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Wolves are beaten for the first time in pre-season at League Two Port Vale.

Ambitious plans to revamp Tenbury’s Community Hospital have been unveiled, but the supporters will have to raise £500,000 to turn the dream into reality.

Health chiefs have started the ball rolling on plans to shift children’s outpatients services at Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital and free up space for about 30 more beds.

Acclaimed singer/songwriter Richard Hawley is back with a stunning new album, Truelove’s Gutter. The Sheffield rock star’s sixth record is a testament to his intoxicating song writing talents.

Here’s something you don’t see every day down at your local drive-through, but even tractor drivers have to stop for food.

We have asked three typical families to keep diaries of their swine flu experiences. Here are the first entries.

Parliament’s out for the summer – and Shropshire MPs are heading to anywhere from the breathtaking vistas of Scandinavia to the picturesque pastures of the UK.

The boss of a Shrewsbury initiative aimed at keeping clubbers safe today  said a nightclub at the centre of a murder inquiry was still a member of the group as investigations continue.

Justice Secretary Jack Straw has defended the use of so-called “vending machines”, including one in Shrewsbury’s Dana Prison, to dispense the heroin substitute methadone to prisoners.

Goalkeeper Chris Neal could miss Shrewsbury Town’s high-profile pre-season friendly with West Brom tonight after breaking down in training.

The Government today agreed to an £85 million payout for Shrewsbury’s long awaited relief road.

A gangster was today convicted of the murder of Constable Sharon Beshenivsky who was shot dead during a bungled armed robbery at a travel agents.

A man whose body was found at a common near Albrighton has been named as Peter White.

Madeley’s 1960s town centre is being knocked down – and the local residents are very happy about it. Watch our news bulletin for more.

Shrewsbury Town boss Paul Simpson today welcomed the shock appointment of Sven-Goran Eriksson as director of football at League Two rivals Notts County.

A mouthwatering taste of Shropshire could help one Newport producer win an award. Lettuce from PDM Produce, in Newport, went under the scrutiny of expert judges in the first round of fresh produce judging for next year’s Heart of England Fine Foods Diamond Awards.

Masked men targeted a Shropshire jewellery makers, attacking two men and leaving them needing hospital treatment during a robbery today.

Only half the members of a Shropshire Council committee attended a meeting where the fate of 10 planning applications were decided.

Hawkstone Park’s course record, set by former Open Championship winner Tony Jacklin, has been smashed by rising Shropshire star Ricky Pharo.

Three Shropshire bus services were ending today after last-ditch negotiations to save them failed. The routes were commercial services operated by Horrocks bus company.

Controversial plans to almost double the size of a north Shropshire village by building 36 homes plus roads, parking areas and a village green, have been given the thumbs up by councillors.

A specialist dental surgery which only opened its doors in December could be set to expand and take on more Shropshire patients.

Boss Rob Smith believes he has the final piece in his AFC Telford United jigsaw after completing a deal for defender Gareth Jelleyman.

Record signing Kevin Doyle is in danger of missing Wolves’ Premier League return next month after having a hernia operation, writes MARTIN SWAIN.

Severn Trent today accused bosses at a Shropshire nightclub of removing its meter and connecting directly to the mains water supply.

Attendance figures for the Royal Welsh Show are more than 7,000 down on last year, organisers revealed today.

Plans to bulldoze a Shropshire school and replace it with a £20 million learning community have been revealed. They will see Phoenix School, Dawley, Telford, rise again.

A teenage cyclist suffered a suspected broken leg in a collision with a car in Telford.

Fed-up residents in Prees are concerned listed buildings which have been left crumbling for 30 years are putting people off buying property in the village.

More than 1,200 properties were affected by a power cut in Market Drayton.