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Beat the winter blues with Asda Home Cinema

As darker and colder nights descend upon us, Asda Walsall has teamed up with the Express & Star to offer one lucky reader the chance to avoid the cold, with £500 worth of vouchers to spend on a new home cinema system! Asda Walsall has everything you ...

From CHRIS LEGGETT, Express & Star,  6 Nov 2009

Card from trenches handed to family

A pensioner who made a nostalgic visit to his childhood Shropshire home was stunned after being handed a poignant postcard – sent by his late father from the trenches during World War One nearly 100 years ago. Grandfather-of-twelve Reg Lewis, 96, ...

From CHRIS LEGGETT, Shropshire Star,  5 Nov 2009

Shops move a ’success’

Demolition of a row of shops in a troubled part of Shrewsbury was claimed today to have helped to cut anti-social behaviour. The scheme to regenerate Moston Road in Sundorne has seen the number of incidents cut by more than 30 per cent compared to the ...

From CHRIS LEGGETT, Shropshire Star,  5 Nov 2009

Poppy box theft from town store

Thieves have stolen a poppy collection box from a Shrewsbury store, police said today. The Royal British Legion box was taken from outside the customer service area of Rackhams in the town’s High Street between 9am and 2.30pm on Tuesday. It was held in ...

From CHRIS LEGGETT, Shropshire Star,  5 Nov 2009

Fresh £25m health plan handed in to authority

A “tailored” bid to fund a multi-million pound health village in south Shropshire has been submitted, and campaigners hope for an answer this month. Shropshire County PCT has been working with partner organisations on the revised £25 million bid which ...

From CHRIS LEGGETT, Shropshire Star,  5 Nov 2009

Drivers face chaos during A41 works

Motorists are facing traffic chaos with controversial roadworks starting on one of Telford’s busiest roads later this month. Planned resurfacing work on the A41 was originally scrapped following protests from drivers facing the prospect of 30-mile ...

From CHRIS LEGGETT, Shropshire Star,  5 Nov 2009

Driver still ’seriously ill’ in hospital

The funeral of an Oswestry teenager who died when the car he was travelling in left the road and crashed into a tree was due to be held today. Grant McCulloch, of Balmoral Close, died on October 24 after the crash on the Gobowen Road. His funeral ...

From CHRIS LEGGETT, Shropshire Star,  5 Nov 2009

Canine star wows millions on TV

Shropshire’s canine star Otto entertained millions of people across the UK as he appeared on TV to be named as the oldest dog in the world. But even as viewers across the country were seeing Otto presented with his certificate, his claims for the title ...

From CHRIS LEGGETT, Shropshire Star,  5 Nov 2009

Grandma, 81, joins aerobic fundraiser

An 81-year-old great-grandmother is tearing up the rule book on ageing by attending aerobics classes three times a week and taking on a two-hour aerobathon. Marianne Dean, from Woodside in Telford, joined the two-hour aerobics session, saying she ...

From CHRIS LEGGETT, Shropshire Star,  5 Nov 2009

Survey shows stress affecting workforce

More than half of workers in Shropshire are stressed-out and cannot stop thinking of their job when they get home, a survey has found. The results of the survey come as Apprentice chief and multi-millionaire businessman Lord Alan Sugar dismissed bosses ...

From CHRIS LEGGETT, Shropshire Star,  5 Nov 2009

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