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A skydiver who survived when he fell 1,000ft after his parachute failed was today said to be improving in hospital.

Chris Hudson assessess AFC Telford’s 3-1 defeat at Fleetwood.

Drivers are continuing to flout road restrictions and park on double yellow lines in Oakengates.

Telford’s Poundland store has been fined £6,000 after admitting charges relating to an infestation of mice. For more, watch today’s bulletin.

The family of a 34-year-old man who died in a two-car crash in Shrewsbury today paid tribute to a much loved son, boyfriend and friend.

Video footage from the funeral of Shropshire teenager Charlotte Hartey is being used as part of her family’s campaign to stop over-the-telephone diagnosis of swine flu.

Manager Paul Simpson has urged his Shrewsbury Town side to “be positive” as they aim to topple free-scoring Dagenham & Redbridge tonight.

Larry Chambers has called for a rapid response from AFC Telford United as they look to return to winning ways at home to Hinckley tonight.

Mick McCarthy described Wolves’ treatment room as “emergency ward 10” ahead of tonight’s trip to Wigan.

One of Shrewsbury’s most historic riverside buildings, which has been lying empty for two years and is feared to be falling into ruin, could soon be transformed into two restaurants, its owners said today.

Work on the new one-way traffic system in Welshpool will begin three months later than expected because of the new Tesco development, it has been revealed.

Detectives investigating the murder of a Shropshire nightclubber say they have made “significant progress” after images of five potential key witnesses were made public.

A Telford town centre store was so badly infested with mice they were seen running around inside and their droppings littered the floor and food shelves, a court heard.

Thousands of people in a north Shropshire town today woke to no water or just a trickle in the pipes.

Angry residents who had their cars clamped during a blitz on illegal parking say they have been stung for a second time after receiving fines from the DVLA.

Going green is the new black and Miss Shropshire 2009, Kerry Price, was not one to miss out on this theme during the recent Miss England competition in London.

Shropshire’s Freddie Fisher today said it had been “weird” adjusting to life outside of the Big Brother house after he was given the boot.

A Shropshire man today became the latest county resident to hit out at internet service providers for failing to give customers the speeds that they advertise.

Who produces the best white wines? It’s a debate that rages as fiercely in the wine bars on metropolitan cities as it does in the vintners of provincial towns.

A Shropshire man fears he may have to have his knee replaced after suffering a serious injury when he was targeted by yobs.

Youth unemployment in Shropshire has gone up by 80 per cent over the past year, a leading charity has revealed.

An auction to sell one of the UK’s last surviving parlour pubs on the Shropshire border has been postponed. The plan to auction The Sun Inn at Leintwardine has been delayed.

Organisers of Shropshire’s biggest agricultural show have appointed a new business ambassador in a bid to strengthen the event’s commercial appeal.

Inconsiderate speedboat users are thrashing their vessels along the River Severn in Shrewsbury disrupting its peaceful charm and eroding its banks, it was claimed today.

Letter: Ever since cinema was invented there have been science fiction “catastrophe” movies of varying quality and credibility. Imagine climate change as a sci-fi scenario.

As I write this blog, it’s beautifully hot outside, about 30 degrees. We’ve also been on a rather longer than expected drive to southern Saskatchewan’s largest lake, and we set off to find it on Saturday evening, driving down very straight roads through flat countryside without a house in sight.

Letter: The BBC spends £400,000 on bottled water – but that’s good value.

Ben Bentley and family join the growing army of people spending their holiday at home.

One week down, four points accumulated. So far so good for Shrewsbury Town.

Wolves manager Mick McCarthy praised his players even though their return to the Barclays Premier League after a six-year absence ended in defeat.