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  • 1 day ago | shropshirestar.com | Richard Williams

    A Labour MP for Shropshire has said she was considering rebelling on a crunch vote on disability benefits - ahead of a U-turn by the Prime Minister. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Speaking on Thursday evening (June 26), Julia Buckley, MP for Shrewsbury, said she had been "lobbying" the Government "hard" over the proposed changes to PIP (Personal Independence Payment), but was considering either abstaining or voting against next Tuesday's bill.

  • 1 day ago | shropshirestar.com | Richard Williams

    A Whitchurch woman has been cleared of drug offences and awarded costs. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Brooke Driscoll, aged 20, of Burfield Drive had been charged with possession with intent to supply class A drugs and concern in supply of class A drugs. The charges relate to an incident near Shawbury on Tuesday, January 30.

  • 1 day ago | shropshirestar.com | Richard Williams

    Every three years, visitors from the Shropshire towns twins of Thiers in the Auvergne, France, and Schrobenhausen, Bavaria, Germany head to the market town. Bridgnorth was twinned with Theirs in 1978 and with Schrobenhausen in 1992. Since then the three towns have enjoyed close links with regular visits, but the triennial festival sees members from all three twinning associations get together every three years.

  • 2 days ago | shropshirestar.com | Richard Williams

    A Shropshire MP admits he may lose the Conservative whip after he an attack on his own Tory leader. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565MPs were responding to a statement read out by PM Sir Keir Starmer on the recent G7 and NATO summits in the Commons on Thursday. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said that Sir Keir Starmer was an "irrelevance"  and was no longer a strategic leader on the world stage.

  • 4 days ago | shropshirestar.com | Richard Williams

    Anapplication from the council to its planning department has beensubmitted to take down The Lodge, which sits on Shrewsbury SportsVillage on Sundorne Road. The Shrewsbury Sports Village is currently undergoing a £28 millionredevelopment.  TheSports Village at Sundorne is set to be transformed with a 25m-longcompetition swimming pool at its heart plus seating for 250spectators and space for 250 competitors.

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