Whitchurch Herald

6 days ago | whitchurchherald.co.uk | Ruairi Walsh

An inquest hearing into the death of Victor Collins, 81, from Wem heard that Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust were forced into an internal investigation (Image: PA) There were “failings and missed opportunities” in the care of a Shropshire man who died from complications caused by severe constipation, an inquest has heard.

1 week ago | whitchurchherald.co.uk | David Tooley

A Reform UK election candidate has denied that he has any financial interest in his party’s backing for an £85 million county waste proposal. Justin Reynolds, who is standing for election to a Shropshire Council seat in Whitchurch, was behind a recent proposal to create a facility that could turn waste into hydrogen. Mr Reynolds confirmed he is the head of Asia Pacific at a London company called Hydrogen Refinery Ltd which is developing the technology that would be used in the proposed facility.

1 week ago | whitchurchherald.co.uk | David Tooley

Access to the site would be off the A41. Picture: Google Maps A developer has been told that it does not need to carry out an environmental impact assessment for a proposed plan for 200 new homes in north Shropshire. Documents submitted to Shropshire Council planners reveal that the proposal would see the homes built on a site off Chester Road, on the outskirts of Whitchurch. A full planning application has yet to be lodged by developer Castle Green Homes.

1 week ago | whitchurchherald.co.uk | Ruairi Walsh

Malpas Community Church will close at the end of next month (Image: Google Street View) A church in Malpas is set to close due to an ‘unviable congregation’. Malpas Community Church, which used to be known as the ‘High Street Church’ is set to close from the end of next month. The church which works under the umbrella of the United Reformed Church, has in one form or another been serving the community since the late 19th Century.

1 week ago | whitchurchherald.co.uk | Ruairi Walsh

The zone around the Griffiths Family Farm in Wem has been lifted (Image: Shropshire Council) The disease prevention zone that was placed around an industrial chicken farm in Wem has been lifted. The zone was enforced in January this year after avian flu was discovered at the Griffiths Family Farm, part of the Oakland Farm Eggs group, which housed as many as one million birds.