Emily Lloyd

Oswestry

Editor at Oswestry & Border Counties Advertizer

Editor at Whitchurch Herald

Digital Audience and Content Editor at the @countytimes @advertizer @whit_herald Contact me at [email protected]

Articles

Shropshire MP welcomes national investigation into NHS maternity services

5 days ago | bordercountiesadvertizer.co.uk | Emily Lloyd

Health Secretary Wes Streeting confirmed the move this morning (Monday, June 23), saying that “up and down” the country “maternity units are failing, hospitals are failing, trusts are failing, regulators are failing” and there was “too much passing the buck”.
Teen launched 'unprovoked' attack on two men at village railway station

6 days ago | bordercountiesadvertizer.co.uk | Emily Lloyd

Billy Mudford, of Hadnall, assaulted two men at Gobowen Railway Station and didn't pay his train fare (Image: Newsquest) A teenager who launched an "unprovoked" attack on two men at Gobowen Railway Station has received a suspended prison sentence. Billy Mudford also failed to pay his £10 rail fare on the same occasion on March 30.
Time to party as popular park festivities set to return - here's all the details

1 week ago | whitchurchherald.co.uk | Emily Lloyd

Disco Inferno will be headlining when the annual Audlem Party on the Park returns next weekend (June 28). (Image: Disco Inferno) It's time to get your dancing shoes on as a popular event returns to a village near Whitchurch next weekend. Party goers will be sparkling, strutting and singing their hearts out as Audlem Party on the Park returns on Saturday, June 28, with the promise of being bigger and better than ever.
Burglar stole drugs that should have been used for cancer patient tests

1 week ago | bordercountiesadvertizer.co.uk | Emily Lloyd

Jamie Molineux targeted the pharmacy department at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and stole medication leading to tests for cancer patients not being completed (Image: Newsquest) Important tests for 20 cancer patients could not be carried out because a former Oswestry man stole drugs from a hospital pharmacy. Jamie Molineux entered the department of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital as a trespasser in February 2023 and stole medication to an unknown value.
Pair jailed for unprovoked attack on man they believed was a sex offender

1 week ago | whitchurchherald.co.uk | Emily Lloyd

Scott Davies, left, from Crewe, and Scott Kerry, right, of no fixed abode but previously of Wem, were sentenced after they assaulted a man in Shrewsbury (Image: West Mercia Police) A former Wem man has been jailed for 14 months for his part in the unprovoked and prolonged assault in Shrewsbury town centre on a man he believed was a sex offender.
Yellow health warning for Shropshire starts today as heatwave looms

1 week ago | bordercountiesadvertizer.co.uk | Emily Lloyd

The UK Health Security Agency has issued a yellow health warning for heat ahead of a predicted heatwave over the coming days (Image: PA/Jonathan Brady) A yellow health alert will come into effect this lunchtime (Wednesday, June 18) as the country braces itself for a heatwave. The UK Health Security Agency issued the West Midlands alert, along with several more across England, earlier this week. The alert for the region will begin at 12pm and end at 6pm on Sunday (June 22).
Teenage car thief who targeted BMW worth £27k is jailed

1 week ago | whitchurchherald.co.uk | Emily Lloyd

Ellis Brook was sentenced to two years detention for stealing high value vehicles, including a BMW from a house in Wem (Image: West Mercia Police) A teenage thief who targeted 'high-value' cars, including one from a house in Wem, tried to evade police by hiding in a kitchen cupboard.
Man taken to hospital in Liverpool with serious injuries after A5 crash

1 week ago | leaderlive.co.uk | Emily Lloyd

West Midlands Ambulance Service confirmed the driver was taken to Aintree Hospital while two male passengers were taken to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (Image: West Midlands Ambulance Service) A man has been taken to hospital in Liverpool in a "serious condition" after the vehicle he was driving crashed into a tree near Gobowen this morning (Tuesday, June 17). The accident on the A5/A483 happened close to the Five Crosses (Orthopaedic) roundabout at 1.34am.
Man taken to hospital in Liverpool with serious injuries after A5 crash

1 week ago | bordercountiesadvertizer.co.uk | Emily Lloyd

West Midlands Ambulance Service confirmed the driver was taken to Aintree Hospital while two male passengers were taken to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (Image: West Midlands Ambulance Service) A man has been taken to hospital in Liverpool in a "serious condition" after the vehicle he was driving crashed into a tree near Gobowen this morning (Tuesday, June 17). The accident on the A5/A483 happened close to the Five Crosses (Orthopaedic) roundabout at 1.34am.
LIVE: Man suffers serious injuries after car hits tree on A5/A483 at Gobowen

1 week ago | bordercountiesadvertizer.co.uk | Emily Lloyd

The driver of a car was taken to hospital in Liverpool with serious injuries after his vehicle hit a tree on the A5/A483 at Gobowen this morning. Two passengers were taken to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. The accident happened close to the Five Crosses (Orthopaedic) roundabout at 1.34am and left the road closed in both directions up to the B5009 (Gobowen) turn-off. The road reopened at around 9.40am and traffic is now running as normal.