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Lucky lottery winners in Shropshire have scooped tens of millions from an incredible £908,722,933 West Midlands jackpot since the competition was launched in 1994.

A development of 150 new homes, retail units and community facilities could be on the cards for a north Shropshire village bringing with them a raft of new jobs.

A man from the Shropshire border accused of murdering his wife by trapping her in a room and starting a fire at their home was seen having a “secretive” conversation days after her death, a court has heard.

A multi-million pound new nursing home, which is expected to create more than 80 new jobs, has been officially opened in a Shropshire village.

Detailed designs for the £30 million regeneration of Shrewsbury’s historic Flax Mill could take almost a year to be produced, officials involved in the scheme said today.

The price of Shropshire success on the green is red figures in the county association’s accounts.

Shropshire thrower Steve Farmer has been called up to the England squad for the forthcoming Home Internationals.

Burglars posing as electricity utility workers have been preying on elderly people in south Shropshire, police said.

Reviewer’s rating: **** We first visited Tin House in Wellington not long after it first opened, and now realise that 18 months have gone (flown!) by.

Rating: *** Hindsight, they say, is a wonderful thing. And in hindsight, maybe going for dinner to a remote Shropshire pub with an outside bar and places for canal boats to moor on a Tuesday night in the middle of January at the height of a recession was not a good move.

Letter: Many drivers are inconsiderate to those who are less fortunate than themselves.

Heinz is resurrecting its Beanz Meanz Heinz slogan more than 40 years after it was first broadcast, it was announced today.

The FTSE 100 closed down 0.97 per cent at the end of another volatile week.

A man has been found shot dead in a field near the Shropshire border after a woman was discovered with gunshot wounds at a country house nearby.

A retrial will be held for a robber accused of murdering Pc Sharon Beshenivsky who was shot during a botched armed raid, a judge said today.

He’s worked his way back into the starting line-up – now Shrewsbury Town’s Neil Ashton is determined to make his preferred position his own.

A witness who could have vital information about an attack on a teenage boy at a Telford bus station is being urged by police to come forward.

If AFC Telford United needed any motivation for tomorrow’s big FA Trophy trip to Kettering then the memory of their last game at the A-Line Arena should do the job.

This is the jigsaw-shaped stamp which Royal Mail is launching next month to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Shrewsbury-born Charles Darwin.

Newport’s head coach Ian Bletcher has demanded that his team put dreams of Twickenham to the back of their minds, insisting: “We will be judged on our league position, nothing else.”

A prominent Ludlow music festival has been scrapped after 20 years.

Former Shropshire MP Derek Conway was facing demands to quit today for misusing taxpayers’ money to overpay his sons – while claiming that his family had been the victim of a witch-hunt because of his gay son.

Based on the novel by Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road documents the disintegration of a seemingly perfect marriage in '50s suburban Connecticut, where the white picket fences and impeccably mown lawns project an image of suburban bliss to mask the infidelity, betrayal and regret.

In stark contrast to Revolutionary Road, which reminds us how badly love hurts, Peter Sollett's unabashedly romantic comedy harnesses the magic of falling giddily in love when you least expect it.

Manager Paul Simpson has urged Shrewsbury Town to cement their place in the thick of the promotion battle by chalking up a Prostar Stadium double in the next four days.

Barack Obama has condemned 'irresponsible' traders who collected almost $19 billion worth of bonuses as their industry was bailed out by the taxpayer.

Will Weaver was still in shock today after hitting a hole-in-one on a par four – at the start of his first round for two months, writes Sean Wozencroft.

Kettering boss Mark Cooper has warned his side to be wary of AFC Telford United’s ambition in tomorrow’s eagerly-anticipated FA Trophy clash.

A new film urging young motorists to drive safely has launched on YouTube – after a video was posted on the website showing a Shropshire man doing speeds of more than 100mph.

Has Telford got something against British actress Kate Winslet, asks blogger Carl Jones