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Man jailed after sex chat with '13-year-old' - who turned out to be vigilantes
A FORMER Whitchurch man accosted by police when trying to meet a 13-year-old girl in Whitchurch who turned out to be a decoy was jailed on Monday. Anthony Allen, 29 and now of Wrexham, was handed a four-year sentence at Shrewsbury Crown Court on
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Santa island in Shropshire accessible only by speedboat among best festive days out
Santa has ditched his home in the North Pole this festive season and taken up residence on a floating forest in Alderford Lake, accessible only by speedboat. Santa's Island Experience, located at Alderford Lake, has been named among the best festive
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Head of former Whitchurch school says no pupil harmed by child porn teacher
The headteacher of a former school in Whitchurch has said no pupils were harmed by a teacher who was convicted for child pornography. Helen Clarke, who was head at the White House School in Whitchurch has said that she was “appalled and horrified
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Appeal for witnesses after two men killed in crash outside Oswestry
WITNESSES who saw the crash at Oswestry’s Mile End roundabout that killed two men on Sunday night are being sought by West Mercia Police. Officers from the force are looking for witnesses to the incident that killed drivers of both a blue Peugeot
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Two men confirmed dead after Oswestry A5 Mile End crash
TWO men died following a collision on the A5 in Oswestry at Mile End on Sunday night, it has been confirmed. West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) was called at 5.02pm to Mile End Island on the A5 in Oswestry to a collision involving a lorry and
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‘Childline saved my life’ – why you should donate this Christmas
A woman who was sexually abused as a child has praised the NSPCC’s Childline service for saving her life. Nicola - not her real name – said speaking to a Childline counsellor is what stopped her from taking her own life when she was a teenager.