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Stalwart Jody Craddock will be offered a new deal by Wolves after leading the club back to the Premier League.

Honda’s 2.2-litre Accord diesel engine is such a smoothie that the addition of an automatic gearbox seems a natural evolutionary step – even if it does come a little late. Sharon Walters checks it out.

A 40-year-old Shropshire woman was “angry and upset” on the night she disappeared, an inquest was told today.

A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his young stepson in Shropshire.

The A458 at Harley Hill, between Shrewsbury and Much Wenlock, was closed this morning after a rock slide. See the pictures here.

A Shropshire landlady has been cleared of showing Premiership football matches illegally in her pub.

Motorists are facing long delays in Shrewsbury because of snarl-ups caused by traffic getting to the events at the town’s new theatre, it has been claimed.

A major shake-up of Oswestry’s indoor and outdoor markets is in the pipeline, it was revealed today.

Russell Crowe returns to our screens in State of Play – any good, or should we just rent the original TV series instead? Find out here.

Civic leaders in Ellesmere campaigning against the proposed closure of a Royal Mail delivery office in the town are urging the firm’s bosses to rethink the move.

Bosses at Powys County Council were today accused of acting “irresponsibly” after millions of pounds’ worth of taxpayers’ money was deposited into Icelandic banks.

Boxer Mark Lloyd tonight faces the biggest fight of his career with the aim of emulating Richie Woodhall in bringing a major belt to Shropshire.

Shrewsbury Town manager Paul Simpson has refused to contemplate a potential winner-takes-all play-off decider at Dagenham next week by declaring: “We have to get it right tomorrow first.”

Motorists faced traffic chaos on one of Shropshire’s busiest main roads today following a crash in which a lorry shed its load.

James Meredith today handed AFC Telford United a massive play-off boost – as Rob Smith’s men prepare to challenge the champions of Tamworth tomorrow.

Powys remains one of the safest places to live in Wales with more than 1,500 fewer offences recorded and detection levels up in the Dyfed-Powys police area during the last 12-months.

A pub near Oswestry that fell foul of music licensing rules is to resume jamming sessions – after the landlord spent months and hundreds of pounds in obtaining the correct licence following a complaint.

A local Volkswagen enthusiasts group has organised its first ever show locally at Brimfield, Ludlow as a charity event for Megan Baker House. One of the organiser, Gavin Butler said the local group is expecting VW vehicles from all over the country.

Telford & Wrekin Council is to spend an extra £3 million to repair crumbling roads and footpaths after a “people power” campaign by cyclists and pensioners.

Thirteen rare examples of Adolf Hitler’s artwork were sold in Shropshire yesterday – and sparked a bidding frenzy. See our video here.

Fifteen paintings by Adolf Hitler have sold at a Shropshire auction for a staggering £95,000 – many thousands more than the original reserve.

The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has accused the United States and governments in Europe of not following up their promises to reform the banking sector.

Microsoft sales fell this year for the first time in the company's 23-year history, but some analysts have expressed their relief the quarterly results were not even worse.

Two building supplies outlets on a shared site in Telford are to close with the loss of up to 11 jobs, it was revealed today.

Chris Hudson looks back on the action from AFC Telford’s home win against Burscough.

The UK economy shrank by 1.9 per cent in the first three months of this year, official figures have shown.

An overnight rise in US stock markets helped lift the FTSE 100 in early trading, boosting the index 33 points to 4,051.16.

Our weekly round-up of this week’s nostalgia pictures, including the canal at St Martins, the Swan Hotel at Woore and a Wellington cricket team from 1938.

An overnight landslide has shut the A458 at Harley Hill, between Shrewsbury and Much Wenlock. See the video here.

This week’s Shropshire Star Dog of the Week is Annie, a wonderful, calm and quiet dog looking to spend her life with a loving owner.