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Award-winning folk musician Martin Simpson is planning a one-off date in Shropshire at Ludlow Assembly Rooms. He’ll be promoting his new album, True Stories.

The contract saga surrounding Chris Humphrey today came to a dramatic conclusion as the Shrewsbury Town winger joined Motherwell.

Michael Dulson will make his Shropshire bowls debut in their Endsleigh British county championship semi-final clash with North Midlands next month.

Boss Rob Smith has set his sights on completing his AFC Telford United squad by sealing a deal for experienced left-back Gareth Jelleyman.

Wolves brought the curtain down on their pre-season tour of Australia with a 2-1 victory over North Queensland Fury in Perth.

Shropshire MP Daniel Kawczynski and Mid Wales MP Lembit Opik have clashed in the Commons over cross-border healthcare services.

Areas of Shropshire are hotspots for the swine flu pandemic, according to the latest reports. For more details watch tonight’s news bulletin.

Social landlords and tenants in Shropshire are to be offered help to take a stand against anti-social behaviour. The Shropshire Witness Charter has been developed for social landlords.

Part of a Shrewsbury nightclub at the centre of a murder inquiry is due to reopen this month following talks between its owners and police.

Rival developers who are bidding to build a multi-million pound supermarket in Oswestry are to make key presentations on their proposed schemes to councillors next month.

Tickets for Shropshire’s biggest music festival are on course for a sell-out, delighted organisers said today.

A Shropshire woman has vowed to continue her fight for fertility treatment after making an emotional face-to-face plea to health bosses for help.

A Shropshire bridge which was damaged after a car hit it is to be closed for three weeks so it can be fully repaired.

A Shropshire couple who swindled taxpayers out of £47,044 in benefits they were not entitled to have been given suspended sentences, told to pay costs and given unpaid work orders.

Both Shropshire and Telford are hotspots for infection from swine flu, Britain’s top GP revealed today – but he urged people across the county not to panic.

Customers at a Shropshire pub whose pet goat was slaughtered in its field are clubbing together to offer a reward to catch his killers.

People who attended last weekend’s Back to the 80s concert in Shrewsbury’s Quarry say noise restrictions ruined the event.

A Powys festival dubbed the ”Welsh equivalent to Glastonbury’ is proving popular with fans. And everyone is being urged to join in the fun by getting a free download from Green Man Festival stalwart James Yorkston.

Not long ago I wrote a blog imagining what Shropshire Star TV would be like. Well, it looks like it could be here sooner than you think.

The school prom season is in full swing. Here are a few pictures from local events – why not send in your own?

British backpacker Jamie Neale has been found alive after going missing in the Australian bush for nearly two weeks, the Foreign Office said.

LETTER: I am writing in response to Dr Maxwell Winchester’s letter relating to Councillor Mansel Williams’s call for trams to solve Shrewsbury’s traffic problems as a ridiculous idea.

Jimmy Page, Brian May, Bruce Dickinson . . . when rock legends of that stature are sitting up and taking notice of you, you know you must be on to something special. Ian Harvey gets the lowdown from Midland rockers Voodoo Johnson.

Two of Shropshire’s political dynasties will become one big family this weekend when the children of four councillors get married.

The family of a former Shropshire woman who died in a two-car smash on a Lincolnshire road have paid tribute to their “beautiful princess”, describing her as a “free spirit”.

A Shropshire teenager who broke a man’s jaw on Christmas Day then slashed a friend’s face with a piece of broken glass while on bail has been put behind bars for more than three years.

The death of Shropshire Tory peer, Lord Kingsland, has robbed the Conservatives of an “exceptionally powerful and effective” politician, party leader David Cameron said.

The memories of 1983 are flooding back at Shrewsbury as they reached the last 16 of the ECB National Knockout.

Shropshire music lovers are calling for changes to Ludlow’s arts festival after setting up a campaign group on Facebook.

These are the faces of the four Shrewsbury football hooligans who drunkenly swore at police after a football match and have been banned from attending games for a combined total of 13 years.