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The FTSE 100 closed 3.18 per cent lower on Thursday as a Bank of England base rate cut and decision to start quantitative easing failed to boost confidence.

Council officers will go back to the drawing board to come up with a more traditional look for the £8 million “gateway” project to transform Wellington.

Bikini weddings are said to be “cool” again as statistics show a 43 per cent increase in couples marrying abroad over the last five years.

An internationally famous French chef is to fly to the UK to appear at Shrewsbury’s West Mid Show.

A Telford pensioner has been left devastated after thieves stole birds from her late husband’s beloved aviary.

Green activists will protest outside of Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS) HQ in London today in protest at bailouts for a bank which gives loans to polluting industries.

A crime-busting team headed by an ex-police sergeant has been brought in by Shropshire fire chiefs worried that arson could increase because of the recession.

Trialist striker Omer Riza today outlined his desire to re-launch his football career with Shrewsbury Town.

Defender Martyn Naylor is set for a surprise return to action for AFC Telford United – after making a rapid recovery from a fractured cheekbone.

Shropshire’s Adrian Gunnell today looked ahead to a summer of change after his nightmare run continued with an early exit from the World Snooker Championships, writes JAMES GARRISON.

Shropshire’s Jo Yapp says England’s dry run in Dubai in November will help put them in a good starting position come the kick-off of tomorrow’s IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens.

The Bank of England today cut interest rates to 0.5 per cent.

Police officers launched a massive search in Bridgnorth today after a 10-year-old girl failed to return home after going out to walk the family dog.

A thousand new places for NHS dentist treatment were today up for grabs in Newport.

Shropshire’s pub trade was today in its death throes with a former licensees’ leader warning it was “survival of the fittest”.

Lessons at Powys secondary schools could be left unstaffed due to budget cuts according to headteachers.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has upheld Britain's mandatory retirement age of 65 following a campaign to scrap the policy.

British companies are within their rights in imposing a compulsory retirement age on their workers, Europe's top court has said.

“Does my bum look big in this?”… it’s a phrase that every woman has uttered at some time in her life.

China's premier Wen Jiabao has warned the country faces unprecedented challenges as a result of the economic downturn but promised growth would still be achieved.

Renewed demands are being made for a government inquiry into the case of 1970s “flying pickets” which saw actor Ricky Tomlinson jailed.

With both car manufacturing and new-vehicle sales in Britain well and truly in the doldrums, showrooms are badly in need of a little sunshine. And if a little becomes a lot this spring and summer, then one sector of the market is sure to shine – cabriolets.

Shropshire highway chiefs are planning to spend £40,000 on installing more vehicle-activated speed signs on county roads in a bid to cut the number of traffic accidents.

See our video of Olympic triple-jump gold medallist Jonathan Edwards’s visit to Much Wenlock.

House prices fell 2.3 per cent in February, continuing the downward trend despite an increase in January.

An air quality expert has told a public inquiry into a controversial biomass burner in Bishop’s Castle that he would have “no hesitation” in sending his children to the nearby school if it was built.

World champion triple jumper Jonathan Edwards visited Much Wenlock with a message of encouragement for “people to be the best they can be”.

A festival celebrating the life and work of Shropshire composer and conductor Sir Edward German promises audiences “hours of wonderful music”, its celebrity backer said today.

Pictures from Olympic champion triple jumper Jonathan Edwards’s visit to Much Wenlock.

Shropshire County Council was today named as one of the top authorities in England for the fourth year running.