THE shock decision to close Shrewsbury Prison appears to have been ‘hurried’ and ‘poorly planned’ – with the announcement coming on the same day as job interviews were taking place at the jail, a major new report has said.
A man in his 20s has been arrested in connection with alleged racist comments made on the internet about the planned Muslim prayer centre in Shrewsbury, police have revealed.
THE adverse social and environmental impact of proposed giant poultry farms near Shrewsbury would outweigh any economic rewards the scheme would bring, a public inquiry has been told.
Shrewsbury’s only Homebase superstore will close next month, putting dozens of retail jobs in the town at risk, the Chronicle can reveal today.
Shrewsbury is one of the luckiest places to live for lottery players in the whole of the UK, a study out today reveals.
Plans have been submitted for Shrewsbury’s first Muslim prayer centre on the site of the council’s former register office.
UP to 80 jobs could be created under plans for a new out-of-town supermarket in Shrewsbury.
Elderly people in Shrewsbury have been warned to be on their guard against distraction burglars after £330 was stolen from a pensioner in the town by a conman.
A Shrewsbury arts festival is preparing to return for its tenth anniversary, with organisers promising to make it ‘bigger and better than ever’.
A father stabbed his three children to death with a hunting knife at a beauty spot near Shrewsbury before taking his own life, an inquest heard.