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Former Shrewsbury Town winger Chris Humphrey is preparing for a big European night this evening.

Watch all the pre-season football action from around the county as our local teams prepare for the start of their respective league campaigns.

The body of a man pulled from a reservoir in south Shropshire has been formally identified as that of missing county man Laurence Norton.

A BBC presenter accused of hitting a teenager with a large wooden pole today admitted to a jury that he had lied to police during his interview.

The number of swine flu cases “may have plateaued”, with 110,000 new cases in England last week, the Government said today.

Thousands of householders in parts of Shropshire received water with double the required amount of fluoride following a blunder by Severn Trent, it emerged today.

The £350,000 sculpture being built to celebrate the bicentenary of Charles Darwin, Shrewsbury’s most famous son,  has been hit by technical problems which may never be resolved, it was revealed today.

In November a new play will be staged in Shropshire, a play based on life at the old Silhouette underwear and swimwear factory.

Shrewsbury Town defender Mike Jackson today spoke of the injury frustration which has left him facing a lengthy spell on the sidelines as the big kick-off approaches.

An established football league in Shropshire has been forced to fold after 37 years because of a lack of teams.

More than 120 gipsy pitches could be created in Shropshire under plans by regional assembly bosses in Birmingham. Watch the full story here.

Assistant manager Larry Chambers today ruled out any late bid for defensive reinforcements at AFC Telford United – despite the prospect of captain Stuart Whitehead missing the big kick-off.

A gas fitter convicted of causing the deaths of two elderly friends, who died of carbon monoxide poisoning after he failed to fix a central heating boiler properly, was facing jail today.

Bosses at an Oswestry nightclub, which last year faced closure because of noise complaints, are seeking permission to extend its opening hours.

An Oswestry developer is calling on the council to reconsider its plans for a supermarket in the centre of town.

A long-serving “people’s” councillor from Shropshire has announced he is quitting his post and the county after nearly 50 years.

Shropshire’s two main hospitals are planning to use former front-line staff to help them with any big surge in swine flu cases.

People in Shropshire and Mid Wales were today bracing themselves for more torrential downpours – making July the wettest for 50 years.

Times are changing at Shrewsbury Amateur Boxing Club.

Rained into submission – both of last night’s scheduled games in the Furrows Shropshire Premier League met with a watery end.

While most of us are staying firmly indoors in this wet British summer weather one homeless dog rescued by a Shropshire shelter is joining us by refusing to put a paw outside if there is even a drop of rain.

A man who attacked a police officer in Wem has been jailed for four weeks.

Youths today have such a bad name that it comes as a surprise to me, a 16-year-old lad, when a stranger is kind to me.

Shopping in the land of Walmart, where everthing seems bigger.

Ludlow’s Bert Evans prepared Lancaster Bombers for bombing missions over Germany during the Second World War.

AFC Telford fans were treated to a debut of a different kind last night when supporter Steve Clarke lived out his dream to play for the club.

Furious Shropshire residents today claimed their cars had been clamped by the DVLA during a  parking blitz despite being declared legally off the road and being parked away from the highway.

A youthful Shrewsbury Town team – supplemented by a quarter of first team squad members – were held to a goalless draw by gritty Ellesmere Rangers at Beech Grove.

Shropshire Council unanimously agreed the appointment of an “outstanding” new chief executive today.

Try as they might, Wolves’ preparations for the Premier League are going anything but smoothly.