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‘Just worry upon worry’: Europe faces a bleak winter as supply shock pushes factories to the brink

From Shropshire to Hamburg, depleting reserves and spiralling costs are spawning a continent-wide energy crisis

The Guardian - UK

Mystery Iron Age fort in Shropshire excavated after 40 years as archaeologists investigate its strange wetlands, huge earthworks and unexplained causeways

In Shropshire, archaeologists are unearthing the mysteries of Wall Camp, a unique Iron Age fort. Over the course of ten years, the project will delve into the fort’s defensive structures, its intriguing internal design, and explore how the surrounding marshlands were utilised. Previous finds, such as roundhouses and pottery, hint…

The Times of India

‘Tuscany may be beautiful, but do they sell sticks of rock?’: readers’ favourite UK holidays

Your best UK breaks include an island off Mull, a rail journey along the County Antrim coast and Dorset’s best-kept secret

The Guardian - UK

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Norman font moved from Shropshire to Scotland for King Charles

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The Independent UK

‘Like an Arthurian legend’: The font that followed Charles to Gordonstoun

The Norman font stood in the school’s chapel until the 1970s, when it was returned to St Michael’s Church in Upton Cressett, Shropshire.

The Independent UK

Prince Philip sent 12th-century font to Charles’ boarding school in the 1960s

The Norman font travelled from Shropshire to Scotland so that Charles would be ’surrounded by ancient objects of English beauty’

The Independent UK

'We Don't Feel Safe': Asylum-Seeking Family Begs to Leave £250K Newbuild Home in Shropshire Village

An immigrant family in Shropshire faces hostility and isolation, prompting them to seek a return to Stockport for safety and community support.

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Country diary: Today was once a public holiday, thanks to these oak ‘apples’

The Marches, Shropshire: You never know what kind of parasites you might find lurking in an old tree

The Guardian - UK

UK flag row turns ugly: Council workers face threats over Union Jack removals across England

Shropshire Council staff and elected members are facing abuse and intimidation over the removal of unauthorized Union Jack and St George's flags. These installations, believed to have spread from Birmingham, are causing safety concerns and financial burdens for residents. Other councils, like Oxfordshire, are also grappling with similar issues and…

The Times of India

Shropshire council staff met with rising ‘abuse and intimidation’ over removal of flags

Authority says workers and councillors ‘threatened for explaining the council’s position’ as union jack and St George’s flags taken down

The Guardian - UK

Country diary: A tale of two oak trees

The Marches, Shropshire: Our ancestors were captivated by how browsing by elk and bison affected tree growth. Now I am too by the human version – coppicing

The Guardian - UK

In the footsteps of a Welsh borderlands baddie: walking the Mortimer Trail

A trail named after a brutal marcher lord passes through tranquil countryside between Shropshire and Herefordshire but is rich in reminders of the area’s turbulent past

The Guardian - UK

First of three stranded narrow boats refloated after Shropshire canal breach

The rear of the Pacemaker was left hanging over a huge ‘sinkhole’ after a canal bank collapsed in the early hours of December 22.

Evening Standard

Video shows boats swallowed by a giant hole in Shropshire, UK

UK police declared a major incident after a giant hole opened up under a canal, draining part of it and leaving several narrowboats stranded.

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The Independent UK

Footage onboard Shropshire narrowboat captures moment canal collapsed into sinkhole

Watch the moment a pair of boaters raced to safety as a 160ft sinkhole opened up in Shropshire on Monday (22 December).

The Independent UK

‘We were dreaming of Christmas on the canal boat – now we’ve got to spend it in a hotel’

Geoff and Pamela Poole were planning on spending Christmas on their canal boat when a huge sinkhole opened up in Llangollen Canal in Shropshire

The Independent UK

Moment boat swallowed up after canal collapses into Shropshire sinkhole

Stunned bystanders captured the moment a canal boat dropped into a 160ft sinkhole in Shropshire on Monday (22 December).

International Business Times UK

Whitchurch Shropshire Canal Sinkhole Forces Closures as Engineers Assess Damage

A sinkhole on the Shropshire Union Canal in Whitchurch has forced closures after a bank collapse drained water, stranded boats and triggered emergency repairs.

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Evening Standard

Stretch of canal dammed off after ‘sinkhole’ leaves 10 needing rescue

A major incident was declared after reports of a hole emerging along the Shropshire waterway in the early hours of Monday morning.

Evening Standard

Major incident declared after canal ‘sinkhole’ leaves boats stranded

Emergency services said the Shropshire Union Canal had suffered a ‘significant breach’.

The Guardian - UK

Man describes narrow escape after boats pulled into giant hole on Shropshire canal

Major incident declared as 50-metre-long breach opens up in waterway previously flagged as ‘amber risk’

Evening Standard

Major incident declared after sinkhole collapses Shropshire canal

Emergency services were called after a large sinkhole drained a section of canal, with 12 people safely evacuated

The Independent UK

More than 10 rescued after huge sinkhole opens in canal in ‘major incident’

People are being asked to avoid the incident on the Shropshire Union Canal in Chemistry, Whitchurch

The Conversation

How the National Trust’s art collections can shape meadow restoration

Earlier this year I found myself stood among a sea of swaying ox-eye daises in a floodplain meadow on the Attingham estate in Shropshire, on land owned by the National Trust. I noticed other plants growing here: the sunny yellows of meadow buttercup, the wine-reds of great burnet and the…

The Independent UK

Incense bowl and helmet handle among finds at National Trust estate dig

In new approach the charity allowed members of the public to get hands-on with archaeological dig at Attingham Estate in Shropshire.

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