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Well, the boffins have finally done it, writes blogger Andrew Owen. Although I’ve quite forgotten what it is they’ve done.

An early goal from Chris McCann saw Burnley take control of the game at Turf Moor.

There was no love for AFC Telford in Cumbria as the team saw their fourth Blue Square North defeat of the year on St Valentine’s Day.

Town players and fans will be delighted with Saturday’s result at the Prostar Stadium.

As Midlands metal titans Judas Priest celebrate 35 pulverizing years, they are in leaner, meaner shape than for many years.

Pictures from another disappointing day for Wolves at Turf Moor.

An online campaign was launched today by Christian Aid urging supporters to lobby their MPs in an attempt to bring tax justice to developing nations.

January sales and heavy price discounting helped retail sales increase 6.6 per cent compared to a year previously, figures out today show.

If you are worrying about whether you can afford a family holiday this year – then why not think out of the box? asks Sue Austin.

When a Shropshire father-of-two was thinking of what to give his young son for his birthday, he came up with something more unusual than most.

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) spent £200 million on sponsorship deals with top sportsmen just weeks before it required a government bailout, it has emerged.

Lloyds Banking Group is expected to award bonuses totalling £120 million to staff in its commercial and retail divisions despite forecasting massive losses at its taxpayer-owned subsidiary HBOS.

The architect of Labour's controversial welfare reform programme is to join the Conservative party, it has been reported.

The architect of Labour's controversial welfare reform programme is to join the Conservative party, it has been reported.

Andy Richardson looks back on a week which was dominated by the county’s celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. Listen to our podcast.

A 42-year-old man from the Shropshire border was today behind bars beginning a life sentence for murdering the mother of his four children in a house fire.

In the week of Charles Darwin’s bicentenary, the debate on how his ideas should be communicated in the classroom rages on. Kate Whiting reports.

The cost of axing more than 180 jobs during the shake-up of Shropshire’s six major councils is £11.5 million, it was revealed today.

A circular razor wire has been put around a boarded up Shropshire pub amid repeated attempts to vandalise and steal from the building.

The song of the nightingale used to be heard regularly in the Shropshire countryside – but they’ve flown the nest. Toby Neal looks at why they vanished, and where they have gone.

Two men were arrested after a firearm was discharged in Oswestry.

Martyn Naylor is facing up to the worst injury of his career after fracturing his cheekbone in a collision with AFC Telford United team-mate Lee Vaughan.

Shropshire’s leading boxer Mark Lloyd has been granted a shot at a British title in April.

Kevin McIntyre hopes to be back in the Shrewsbury Town mix by the middle of March – in time to play a pivotal role in the club’s promotion push, writes CHRIS HUDSON.

It’s a far cry from the iconic image of the ageing academic with giant grey beard. But this is the first picture of how Shropshire’s famous son Charles Darwin will appear in a new big-budget movie later this year.

A man from the Shropshire border has been convicted of murdering his wife in a house fire.

Chancellor Alistair Darling has refused to reject that the government could nationalise Lloyds Banking Group - the company formed from the merger of Lloyds and HBOS.

The cost of axing more than 180 jobs during the shake-up of Shropshire’s six major councils is £11.5 million, it was revealed today.

Managers jobs could be axed at Telford & Wrekin Council under plans to slash £1 million from the budget, it was revealed today.

Works to secure a main Shropshire road which has suffered two landslides in a week were due to start today.