Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council News

NHS mixed-sex wards anger
NHS patients across Shropshire are still facing the daily indignity of being treated in mixed-sex hospital wards, new figures revealed today.

Animal ban is RSPCA case victory
A Shropshire man who beat his heavily pregnant dog with crutches while he … [visit site to read more]

Body of missing man found
A search for a missing 43-year-old man has been called off by police after a body was discovered beneath the Chirk viaduct near Oswestry.

Underwear firm is focus of new play
The factory buzzes with the activity of an industrial workforce. A woman strikes a sexy pose in what, by today’s standards, is the most modest of underwear.

County landmark disappears
One of the last remaining landmarks at Shropshire’s British Sugar plant today disappeared from the skyline after being toppled over as part of work to demolish the … [visit site to read more]

Two charged following house fire
Two people arrested over the death of a Shropshire man are charged with perverting the course of justice.

Subsidy proposed for home-buyers
Home-buyers in Shropshire could be offered a subsidy to help them get a mortgage, a council says.

Man hit pregnant dog with stick
A man who beat his pregnant dog with a stick is banned from keeping any animals for 10 years.

Adjudicator backs school mergers
The Schools' Adjudicator backs council plans to merge four Shropshire primary schools into two.

Engineering firm axes 60 workers
A Shropshire engineering firm announces it is cutting the jobs of about 60 temporary and contract workers.

Simpson bolsters attacking options
Boss Paul Simpson today moved to pep up Shrewsbury Town’s attacking options - unveiling striker Nick Chadwick as his first permanent signing of the January transfer window.

Wolves signing of Gow collapses
Glasgow Rangers striker Alan Gow’s transfer to Wolves is off after he failed his medical.

Meredith has Bucks Wembley dream
Full-back James Meredith has extended his stay at AFC Telford United - and promptly set his sights on a trip to Wembley and a league title.

Town team must fill Holt shooting boots
We want goals from everywhere - that will be the message from Shrewsbury Town manager Paul Simpson as his side begin a fortnight without leading scorer Grant Holt tomorrow.

Hankey out to mend broken heart
Shropshire thrower Ted Hankey meets John ‘Boy’ Walton in the quarter-finals of the BDO World Championship tonight at Lakeside - and he is determined to avoid a repeat performance of 2001.

'Unprecedented' rise in measles
There is an "unprecedented increase" in measles cases in England and Wales, experts report.

Man shot dead in post office raid
A man is shot dead and another is hit in the leg in a robbery by three men at a village post office in north Worcestershire.

Breast cancer gene-free baby born
The first baby in the UK tested before conception for a genetic form of breast cancer has been born.

Man charged over head in bag find
A 54-year-old man is charged over the discovery of a human head and bones in a shopping bag.

Ronaldo to be quizzed over crash
Cristiano Ronaldo is to be questioned by police after crashing his £200,000 Ferrari in a tunnel near Manchester Airport.