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Boss Paul Simpson believes a fully fit Shrewsbury Town would be more than a match for almost anyone in League Two.

Chairman Lee Carter believes it is just a matter of time before one of AFC Telford United’s Blue Square North rivals go bust.

Castlefields were crowned £1,000 champions of the Furrows Shropshire Premier Bowls League – but they could not add to their pool of cash on finals night at Bylet, writes MALCOLM FLETCHER.

Michael Kightly is confident Wolves can get back to winning ways and stay in the Premier League.

Shropshire risks losing vital surgery facilities if a row rumbles on between Shrewsbury and Telford over the proposals to safeguard hospital services, it was claimed today.

Conservative party leader David Cameron has backed a Shropshire father who is campaigning for a halt to over-the-phone swine flu diagnosis.

One of Oswestry’s shopping streets, criticised for its “diabolical” road surface is to get a £110,000 makeover.

A Shropshire schoolgirl who vanished 12 days ago is still missing, police said today.

Organised criminal gangs from outside Shropshire are using the county as a rubbish tip – and lining their pockets with thousands of pounds in the process, it has been claimed.

Telford police are holding a Women’s Eid Mela in Shropshire to celebrate the end of Ramadan.

The expenses scandal will return to haunt the Commons next week when MPs are set to be sent letters about their claims over the past five years.

It’s that time of year again, with a certain crispness in the air each morning and the trees gradually changing in colour from green to yellow, red and brown.

It is one of the burning questions of the modern age: in the event of zombie holocaust, how can the human survivors protect themselves from becoming a walking buffet for the undead? Ruben Fleischer's gore-laden comedy proffers a few handy tips to stay one step ahead of the deadly carnivores.

The latest computer-animated masterpiece from the wizards at Pixar (WALL-E, Ratatouille) is an airborne adventure in the company of a cranky 78-year-old man and an excitable eight-year-old boy.

Love comes knocking when a widower least expects it in Brandon Camp's poignant drama, co-written by Mike Thompson.

Former Ultravox singer Midge Ure performed a “first class set” as he took to the stage in Shrewsbury to the delight of a near sell-out audience.

Star rating: **** Russell Roberts’s visit to the Windmill pub turns out brilliantly.

Reviewer’s rating: **** Andy Richardson is delighted with appetising meals served by friendly staff.

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy believes Nenad Milijas will be a new man when he returns to Molineux next week.

A 41-year-old Shropshire man who was doused in petrol and kerosene and set alight told police the names of his attackers as he received emergency medical treatment, a court has heard.

Thieves pushed a worker to the ground during a raid on a Telford company before fleeing with £4,000 worth of metal.

Paul Simpson expects Town to thrive in a “derby” atmosphere as they bid to extend their League Two hot streak at home to Port Vale.

Householders across Shropshire and Mid Wales were today warned their fuel bills could soar by as much as 60 per cent by 2016.

Police hunting for a missing Shropshire schoolgirl have released a CCTV image of the teenager taken on the day she disappeared.

Severn Trent bosses have vowed to make improvements so Oswestry residents can ditch their filters and bottled water in favour of water straight from the tap after complaints about its quality.

A timetable for Shropshire’s direct rail link to London could be improved even further in December bosses said as they introduced their latest changes to improve journeys for passengers.

Shrewsbury’s Cromwells hotel and restaurant has gone on the market with a price tag of almost £600,000.

A petition against plans to downgrade services at Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital has swelled to 12,000 names, it has been revealed.

A mother who climbed through a window with her two children to escape a blaze at her Shropshire home has been thrown a lifeline after losing everything in the fire.

Little did a Shropshire shop worker realise that fibbing to a customer would lead to him having to apologise in front of millions of people.