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The FTSE 100 rose 0.5 per cent this morning as Barclays looks set to pass a stress test on its capital position.

The eagerly-anticipated film The Damned United opens this weekend, telling the tale of controversial football manager Brian Clough and his brief time at Leeds United during the 1970s.

If talks are under way to bring the monarchy up to date so that a princess may inherit in the same manner as male heirs, it’s a move well over due, writes Shirley Tart.

Tenants are the 'forgotten victims' of the repossession crisis and face sudden homelessness if their landlord is repossessed, charities have warned.

Almost a third of Brits are overspending and run the risk of falling into debt, new research shows.

Alistair Darling could increase the amount that can be saved in an ISA to £10,000 in next month's Budget.

Generations of Shropshire children have experienced life at the Arthog outward bounds centre on the Welsh coast. Ben Bentley caught up with the latest group of adventurers.

An extra 100 homes a year may have to be built on greenfield sites in the Shrewsbury area over the next 20 years, it emerged today.

A £2,500 commemorative piece of silver commissioned to mark the end of Shrewsbury and Atcham Borough Council is to be unveiled tonight at the final meeting of the authority.

Campaigners fighting a bid to site an opencast mine at a Shropshire beauty spot are to hold a demonstration outside a public inquiry into the plans next month.

The FTSE 100 saw a relatively flat day today, but traders saw no time for breath after earlier turbulence in the week.

25 March 2009: Our superb mix of properties this week includes a charming border cottage ideal for first timer’s, a splendid wharf cottage built by Thomas Telford and a smart townhouse on the banks of the River Severn.

Bridgnorth District Council was today accused of negligence after depositing £1 million in an Icelandic bank days before its collapse.

A Shropshire man today relived the horror of finding his dying father with a barbecue skewer in his neck.

A Shropshire man was this afternoon fighting for his life in hospital after a freak accident in which a flying metal rod smashed through the front windscreen of the car he was driving.

Low-cost supermarket Aldi has had plans for a new store in Whitchurch thrown out amid fears that it could sound the death knell for small traders.

Gloucester aims to make a real splash in 2009 thanks to an action-packed year-round events programme stretching from synchronised swimming to cheese rolling and tall ships.

Join Rebecca Lawrence as she looks at the stories making the headlines in today’s Shropshire Star.

Marc Pugh today swapped a bit-part role in Shrewsbury Town’s promotion push for the chance to impress at a higher level after joining League One strugglers Hereford United on loan.

Boss Rob Smith will ring the changes as AFC Telford United head north for tonight’s much-delayed Setanta Shield northern area final at Barrow.

Australian club Perth Glory were today claiming a coup in arranging a pre-season friendly with Wolves down under in July.

Shropshire Olympian Nick Woodbridge was today competing in the first modern pentathlon World Cup event of the year in Mexico City.

Hereford United have announced an operating profit of £409,048 for the year ending 31 May 2008.

Peter Doherty, the nation’s bad boy of rock ‘n’ roll – who saw the inside of police cells on his visit to Shropshire – returned in triumph to the Midlands last night for a solo gig.

Council tax rises are the lowest in 15 years as local authorities bow to government pressure to keep household bills low.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is investigating an alleged £56 million fraud on Allied Irish Bank (AIB).

A Shrewsbury girl, who has battled with leukaemia for nearly three years, was the star of the opening of Theatre Severn when she presented the Earl of Wessex with teddy bears for his children, James and Louise.

Campaigners were today celebrating after winning their battle against controversial plans for a new housing development in a Shropshire village.

Householders in Shrewsbury have been warned about a gang of rogue traders operating in Bayston Hill after they targeted an 86-year-old woman. She was given an initial quote to have her drive resurfaced.

Police today appealed for a driver to come forward after a motorcyclist was left seriously injured after losing control on a Telford road.