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The FTSE 100 closed broadly flat, up by 3.52 points, to 4,386.94 as a rise in financial stocks balanced a drop in the mining sector.

Shrewsbury Town today began their summer recruitment programme for a renewed assault on League Two by signing midfielder Craig Disley.

Optimism appears to be returning to AFC Telford United – with season ticket sales for the coming Blue Square North campaign taking off at a brisk pace.

Shropshire has been hit with its first case of swine flu, as the number of people affected across the country passed the 400 mark today.

Shropshire voters were going to the polls today in council and European elections which could hasten Gordon Brown’s departure from Number 10.

Despite people going to the polls today, it will be a weekend of vote counting before the full picture of today’s elections is actually known.

The first case of swine flu in Shropshire was confirmed today. For more on this story see today’s news bulletin.

Three companies connected to collapsed construction firm Wrekin have gone into liquidation, including one which owed the Shifnal group more than £500,000.

A murder inquiry was under way today after a Shropshire woman was found battered to death in her own home.

An “exceptional” Shropshire man who raised more than £100,000 for charity has died.

A group of Shropshire-based soldiers will be following in the footsteps of their forefathers today when they travel to Normandy to mark the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

The sharpest monthly increase in UK house prices in seven years was felt last month, the Halifax has said.

The FTSE 100 recovered in early trading by one per cent to 4,427.04 by 09:00 BST after yesterday's sell offs, led by financial stocks.

The Shropshire Star’s Battle of the Bands contest is set to climax later this month with a huge finals night – and we’ve been behind the scenes.

Man battles the machines once again in an all-guns-blazing reboot of the Terminator series, which sows the seeds of a new trilogy charting John Connor's rise to leader of the Resistance in the aftermath of Judgment Day.

LETTER: I always had an inkling that horoscopes and the like were a load of baloney and now I have proof – thanks to the Shropshire Star.

The Bank of England is expected to announce interest rates will be held at 0.5 per cent later today.

Manchester United have secured a major shirt sponsorship deal that will begin in 2010 following the end of their agreement with current sponsor AIG.

Shropshire’s first case of swine flu has now been confirmed, with the number of people affected across the country topping 400.

Telford & Wrekin Council is set to spend nearly £1 million to ensure safety for people living near a former dumping ground used by international chemical giant Monsanto.

The FTSE 100 slumped 2.09 per cent to 4,383.42 as several stocks went ex-dividend and investors took profits from recent gains.

Celebrity television presenter and author Dick Strawbridge is a man on a green mission. He and his family are determined to find a sustainable way of living that is not wasteful and does not damage the environment.

A man has been arrested after the body of a 63-year-old Shropshire woman was found at her home. The woman was named by neighbours as Margaret Wycherley.

Shrewsbury Town have added a fifth fixture to their pre-season schedule.

Striker Danny Carey-Bertram today revealed his delight at penning a new deal with AFC Telford United, insisting: “I never wanted to leave.”

Whitchurch’s Richard Oliver looks set to be rewarded for his scintillating early season form with an opening berth for Shropshire in their first Minor Counties Championship clash.

A 15-year-old Shropshire schoolgirl has died following an operation to remove her appendix. Tributes have now been paid to Danielle Harris, of Coneybury View, Broseley.

A Shropshire man today spoke of his shock after masked gunmen forced their way into his family home before firing a shot in an attempted robbery.

Consumer confidence in the UK rose to a six-month in May, figures released today show.

More than 1,000 atom bomb test veterans, including a Telford man, will this week discover whether the Government has succeeded in its bid to derail their claims for compensation.