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March 24, 2025

‘Social prescriptions’ can help young people through mental health challenges – new research

Your World|Mar 24

March 22, 2025

Powys organisations share £30,000 grant to help tackle child poverty

How Covid brought down the curtain on our theatres - but the show still went on

Features|Mar 22

Meet the Shropshire medical herbalist offering the UK's only drug free menopause clinic at her new wellness centre

March 21, 2025

West Midlands dog attack bar worker may have died from heart condition, inquest told

NHS waiting times at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust fall short of Government targets - here's by how much

March 20, 2025

Orthopaedic surgeon from Shropshire uses annual leave to transform children's lives

Your World|Mar 20

World Oral Health Day: A quarter of parents ‘forget’ to brush their kids teeth

Your World|Mar 20

Testing times - the importance of regular eye checks this World Optometry Day

Your World|Mar 20

A Presteigne charity is celebrating after being awarded a grant to purchase a wheelchair accessible fully electric car and to install a new EV charger

81-year-old heart attack survivor pens thankful letter to first responders who helped save him

'Inspirational' Shrewsbury runner with MND to put on gala dinner in quest to raise £100,000 - here's how to get tickets

Brain fog be gone! The rise of supplements for sharper thinking and all-day energy

Affiliates|Mar 20

March 19, 2025

Sound will be the focus of two events in Llanwrtyd Wells on Sunday, March 23

Work set to begin to remove potentially unsafe RAAC 'crumbling concrete' at Telford's Princess Royal Hospital

'I could never have dreamed of anything this bad' - Remembering the shock of Covid at Wolverhampton's New Cross Hospital

West Bromwich engineer, 69, broke his back after getting trapped in saw and died three years after accident

West Bromwich|Mar 19

'I saw so much care and compassion' - minister Kinnock hints at extra funding for hospice sector during visit to Stafford's Katharine House

March 18, 2025

‘Problems in healthcare’ linked to deaths at acute NHS hospitals in Shropshire

From joking in the pub to six weeks in isolation: How I realised Covid was no laughing matter

Features|Mar 18

March 17, 2025

Shropshire MP writes to Health Secretary with fears 1,000 pharmacies could shut due to underfunding

Various options are being considered for the doors of public toilets behind the Knighton Hotel in Knighton

Covid five years on: How the awful reality unfolded in just a few weeks

Long Reads|Mar 17

March 16, 2025

Parish council unite to install defibrillator in latest campaign for a 'safer' A41

March 15, 2025

Endo The Battle: National World launches endometriosis campaign - and we want to hear from you

Self-care isn't selfish. Book your first Treatwell appointment today and get 10% off

Affiliates|Mar 15

‘Corridor care’ remains at Shropshire hospitals as 15% of beds blocked, meeting heard

March 14, 2025

We are blown away - the whole community has rallied around for us' fundraiser for Bridgnorth family involved in car crash raises £16,000

March 13, 2025

Leadership guru to work with ward managers as hospital gives them 'power to do things differently'

Disabled people shouldn’t bear the brunt of the challenges our country faces

Your World|Mar 13

Wake Up to Sleep Apnoea: Shropshire’s silent killer

Your World|Mar 13

Shropshire NHS chiefs among those called to London for meeting at 'short notice' over spending

Help available for thousands of people as Severn Trent and Kidney Care UK raise awareness on World Kidney Day

Your World|Mar 13

Record-high alcohol-related deaths in Wales highlight urgent public health concerns

Cancer survivor’s final ski trip for charity

Jungle star Barry McGuigan steps in help £120,000 appeal for Telford woman's lifesaving cancer treatment

March 12, 2025

Toilets at a Knighton tourist attraction may be open this summer, as discussions take place on some last details

How a doctor turned brain fog into a business with Noggin’s Oomph supplement for sharper thinking

Affiliates|Mar 12

Optegra launches pioneering cataract treatment for NHS patients

Your World|Mar 12

Midlands communities invited to apply for up to £3,000 in new charity grant funding offer

Your World|Mar 12

World Glaucoma Week campaign encourages people to make eye health a conversation

Your World|Mar 12

Museum trust launches new 'calm space' at Victorian town

Your World|Mar 12

Self-sampling could reduce disparities in cervical screening

Your World|Mar 12

Hospital boss' praise for intensive care nurse up for national award

Why have ADHD cases spiralled since Covid? Experts at Birmingham's Aston University reveal alarming trend

Drugs ‘waste’ costs county millions as Telford pharmacist appeals for a phone call

We need to talk about incontinence, Dudley MP tells Parliament

Politics|Mar 12

March 11, 2025

'It's a big problem' - Call for hundreds fresh parking spaces at Shrewsbury hospital

Care home achieves ‘Good’ rating in inspection

Your World|Mar 11

Residents in rural areas 'dangerously exposed' to long ambulance wait times - North Shropshire MP calls for change

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