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Heroic soldiers from a north Shropshire-based Army regiment have spoken of their pride after meeting The Queen who handed them bravery medals.

The FTSE 100 rose just 0.57 per cent to 4,461.87 as investors adopt a cautious position.

AFC Telford United today parted company with club record signing Lee Moore – bringing his three-year stay at the club to an end.

A 37-year-old man who was rescued from his burning home in Shropshire along with his pregnant partner and her two children has died.

Evening Standard owner Alexander Lebedev is reportedly close to securing the purchase of the Independent and Independent on Sunday.

More than £100,000 of cannabis was seized in a dawn raid on a drugs factory in Telford, police revealed today. The factory was at a house in Leegomery.

London commuters are enduring a second day of travel heartache over the ongoing strike by tube workers.

The warning signs over the Icelandic banking collapse were there for English councils to see, an influential committee of MPs has argued.

A goalkeeper has been placed at the top of Shrewsbury Town’s current shopping list.

Is Ann Widdecombe right to have thrown her hat into the ring for the Speaker of the House of Commons job? asks Shirley Tart

A former Shropshire schoolboy and his mother are believed to have been on board the Air France jet which crashed into the Atlantic, it emerged today.

Flash flooding blocked roads across Shropshire and Mid Wales as storms and torrential rain caused chaos in parts of the country leaving homes without power and motorists having to be rescued.

Japan's economy shrank at record pace during the first three months of the year, official figures show.

An ex-soldier from Telford has stolen the heart of tragic Jade Goody’s mum Jackiey Budden, it was reported today.

Final attempts by private detectives searching for Madeleine McCann to interview a former Shropshire paedophile about her disappearance have failed.

More than 400 jobs and millions of pounds worth of investment are to be created following the opening of a 26-acre rail freight park in Shropshire.

AFC Telford United today received a timely financial boost as Wolves reserves agreed to return to the New Bucks Head.

China's spending on factories, property and roads surged by more than expected during the last quarter as the government's stimulus package countered a record drop in exports.

Manchester United have accepted a world record £80m bid for Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid.

The prospect of eviction for Market Drayton housemate Freddie Fisher was beginning to hit home last night when he confessed: “It’s pretty easy to get time on your own in here. Maybe I just repel people.”

Residents living along a road near Oswestry say they are plagued by drivers ignoring speed limits and double white lines along the busy main route.

With all the mud slung in the direction of the Government recently, it’s easy to forget that not too long ago we were having a go at them for trying to tell us how to live.

It takes more than an hour to travel from Kidderminster to Bridgnorth on the Severn Valley Railway – but you can do it in 69 seconds on shrop shirestar.com

Shropshire schoolchildren are set to benefit from free visits to working farms under a new initiative from Muller Dairy.

Lives will be put in danger and emergency services will face increased pressure if plans for a windfarm route through Mid Wales get the go-ahead, it has been claimed.

The most successful coach in Shropshire rugby is back – at the club where he made his name.

Positive forecasts for the economy failed to move the FTSE 100 higher in early trading, and the index dropped 0.48 per cent to 4,415.26 by 08:23 BST.

Letter: I reply to the letter entitled “we should be paid for bin storage by council” by M James, on May 14.

A four-storey office block in Shrewsbury which houses the county court and failed to sell at auction has been put on the open market for just under £1 million.

“Complacent” councils who invested millions of pounds with Icelandic banks just before they collapsed came under fire from MPs today.