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Police today uncovered a huge cannabis factory when they swooped on a house in a residential street in Telford.

May is set to be a fun-packed month for visitors to Shrewsbury’s new riverside entertainment venue, Theatre Severn.

Shropshire’s housing market continued to slump in the first three months of this year with less than 500 homes sold across the county.

Local lad Steve Leslie is eyeing a new Shrewsbury Town contract to help ease the pain of his Wembley heartbreak.

Wellington will have to cope without talented young opener Simon Harding for the next three weeks – but are hoping for a First Class replacement for tomorrow’s visit of Smethwick.

AFC Telford United today confirmed they have taken up an option to re-sign out-of-contract duo Lee Vaughan and Andy Brown.

Okay, I admit the horse has bolted and attempting to close the stable door now is a bit pointless, but I think I’ve worked out how the MP’s expenses debacle could’ve been avoided.

Steps to regulate the financial sector are doomed unless a rampant culture of bonuses, which was today blamed for the recession, is stopped.

The grieving family of a Shropshire couple who died within months of each other are threatening legal action against the new unitary council following a row over a memorial bench.

The FTSE 100 held firm this morning – holding on to yesterday's muted gains.

Tom Hanks and his strange hair return to the big screen as Professor Robert Langdon in the follow-up to The Da Vinci Code.  Is it a rip-roaring thriller, or is it another Da Vinci Code? Find out our critic’s view here.

Midlands Today presenter Nick Owen was educated in Shrewsbury, his father played for a town football club, and although he is a die-hard Luton supporter he keeps a keen interest in Shrewsbury Town FC.

In various religious texts and works of art, angels and demons are regarded as the messengers to the afterlife in either Heaven or Hell.

Strutting down similar avenues to David Fincher's Fight Club, albeit without that film's biting wit and directorial pizazz, Fighting is a no-holds-barred tale of one young man's introduction to the bare-knuckle brawl scene in present day New York City.

A round-up of this week’s Shropshire Star nostalgia pictures.

Review: Rock On David Essex – you may be silver haired and with a little more padding, but you still have that twinkle in your eye and an amazing voice.

Blisters have healed, muscles now work again and I am suffering post marathon blues as I try to adjust to normality after a wonderful four months.

Former jewellery tycoon Gerald Ratner, famous for his”total crap” gaffe, will be the guest speaker at this year’s Shropshire Business Awards.

The FTSE 100 Index closed up 31.21 points ending on slightly firmer ground at 4,362.58.

Paul Simpson has revealed his pride in his Shrewsbury Town squad – and hailed the team spirit which has taken them to within 90 minutes of promotion.

Wolves legend Steve Bull believes club needs to spend £50m to stay in the Premier League next season.

Larry Chambers is ready to play the waiting game in order to bring the right players to AFC Telford United over the summer.

Shropshire will have to do without key allrounder Duncan Catterall for Sunday’s crunch MCCA Trophy group clash with Cheshire at Wem.

A 21-year-old Telford man who sold 300 endangered tortoises, making a profit of £35,000 in just 12 months, was today jailed for eight months.

Convicted travel company fraudster David Oakley was finally behind bars today after four years on the run in Europe.

Wrekin Group chairman David Unwin’s business empire was faltering today as two more of his companies were heading for liquidation following the collapse of the Shifnal construction firm.

TV presenter Nick Owen returned to Shrewsbury today to help launch a mass-read of a literary classic as part of celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin.

Royal Mail has reported healthy annual profits of £321m for the year to 31 March but business secretary Lord Mandelson has warned he still intends to go ahead with the government's plans to part-privatise the business.

A teenager was left with serious facial injuries – including a broken nose – after an attack in Oswestry.

Superstar singer James Morrison is to call in at Birmingham’s LG Arena this November on a tour of the biggest UK venues he has ever played.