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Bulldozers have moved into Madeley as part of a massive redevelopment. Here’s a picture round-up of what’s going on.

A round-up of this week’s Shropshire Star nostalgia pictures.

Letter: I had to write about the Tesco a where they run out of petrol and push the car past two independent garages to fill up at Tesco. Well, I run an independent garage.

Millions of TV viewers are to hear the strange story of how former Shropshire soldier Richard Chatwin could have an angel from another dimension to thank for saving his life.

Letter: Being a proud Welshman living in Shropshire it appears to me recently that many letter writers are having a go at the Welsh. I am not going to sit by without putting up a defence.

Campaigners against Shrewsbury’s controversial £100 million North West Relief Road today claimed the development would be an environmental disaster.

Detectives investigating the attempted murder of a man in Telford have released CCTV pictures of a car they want to trace.

A post office near Shrewsbury which closed about 18 months ago will reopen in a hotel in the village next month.

A 44-year-old Telford man has been jailed after admitting possessing nearly 200,000 indecent pictures of children.

The Government has approved an £85 million windfall to help pay for Shrewsbury’s controversial North West Relief Road.

A woman who died after the car she was driving left the road and smashed through a fence in Shropshire was named today as Tracy Clorley.

Campaigners say the planned Shrewsbury Relief Road will slash journey times and cut congestion; opponents say it will be an environmental disaster. Find out more in our news bulletin.

Masked raiders tied up four members of staff and badly beat two of them in a “well-organised professional” raid on a Shropshire jewellery firm.

Householders in Shropshire and Mid Wales could see their water bills fall by about eight per cent during the next six years under the regulator’s proposals.

Three people needed hospital treatment and six others were injured in three separate car crashes on Shropshire roads.

Speculation was mounting today that record Shrewsbury Town signing Grant Holt is on the verge of leaving the club in a big money move.

A Shropshire father-of-two today described how his son would have died without the efforts of paramedics and ambulance staff after he suffered horrific injuries in a collision with a car.

Organisers today spoke of their shock after attendance figures for the third day of Wales’ premier agricultural show exceeded expectations. By 3pm yesterday, 65,139 people had passed through the turnstiles at the Royal Welsh Show.

Six sheep are to be walked across London Bridge as part of a protest by a Mid Wales council.

One of Shropshire’s top visitor attractions, which has always prided itself on being free for visitors, has announced plans to charge for car parking.

Defender Gareth Jelleyman hopes his switch to AFC Telford United will provide the spark to his career ambitions on and off the pitch.

Highlights from Shrewsbury Town’s 2-0 defeat to West Bromwich Albion.

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake has committed his future to Wolves by signing a contract extension that will keep him at Molineux until 2013.

Chris Hudson with match highlights and commentary on AFC Telford’s pre-season friendly against Nuneaton.

Michael Kightly’s busy comeback climaxed a night of plusses on a night when Wolves’ first pre-season defeat in over 12 months was the only negative.

Some people might think they have fairies at the bottom of their gardens but demon veg grower Ken Newbrook has unearthed what appears to be an elephant and an alien at the bottom of his Telford plot.

Two first half goals sent Shrewsbury Town to defeat against classy Championship outfit West Bromwich Albion.

Members of an Army regiment are set to be made freemen of Telford & Wrekin.

Shropshire’s Sandy Lyle began his British Seniors Open Championship quest today in the showcase group at Sunningdale.

Video of Paul Simpson’s side’s 2-0 pre-season friendly home defeat to Championship favourites West Bromwich Albion.