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A Shropshire domestic safety product supplier is celebrating a contract win with the US division of a worldwide company, which fabricates and installs architectural, aluminium facade systems.

Business Link is spearheading a new campaign to help Shropshire companies overcome the credit crunch.

AFC Telford United’s Setanta Shield game at SSSF Barrow has been called off.

It’s Viva Las Vegas for three Market Drayton Town players on Saturday – and a trip to the bright lights that will rule them of their re-arranged FA Vase tie.

Oswestry were the only local rugby team in action at the weekend after players and officials helped clear the pitch – and were rewarded with an 8-7 victory over Orrell.

For the first time this season Paul Simpson openly slammed his team following yet another away shocker, writes Shrewsbury blogger James Pugh.

Shropshire’s horse racing fraternity today united to pay tribute to Tony McCoy after the jockey further cemented his status as a National Hunt legend.

Dejected Shrewsbury Town full-back Darren Moss today reflected on his Shrewsbury Town red card misery and admitted: “I’ve let myself and the gaffer down.”

Boss Rob Smith has told his injury-ravaged AFC Telford United squad to use tonight’s Setanta Shield northern area final at Barrow (7.45pm) as a “marker” of their progress.

Former Hearts skipper Christophe Berra claims a weight has been lifted off his shoulders since leaving the turmoil of Tynecastle to join Wolves.

Tributes were today paid to a 27-year-old Shropshire photographer, who died while taking pictures in the Snowdonia mountain range in North Wales.

Walt Disney and DreamWorks have announced a long-term distribution deal aimed at bringing Bollywood movies to the States.

Faintheart, a romantic comedy set in the world of battle re-enactments, aroused particular interest amongst Salopians on its release in January. Read our interview with the director and see more pictures here.

The former bosses of the two biggest UK casualties of the banking crisis today apologised to the nation for their part in triggering the credit crunch.

A wall of silence today surrounded the suspension of control room staff at Shropshire fire headquarters in Shrewsbury.

Shropshire escaped the worst of the wintry storm which has battered much of England and Wales today.

A £15 million parkway railway station serving Shrewsbury may be built in the next 20 years, it has been revealed in a report on growth in the county.

Masked metal titans Slipknot, dance-rock crossover kings The Prodigy and US sleaze maestros Mötley Crüe are among the first bands to be confirmed for this year’s Download Festival.

Victims of a 'boiler room' scam will receive over £1 million in compensation after the financial watchdog intervened.

UBS has posted annual losses of 19.7 billion Swiss francs (£11.4 billion), the highest-ever for a business from Switzerland.

Students from a Shropshire drama group are enjoying playing in a virtual orchestra and learning new skills – thanks to money donated from the trust fund of their friend Joanne Harris, who died last year.

LETTER: The various strikes around the country are a sign of things to come; our workers are starting to realise that we’re in the EU.

More high street stores could close as consumer spending remains weak, it was warned today.

AFC Telford United retained their place amongst the front-runners in the Blue Square North with a 1-0 win over leaders Tamworth.

The FTSE 100 dipped slightly on opening to 4,265.69 after last night's rally as mining stocks dropped into the red.

It has been some week for Telford fans, what with all the action going on both on and off the pitch, writes AFC Telford blogger Joe Davies.

Four of the men at the centre of the British banking crisis will appear before MPs today as their role in the near-collapse of the sector is examined.

Interest in the housing market rose in January, the third month in a row, new figures show.

Barack Obama has warned against 'posturing and bickering' over his $800 billion fiscal stimulus package.

Charles Darwin’s work remains the foundation of biology, providing a unifying, logical explanation of the diversity of life, writes Andy Richardson.