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Shropshire and the West Midlands play host to a fabulous feast of festivals each year. Check out our photo gallery guide and you’ll find plenty of reasons to venture outdoors this summer!

Telford MP David Wright is to hold talks with health bosses today where he will demand to know the future of the Princess Royal Hospital.

Sat navs can be a blessing but for one Shropshire village they are more of a curse after directing lorries down narrow lanes instead of to a nearby industrial estate.

When Jools Holland arrives in Shrewsbury’s Quarry Park tomorrow night, he’ll be looking forward to one thing more than any other: the voices of the crowd.

Three children from the same family in Telford – including a six-year-old boy – have been struck down by suspected swine flu, it emerged today.

It’s time to reflect on the best album released in the UK during the past 12 months. Which band will follow Elbow as winners of the Mercury Music Prize?

Motorists in Shropshire were cashing in at the pumps today after supermarket chain Asda cut its fuel prices to 99.9p per litre. The company said there was “little justification” to charge more than £1 at the pumps.

Defensive recruit Dean Holden has identified midfielder Paul Murray as one of the key factors behind his move to Shrewsbury Town.

The family of a Shropshire man who died after a night out in Shrewsbury today paid tribute to a “popular” son and brother, saying his death had left a “large gap” in the lives of everyone who had known him.

A man was subjected to racist abuse before being grabbed and struck in the face as he left a supermarket in Shrewsbury.

All-night ravers are keeping south Shropshire residents awake by driving through their village in the dead of night, it has been claimed.

A Shropshire nightclub at the centre of a police murder probe following an incident last month is to remain shut for a second weekend, it emerged today.

A Ludlow woman has been jailed for four months after making a false allegation of sexual assault against her boss after she was sacked from a restaurant.

Chas Hodges, one half of cockney duo Chas and Dave, today paid tribute to his colleague’s wife after she lost her fight with cancer.

An eight-year-old boy who was hit by a car in Telford is now in a stable condition.

A Shropshire couple have won a landmark battle allowing them to stay in their home after they faced the threat of eviction.

Shropshire will create its own sporting stars this weekend when the county plays host to the 123rd Wenlock Olympian games.

Countryside campaigners today vowed to lobby the Government to make sure a £13 million overhead electricity line near Oswestry is buried underground.

Ken Dodd brought his famous Happiness Show to Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn – and treated his fans to a real marathon of mirth.

Parts of north Shropshire are being targeted by vandals with a string of mindless attacks leaving charities and councils facing huge repair bills.

Today’s news bulletin looks at supermarket chain Asda’s decision to cut its fuel prices to 99.9p per litre.

Hundreds of thousands of pounds generated from the development of a proposed windfarm in Powys ought to be given to those who would be affected by the site, it has been claimed.

Artwork created by schoolchildren from across Telford and Wrekin has been officially unveiled and is now being displayed in the outdoor recreation area of GKN’s Hadley plant.

Shropshire golfer Sandy Lyle has launched an outspoken attack on European Tour officials after being overlooked for the Ryder Cup captaincy.

Oswestry has some of the most honest drivers in the country, according to a new report.

Wolves fans could get a glimpse of all Mick McCarthy’s new signings in action as the manager prepares to field his entire squad in tomorrow’s friendly against Perth Glory.

Thoughts will turn to the winter of our discontent in the height of summer when a production of Shakespeare’s classic Richard III comes to Ironbridge this weekend.

AFC Telford United will be competing against a full Blue Square North next season after Farsley Celtic won their appeal to be re-admitted.

European football comes to Shropshire for the first time tonight – with The New Saints hoping to celebrate the biggest result in their history.

A Ken Dodd show is a bit like a mini weekend break, writes Shirley Tart. And that’s just the first half.