FIREFIGHTERS in Wem are encouraging residents to grab a late-night snack from their local chippy as a way to reduce house fires this week.
The request comes as part of National Chip Week, and firefighters visited Fry-Days in Wem this week to push their message.
Fire crews are often called out to incidents involving house fires caused […]
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Badger breach canal reopens
RESIDENTS in Bettisfield are celebrating after being reassured that a breach in the nearby Llangollen Canal – which forced one couple out of their home and flooded fields – will not happen again.
Antony and Sheila Elmer were flooded out of their home when the canal, which runs along a raised embankment behind their house, sprang […]
Family inquest opens

AN inquest has been opened into the death of a St Martins businessman and his wife and daughter.
The bodies of 56-year-old Susan McFall and her daughter Francesca, 18, were discovered by police at their home in Hampton Road, Oswestry, and within hours, the body of Hugh McFall, the husband of Susan and father of Francesca […]
Elderly to quiz council over meals on wheels
SENIOR citizens in north Shropshire will get their chance to quiz council representatives about the future of their meals on wheels services – which are due to be axed at the end of March.
Stephen Chandler, assistant director of adult social care, will be at a meeting of the Shropshire Association of Senior Citizen Forums today, […]











