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Thank goodness, all our stuff arrived in one piece last Friday – except for a broken picture frame. I’ve spent the last week unpacking many a box and finding the right places to put the contents.

There may well be 151 days to Christmas, but Bridgnorth chocolatier Louis Barnett is already making plans.

Shropshire amateur golfer Oliver Farr narrowly missed out on a top-20 finish on a rare outing amongst the professionals.

AFC Telford United captain Stuart Whitehead is facing an anxious wait to learn whether he will be fit for the start of the season.

A little boy has died after falling into a slurry pit in Shropshire.

Shrewsbury Town stand 12 days away from the start of the League Two and, on the evidence of a chastening final home pre-season friendly, have plenty to ponder.

A pedestrian was left fighting for his life after a hit-and-run crash in Leominster.

Bosses at a Shropshire nightclub at the centre of a murder investigation are to hold further talks with police after the nightclub opened at the weekend for the first time since the death.

The Blue Peter garden designed by Shrewsbury’s Percy Thrower will be moved to Manchester when the BBC relocates the children’s show north in 2011, a spokesman has confirmed.

About 2,000 football supporters flocked to Shrewsbury’s Prostar Stadium to be pictured with the FA Cup at the weekend.

Wolves may change formation in the Premier League after boss Mick McCarthy admitted Saturday’s 2-0 defeat to Bristol City had been a “reality check”.

Two goals by defender Gavin Cowan and a first in black and white for Steve Torpey settled a leisurely work-out for AFC Telford United against Prescot Cables.

The family of missing Shropshire man Laurence Norton have been informed after a body was pulled from a reservoir at a county beauty spot, police said today.

Ellesmere’s mayor chugged up the canal in style today as part of celebrations to mark the opening of the town’s new Tesco store.

Market Drayton’s annual carnival will go ahead next year, organisers have revealed.

Telford Titans have continued their preparations for life in Division One of the English League with the signing of former Tigers favourite Ashley Stanton.

Lives are being put at risk as ambulances in Wales struggle to hit emergency response times, it was claimed today.

Shrewsbury Town manager Paul Simpson was today continuing his search for fresh blood – after admitting his team have plenty of work to do to be ready for the big kick-off in two weeks.

Super Shrewsbury are through to the quarter-finals of the National Knockout after a thrilling bowl-out triumph, writes JAMES GARRISON.

Photos from Wolves’ pre-season defeat to Bristol City.

Fire ripped through a 17th century public house in Shropshire in the early hours of today.

Callum Wraight is the best of British. The Shrewsbury bowler joined the elite at the very top of the game by winning the £4,020 Padders feelgoodfeet British Merit title on Saturday.

The Shropshire Star’s Toby Neal looks back at the long life of Shropshire First World War veteran Harry Patch, who died at the weekend, aged 111.

A 37-year-old man died and two other people were seriously injured in a collision on the A454 at Claverley, near Bridgnorth, close to the Royal Oak pub.

Shrewsbury could get an ice rink under plans for the future of the town’s Quarry pool, it was revealed today.

A procession of Ford Mondeos will line the streets of Shrewsbury tomorrow as a tribute to a Shropshire woman who died in a car crash.

Preparations will begin this week for the funeral of Harry Patch, the last British soldier of the First World War.

Fewer city people are looking to quit urban life for a rural retreat – leading to a boom for farmers, according to figures from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

Highlights from AFC Telford United’s 3-0 win over Prescott Cables. All pictures by Andy Cunningham.

Pictures from Shrewsbury Town v Leicester at the Prostar Stadium on Saturday, July 25.