year-old passenger in triple death crash

Teenagers Simon Evans, Jacob Holman and Jenson Bridges died after the smash involving an Audi A1 in Shropshire.

Evening Standard · Mar 19, 2025