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The chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is to step down today.

Shrewsbury Town are confident tonight’s Coca-Cola League Two clash with Accrington Stanley will go ahead despite the snow.

The Fujii family are hoping for a little excitement when they move into their new home in Wellington. Trudi, Tam and their two children have just been handed the keys to their new three-bedroom house at McInerney Homes’ Maddocks Grange scheme in Churchill Road.  

The European Commission will look into electricity bills after finding less than two thirds of consumers are satisfied with their energy supplier.

Hugo Chavez has scorned Barack Obama's plans to set the United States on the road to energy independence.

Energy giant BP has announced a 24 per cent year-on-year drop in quarterly profits in the final quarter of last year.

Shropshire Youth Theatre (formerly Shrewsbury Youth Theatre) is putting on A Festival of One Act Plays at The Hive arts centre in Shrewsbury over the February half-term break.

The FTSE 100 remained frozen against a snowy City backdrop this morning – rising just 0.41 per cent in early trading.

Training for a marathon is hard enough, writes Sue Austin.

More than 60 Shropshire schools were closed today after the heaviest snowfalls for 18 years.

Award-winning blues-rock virtuoso Joe Bonamassa continues his climb to superstardom with a performance at the Royal Albert Hall in May and a UK tour which includes a gig at Wolverhampton Civic Hall.

People across Shropshire are waking up to a white blanket of thick snow this morning, and if you’re out and about in the county today, we’d love to see your snowy pictures.

Former Aston Villa and Wolves midfielder Paul Birch has died at the age of 46 after a battle with cancer.

LETTER: Thank you, Sarah Raper, for your reply. It is obvious you are going to trumpet Transforming Telford be-cause you are the chief executive and your job may be at stake together with the other interests of 14 board members.

Winter came back with a vengeance to Shropshire and Mid Wales today, with bitingly cold temperatures and the threat of a major snowfall tonight.

The FTSE 100 finished 1.73 per cent down led by a slump in financial stocks.

The raid of a significant Camden business has resulted in the largest ever seizure of illegal video game copying devices yet seen in the UK.

Former Countdown co-host Carol Vorderman will head a Conservative taskforce into mathematics teaching, party leader David Cameron has said.

The more we hear about our car-crash economy, the more we worry. And the more we worry, the less likely we are to recover, says Emma Suddaby.

Shropshire was bracing itself for another blast of winter after weather forecasters warned Britain would be hit by the worst snowfall for 18 years.

A cold case review has been held by detectives into the unsolved murder of prostitute Janine Downes whose battered body was found in a Shropshire lay-by 18 years ago today.

As forecasters predict the coldest February on record and snow has already covered most of the country this morning, we’ve put together some tips for safe driving if you’re out on Shropshire’s roads today.

Almost a fifth of people in Telford are out of work and on benefits, new figures reveal today. They show 16 per cent of the town’s population are relying on state help to fight the credit crunch.

Shrewsbury-based chartered accountants Dyke Yaxley is celebrating after being named a winner of a coveted Midlands Excellence Award.

Ludlow-based Premier Medical Group has handed over £5,000 as the main sponsor for the town’s new youth choir, Ludlow New Voices, part of the Ludlow Choral Society.

More than 100 guests from Shropshire’s business community attended the first-ever Express Networking event held by Shropshire Chamber of Commerce.

Proud boss Rob Smith hailed a famous FA Trophy victory for AFC Telford United – and talked up their Wembley chances.

The Building Societies Association (BSA) has urged the Bank of England not to cut the interest rate any further when they make their decision this week.

In their white shirts, black shorts and change white socks the Bucks had the look of the great Telford United team of the early 1970s.

An exhibition about the life and work of Shrewsbury’s most famous son was unveiled in the town today.