Shropshire primary schools to ban smartphones during school day
Students at the schools, run by the Empower Multi-Academy Trust, will not be able take their devices into the building.
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Street cabinet covers taken in metal theft 'wave'
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Telford man diagnosed with dementia raises thousands for centre
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