Murder case club can open again

A Shropshire nightclub at the centre of a murder investigation was given the go-head today to reopen, but door staff will have to wear special headcams.


Asda says customers back store plan

Shoppers have responded positively to multi-million pound proposals to relocate a Telford supermarket, company bosses said today.


Lockerbie bomber is freed

Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohamed Al Megrahi was today freed on compassionate grounds.


Skydiver rescue – in pictures

These pictures capture the moment emergency services reached skydiver Paul Lewis after his crash landing on to a warehouse roof in North Shropshire.


A-level pass record

Shropshire students today set new A-level records as the national pass rate rose for the 27th year in a row.


Bulletin: Celebrating A-level results

Students across Shropshire are today celebrating record A Level passes. For more watch today’s news bulletin.


Lucknam Park is a national treasure

It says much for Lucknam Park that it would be the residence of choice for a multi-millionaire rock star who could stay at any hotel in the UK. It also says much for Bruce Springsteen as a discerning guest and paragon of good taste.


Learner driver in car crash

A learner driver had a lesson he will never forget when the driving school car he was in was involved in a two-car collision in Shropshire.


Second crash paraglider pilot has died

A second paraglider pilot involved in a mid-air crash over a Shropshire hillside has died. Dennis Wray, 66, from Otley, North Yorkshire, has died in hospital from the injuries he suffered.


Youths throw stones at cars

Stones thrown at passing vehicles on a busy road near Oswestry have led to police warning youngsters that they could have caused a serious crash.


Eighty in search for man, 79

More than 80 people, including soldiers and officers from a Shropshire-based Army regiment have joined in the search for an elderly man missing from his home near Market Drayton.


Rail warning issued to motorists

Drivers are putting their lives and those of rail passengers at risk by jumping red lights and racing through safety barriers at a Shropshire railway level crossing, it was claimed today.


Taxi driver’s fury at paint attack

A Ludlow taxi driver has told of his horror after vandals threw gloss paint over his cab causing £150 of damage.


Come on Stiperstones hike

Hikers are being invited to join a seven-mile walk this weekend to take in the beauties of the Stiperstones ridge between Church Stretton and Montgomery.


Nursing home plans unveiled

Up to 10 jobs could be created at a Shropshire nursing home after plans for a development at the site were unveiled.


Letter: Show is just for well-off

Letter: I would have liked to attend this year’s Shrewsbury Flower Show. However, the show organisers seemed to have had a lapse of memory or do not care that we are in a global recession.


Letter: Backing fight for answers

Letter: Thanks to Des James, father of the late Cheryl James, for reminding us of the four unexplained deaths at Deepcut Army Barracks between 1995 and 2002.


Theatre to host open day

Shrewsbury’s £28 million Theatre Severn is set to hold an open day next weekend to celebrate a successful first six months of operations.


Traditional toys make a return

Traditional toys are making a comeback across Shropshire.


Rescue for man in tight squeeze

A man who got his head stuck in the window of his Shrewsbury home while chatting to his wife needed firefighters to get him out of a tight squeeze.


Son wins NHS cash struggle

A son today won his five-year battle to get the NHS to refund the cost of nursing care for his mother after her family was forced to sell her £200,000 home.


Home sales in 44pc drop

Sales of homes in Telford are down by more than 40 per cent on last year, a county estate agent revealed today.


Driver punches teenage cyclist

A teenager suffered facial injuries after he was attacked by a car driver in Wellington.


Youths attack father

A man was assaulted by a group of youths in Telford as he went to look for his daughter’s stolen bike.


Hunt for missing man, 79

An elderly man has gone missing from his home in a village near Market Drayton, sparking a police search and concerns about his safety.


Driver cleared of dangerous driving

A Shropshire lorry driver has been cleared of causing the deaths of a Mid Wales couple by dangerous driving.


Public fails to ask a policeman

A south Shropshire bobby has launched a campaign to get back to grass roots policing by meeting the public – but nobody has turned up to meet him.


Simpson speaks after drubbing

Manager Paul Simpson and his shell-shocked Shrewsbury Town squad today set about picking up the pieces after being on the end of a Dagenham & Redbridge battering.


Loughborough Dynamo 0 Market Drayton 1

A Duncan Horler goal in the first half sealed a first ever win in the UniBond League first division south for Market Drayton Town, writes CHRIS HUDSON. A Duncan Horler goal in the first half sealed a first ever win in the UniBond League first division south for Market Drayton Town, writes CHRIS HUDSON. The [...]


Seething Smith is sorry for the fans

Boss Rob Smith watched AFC Telford United recover to force a 2-2 draw with Hinckley – then issued a personal apology for a “shocking” first half performance.

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