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Former Telford Tigers ice hockey star Claude Dumas has been appointed as the new player/head coach of the Bracknell Bees.

Wolves are pushing for their first summer signing after making an offer of around £2.6m for Red Star Belgrade captain Nenad Milijas.

Newport have become the latest cricket club in Shropshire to become frustrated by red tape in their bid to get their overseas pro into the country.

Shrewsbury Town today took the wraps off a mouth-watering pre-season programme that will see two Midlands big guns heading to the Prostar Stadium.

A Telford man was this afternoon found guilty of the horrific murder of student Simon Everitt, who was tied to a tree and set on fire.

An expert witness for Telford & Wrekin Council has admitted that public health fears play no part in its fight against a proposed opencast coal mine close to The Wrekin.

A building site in Telford became an inferno today when timber-framed homes went up in flames. See our exclusive video footage here.

Horror maestro Sam Raimi – the man behind The Evil Dead  – returns to our screens with Drag Me To Hell, the story of a girl cursed to burn for all eternity. Is it movie heaven or purgatory? Find out here.

A former Shropshire paedophile linked to the Madeleine McCann investigation has given a DNA sample to police, it has been reported.

Two former Newport schoolboys had an amazing reunion on the battlefields of Afghanistan.

A 61-year-old businessman today admitted repairing his car and disposing of the damaged parts after he was involved in a fatal collision with a nine-year-old schoolboy.

Telford & Wrekin’s two MPs put aside their political differences today to speak out against plans for opencast mining close to Shropshire’s most visited beauty spot.

There are winners and losers with technological advances, with the repair and maintenance of the modern family car becoming a virtually no-go area for the enthusiastic amateur. Just about the only refuge left for the “tinkerer” is ownership of a classic car, writes Rex Key.

Proposals for a 3,000-seat sports stand near Oswestry have been given the go-ahead – despite fears it could cause traffic chaos.

Police sergeant Rob Mountford had only one vehicle in mind to help him achieve a potential Guinness Book of Records registration. It had to be a Land Rover!

A Shropshire MP admitted he was “extremely embarrassed” by the actions of his fellow politicians as he held a public meeting in the wake of the expenses scandal.

When I had a Volvo XC60 on test it drew many admiring glances. One friend who called by at the office to see me was positively salivating over it – well it does look very attractive, writes Sharon Walters.

Shrewsbury and Atcham MP Daniel Kawczynskiadmitted he was “extremely embarrassed” by the actions of his fellow politicians as he held a public meeting in the wake of the expenses scandal. See the pictures here.

A building site in Telford became an inferno today when timber-framed homes under construction went up in flames. Read the full story and see video footage here.

This month saw a day that was marked in many motorcyclists’ diaries for a very special reason. The all-new Royal Enfield EFI Clubman’s (electronic fuel injection) model made its debut appearance on UK public roads; prior to its official market release later this year.

Liberal Democrats in Shropshire were today criticised after using photog-raphs of county firefighters in election leaflets sent to thousands of homes.

A man died after suffering horrific injuries when he became trapped in a baling machine at a Shropshire farm.

Tory grandee Bill Cash was today drawn into the expenses row after it emerged he paid his daughter £15,000 in rent from parliamentary expenses – despite owning a flat closer to Westminster.

More than 20 jobs are being created in Telford with the opening of a state-of-the-art learning complex.

Over 35,000 new cars have been ordered since the launch of the government's new car scrappage scheme last month, official figures show.

A controversial taxpayer-funded restaurant at a Shropshire beauty spot which underwent a £2 million facelift is expected to operate at a loss in its first year, new figures revealed today.

Severn Trent today announced a six per cent drop in profits to £273.5 million after cash-conscious customers cut down on the amount of water they use.

Official figures show house prices rose for the second time in three months in May.

“I have nothing to hide,” says Wrekin MP Mark Pritchard, who explains why he fully supports a major reform of the parliamentary expenses scheme.

The FTSE 100 surged 1.05 per cent in early trading to 4,433.40 as a surprise jump in house prices and a rise in US markets boosted investor confidence.