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When Royalist Shrewsbury fell to the Roundheads and how it happened

Loyal to your energy supplier? Could you confront a bully? Nearly four hundred years ago – Shrewsbury in the English Civil War; and finally, breast cancer screening figures.

In 1645, Shrewsbury and its residents stood at the crossroads of history – the English Civil War is at its bloody peak but surely Shrewsbury's too well garrisoned to fall to Cromwell’s Roundheads? Local historian Jonathan Worton tells Jim the story.

Are you being penalised for loyalty to your energy provider? Would you want to meet someone who’d bullied you? Finally, why are fewer women attending their breast screening appointments?

3 hours

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  • Wed 18 Feb 2015 09:00