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Wembley fever is sweeping across Shropshire – and some of the county’s cricket clubs have the chance to allow their players to be part of Shrewsbury Town’s big day.

Legal & General (L&G) has attacked the government for changing the pensions regime during last month's Budget.

Delwyn Humphreys today jumped back on the Shropshire football merry-go-round as he took up the vacant Shifnal Town manager’s position.

The pension scheme for Wrekin Construction workers is claiming nearly £25 million from the collapsed company – bringing the total amount owed to creditors to more than £40 million, administrators revealed today.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fine Morgan Stanley £1.4m for failing to prevent a rogue trader from causing $120m (£79m) loss for the firm's customers.

High profile MP Lembit Opik was today dragged into the expenses row after the Liberal Democrats became the latest party hit by damaging revelations about their use of public money.

Three staff at a north Shropshire offenders’ unit were taken to hospital and several more were injured after tackling a fight involving as many as 15 inmates.

Unemployment figures released by the Office for National Statistics have risen again in Mid Wales, leaving them at the highest level for more than 12 years.

A war of words has broken out between the town council and businesses in Oswestry over last Christmas’s free parking arrangements.

A multi-million pound five-storey hotel can finally be built in Shrewsbury after plans were approved – despite concerns it could lead to a loss of earnings for town guest houses.

A man who was out walking his dog had to be rescued by specialist ambulance and fire crews from a rocky outcrop 50ft above the ground after he slipped down a steep slope in Telford.

The UK economy will need time to heal and it will take longer than anticipated to do so, the governor of the Bank of England warned today.

A man who was out walking his dog had to be rescued by specialist ambulance and fire crews from a rocky outcrop after he slipped down a steep slope in Telford. See the pictures here.

Eager Shrewsbury Town fans queued outside the club’s Prostar Stadium from as early as 5.40am today to secure the best seats in the house for the team’s play-off final at Wembley.

Controversial applications by Vodafone for two mobile phone masts in Shrewsbury have been thrown out by councillors.

Leaking drums sparked a full-scale chemical alert in a lay-by beside a busy Shropshire road.

Years ago I interviewed one man about his job, writes Shirley Tart. He was the speaker of the Commons.

Intel, the computer chip manufacturer, has been fined a record 1.06bn euros ($1.45bn; £948m) by the European Commission for anti-competitive practices involving its competitor Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

Hannah Jenner has yet to meet Ellen McArthur. But the 28-year-old Shropshire-educated yachtswoman has the world record breaker firmly in her sights.

Banking and mining stocks were still weighing on the FTSE 100 in early trading as last week's rally begins to reverse.

Shropshire can meet a renewable energy target set by the Government without a new windfarm near Market Drayton, a public inquiry has heard.

County yachtswoman Hannah Jenner is getting set for her biggest challenge.

LETTERS: I was interested in your headline about medals being dished out. This has been going on for yonks.

Fresh moves are under way to improve health care collaboration along the Shropshire and Mid Wales border and tackle the confusion over who provides services.

Troubled times have come for a 26-year-old man who is sleeping rough in an old pump room

Shattered midfielder Paul Murray backed boss Paul Simpson’s decision to substitute him in the side’s play-off glory at Bury, but pledged: “I’ll be fit for Wembley.”

Tickets for Shrewsbury Town’s Wembley showdown for a place in League One went on sale today, with thousands of fans expected to make the journey south to roar the club on.

Unemployment rose by quarter of a million in the first three months of the year, official figures showed today.

Lloyds Banking Group dragged down the FTSE 100 after falling 10.27 per cent on the index to 89.10p.

An extra 3,000 south Shropshire people will soon have access to NHS dental services in Ludlow, it has emerged, as a funding boost will help make access to a NHS dentist much easier.