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Shropshire will be keeping one eye on the sky as they bid to progress in the MCCA Trophy against Cheshire at Wem on Sunday.

Beaten world finalist Tony O’Shea, the old Silverback himself will be taking on all comers at the Shrewsbury and District Darts League grand finals night.

Five hospital employees have been praised for lifting the lid on an acute staff and beds shortage at Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital.

More than half the tickets for Shrewsbury Town’s crunch play-off final have been snapped up by eager fans as merchandise went on sale today to commemorate the match.

Long tailbacks built up in Telford today when a road leading into one of the borough’s biggest interchanges had to be partially closed because of a fire.

A schoolboy escaped serious injury after he was hit by a car in a village on the Powys/Shropshire border.

Up to 150 car enthusiasts are expected to meet in Oswestry town centre on Sunday to mark the first anniversary of a crash which killed three young friends.

A group of teenagers fled in horror as an explosion tore through a Shropshire flat.

Illegal drug factories linked to serious organised crime rings are being set up in quiet Shropshire neighbourhoods in a bid to avoid detection, a police inspector warned today.

Applicants are being invited to apply for the post of clerk to Shrewsbury Town Council with a salary of £52,052 a year.

A Mid Wales man who swung a toddler around by his hair and sexually assaulted him has been jailed and put on the sex offender register.

A 74-year-old man passed off dangerous inflatables as safe in leisure centres across the country, Shrewsbury Crown Court heard.

Firefighters were called to a Llandrindod Wells home after a fire broke out in the ground floor early today.

Workers in Birmingham's manufacturing industry are set to stage a protest today to urge the government to protect jobs during the recession.

More than half of Shrewsbury Town’s ticket allocation for the crunch play-off final at Wembley has been sold and manager Paul Simpson called on fans to keep the feel-good factor going up to the big day.

Boxer Ricky Hatton discusses the highs and lows of his career with Paul Shuttleworth. Watch the video here.

Star rating: **** Kirsty Smallman, her husband and friends head to a waterside resort for a bank holiday treat.

Star rating: *** Andy Richardson praises an honest-to-goodness village inn

Eating fresh, local, seasonal food is at the heart of the Shropshire Star’s Credit Munch campaign. So, this week, we’re turning our thoughts to asparagus.

Hailing from Perth, Australia, The Panics’ sun-kissed guitars, easy melodies and widescreen string arrangements make them an absolute joy.

Losing a young child is something no parents should ever have to face. For one Shropshire family, it’s proving particularly difficult to get over the pain.

The FTSE 100 was down at the end of the week as data came in that the European recession has worsened.

The company which bought Wrekin Construction two years ago is to be placed into liquidation following the collapse of the Shifnal-based firm.

Plans for a multi-million pound care home on the site of one of Telford’s last traditional pubs look likely to go ahead, despite fears it would dominate a high street.

A Conservative MP has withdrawn and postponed a bill calling for the minimum wage to be scrapped until next month.

Shropshire highway bosses were forced to spend more than £1.2 million extra on keeping county roads open during last winter’s severe weather.

Nearly half of Shrewsbury Town Football Club’s allocation for its crunch play-off final at Wembley have been sold.

A proposed windfarm near Market Drayton would not spoil “magnificent” views from a historic hunting lodge on the north Shropshire border, a public inquiry has heard.

A row is brewing on the county cricket scene over plans to form a new second division in the Marston’s Shropshire Premier League.

More than 12,800 homes were repossessed in the first three months of 2009, new figures have shown.