Monday, 6th February 2012

Latest Market Drayton stories

Landmark hotel is ‘not for sale’

The owner of the Corbet Arms hotel has dismissed rumours that he plans to sell the famous Market Drayton landmark.

Students celebrate record GCSE results

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Grove School’s summer of exam success continued this week with students achieving the best ever set of GCSE results.

Happy families as generations reunite

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The seventies TV sitcom And Mother Makes Five has taken on new meaning for a Cheswardine charity shop manager.

Change home plan – appeal

Long-suffering residents of a Market Drayton street are ready to protest against plans to build 21 affordable homes on the former site of Combermere Court.

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Residents say they live on worst street

Residents of Grosvenor Road claim they are living on the “worst street in Market Drayton” and “in constant fear” according to a survey.

Golden couple’s charitable celebration

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A well known Market Drayton couple renowned for globe-trotting into their seventies, showed how charity begins at home when it came to celebrating their golden wedding.

Parking charges shopper boycott

A group of Market Drayton ladies have agreed to boycott shopping in the town centre in protest at “outrageous” parking charges imposed by Shropshire Council.

Carl gets on bike to help kidney charity

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A courageous Faulsgreen youngster will hit the pedals for charity this weekend to help his loving mother.

Farmer demands ban on sky lanterns

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A Market Drayton farmer has said it is fortunate that buildings and his crops were not destroyed after 20 sky lanterns landed in his barley field.

Parking issues - enough is enough

The MP for North Shropshire will be joined by the leader of Shropshire Council in an attempt to thrash out the problem of car parking charges in Market Drayton once and for all after one resident said “enough is enough.”