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The granddaddy of shock rock, Alice Cooper, will bring a chill to Wolverhampton when he returns to play the Civic Hall this winter.

Shropshire won the RLF North Midlands Championship for the first time in four years by beating Greater Birmingham in an entertaining final at Stourbridge’s Stourton Park.

AFC Telford United today confirmed they have opened talks with nine current players as manager Rob Smith looks to shape a squad for next season’s assault on the league.

Shrewsbury Town manager Paul Simpson has been looking ahead to his side’s clash with Gillingham in the League Two play-off final at Wembley.

A Shropshire teenager who was involved in a motorcycle crash died in hospital today. The family of Dean Tipping, from Hilton, Bridgnorth, paid tribute to the 18-year-old.

Toxic pollution that has killed thousands of fish along a Wolverhampton canal has been detected in north Shropshire, it was revealed today.

Up to 550 wind turbines are set to be built across Powys in the coming years, council bosses admitted today – taking the total in the county to more than 700.

Diane Davies gets the five-star family treatment at Potters Leisure Resort on the Norfolk coast.

The demand for gold among investors increased sharply during the first three months of 2009, official figures show.

Seven “alien” wind turbines near Market Drayton would “demolish” a beautiful landscape, a planning appeal has heard.

For Shrewsbury Town star Ben Davies the club’s crunch Wembley play-off final this Saturday will be one of the biggest days of his life.

Boy racers performing handbrake turns and revving their engines in a part of Telford have been asked to write to the residents they have disturbed.

Four people were hurt when a van and car collided in Mid Wales.

Nurses who exposed an acute shortage of staff and beds at Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital will not face disciplinary action, it was confirmed today.

A Welsh Premier League club will have to wait and see if plans for 3,000 seats at its Oswestry ground will get the go-ahead after a planning meeting was postponed due to a council error.

Hospital waiting times for Powys residents have been cut by more than half, new figures have revealed.

Doorstep conmen who trick vulnerable and elderly people out of hundreds of pounds will be targeted in a huge rogue trader crackdown launched in Telford today.

A Shrewsbury bank has closed off a lobby area where people could go to use two cash points because of the town’s “weekend nightlife”.

Morrissey has set a new date for his concert at Symphony Hall after he was forced to postpone it last week die to illness.

Two teenage Shropshire girls who alerted police to a stolen tractor worth £60,000 and a postman who helped officers trace an armed robber are among those who have been praised at an awards ceremony.

Police officers from around Shropshire have received praise for their hard work and dedication to the job.

Police officers from around Shropshire have received praise for their hard work and dedication to the job. See pictures of the winners here.

Alistair Darling is sticking by his predictions the UK economy will return to growth by the end of the year, defying gloomier international forecasts.

New figures show that during the first three months of 2009 Japan's economy shrank at its quickest rate since records began.

Tributes were paid today to a 21-year-old Shropshire man who died following a battle with a genetic condition. His family called for greater public awareness of the disorder.

Letter: Is there a case for legalising drug use?

A plunge in Lloyds Banking Group's share price after the offer to buy shares at a discount closed sent the FTSE 100 lower in early trading.

What is this slippery customer which was spotted wriggling across a road in Shropshire?

By the middle of Monday afternoon, it had the word “inevitable” stamped across it. Michael Martin’s ample girth, that is.

Paul Simpson has been backed to bring the good times to Shrewsbury Town – by one of English football’s most enduring figures.