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An 18-year-old man has handed himself in to Shropshire police after a video showing a driver doing speeds of more than 100mph between Shrewsbury and Telford was posted on YouTube.

Conservative MP Mark Pritchard has demanded a Government statement on the growing costs and delays of the defence training contract which was won by South Wales in a two-headed contest with RAF Cosford.

Charity shops in Shropshire and Mid Wales are reporting a massive surge in business since the beginning of the credit crunch, with shoppers desperate to find a bargain.

The government plans to move towards a "historic universal service commitment" bringing broadband and digital services to all homes, culture secretary Andy Burnham has said.

Councillors who branded a Shropshire village’s roads the “worst in the UK” have taken a 150-signature petition to county council bosses calling for action to make improvements.

Disgraced former Shropshire MP Derek Conway was today ordered by the Commons standards watchdog to repay £3,757 of taxpayers’ money he used to employ his elder son Henry.

Market traders in Oswestry have hit out at plans to axe stalls from a main shopping street. Town council members have agreed to cut short a trial which saw stalls placed along Bailey Street.

An inquest has opened on a 12-year-old schoolboy who died after what is believed to have been a tragic accident at his home in Shrewsbury.

A fresh injury crisis threatens to derail AFC Telford United’s Wembley dream – with just one fit striker available for Saturday’s high noon FA Trophy showdown with Kettering.

New Shrewsbury Town midfielder Terry Dunfield is eyeing success for club and country as he settles into life at the Prostar Stadium.

Shropshire golfer Jonathan Gidney has secured his first victory in England colours.

Shropshire and Mid Wales will be hit by the worst cold spell so far this winter – with the risk of snow, weather experts have said today. Experts say the big chill may last for several days.

Plans for the Olympic torch relay to visit Shropshire ahead of the 2012 Games have moved a step nearer.

The Earl of Wessex will give Shrewsbury’s new theatre the royal seal of approval after he accepted an invitation to open the £28 million building.

Protesters are demanding a public inquiry into plans to put up 12 miles of high voltage cable through Mid Wales.

Householders living along potential windfarm routes in Powys are being urged to get structural surveys carried out amid fears thousands of lorries carrying wind turbine parts could have an impact on historic buildings.

The Competition Commission has banned the sale of payment protection insurance (PPI) alongside credit.

Cathy Stanworth meets a mum who is starting out as a childminder with an emphasis on health.

Royal Dutch Shell has announced a 28 per cent fall in year-on-year profits for the last quarter due to a slump in oil prices.

Sony has posted a 95 per cent fall in third quarter profits as games rival Nintendo cut its end-of-year forecast by 100 billion yen (£776 million).

A recent television documentary, Half Ton Son, was harrowing and horrific watching, writes Women’s Editor Sue Austin,

A fantastic new service has been launched by Telford and Wrekin Primary Care Trust, the local health trainer service.

The FTSE 100 has sunk two per cent lower in morning trading after a banking rally last night ran out of steam.

AFC Telford United bounced back to winning ways this week with a 3-1 win over Solihull Moors in the Blue Square North.

In 1964 Jillian Taft gave birth to a baby boy at a small cottage hospital in Shropshire.

House prices have fallen a further 1.3 per cent in January, taking the annual decline to 16.6 per cent.

Dorrington-based building contractor Clive Hasted talks us through one of his recent projects and shows how he transformed a cramped, dark kitchen into a bright and spacious farmhouse-style kitchen-diner in just 12 weeks.

LETTER: A recent edition of the Shropshire Star showed a Chevrolet truck in 1929, the year of the Wall Street crash, having climbed to the top of The Wrekin. What an achievement!

Barack Obama's $825 billion (£583 billion) economic stimulus plan has passed its first legislative hurdle despite opposition from every Republican congressman.

The government's poor record on improving adult literacy and numeracy has been attacked by an influential group of MPs.