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Yeah Yeah Yeahs are back with a new single and album in this week’s music gossip round-up.

Andy Richardson casts a critical eye over this week’s album releases.

Pressure is growing in parliament against new phone tracking software being introduced by Google.

For years, Telford woman Debbie Appleby was barely able to speak. Like pop star Gareth Gates, she suffered from a terrible stammer. But her life has now been transformed . . . Ben Bentley reports.

A £10.6 million scheme to transform Shrewsbury’s Music Hall into a visitor heritage centre will go ahead after managers finally secured a further £1 million in lottery funding.

The FTSE 100 ended 21.42 points down at 3,693.81, after a volatile day of trading.

GM Telford Tigers saw their play-offs hopes fade further when they lost 5-1 at home to Bracknell Bees.

The idea of a break in Snowdonia for my clan was to cram as many family-friendly outdoor activities as we could into a weekend, writes Mark Hodson.

The deficit on final salary pension schemes has worsened over February, to £218.7 billion, as companies struggle to fund the schemes.

Toyota has confirmed that workers at its UK factories will suffer a ten per cent cut in hours and pay for one year as the car industry shudders through the global downturn.

Defender Kelvin Langmead insists the carrot of automatic promotion is still dangling in front of Shrewsbury Town.

Larry Chambers blasted an AFC Telford United no-show as they capitulated to a damaging 2-0 defeat at Vauxhall Motors.

Mick McCarthy expressed his delight at Wolves’ performance in the 0-0 draw against Ipswich after declaring the display “different class.”

He has been dismissed almost out of hand by many, but Mighty Man is no back number for tomorrow’s Ladbrokes World Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival, writes  StarSport tipster Bob Downing.

Anger was growing today over how major Shropshire building firm Wrekin Construction was allowed to go into administration.

Bosses at Telford & Wrekin Council have agreed to sell its civic offices to supermarket giant Asda in a multi-million pound deal.

A man was dragged down a Telford street by a passing car after he was attacked by a gang, police said today.

Exclusive images show how a new multi-million pound five-storey hotel could look in the centre of Shrewsbury – with developers revealing it could be open by 2011 if plans are approved.

A Shropshire woman today spoke of her horror after the son of her former neighbours gunned down 15 people in a killing spree near her home village in Germany.

A school in Telford is to develop a unique link with Premier League football giants Arsenal which will see academic subjects being taught in tandem with both football and ice hockey.

A teenage Greenpeace activist from Telford was arrested along with more than 300 others for taking part in a protest on climate change in Belgium.

Controversial plans for a windfarm on the south Shropshire/Powys border will not be called in by the Government, despite pressure from campaigners and MPs.

A 13-year-old boy was knocked unconscious when he was attacked by a gang in Telford.

A campaign has been launched to transform Bridgnorth’s High Street into a pedestrian-only area amid trials of a new one-way system in the town.

Shropshire’s Wroxeter Roman City is to be expanded after English Heritage bosses revealed only the “tip” of the iceberg can currently be seen.

A young boy was injured when he was involved in a collision with a van at a busy Shrewsbury junction.

A man found himself the centre of attention in Shrewsbury this morning when he got his head wedged in a rubbish bin in the town.

A strange ball of light has been seen in the skies above Shropshire.

Join our video team in a dedicated special edition of our bulletin about the latest news to affect jobs in the county.

Workers at a Japanese car part factory in Shropshire are not receiving the same state aid in the current economic climate as their Welsh counterparts, an MP has claimed.