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Councillors have backed a decision to plough £10,000 into a scheme to provide more parking spaces in Shifnal.

A lone waymarker due to be part of Shrewsbury’s Charles Darwin trail will be put into storage until a multi-million pound project to turn the scientist’s birthplace into a museum is complete.

Last year saw 40,000 repossessions – representing one in every 290 mortgages.

The FTSE 100 saw a deep fall in early trading heading below the 4,000 mark and its lowest mark of 2009.

A union chief will today warn against employers targeting their female workforce during the current recession.

Residents in Broseley today told how they feared that a bomb had gone off when a huge explosion destroyed a chip shop, turning it into an inferno.

The family of a terminally ill Shropshire woman which has been fighting to get her a drug which could prolong her life, was told today it had won its battle.

Railway stations are renowned for their romance; tearful partings, joyful reunions, and happy family occasions. But with one British railway station banning kissing in a bid to reduce delays, could they become the latest victims of crazy political correctness? Ben Bentley puckers up on Shropshire’s busiest train platforms.

The FTSE 100 broke a four-day losing streak by closing 11.54 points up at 4,018.37.

Telford FM DJ Paul Shuttleworth was at this year’s Brit Awards at Earls Court in London. Read his diary of the night here.

Firefighters spent the night tackling a fire at a Broseley chip shop after locals reported an explosion.

The heartbreaking moment when the Shropshire parents of conjoined twins Hope and Faith thought their babies would survive will be shown during a television documentary tonight.

British Gas officials today said they will cut off the supply at a Shrewsbury restaurant after they filed for a court warrant demanding payment of more than £20,000.

A man was today jailed for seven years for a vigilante attack on a convicted sex offender in Telford. The victim was slashed with a craft knife in the attack.

Eighteen jobs were axed in Telford today after two shops closed with immediate effect while another was put at risk.

Organisers of the 13th annual Wellington Literary Festival are looking for sponsors in a bid to attract top names to the event. Last year’s line-up included newsreader George Alagiah.

Football is coming home to Telford when the Premier League Trophy comes to town.

The Liberal Democrats have unveiled a series of proposals designed to prevent repossessions and free up more social housing.

US authorities have admitted they do not know where Sir Allen Stanford is, two days after filing a civil case over alleged fraud.

Barack Obama has unveiled his much-vaunted blueprint for getting the United States' property market back on its feet.

Mortgage lending fell 52 per cent on a year ago in January, according the data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), making it the lowest since 2001.

A total of $5.5 trillion (£3.8 trillion) has been wiped off the share prices of banks around the world because of the credit crisis.

Water bills across the UK will increase by 4.1 per cent in the coming year.

Staff at a Powys car parts firm have spoken of their shock after administrators admitted defeat and decided to close the company.

Plans for a new football stadium in Welshpool have been shelved. Technogroup Welshpool’s future in the Welsh Premier League is now in doubt.

A farmer from Mid Wales left lamb carcasses to rot and a young calf in pain for days, a court heard.

Campaigners calling for a £600,000 facelift of a north Shropshire market hall to be abandoned have been promised a showdown with leading councillors.

Train passengers faced delays after a lorry got stuck under a railway bridge near Oswestry for several hours.

One goal will win it – that is the verdict of Southport boss Liam Watson ahead of Saturday’s eagerly-anticipated FA Trophy quarter-final at AFC Telford United.

Mick McCarthy has vowed Wolves will continue with their policy of all-out attack at Molineux to rescue their automatic promotion bid.