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Internet news editor Andrew Owen reports on the Shropshire media appearance by Princes Harry and William as part of this week’s podcast.

Britain’s hopes of a Wimbledon champion have soared this year as a young Scot seeks to emulate the great Fred Perry who won 73 years ago, writes Shirley Tart.

Reviewer’s rating: ***** What’s in a name? Well, obviously quite a bit, writes Neil Thomas. Sebastian is a name that suggests class and sits very comfortably over the door of one of Shropshire’s best restaurants.

Reviewer’s rating **** In these times of austerity, the salvation for pubs would appear to lie in good quality food delivered at affordable prices. Which is why the Fox and Hounds, at Shawbury, can expect to emerge from the present recession relatively unscathed.

Our trio of twitterers this week includes the duo behind Shrewsbury beauty emporium Nice Creams, Gobowen-based events specialist Heather Noble and an intriguing new production company called Marches TV.

Shrewsbury Town’s supporters have given the club a resounding thumbs up – by smashing records for season ticket sales.

Shropshire captain James Ralph has hailed spinner Andy Gray as “the best bowler in Minor Counties cricket” ahead of the Championship clash with Wales at Bridgnorth.

Shropshire rugby ace Graham Kitchener has his sights firmly set on beating the Junior All Blacks in the IRB Toshiba Junior World Championship final in Tokyo tomorrow.

Tension-filled battles are developing at both the top and bottom of the Furrows Shropshire Premier Bowls League.

It’s the title every Shropshire bowler dreams of winning and Andy Moss is still no different – even though he has won it twice.

Shropshire hospital boss Tom Taylor today hit back at stinging criticism from the leader of Telford & Wrekin Council and warned that attacks on the way things were being run could undermine public confidence.

Shropshire’s “Lord of the manor” Freddie Fisher has survived eviction night in the Big Brother house, winning the public vote to stay in the competition for another week.

Teams from across Shropshire have taken to the water to raise an estimated £25,000 for charity and compete for the title of “World Coracle Champions”.

A Shropshire parish council has set up an online petition on a Government web- site urging Communities Secretary John Denham to reject plans for a giant opencast coal mine in Telford.

A businessman has been jailed for 22 months after being involved in a crash near Ellesmere which led to the death of a young boy.

It is unusual to picture the warring families of the Montagues and the Capulets as savage tribes scavenging a living from the ruins around them – but the setting of Ludlow Castle makes Kate Saxon’s bold version of Shakespeare’s tale of doomed lovers more than convincing, writes Hannah Costigan.

Nearly 1,000 Shropshire homes were left without power by two major blackouts less than 24 hours after another failure in the county plunged 1,500 homes into darkness.

Oswestry’s market traders were celebrating today after the town’s indoor market won a makeover from top British designers, Sir Terence Conran and Tara Bernerd.

A town crier is being drafted into south Shropshire next week to announce the name of the next Bishop of Ludlow.]

Councillors fear plans for a £13 million overhead electricity line through countryside near Oswestry will damage its tourism industry.

Hundreds of jobs will be created in Powys during the construction of two planned windfarms, it was claimed today.

Controversial plans for a 69-bedroom care home in Shrewsbury look set to be thrown out by planners after about 200 letters of objection were lodged with planners.

A £45,000 scheme to revamp a play area in Tenbury Wells has been put out to tender.

Villagers in Shropshire were mystified after a number of the advertising signs for their annual flower festival disappeared from the roadside.

A man who died following a suspicious house fire in Telford succumbed to burns and the effects of breathing in smoke, an inquest heard.

A 26-year-old man who drove over the top of a main Shropshire roundabout at speeds of up to 90mph during a police chase has escaped an immediate prison sentence.

Bus firm Arriva today unveiled a raft of planned improvements to services across Shropshire – including new vehicles, extra pick-up times and extended routes.

“The exact times and dates of Shropshire’s traffic survey could not have been revealed in advance because the data would not have been a true reflection as drivers would have used alternative routes.”

They may be heavily censored, but the expenses claims published on the Parliament website give a fascinating insight into the working lives of the six MPs who serve the people of Shropshire and Mid Wales.

Teina McGarry had zero self-confidence when she went for a job interview as a volunteer worker with family support service Home-Start.