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The Marches, Shropshire: Our ancestors were captivated by how browsing by elk and bison affected tree growth. Now I am too by the human version – coppicing

The Guardian - UK

In the footsteps of a Welsh borderlands baddie: walking the Mortimer Trail

A trail named after a brutal marcher lord passes through tranquil countryside between Shropshire and Herefordshire but is rich in reminders of the area’s turbulent past

The Guardian - UK

First of three stranded narrow boats refloated after Shropshire canal breach

The rear of the Pacemaker was left hanging over a huge ‘sinkhole’ after a canal bank collapsed in the early hours of December 22.

Evening Standard

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Video shows boats swallowed by a giant hole in Shropshire, UK

UK police declared a major incident after a giant hole opened up under a canal, draining part of it and leaving several narrowboats stranded.

Euronews

Footage onboard Shropshire narrowboat captures moment canal collapsed into sinkhole

Watch the moment a pair of boaters raced to safety as a 160ft sinkhole opened up in Shropshire on Monday (22 December).

The Independent UK

‘We were dreaming of Christmas on the canal boat – now we’ve got to spend it in a hotel’

Geoff and Pamela Poole were planning on spending Christmas on their canal boat when a huge sinkhole opened up in Llangollen Canal in Shropshire

The Independent UK

Moment boat swallowed up after canal collapses into Shropshire sinkhole

Stunned bystanders captured the moment a canal boat dropped into a 160ft sinkhole in Shropshire on Monday (22 December).

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Whitchurch Shropshire Canal Sinkhole Forces Closures as Engineers Assess Damage

A sinkhole on the Shropshire Union Canal in Whitchurch has forced closures after a bank collapse drained water, stranded boats and triggered emergency repairs.

International Business Times UK

Stretch of canal dammed off after ‘sinkhole’ leaves 10 needing rescue

A major incident was declared after reports of a hole emerging along the Shropshire waterway in the early hours of Monday morning.

Evening Standard

Major incident declared after canal ‘sinkhole’ leaves boats stranded

Emergency services said the Shropshire Union Canal had suffered a ‘significant breach’.

Evening Standard

Man describes narrow escape after boats pulled into giant hole on Shropshire canal

Major incident declared as 50-metre-long breach opens up in waterway previously flagged as ‘amber risk’

The Guardian - UK

Major incident declared after sinkhole collapses Shropshire canal

Emergency services were called after a large sinkhole drained a section of canal, with 12 people safely evacuated

Evening Standard

More than 10 rescued after huge sinkhole opens in canal in ‘major incident’

People are being asked to avoid the incident on the Shropshire Union Canal in Chemistry, Whitchurch

The Independent UK

How the National Trust’s art collections can shape meadow restoration

Earlier this year I found myself stood among a sea of swaying ox-eye daises in a floodplain meadow on the Attingham estate in Shropshire, on land owned by the National Trust. I noticed other plants growing here: the sunny yellows of meadow buttercup, the wine-reds of great burnet and the…

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Incense bowl and helmet handle among finds at National Trust estate dig

In new approach the charity allowed members of the public to get hands-on with archaeological dig at Attingham Estate in Shropshire.

Golf Monthly

Is This England’s Most Natural And Wildest Course?

Rob Smith heads to Shropshire to revisit a course packed with quirk and charisma offering spectacular panoramas and value

The Guardian - UK

‘Birmingham is up the road but there are no buses’: privatisation a dead end for Ludlow

People in the Shropshire town have been left cut off and frustrated by the collapse of public transport

Advnture

Splash around safely: new app uses high-tech underwater sensors to judge water quality for British swimmers

Open water swimmers in Shropshire, England, can check daily data and swim without worrying about pollution

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The Guardian - UK

Clive of India isn’t welcome in Shrewsbury either

Letters: Jean Garner objects to his monument in the Shropshire town and is hoping for Thangam Debbonaire’s support in getting it removed

The Guardian - UK

Willie Jones obituary

Other lives: English teacher at Shrewsbury school in Shropshire who emigrated to Japan and taught at Hokkaido University

The Guardian - UK

At last, a victory for rivers over megafarms: now councils can’t treat toxic waste as someone else’s problem

We won a high court case against Shropshire council’s plans for a new polluting poultry unit. Now a precedent has been set, says River Action founder Charles Watson

The Guardian - UK

Poultry megafarm in Shropshire halted over river pollution concerns

Planning permission quashed by high court after officials failed to consider impact of spreading manure on land

The Independent UK

Police investigate Enoch Powell portrait hung in village shop as ‘hate incident’

Exclusive: A Shropshire shopkeeper hung the display to show the need for ‘strong political leadership’

The Guardian - UK

Chicken megafarm in Shropshire must not be built, clean river group tells court

‘Huge volumes of chicken muck’ entering rivers are harmful to fish and plants, campaigners argue at Cardiff high court

The Independent UK

Family pay tribute to ‘loving and kind’ 18-year-old among three killed in Shropshire car crash

Teenagers Simon Evans, Jacob Holeman, and Jenson Bridges all died after Audi A1 crashed near Telford on Friday

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