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AFC Telford reached the play-off last night with a sensational 3-0 win over Burscough FC in the Blue Square North.

Shropshire Star writer Ben Bentley joined a group of ghost hunters for a moonlight tour of a county castle.

More news from The Answer – just a day after the Irish hard rockers had to reschedule club dates this week they have now announced a 15-date headline tour for later this year which takes in Wolverhampton’s Wulfrun Hall.

Midland heavy metal band Hostile have been added to the bill at this year’s Download Festival as they continue to work on their debut album with Judas Priest legend KK Downing.

Alistair Darling is preparing to deliver his Budget statement for 2009 amid the worst recession the country has faced since the second world war.

Credit card companies are adding to people's money worries by squeezing cash out of hard-up customers, and need to get into the "real world", according to a survey.

Ben Bentley looks at how we care for our loved ones when age takes its toll.

The FTSE 100 ended the day much where it started despite falling over 100 points in afternoon trading.

England Women’s football boss Hope Powell has been talking to our video team ahead of her side’s international clash with Norway at the Prostar Stadium in Shrewsbury.

A Shropshire man was waiting at a London social club when an estimated £17 million worth of cannabis was delivered in a lorry driven by an undercover detective, a court heard today.

A have-a-go-hero who took on a major fire at a north Shropshire industrial estate has been praised by firefighters and by managers at his firm.

Residents in two areas of Shrewsbury were sent electoral forms directing them to the wrong polling stations for this summer’s elections in a mix-up by council officials.

Oswestry is set to be a “tourism hotspot” this year as the recession sees more British holidaymakers stay in the UK, town councillors have been told.

Everyone likes a freebie at the best of times but, in the current economic climate, when looking for something to do, it is a real bonus if it doesn’t cost a penny.

MPs are to have their taxpayer-funded expenses slashed in a bid to restore the public’s faith in Parliament, under shock proposals announced today by Gordon Brown.

Plans for a £4.5 million school in Powys will go on display next week. Work on the 270-place school and children’s centre at Trefonnen, Llandrindod Wells, could start in May.

Shropshire’s Graham Kitchener is off to the land of the rising sun after being included in the England squad for the IRB Under-20 World Championship in Japan in June.

Shropshire’s latest Premiership export Dave Edwards has vowed to rise to the challenge of tackling the elite of world football next season.

Omer Riza has set his sights on a happy ending to “15 months of torture” – by helping fire Shrewsbury Town into League One.

Boss Rob Smith wants AFC Telford United to burst through the Blue Square North finishing line tonight – and book their place in the promotion play-offs.

Shropshire Council is seeking legal advice as campaigners against proposed hunting kennels in Whixall prepare to take their fight to the High Court.

A new supermarket could not be built on Oswestry’s central car park until January 2014 at the earliest – and would create two years of massive disruption for town traders, councillors have been told.

More than 1,000 homes in a Powys town were left without power following a fault.

Family and friends of Shropshire teenager Aiden Brookes paid tribute to their “special ray of sunshine” as they said their final goodbyes at his funeral.

Shropshire’s postal service workers were today continuing crisis talks with union leaders over plans to close two of the county’s sorting offices.

People in Shropshire are facing debts of up to £50,000 to pay for the care of elderly relatives, it has been claimed.

The UK experienced deflation last month for the first time in nearly half a century, according to figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) today.

Snooker player Stephen Maguire has been interviewed by police officers as part of an investigation into alleged match-fixing at a major tournament in Telford.

Dental records will have to be used to identify a body which was found by a group of canoeists in the River Severn in Shrewsbury, on Sunday, police today said.

The £8 million Telford International Railfreight Park is to open early in June on time and on budget, it was revealed today.