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Take a look behind the scenes as a new county nightclub gets set to open its doors. Also today, a look at the main headlines and a round-up of the weekend’s sports action.

Assistant manager Larry Chambers rallied his troops after a defeat to league leaders Droylsden, insisting: “We won’t be far away playing like that.”

Telford Titans have sacked coach Jason Parry after the team’s mixed start to the new season – despite his claims that he still enjoys support from most of the squad, writes JAMES SHAW.

Shrewsbury Town manager Paul Simpson has urged on-loan midfielder Joss Labadie to learn the lessons of the first red card of his professional career.

A Shropshire bomb disposal hero put the Defence Secretary on the spot during a visit to Afghanistan by calling for more troops to boost stretched frontline services.

The identity of a mystery critic who has been prowling Ludlow’s restaurants has been revealed – with the help of Twitter and an IT expert who can’t afford to eat in the places featured.

Chris Hudson looks back over AFC Telford’s 2-1 defeat to Droylsden at the New Bucks Head.

Farmers across Powys are being urged to be on their guard against a bogus salesman offering cheap chainsaws.

Letter: I read this weekend that a Superintendent of Leicestershire police said at the inquest of Fiona Pilkington and her daughter Francecca, that any yobbish behaviour was no longer the responsibility of the police.

The number of people out of work in Shropshire has soared by more than 80 per cent in the last year with not enough being done to help people back into jobs, a Liberal Democrat MP has claimed.

Hundreds of people packed a college hall as a month-long Shropshire literary festival was launched with a talk by a controversial bishop.

Youngsters taking part in a year-long Shropshire Star campaign to get schools growing their own fruit, vegetables and flowers could receive awards from the county’s leading gardening organisation.

Highlights from Wolves’ shock defeat to Portsmouth at Molineux on Saturday, October 3.

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy was left frustrated by his side’s defending as they allowed troubled Portsmouth to claim their first points of the season.

Highlights from Shrewsbury Town’s 1-1 draw to Morecambe at Christie Park on Saturday, October 3.

It may not have quite been the result to re-write one section of Shrewsbury Town’s recent history.

Highlights from AFC Telford’s 2-1 loss at home to Droylsden on Saturday, October 3.

A moment of madness undid 90 minutes of good work as AFC Telford United produced one of their best displays of the season – for no reward.

Shropshire’s controversial Quantum Leap statue was unveiled at a cost of £450,000 this week, to honour the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin. Our podcast team considers its merits in this week’s Sunday Supplement.

A former Shropshire hospital boss today waded into the county’s healthcare row by revealing his own radical plans for improving patient services over the next 10 years.

Distraction burglars conned their way into an elderly woman’s Telford home before stealing her purse, bank cards and cheque book.

Hundreds of bottles, cans and boxes of alcohol have been seized from teenagers in the start of a major clampdown on drunken and anti-social behaviour in Shrewsbury town centre.

The Princess Royal will be in Shropshire in December to officially unveil new developments in the county.

A Shropshire man and his girlfriend who saved his life were celebrating their impending wedding with a mammoth charity fundraising event today.

Apple Sauce the piglet snuggles up with his brothers and sisters for an unusual family portrait.

An anonymous gastronome has published a comprehensive guide to eating out in Shropshire’s best known known gourmet town – but his identity remains a mystery.

As cases of swine flu were reported to have almost doubled now to 14,000 a week, it is understood that the first batch of flu vaccine is expected in hospitals on October 14.

The controversial four-week closure of a busy Shropshire road to allow for resurfacing work has been scrapped, it was confirmed today.

Shrewsbury Town manager Paul Simpson has hailed his class of 2009-10 for turning the big-money summer departure of Grant Holt into a positive.

Loose change and bags of coins could soon be a problem of the past after a Shropshire bank launched a pilot project with a machine capable of counting up to 1,000 coins at a time which can then be fed into a person’s account.