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BBC News
18-02-2025
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Woman reunited with wedding ring found on Valentine's Day
A woman has been reunited with her wedding ring after an appeal by a man who found it on Valentine's Bennion said he was walking past Marks & Spencer in Shrewsbury when he saw the ring, which was engraved with the wedding date from within the last two years and names, on the coverage on BBC Radio Shropshire and the BBC news website, bride Jane Jones messaged Mr Bennion on Tuesday, after her husband found his social media Jones said she was "absolutely thrilled", adding: "It's so lovely to have decent people and honest people". Mr Bennion, from Upton Magna, was walking past the store on Castle Street and stated he did not know "how I saw it". After showing the ring to his wife Jeana, they tried "Facebook pages and everything, but we're not [hitting] a big enough audience", before he approached the Jones said she was at home when she realised the ring had gone and soon "the house was upside down trying to find it"."I didn't know what to do and I was in despair," she said. Ms Jones had been to Marks & Spencer "to get something for Valentine's Day and then I was at work, so when I got home, I realised"."I was looking through my car and thinking 'it might be at work' and then I couldn't find it anywhere."On Monday she went to jewellers in Shrewsbury to mention her name and the inscription and "just make them aware".A woman at a pawnbrokers said she had seen something on Facebook about a missing ring, Ms Jones said. Ms Jones explained Mr Bennion replied to her message within about half an hour and "I told him what the inscription was and the dates and everything and it matched"."It's like amazing... I might never have found it. I never thought for a second that it had fallen off my hand."I didn't have a pair of gloves... I went through my pockets and my coat and everything."She told him when he returned it: "I'm so, so grateful to you, you wouldn't believe."Mr Bennion said: "It's the most fantastic feeling to think that I spotted it, picked it up and within a few days everything's full circle." Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
17-02-2025
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The wedding ring found outside Shrewsbury M&S on Valentine's Day
A man is appealing for the owner of a wedding ring to come forward after he spotted it lying on pavement on Valentine's Bennion said he was walking past Marks & Spencer on Castle Street in Shrewsbury when he found the was engraved with a wedding date, from within the last two years, and also the couple's names, Mr Bennion added he "would love to reunite the ring" with those who lost it. Mr Bennion explained he did not want to identify the date or the names so he could be sure anyone staking a claim was Upton Magna resident told the BBC: "I don't know how I saw it, but I just saw this wedding ring on the pavement, so I picked it up."I met my wife a few shops up the road... and I showed her the ring and she looked inside and it's actually engraved."He suspected the ring was lost on the same day he found it - 14 February - and that "just makes it more poignant really", he far, his efforts to reunite ring and owner have fallen short."We've tried our Facebook pages and everything, but we're not [hitting] a big enough audience," he he said he was sure if he could reach a wider audience, somebody "might just know someone [who] might know someone" and "it might just snowball and get us a result".Anyone who thinks the band might be theirs is asked to contact BBC Radio Shropshire, either stating what the engraving says, or to whom they think it belongs. Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
