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A traditional pub, once the base for one of Telford’s top Sunday League football teams, is being reduced to a pile of rubble.

Telford & Wrekin Council is pressing ahead with its lowest hike in council tax for more than a decade – to help residents cope with the credit crunch.

When Oscar-winning films don’t come to Shropshire’s big multiplexes, don’t blame the local cinema staff, says movie blogger Carl Jones

MPs will be lobbied after a rally opposing the government's plans to part-privatise Royal Mail later today.

Mobile phone giant Vodafone has announced that 500 British jobs are to be cut as the group attempts to reduce costs.

Pictures of Shrove Tuesday from around the county.

People of all ages across Shropshire and Mid Wales were going flipping crazy today as they celebrated Shrove Tuesday.

Friends and family of a Shropshire soldier who died in a car crash in Wales will pay their last respects at his funeral which is being held with full military honours next week.

Top chef Stuart Phillips is giving Shropshire a video masterclass on making the perfect pancakes for Shrove Tuesday.

The deficit in the Royal Mail's pension scheme could have "devastating consequences" for the business, according to a letter seen by the BBC.

A Shropshire manufacturing company today revealed it is winning its battle against the global recession, announcing ambitious plans to create a £1.3 million extension at its Telford plant.

A woman was lucky to escape uninjured after vandals threw a missile at her car as she drove along a Shropshire road. The missile dented the roof of the car and smashed the windscreen.

Fire investigation officers will be returning to the site of a fire ravaged 16th century cottage in south Shropshire today to try to establish the cause of the blaze.

Redrow, the UK's largest housebuilder, today reported a 58 per cent fall in revenue, alongside a 43 per cent cut in its workforce.

Television’s John Challis, who lives on the south Shropshire border, has been raising the alarm of lottery scams.

The flashing beacon lights on The Wrekin have gone out.

Mortgage lending rose in January – although growth is still slowing – while savings levels dropped.

Striker Danny Carey-Bertram is winning his race against time to lead the line for AFC Telford United in tonight’s big FA Trophy replay at Southport.

Shrewsbury Town chief Paul Simpson will attempt to freshen up his squad for the promotion run-in ahead of this weekend’s trip to Macclesfield.

Dave Edwards insists Wolves must continue their “in your face” approach for the remainder of the season if they are to achieve their goal of Premier League football.

Racegoers at Bangor-on-Dee will have an extra treat tomorrow – a first outing in two years for one of Shropshire’s top performers.

Ifton have been ‘outlawed’ by a Shropshire bowls league.

The winners of the 2008 Chronicle Cricket Knockout will finally be decided . . . on Sunday, April 26, 2009.

AFC Telford United travel to Southport tonight in a bid to secure their progress to an FA Trophy semi-final clash with York City.

Rural communities are at risk of missing out on job opportunities and being cut off from services because of the “continuing decline” of local transport services, it was claimed today.

A fund of hedge funds run by two members of US vice president Joe Biden's family was marketed by firms connected to Sir Allen Stanford, it has been claimed.

A Mid Wales football fan is recreating some of soccer’s most recognisable goal celebrations – using Subbuteo players.

The FTSE 100 fell further this morning, after the Dow Jones in New York fell to a 12-year low.

Fourteen-year-old Lucy Carter, of Broseley, took her camera up The Wrekin on Sunday. Here are her pictures; why not send in some of yours?

TOBY NEAL explains why wartime censorship means that relatives of two boys killed by the delayed explosion of a German bombwill never know exactly what happened.