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Town returned to winning ways on Saturday with an impressive 2-0 victory over high-flying local rivals Crewe, writes Shrewsbury Town blogger James Pugh.

Shrewsbury beat Crewe 2-0 thanks to goals from Dave Hibbert and Joss Labadie.

Letter: I read with interest that Arriva Trains are planning to introduce two direct trains per day to London from Aberystwyth to London, via Shropshire.

Scott Moran of Ludlow has won the British Hill Climb Championship for the second successive year in 2009. Scott, aged 33, from Ludlow, driving his Gould single seater racing car, won the title with several rounds of the championship still to go

A Telford animal lover got a “shock” when she sat down to watch television and realised her dog was giving birth to an unexpected nine puppies – on the ninth of the ninth, 2009.

Big hitters in Shropshire’s business world today came forward to throw their support behind the organisers of the West Mid Show to help it through its cash flow crisis.

The green shoots of recovery are starting to emerge as the nation’s economy moves out of recession. Shropshire Star Business Editor Amy Bould says local companies will be taking advantage of opportunities that present themselves in coming months.

Our twentieth Twitter Talk column is a rather special occasion, and to mark it we’ve found a suitably extraordinary twitterer – Lilleshall-based Rob Chapman.

Shrewsbury Town boss Paul Simpson has had his say on the tapping-up scandal rocking British football – insisting the minnows are powerless when the big clubs come knocking.

Part of a village hall car park in Shropshire was today sealed off by police after a woman reported she had suffered a serious sexual assault.

A man has died after being electrocuted at a showground on the Powys border. The victim, who has not been named, was pronounced dead at Kington off the A44 shortly after 8pm yesterday despite desperate efforts to save him.

AFC Telford United have been pitching it perfectly after groundsman Mick Conway landed a prestigious award.

A Shropshire town was today named the worst in rural Britain for first-time buyers who want to get on to the property ladder.

A Shropshire dental technician was reported to police by his wife after she found child pornography on the family computer, a misconduct hearing heard.

Bumper crowds descended on Ludlow today for the second day of the annual food festival. Organisers said the 15th annual event was on course to become the most successful yet.

A 31-year-old Shropshire man has won an appeal to have his compensation and fine reduced after he admitted wasting police time by claiming he was shot in a drive-by shooting.

Bosses of a Shropshire quarry have unveiled new £1 million plans to extend its life for a further 10 years – just weeks after another site was given permission to expand.

Thousands of leaflets are being distributed to households in Wem following a huge fire at a nearby industrial estate.

Rating: ***** James Shaw and his wife enjoy a great dining experience.

A man has died after being electrocuted at a showground on the Powys border.

A huge crane which was caught on camera as it attempted to squeeze its way along a narrow street in Shropshire is being featured on YouTube.

Hundreds of boat enthusiasts were making a beeline for a north Shropshire town this weekend for its annual boat rally.

A man and a woman, both believed to be in their 60s, were injured after the motorcycle they were riding collided with a car in Shropshire.

The agony goes on for Bylet and Archibald Worthington at the wrong end of the Furrows Shropshire Premier Bowls League – with just one game to go.

Shropshire’s leading Birmingham League clubs bring the curtain down on their respective cricket seasons tomorrow, writes James Garrison.

Visitors to a Shropshire museum were being treated to fly-pasts of two iconic aircraft from the Second World War this weekend.

Red, red wine is going for a song at a Shropshire supermarket. A range of drinks have been reduced at Waitrose, in Newport, throughout September.

Meryl Streep looks certain to secure a 16th Oscar nomination for her tour-de-force portrayal of an American cultural icon in the new comedy from writer-director Nora Ephron (Sleepless In Seattle).

Set on the isolated landmass of Antarctica, Whiteout is a routine crime thriller based on the graphic novel written by Greg Rucka.

Growing pains leave bruises rather than scars in writer-director Greg Mottola's nostalgic coming-of-age tale set at a Pittsburgh theme park in the summer of 1987.