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Shropshire Council is consulting on the future of its in-house adult day centres, including its Aquamira site, as part of a response to "significant financial pressures."

A volunteer cleaner has said seeing graffiti in public places "gets on my nerves" - and has pledged to clear it up.

Seven years ago Sam Beech, 48, decided it was time to take to the next level the pledge to "tread lightly on the earth" she made at the age of 12 as she became a vegetarian.

Speaking ahead of the National Farmers' Union's annual conference, Edward Garratt, who has a small farm on the Wrekin in Shropshire, said a resilient food system was "the cornerstone to not just food security, but national security as well."

More than 350 people gathered at King's College Cambridge for an open iftar, a meal that marks the breaking of a Ramadan fast.Sunday's event was organised by the Ramadan Tent Project (RTP) and worshippers were joined by people of different faiths, and no faiths.Organiser Kashif Darr said it aimed to …

Patients have welcomed confirmation their GP surgery will reopen on 1 April after being closed since 2022.Parnwell Medical Centre, in Saltersgate, Peterborough, shut after subsidence and structural safety concerns made the building unsafe, leaving about 1,700 patients to seek care elsewhere.When speaking at a residents' meeting on Thursday, Mohsin Laliwala, …

The Chinese community in Peterborough is approaching Lunar New Year with a renewed sense of optimism, embracing the theme of "freedom and success" associated with the Year of the Fire Horse.The festival begins on Tuesday and marks not only a new 12 months but also a hopeful chapter after challenging …

A woman who home educates her son has said a new education bill could create "a lot of problems" for some families.

Worshippers at a Hindu temple said they were "heartbroken" to potentially be facing eviction after their second bid to buy the temple's site was unsuccessful.The Bharat Hindu Samaj Temple in Peterborough, which caters for nearly 14,000 people, was established in the city's New England Complex in 1986.Peterborough City Council's cabinet …

Planning has been approved for the trust to build a new car park and miles of trails to the east of the existing house and grounds.

Cassidy said: "After the game finished, we came back to the changing room. Darren noticed the words written in red and blue on the walls. There was fresh paint on the soap dispensers, too."No-one carries paint in their car for fun... in my opinion this was done deliberately."It took me …

Big improvements in patient waiting time have been made by an NHS trust that runs two acute hospitals in Shropshire.

A woman who spent her teenage years in foster care is starting a business to support other young people in the care system.

Two men have been jailed for four years for helping the murderers of best friends Max Dixon and Mason Rist.

The owner of a gaming card shop said his business felt "no longer a safe space for him" after £100,000 worth of stock and cash was stolen from the premises. Collectors Corner in Culley, Court, Orton Southgate, Peterborough, was broken into on 27 January by a person who spent about …

Staff at a National Trust property have said plans to create a new "outdoor hub" will improve access to green spaces.

Can art and creativity really help bring people back into town?Peterborough Positive, the city's business improvement district (BID) body, has launched a new street art trail and map celebrating the collection of murals brightening up the city, hoping it will attract visitors to the centre.The free map, external highlights 15 …

A 75-year-old man who suffered a stroke was unable to call 999 on his landline because it had been cut off during a digital upgrade of his phone service.

To Lam himself spoke of this in January last year: "What percentage of the value do we contribute here? Or are we at the lowest end of the value chain, mainly doing outsourcing for foreign companies? If a shirt is sold with the design, fabric, dye, thread and buttons all …

A Muslim leader is calling on the government "to do more" to help his congregation feel safe.Abdul Chaudhuri, chairman of Peterborough's Joint Mosque Council, said hate crimes against members of the community had "significantly increased" and he called on ministers to "adopt a definition of Islamophobia".It comes as Sarah Jones, …

A man who has a rare bone disorder is being treated with a new therapy for the condition at the hospital where he also works.

Skatepark users said a lack of lighting was putting them at "serious risk" and forcing some to travel elsewhere.The lights at the facility in Hampton Hargate, Peterborough, have reportedly been out of order since August, and regular users said repeated attempts to contact the council have so far failed to …

Amendment 23, which has cross-party support, removes the Government's exemption for secret services in Hillsborough Law's Duty of Candour, as called for by bereaved families from the Manchester Arena bombing in a letter to the Prime Minister last week. MI5 officials misled the Manchester Arena Inquiry regarding intelligence it held …

An 87-year-old woman appeared scared of her son when he turned up at her door unannounced a week before her death, a jury has been told.

Dawn Williams, 52, is now cancer-free and credits the sport with giving her confidence and strength to get through gruelling chemotherapy.

In May 2025, Wenlock Edge Farm Shop, in Shropshire, was left a pile of smouldering remains.

Families bereaved by the Manchester Arena bombing say MI5 failed them and must be fully included in a new law designed to stop cover-ups in public life.In a letter to Sir Keir Starmer, seen by the BBC, they ask the prime minister: "How many times must MI5 show that it …

David Holmes was just 17 years old when he started making magic happen as Harry Potter's stunt double. The talented gymnast, from Leigh-on-sea in Essex, performed stunts deemed too risky for the film's 11-year-old star Daniel Radcliffe. But in January 2009 while filming the seventh film, he was rapidly jerked …

"The phone rang, it was my agent, and she told me I was going to be on Strictly. I just started screaming."Ellie is beaming as she talks from her home in Essex about the phone call she had dreamed about for years.But it was not a surprise to her - …