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Residents of a Mid Wales town are being urged to have their say on where they want millions of pounds raised by the sale of land to Tesco to be spent.

Thousands of pounds of funding could be ploughed into Powys companies in a bid to stop them going out of business.

Boss Rob Smith is urging AFC Telford United’s loyal fans to crank up the volume in tomorrow’s Blue Square North showdown with King’s Lynn.

Boss Paul Simpson is backing Shrewsbury Town to return to their free-scoring best – and believes that could happen at home to Notts County tomorrow.

One of Europe’s leading carpet stores has announced plans to move into Newtown.

Dave Jones is set to win the battle for Karl Henry’s place and finally return for Wolves at Sheffield Wednesday tomorrow as Nigel Quashie misses out.

German carmaker Opel might have to consider insolvency rather than be rescued by the country's government, its interior minister said.

A pregnant woman escaped uninjured when a car she was in overturned and landed on its roof following a collision with a lorry on a major Shropshire trunk road.

A £60 million scheme to revamp a Telford college, which would have created thousands of jobs as well as a new fire station, has been delayed by a government cash shortage.

Three Shrewsbury men have been slapped with fines totalling more than £700 after they failed to surrender their passports and report to police before England’s match against Spain.

Pupils in parts of Shropshire are being taught in crowded classrooms, official Government figures showed today, with staff teaching classes of 26 children.

People in Telford face their lowest council tax rise in more than a decade.

Tickets for the 14th V Festival which takes place on the Shropshire border went on sale today – and were expected to sell out in hours.

BSkyB plans a lobbying campaign calling for all sporting events to be made available to pay-to-view broadcasters.

Claims made by a Shropshire MP are “unfounded” and patients from Powys are “crucial” to the financial success of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, a Mid Wales politician has claimed.

You have to feel some sympathy for Peter Mandelson, writes blogger David Banner. No, seriously, you do. (I know it isn’t easy, but you have to. Well, at least give it a go.)

Does The Young Victoria reign in Shropshire Star film critic Carl Jones’s opinion, or should all involved be put in the tower? Find out here in our review.

A round-up of this week’s Shropshire Star nostalgia pictures.

LETTER: My neighbours and I stood up to look through our windows as we saw the blue flashing lights reflecting on the walls in our living rooms.

Personal data of thousands of construction workers could be at risk after a firm was accused of selling data without their consent or knowledge.

Lloyds Banking Group led a rise in the FTSE 100 this morning, as the index rose to 3,536.74.

Ludlow’s ground-breaking £2 million biodigester which converts food scraps into electricity and compost should be replicated in other parts of the country, the town’s MP has told the Government.

Cheese and onion has been crowned Britain's favourite crisp flavour after seeing a sharp increase in sales.

The River Severn snakes its way through Bridgnorth, making it one of the county’s most easily-recognised towns. Steam trains chug through, en route to stations along the Severn Valley Railway line, while day-trippers make the most of the town’s unique hillside railway.

Bloody and violent from the outset - hence the 18 certificate - Zack Snyder's stylish adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' celebrated graphic novel pulls no punches as its transports us back in time to a very different vision of the mid '80s.

Of all the love stories that have defined the British monarchy, none tugs the heartstrings quite like Victoria and Prince Albert.

For more than 30 years, David Lynch has exposed the dark and twisted side of the human condition through challenging films like Eraserhead, The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet.

David Burns is a member of a tiny minority – a man working in the childcare industry. Sue Austin caught up with him at NuNu nursery in Shrewsbury.

The Bank of England is today deciding on pushing interest rates below one per cent and launching its quantitative easing measures.

The formula one team formerly known as Honda will be on the grid in some form at the Australian grand prix, it has been confirmed.