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The new pay system to which over one million NHS employees have been transferred is not yet proving value for money, a public spending watchdog has warned.

Almost 1,500 tonnes of clothes have been saved from the landfill through a clothing recycling programme from Marks and Spencer and Oxfam.

US aerospace and defence giant Boeing says 10,000 of its workers will lose their jobs in 2009 as it takes stock from the global slowdown.

This is the face of a YouTube menace filmed driving at more than 100mph between Shrewsbury and Telford. Watch the video here.

The FTSE 100 jumped 2.4 per cent as the banking sector rallied strongly in afternoon trading.

For hundreds of recession-hit Shropshire homeowners looking to sell up, the past 12 months have been a bit of a nightmare. But not for Neville and Lissi Swales. Being unable to sell their house turned into a blessing in disguise. Feature writer Ben Bentley found out why…

Now is the time to consider a fixed-rate mortgage, independent financial advice firm Bestinvest has suggested.

Paul Simpson has revealed he is keen to bolster his Shrewsbury Town squad further before the end of the transfer window.

This YouTube video shows a menace filmed driving at more than 100mph between Shrewsbury and Telford.

The world economy will grow at its slowest rate since the second world war in 2009, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has claimed.

A chilling picture album of “stickers” showing Adolf Hitler in the 1930s is set to go under the hammer in Shropshire, after it was unearthed by the family of a Second World War soldier.

Wolves should know by tomorrow whether their £2m bid for Hearts defender Christophe Berra has been accepted.

Teenagers in Oswestry are binge drinking on booze supplied by their parents, according to the town’s top police officer.

A 55-year-old man arrested as part of an inquiry into alleged “witness nobbling” by Shropshire huntmaster Otis Ferry has been charged with robbery, police revealed today.

Long-awaited repairs to key historical areas of Ludlow are set to get under way after councillors agreed a rise of more than seven per cent in council tax.

An ex-Ludlow councillor who fought off a rise in burial costs in the town more than 20 years ago says the new hike in charges is “wicked”.

Larry Chambers hailed AFC Telford United’s return to winning ways in the Blue Square North – but admitted they were still way short of their best.

A mum from Shropshire who transformed her life with the help of TV diet gurus said it was “weird” to watch herself on television.

Spanish police have arrested six men over alleged fraud on the London Stock Exchange totalling $600 million (£419 million).

Developers behind plans for a multi-million pound hotel in Shrewsbury town centre have withdrawn their application after heritage guardians raised concerns about the proposals, planning chiefs said today.

Plans for a supermarket in the centre of Oswestry have been outlined to traders.

A Shropshire MP has joined the ranks of the most sexiest politicians in the world – much to his amazement.

Shrewsbury theatre bosses will announce tomorrow the special guest who will open the county’s new £28 million theatre complex at Frankwell.

Hundreds of livelihoods were under threat in Telford today after engineering giant GKN announced it was considering further job cuts because of the downturn in the car industry.

Nearly 4,000 football supporters stood in silence to pay tribute to a mechanic who died under a bus he is thought to have been working on in Oswestry.

A man was taken to hospital after collapsing at the wheel of his car in Telford.

Jools Holland is returning to Shropshire for an open air concert at Shrewsbury Quarry.

An extra £200,000 is to be spent improving schools across Powys over the next 12 months.

Councillors in Powys have been told to tighten their purse strings amid fears front-line services across the county could face cuts over the next year.

Cashpoint users are  urged to be on their guard after one was damaged in Welshpool.