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A Shropshire shopkeeper has been banned from selling alcohol after 4pm after staff sold drink to teenagers as young as 14.

With just a month of regular season ice hockey left, GM Telford Tigers boss David Candlin is already making plans for the 2009-10 season.

Up to 40 jobs are at risk at one of Oswestry’s leading employers following the massive slump in new house building and home sales.

Thousands of people descended on Bridgnorth’s Severn Valley Railway for it’s Festival of Steam – and more are expected this weekend.

Fundraisers from across Shropshire are doing something funny for money as part of the annual Comic Relief extravaganza.

Two of the most successful clubs in the recent history of the Hargrove Trophy will aim to become the 2009 champions when an intriguing final begins tomorrow.

The Stew and the Old Maltings once stood among the most prominent of Shrewsbury’s riverside buildings, but they are now falling into rack and ruin.

Thousands of people went “bananas” to try to set a world record and boost Fairtrade – including children in Shropshire. More than 300,000 pledged to eat a Fairtrade banana between noon yesterday and noon today.

A £1 million Shropshire nightclub and restaurant could be open within three months creating 40 jobs, it was revealed today.

Telford & Wrekin Council is hoping to help people hit by the recession with the launch of its new First Point shop. See our video here.

Shropshire dogs and their owners have continued to walk away with top honours at Crufts 2009, writes Ben Bentley.

Shropshire rower Fred Gill is coming to terms with narrowly missing out on a seat in this year’s Cambridge Boat Race crew.

The Shropshire Star’s Credit Munch campaign has been given a huge boost with the backing of one of the UK’s most popular celebrity chefs.

The origin of the word fidget is likely to have come about as a reference to fitchett – a slang word for apple. The Hundred House Hotel share their version with us, which uses quality local suppliers.

A near £1 million technology boost will see Mid Wales NHS nurses armed with “smartphones” which they can use to update medical records on the go.

Letter: You really are just a number when it comes to working for a firm. My husband recently returned to work after being off for a few weeks, not too sure whether his shift pattern had changed.

I’m in with the in-crowd, says Ben Bentley. The staying-in crowd, that is.

Mobile phone giant Vodafone wants to put up a fourth telecommunications mast in Shrewsbury – despite major protests against previous applications.

Anyone who knows me will know I don’t suffer fools on the road gladly. I’d stop short of calling it road rage, exactly, but road-pretty-flipping-miffed-off actually it certainly is.

The FTSE 100 ended flat at 3,530.73 as a rally in mining stocks was offset by further falls in the insurance sector.

Control room staff from Shropshire’s fire headquarters remain suspended nearly a month after an investigation was launched – despite calls for the action to be dealt with quickly.

A Shropshire man played a leading role in a multi-million pound investment fraud which fleeced dozens of clients across Europe, a court heard today.

Skipper Stuart Whitehead is rallying AFC Telford United for a gruelling game of catch-up as they prepare to host King’s Lynn tomorrow.

Rejuvenated right-back Darren Moss has pleaded with Shrewsbury fans to show the team their support over the final 11 games of the season.

Oxford – the city of dreaming spires, Britain’s academic heart, and now home to the world’s most luxurious jail.

Three heroic soldiers from a north Shropshire barracks made history today when they became its first to be awarded the military’s second highest medal from the same tour of duty.

A tiny south Shropshire school that was threatened with closure is now back on track and has launched a fresh appeal for a new head teacher.

A public inquiry into a proposed biomass plant in south Shropshire will take longer than planned after it ran out of time to hear all the evidence.

Broadcaster and author David Bellamy OBE will join villagers fighting plans for a windfarm near Market Drayton at a major protest march this weekend.

A crunch meeting to decide the fate of three major supermarket plans in Oswestry might not be able to go ahead this month – if reports are not ready in time.