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‘The sores on the fish are nasty’: what’s behind the changes in the River Severn?

Faced with a dearth of data on the impact of local mega farms, volunteers have shown sewage pollution has soared

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UK’s intensive farming hotspots have 79 times more chickens than people, data shows

Despite large poultry units being a key driver of river pollution, their number has soared near the Wye and Severn

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The streetlights going out over Britain tell a brutal story: austerity isn’t over – it’s getting worse

Labour won’t achieve its aim of reviving the UK’s economy until it takes the plight of cash-starved councils more seriously, writes Guardian columnist John Harris

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Why I swapped France for this beautiful English county to celebrate my milestone birthday

As Mary Novakovich was heading towards her 60th birthday, she longed for the southern French getaway she had for her 40th – until she discovered the autumnal charm of this Shropshire market town

The Independent UK

The best holidays to book for December 2024, from sun-drenched St Lucia to Krakow’s Christmas markets

Winter is coming, it bringing travel plans for Christmas city breaks and off-season Caribbean sun – whether you fancy hitting the slopes in Austria, a beach escape in St Lucia or a hike in the Shropshire Hills, we’ve something to inspire you

The Independent UK

Escaped capybara Cinnamon spotted in drone pictures after escaping Hoo Zoo enclosure

Drone captures ‘beloved’ rodent just metres from Hoo Zoo in Shropshire

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Shropshire zoo seeks runaway ‘beloved’ capybara

Telford’s Hoo Zoo and Dinosaur World urges public to report sightings of Cinnamon and not approach her

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Country diary: A summer wedding with an arboreal soundtrack

The Marches, Shropshire: A lone black poplar drones and hums a song as old as these fields, as a single swallow zips above

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Chicken industry must halt expansion to stop ‘environmental scandal’ in River Severn

Campaigners warn of same ‘tragic events’ as in River Wye if planners ignore pollution risks of intensive production

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Archaeological survey detects Roman villas and iron age farmsteads in Shropshire

National Trust ground-scanning technology maps new features close to site of Roman city of Wroxeter

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Country diary: A walled garden that lived, died and lives again

The Marches, Shropshire: The grand Llanforda Hall is long gone, but the garden is overgrown and liberated, haunted with the same obsession that brought it into being

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Country diary: The dandelions should be crowded; instead, a solitary bee

The Marches, Shropshire: These glorious so-called weeds are everywhere at the moment, undimmed by the lack of attention

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London leavers: 'Robbie Williams and I plan our artworks over the phone now I've swapped Acton for Shropshire'

Robbie Williams’ creative partner Ed Godrich upped sticks to the Corvedale Valley and saved his local pub

Evening Standard

England’s largest gold nugget found in Shropshire with faulty metal detector

Richard Brock arrived late at detectorists’ outing, but within 20 minutes had found Hiro’s Nugget, likely to be worth over £30,000

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Country diary: A horned sheep, caught beneath a ‘kink’

The Marches, Shropshire: The sheep struggles, trapped in a fence wire. I try to separate one from the other

Evening Standard

Direct rail services between Shropshire and London to end soon

The service is reportedly being cancelled because not enough people use it

Evening Standard

London leavers: 'We swapped paying £1,000 a month London rent for renovating a £170k period home in Ludlow'

A passion for coffee and a move to Shropshire allowed Anabelle de Gersigny and Matt Wade to build their property portfolio

Evening Standard

Two dead and two injured in car crash involving police vehicle in Shropshire

A driver in his 60s and passenger aged in her 50s were killed in the crash with a crime scene investigation vehicle

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Two die in collision involving police vehicle in Shropshire

Man in 60s and woman in 50s pronounced dead at scene of crash in Morville Heath on Saturday

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Les Jones obituary

Other lives: Economics teacher who was also an organic farming enthusiast with a smallholding in Shropshire

The Independent UK

Nurse who died in PoW camp weeks before armistice ‘may have survived in France’

Helena Stewart Bennet died on October 18, 1918 when flu and pneumonia ravaged the Shropshire hospital she had been posted to.

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Shropshire firefighters rescue ‘one donkey, stuck in storm drain’

Amigo the donkey hoisted to safety after falling waist-deep into muddy drain hole covered by leaves

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UK children’s cycle maker Islabikes to shut after nearly 18 years

Shropshire company that employs about 20 people says it has been a ‘difficult and turbulent time’

The Independent UK

Storm Babet travel advice - latest: Transport chaos as plane skids off runway and drivers issued flood warning

Torrential rain forces major roads to close and blocks rail lines as drivers warned over flooded areas

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Omid Djalili cancels Shropshire show due to ‘security threats’ following comments on Israel-Gaza conflict

British Iranian comedian and actor has been vocal about the atrocities of the Israel-Gaza conflict

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