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Traditional red phone boxes are under threat – but Ben Bentley finds a number of enthusiasts are trying to save them.

Pubs in Shropshire are closing at a rate of two a month, new figures show.

A Shropshire couple have been told they must move off their eco-friendly farm within a year after losing an appeal to keep the caravan they live in sited there.

Shropshire’s super Ted Hankey is the toast of Telford – and all on planet darts – after winning his second world title in an epic contest with Tony ‘Silverback’ O’Shea.

The FTSE 100 fell for a fourth day to close 0.5 per cent lower at 4,426.19 as mining stocks retreated on the index.

The company behind plans to build a waste incinerator in Shrewsbury today said an exhibition will be held this week for the public to see its proposals.

Millions of Britons are at risk from the wrong insurance cover, financial advisors have warned.

Stephen Maguire has insisted snooker officials will uncover no evidence of corruption in their investigation of his controversial UK Championship match against Jamie Burnett in Shropshire.

Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with a “vehicle crime wave” in which more than 60 vehicles in Market Drayton were damaged.

Up to 19 jobs could be axed at a Shropshire company hit by a decline in volume and value of orders as the credit crunch continues to bite, bosses have revealed.

With our emergency services currently beleaguered by yobbish behaviour and trivial calls, I’ve decided to relay my Christmas adventures to readers in hopes of reminding us all why we should be thanking our lucky stars to be so cosseted.

AFC Telford United boss Rob Smith admitted that his side face a “daunting period” after Saturday’s postponement further increased the fixture backlog.

The number of drink-drivers caught in Mid Wales as part of a Christmas crackdown more than doubled that of previous years, new figures have revealed.

One of Shropshire’s leading social housing providers is looking forward to new successes in 2009 despite the challenges of the current financial climate.

A Shropshire domestic safety product supplier is celebrating five years of trading with a city council community initiative.

Dyke Yaxley Chartered Accountants, from Shrewsbury, is now working with Baase Limited, a firm of IT specialists from Bridgnorth.

Striker Nick Chadwick looks set to get a first chance to stake his claim for a Shrewsbury Town start tomorrow – after a weekend of frustration for Paul Simpson’s men.

Hot-shot Stephen Elliott tipped Wolves to bounce back – but piled the promotion pressure on his old club after declaring their blip has given hope to the rest of the Championship.

Dozens of residents took to the streets to demonstrate their united opposition to a proposed waste incinerator on the eastern edge of Telford.

Ambulance response times in Powys have come under attack by Welsh Assembly members today and urgent action needs to be taken to improve the service, it has been claimed.

Shropshire’s Ted ‘The Count’ Hankey vanquished rival Tony O’Shea to win his second world darts title, and admitted: “It’s even better than last time.” 

The parents of an Oswestry girl who was airlifted to hospital after being involved in a collision with a car have thanked the emergency services for helping their daughter.

Telford’s civic leaders believe the borough will have lost its reputation as a “fat town” and a community awash with drink over the next two decades.

An expected rise in customers defaulting on their loans will lead to cutbacks at banks and building societies this year.

If you caught Sky News yesterday, you couldn’t miss the headlines about a princely gaffe three years ago when Prince Harry called a member of his army platoon a “Paki”, writes Shirley Tart from South Africa.

Gordon Brown said today that he believed the public would give Prince Harry the “benefit of the doubt” over the furore in which the young royal was caught on film referring to a Pakistani platoon member as a “Paki”.

I’d battled with the remains of cold, struggled to see in the freezing fog and, as I set off on my 60-70 minute run one Sunday morning, fine grains of snow were falling out of the sky. AND I had a hangover.

Howling winds and lashing rain today replaced freezing temperatures in Shropshire with experts even predicting sunshine later this week.

Prince William was back in Shropshire today to start his RAF career by training to become a search and rescue helicopter pilot.

One team at Molineux on Saturday showed all the hallmarks of a title-chasing team.