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'This is a story of boy meets girl, but you should know up front, this is not a love story.

And they’re off . . . 50 Shropshire companies have each been presented with £50 and challenged to turn the cash into something more valuable for one of the county’s leading charities.

Letter: I often wonder how it is that with Parliament practically full of solicitors, barristers and Queens Councillors, not to mention the Law Lords in the House of Lords, that we end up with treaties and laws that, to use a modern term, are not fit for purpose.

Once the preserve of the young and daring, miniskirts are now being worn by women right up to their 40th birthdays.

Telford’s coroner today claimed hands-free mobile phones are more dangerous to road users than drink-driving.

A garage at the home of tragic Shropshire schoolgirl Charlotte Hartey was burgled while her family was in Greece attending a ceremony in her memory, her father revealed today.

A Telford school was targeted by vandals, who broke in and caused thousands of pounds of damage.

A boss of a Telford coffee house today appealed for help in a bid to catch a thief who broke into his cafe and was caught on CCTV cameras.

These are the dramatic pictures of the moment a bullock was hoisted to safety at a Shropshire farm after falling 12ft down a well.

A driver was left shaken after being grabbed by the throat and verbally abused in an incident of road rage in Telford, police revealed today.

Dozens of paddlers from across the country took to the River Severn in Shropshire to help make a splash at an annual coracle extravaganza.

Motorists who park indiscriminately during the school run in a Shropshire village face a clampdown by police after a wave of complaints.

Shropshire’s leading amateur golfer Jonathan Gidney will be turning professional later this month.

Wolves have clinched the signing of Austria striker Stefan Maierhofer from Rapid Vienna on a three-year deal.

Boss Rob Smith has issued a positive bulletin on AFC Telford United’s two latest additions to the casualty list.

Powerhouse midfielder Joss Labadie will remain at Shrewsbury Town until the end of January at least, it has been agreed.

A motorcyclist was still fighting for his life in hospital today after his bike collided with a car on a main road near Bridgnorth.

Investigations have begun after a disused pub in north Shropshire was gutted by fire.

Triumphant Shropshire cyclist Richard Smith touched back down in Britain today as he and the rest of the 120-strong UK team returned from the World Transplant Games in Australia.

Motorists across Shropshire and mid Wales were today hit with another petrol price rise as a Government 2.3p-a-litre fuel tax increase was introduced across county forecourts.

A group of Shropshire office workers who have spent three years trying to prove that faulty air conditioning left them with serious health problems have been told their case will go no further.

Exactly 70 years ago today, eight-year-old Pat Ealey was among a trainload of evacuee children from Liverpool who made a long journey to Bridgnorth.

Businesses are being warned they could face some disruption because of planned resurfacing works on part of a one-way system in the heart of a south Shropshire town.

Shrewsbury MP Daniel Kawczynski has demanded a government minister meets the mother of murdered police officer Yvonne Fletcher to explain why her killer has not been secured under prisoner transfer deals with Libya.

Joss Labadie of Shrewsbury Town holds off Andy Proctor of Accrington StanleyShrewsbury Town present struck a blow over the club’s past to give supporters encouragement for the future.

Three home games and three draws – AFC Telford’s failure to find a winning formula on their own ground is becoming a worrying trend.

Sweeping new measures to curb alcohol misuse in the Dawley area of Telford came into force today.

Tributes have been paid to Shropshire-educated former disc jockey and TV presenter Simon Dee who died after a brief battle against bone cancer.

Results from the Church Stretton and District Gardening Club summer show.

The family of an elderly man missing from his home in a village near Market Drayton have issued a desperate plea for anyone who may have seen him to contact police.