Paul Rogers

1 week ago | shropshirestar.com | Paul Rogers

Oswestry Town Council met for the first time on Wednesday (May 21) since the elections. This involved going through who would represent the various committees and outside bodies. Get the latest headlines delivered straight to your inbox with the Shropshire Star’s free newsletterHowever, members chose to suspend the Cimate Change Partnership Panel, pending a review from the Transformation Committee.

1 week ago | shropshirestar.com | Paul Rogers

Marc Bayliss, Deputy Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC) for West Mercia, confirmed the news at a meeting to discuss rural crime. He said there wouldn’t be a reduction the amount of hours PCSOs are employed to work, with their shifts taking place during the day. “What the proposed shift was from the Chief Constable, was to stop them working past 8 o’clock so they wouldn’t be paid the additional shift allowance,” said Mr Bayliss. “But we recognise that has implications for local communities.

2 weeks ago | shropshirestar.com | Paul Rogers

Elizabeth Griffiths, who has run the Mumfords ironmongers shop in Cleobury Mortimer for the past 33 years, said she had ‘the shock of her life’ after national newspapers approached her about an image of Enoch Powell and his famous ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech being displayed in her window. The anti-immigration speech, delivered by the then Wolverhampton West MP in 1968, caused a national controversy, leading him to be sacked from Edward Heath’s shadow cabinet.

2 weeks ago | shropshirestar.com | Paul Rogers

In total, three vehicles were damaged in the incident in the lower end of Corve Street at about 9pm on Sunday, May 11. One resident, who did not wish to be named, said people were alerted to "a very loud collision". “It took the side trim, wheel arch and bumper off my car; the force of it pushed my neighbour’s car five to six feet along the road and bent her rear offside wheel,” she said. “We deduce from the damage that the driver was speeding.

2 weeks ago | shropshirestar.com | Paul Rogers

Liberal Democrat Duncan Borrowman, who won the Llanymynech seat at the local elections earlier this month, was voted in at a full council meeting on Thursday morning (May 22). The councillor he replaces as chairman, Vince Hunt, held the seat prior to Councillor Borrowman’s victory. Councillor Borrowman is known for being the landlord of the Bailey Head in Oswestry, which was named CAMRA’s UK pub of the year in January.