Shropshire County, England News

Roy Morgan Research If, as Winston Churchill once remarked, attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference, then Wellington, Auckland and the rest of New Zealand are diverse indeed.

Source: Roy Morgan Single Source , July 2010 - March 2013 . Base: New Zealand population aged 14+ Old-school rotary-dial telephones are fast becoming a distant memory for most Kiwis, judging by findings in the latest Roy Morgan State of the Nation New Zealand report.

You can tell a lot about a city by its public transport. Take Auckland and Wellington, for example.

Margaret, who was 66 and lived at The Straits in Sedgley , was a member of Dudley Council from 2002 to 2003.

Robert Barlow died from serious injuries in Reabrook Avenue, near to the Old Potts Way retail park, in Shrewsbury, at 22:50 BST on Saturday.

West Mercia Police says it is entitled, by law, to take the swabs of anyone over the age of 10 - the legal age of responsibility.

West Mercia Police says it is entitled, by law, to take the swabs of anyone over the age of 10 - the legal age of responsibility.

AN ELDERLY man has died in a two-car crash near Wrexham. David Frank Hopley, 71, of Welshampton, died at the scene of the collision on the A539 in Hanmer shortly before 9pm on Wednesday.

AN OSWESTRY entrepreneur has hit out after misquoted business rates left him with a bill of thousands of pounds.

Fire crews from Stourport and Kidderminster were first to arrive at Pelican Foods, Barracks Lane, Sandy Lane Industrial Estate at 10.20pm where they found a severe fire.

His will, a shawl and a drinking cup are also among the lots going under the hammer at Ludlow Racecourse in Shropshire later.

A STOURPORT mother who falsely claimed she was a single parent to receive benefits has been given a six-month curfew.

THE new Mayor of Whitchurch will be well aware of what he's letting himself in for - he's taking up the role for the fifth time.

A 34-year-old Kidderminster man has been warned that jail is a possibility when he returns to court after admitting a charge of assault.

IMAGES have been released of two people that West Mercia Police would like to speak to relating to criminal damage to cars parked in a Kidderminster street.

THE chairman of Wyre Forest's UK Independence Party says the group was "deceived" by race-row former councillor Eric Kitson, who has now been thrown out of the party.

Supportive colleagues: From left, Ian Hardiman, chief executive of the district council Ian Miller, councillor Marcus Hart, Ed Millington, Jim Millington, district council's park's supervisor Adrian Leonard.

Lack of grants in Wales blamed for nation's eco-bus shortage, while 434 are on the roads over the border The Welsh Government has been urged to fund greener buses as towns and cities struggle to cut air pollution, amid suggestions Wales is lagging behind England and Scotland on the issue.

THE MPs for Wyre Forest and Hartlebury say they are concerned at the length of time a review into Worcestershire's hospital provision is taking to complete.

It comes just over 33 years after the first barrels of Wood's Special were rolled out of the former stables behind the village's Plough Inn.