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Letter: When I learned to drive in the late 60s, we were told when using a roundabout to take the shortest route on, and the shortest route off, using tangents.

When AFC Telford fans look back at the league season in May 2010, Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Blyth Spartans could seem very different indeed.

Town put a disappointing pre-season campaign behind them with an impressive opening day victory over newly-promoted Burton Albion, writes Shrewsbury Town blogger James Pugh.

Letter: Firms are struggling and unemployment is rising, but still some businesses are evidently doing so well that they can afford to be astonishingly picky about their customers.

One man has died and another has been injured in a mid-air collision involving two paragliders in Shropshire.

Shrewsbury Town started the new season in style with a 3-1 win over Burton Albion.

Boss Rob Smith admitted he was disappointed after seeing his side open the season with a 1-1 draw to Blyth Spartans.

This week we meet an inspirational woman from Astlerley, near Minsterley, who’s bid to become fit has led her to take part in one of the most famous marathons in the world. Read about how it all started for mum-of-two Emma Humphries.

Boss Paul Simpson believes the eve-of-season capture of three new faces have given Shrewsbury Town a much-needed boost in physical presence.

Midfielder Liam Blakeman is preparing to shoot on site in order to take some of the goalscoring responsibility off AFC Telford United’s strikers.

A Shropshire street was sealed off by armed police after a man was apparently threatened with a gun in a row over a barking dog.

A policeman was injured after he dived out the way of a car which drove at him at speed in Newport.

The father of a Shropshire teenager who died after her tonsillitis was misdiagnosed as swine flu says over-the-phone diagnosis must stop before any more lives are lost.

Bosses of a major Shropshire quarry today unveiled full details of plans to expand it by nine acres – moving further into woodland and taking up more of a wildlife site.

Alcohol-fuelled hospital admissions for Telford & Wrekin patients have dropped dramatically, reveals a new report to health service bosses.

A teenager who went on a shooting spree with his father’s guns – killing two Shetland ponies kept as pets by an old people’s home in Shropshire – failed to win a cut in his potentially lifelong sentence.

People living close to windfarms in Powys could face a health risk as campaigners claim turbines are being built too close to people’s homes.

The number of convictions for carrying a knife has more than doubled in a decade across West Mercia, figures reveal today.

More needs to be done to help new businesses in Shropshire according to the regional development agency.

A rare third edition of The Origin of Species – the famous book written by Shrewsbury-born naturalist Charles Darwin – is to be auctioned in his home town later this month.

Youngsters in Shropshire have been praised for taking part in a three-day outdoor adventure as part of a crackdown on anti-social behaviour.

Traffic delays are expected across Telford & Wrekin as work on a £372,500 programme of road repairs gets under way next week.

Fresh talks are due to be held over the future of two of Shrewsbury’s most historic riverside buildings amid calls for compulsory purchase orders to be served on the owners of the properties.

Supermarket giant Tesco was rapped after breaking planning rules on how much space it can use for non-grocery products at its Shrewsbury superstore.

The Government has dropped its attempts to deport Mohammed Asha, the former Shropshire doctor cleared of involvement in the London and Glasgow bomb plots, sources said today.

A teenager today admitted attacking and raping a woman in an isolated Shropshire lane.  

A rural bridge on a tiny south Shropshire road will close on August 17 for up to a fortnight while repairs are carried out.

The daughter of a former Shropshire businessman who shot his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself has said it is “time to move on”.

Boss Paul Simpson has called on Shrewsbury Town’s fans to play their part as the League Two campaign kicks off tomorrow with the visit of new-boys Burton.

AFC Telford United launch an eagerly-anticipated Blue Square North campaign at home to Blyth Spartans tomorrow, with boss Rob Smith declaring: “We’re ready to go.”