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An opencast coal mine would destroy Telford’s ambition of transforming itself from old industrial wasteland to a 21st century community, it was claimed today.

Official figures show retail sales in the UK rose by 0.9 per cent last month compared to March.

Candidates for next month’s Shropshire Council election will attend a Question Time-style debate at Oswestry’s Memorial Hall tonight.

Shropshire Star sports writer Chris Hudson will be cheering on Shrewsbury Town at Wembley on Saturday but his dad will have his colours nailed firmly to the Gillingham mast. Watch our video.

This is the boy who will lead Shrewsbury Town’s players out on to the hallowed turf at Wembley for the crunch play-off final on Saturday.

Soldiers based out in Afghanistan will be cheering on Shrewsbury Town in the club’s big Wembley showdown, even though they are thousands of miles away.

Shrewsbury Town fans serving in Afghanistan have taken their football shirts with them to show their support while out serving in the Middle East.

If you could fill out an official form wrongly and get away with it, what would it be?

Gordon Brown came under fire last night as business leaders criticised the recently announced 50p income tax rate.

The FTSE 100 fell 1.91 per cent by 08:50 BST to 4,385.92, echoing weakness in the US markets.

History is brought vividly to life with a dazzling array of computer generated effects in Night At The Museum 2, a soulless exercise in digital might over emotional subtlety.

LETTER - I believe we should be proud to acknowledge our hard working MP Philip Dunne. He has not claimed expenses since he was elected.

Residents were getting their chance today to express their views on UK Coal’s proposed opencast mine close to Shropshire’s landmark Wrekin hill.

Cancer affects a patient’s relationship as well as the patient. Today a new campaign is launched to try and help couples during a dark time.

Shrewsbury Town’s class of 2009 are better placed to seal a memorable promotion to League One than the team of two years ago.

More than 160 children were hoping the rain would hold off this afternoon as they dashed through the streets of Wellington during a historic race.

Eight Shropshire inventors and entrepreneurs are one step closer to winning a potentially life-changing prize after reaching the semi-finals of the Star Idea competition.

A taxi driver in Oswestry could still end up £5,000 out of pocket after councillors were unable to decide whether he should be allowed to continue to use his car which is the “wrong” colour.

Retailers and Lloyds Banking dragged the FTSE 100 down during the afternoon and the index closed 13.84 points lower at 4,468.41.

A Shropshire man warned his co-accused he would “go the same way” as the man they allegedly murdered if he confided in anyone about the death, a court heard.

Some people sponsor benches and others sponsor players, but grass-roots football fans in Telford are being urged to sponsor a seat in a club’s new all-seater stand, writes Tom Johannsen.

Thousands of Shrewsbury Town fans will be making the journey south to cheer on the team in its Wembley showdown with Gillingham for a place in League One this weekend.

Omer Riza has already provided the hors d’oeuvre on one major Wembley occasion.

The government has received an unexpected boost over its handling of the economic crisis after the International Monetary Fund praised its "bold and wide-ranging" actions since the recession began.

Shrewsbury Town manager Paul Simpson looks set to have a 21-man squad to select from for Shrewsbury’s big Wembley showdown with Gillingham.

Shropshire’s ‘Mr Reliable’ will miss the crucial Endsleigh British county championship showdown with title holders Greater Manchester, writes Malcolm Fletcher.

A former Shropshire doctor cleared of involvement in the London and Glasgow car bomb plot has been at the centre of a three-day inquest on a county man.

A pair of Shrewsbury Town fans who represent the face and voice of the club will be taking to the hallowed turf of Wembley this weekend for the second time in the last two years.

The mother of a north Shropshire teenager who died in a road crash alongside two of her friends has branded a memorial car meeting “a disgrace”.

A police investigation was under way today after a woman claimed her house in Shrewsbury was wrongly targeted by officers who smashed down her front door in a terrifying dawn raid.