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Whitchurch Cricket Club to host Shropshire Academy 50-over clash
4+ hour, 49+ min ago (276+ words) A Shropshire Academy cricket fixture will showcase emerging talent in a 50-over contest on home soil this weekend. The Academy will take on a Shropshire County Cricket League representative side at Whitchurch's Heath Road ground on Sunday, with play starting…...
Oswestry and Wem stars shine in latest cricket Fantastic Five
3+ hour, 51+ min ago (301+ words) Oswestry and Wem all'rounders led the way in the Tizer/Herald Fantastic Five, the combined weekly pick of standout bat and ball performances from the Shropshire County Cricket League programme. At Davenport Park, Josh Coleridge delivered arguably the weekend's most…...
Gaza faces uncertain future as Palestinians and Israelis mark 1, 000 days of war
5+ hour, 52+ min ago (1154+ words) It is the 1, 000th day since a Hamas-led attack on Israel sparked the war in Gaza. Other conflicts have emerged in the region, and fragile ceasefires show scars of persistent attacks. Both Israelis and Palestinians are weary of the strain. The…...
Shropshire school nominated for ARC Award for work with special needs pupils
13+ hour ago (433+ words) A school's trauma-informed approach to education has landed it on the shortlist for a regional award. Access School, part of the Family Care Group and based at Holbrook Villa Farm in Harmer Hill, Shrewsbury, has been nominated for the Midlands…...
Home Office says new-builds 'should never house asylum seekers' after Shropshire row
13+ hour ago (276+ words) New-build homes "should never house asylum seekers, the Home Office has said, after it emerged that up to 83 migrants will be moved into a development in a Shropshire village. The plans for Stoke Heath, first raised by Conservative MP Mark…...
Third run poser for Henderson if Constitution Hill is go for the Ebor
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (492+ words) It may prove a race against time to make the Sky Bet Ebor, but Nicky Henderson could not be happier with Constitution Hill as he begins to formulate the next steps in his former hurdling star's Flat odyssey. The 2023 Champion…...
Pupils in Wem school set to broadcast their own radio programmes
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (312+ words) Pupils are set to broadcast their own radio programmes. The project at St Peter's C of E Primary & Nursery School in Wem is supported by INTune Radio CIC and sponsored by Monks Estate Agents. Headteacher Cathy Davies said: "We are…...
Katie Boulter pays credit to "fearless" opponent in first-round Wimbledon loss
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (426+ words) Katie Boulter admitted she had a bad day at the office after being dumped out of Wimbledon by teenage qualifier Tyra Caterina Grant. The British number two was beaten in straight set by 18-year-old Italian Grant, ranked 172 in the world....
Man to be sentenced after admitting two assaults in Shropshire
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (187+ words) A man will be sentenced by a crown court judge after he assaulted a woman twice in Shropshire. Niall Rowley admitted two counts of assault after incidents in Wem on May 13 and Shrewsbury on June 19. He also admitted one count…...
Zelensky condemns "horrific attacks" as Russian strikes kill 12 in Ukraine
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (580+ words) Russian missiles and drones killed at least 12 civilians and injured 40 others in Ukraine on Monday in what President Volodymyr Zelensky described as "horrific attacks. Since Russia launched its all-out invasion of its neighbour more than four years ago, its forces…...