During the war news came via the wireless or cinema newsreels. In the early months of 1945 we understood that the fighting had moved to Stalingrad and Italy.

A man from Hampshire is travelling 893 miles on his WWII tractor in memory of his mother, Mary Bartlett, who died from brain ...

We had a street party, of course, with the women making sandwiches and cakes, despite the fact that rationing meant there were few eggs.

In Shropshire, another traditional Conservative stronghold, the result is also difficult to predict with local issues such as the North West Relief Road plan dividing the parties. However ...

At last year's general election, only two Conservative MPs remained - Stuart Anderson held South Shropshire (formally known as Ludlow) by 1,600 votes, and Mark Pritchard narrowly won The Wrekin by 900 ...

the North West Relief Road. Before the election period got under way, the Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green groups on Shropshire Council wrote a joint-letter to the government to say they would ...

We're wrapping up our live coverage of the Shropshire Council election - thank ... "as far as she could see", the Shrewsbury North West Relief Road was "dead in the water". "We need surety round ...

The relief road project was started and pushed forward by the previous Conservative administration on Shropshire Council. Ahead of the local elections, both Labour and the Green Party had also ...

The story of the three terraces - Single Row, Double Row, and New Row - has been told in a new book by Wellington's Heather Duckett called "Hinkshay Rows - A Shropshire Industrial Community." ...

The landlocked county was home to joint naval airfields at Hinstock and nearby Peplow, called HMS Godwit, where among those who served was Freda Soper, who was a Wren - that is, a member of the ...