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More people in Shropshire are consulting their GPs about swine flu than anywhere else in the region despite new figures showing a fall in reported cases of the virus in the county.

A Shropshire estate agent is encouraging landlords to come up with incentives to persuade people to take on premises and reduce the number of empty shops on the high street.

Land earmarked for a £50 million mental health village in Shropshire may contain a burial ground from the foot and mouth outbreak of the 1960s, it emerged today.

A Telford man today claimed his dog nearly died after drinking heavily polluted water while walking along a beauty spot near his home.

People in Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin helped the UK population increase by a record number last year to top 61 million for the first time.

Dog owners in Telford have been warned they will be fined if they let their dogs foul in public places.

Conker fights in Shropshire playgrounds could soon be a thing of the past – because of destruction being caused to horse chestnut trees by a hitch-hiking moth.

Fresh details of a £50,000 scheme to enhance the visitor experience and improve access at a disused mine in Shropshire have been revealed.

Omer Riza is hoping to defy the medical experts and make a quicker than expected return to action at Shrewsbury Town.

AFC Telford United manager Rob Smith has vowed to shuffle his pack for part two of the Bank Holiday double header – but will have his options limited by injury.

The title of Judd Apatow's new comedy, his follow-up to The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up, isn't supposed to be ironic.

The human body is a perfectly engineered work of art: elegant, compact and easily disassembled in eye-popping 3D in the fourth instalment of the Final Destination series.

Those of a nervous disposition should opt out of a tour of duty with Kathryn Bigelow's thrilling war drama.

Pedro Almodovar returns to the noir conventions of Bad Education with this serpentine thriller about a film director's ill-fated affair with his leading lady.

A car salesman was today keeping a round-the-clock security vigil at his Telford dealership after losing a briefcase containing the ignition keys to every vehicle parked on the lot.

Two snooker stars detained by police after alleged irregular betting patterns before a UK Championship match in Telford have been released without charge.

Civic leaders will be inviting Royal Mail bosses to a meeting in Wem to explain what is going to happen with the town’s postal delivery office.

A Shrewsbury pub has been ordered to stop playing live music after neighbours complained about noise levels.

Travel is easier than ever before. But for those who want to enjoy all that the world has to offer without leaving the comfort of their own home, Waitrose has come up with a special deal.

Movie reviewer Carl Jones casts his critical eye over horror franchise entry The Final Destination.

Shrewsbury Town have been challenged to improve on their “average” start to the League Two campaign at Accrington Stanley tomorrow.

AFC Telford United’s revolving door was today in full operation – with one player out and two in before their Bank Holiday double-header.

Detectives today widened their hunt for a man who raped a woman in Telford.

Plastic bottles are to be collected from kerbsides in Shropshire for the first time under a new pilot scheme which begins next month.

A man whose body was pulled from the River Severn is believed to be a member of Shrewsbury’s homeless community.

An injured RAF serviceman hopes to set a new world record at Cosford next week – for the most number of loop-the-loops flown while drinking a cup of tea.

Thousands of people from across the country were expected to flock to Shrewsbury today as the town’s sell-out Folk Festival begins.

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A Shropshire mother whose son acted as pall bearer at the funeral of tragic Oswestry schoolgirl Charlotte Hartey has described the one-size-fits-all diagnosis of swine flu as a “travesty”.

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