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An action group set up to stop a 245-bed “care village” being built in Shropshire is toasting victory just days after it was formed, as developers scrapped their planning appeal.

Former Shropshire hospital boss David Sandbach has called for the opening of more than 100 community-based NHS beds across the county.

A £200 reward was today offered for the safe return of a rare-breed cat in Shropshire.

The new chairman of Shrewsbury Business Chamber has spelled out his vision for the future of the town, identifying tourism as the key growth area in the next few years.

A major environmental project to purchase a former Shropshire quarry from its Swedish owners and restore it to its natural beauty has gathered pace.

A former chief hospital administrator for Shrewsbury and long-serving Royal Navy volunteer reserve who witnessed the liberation of Norway during the Second World War has died.

Villagers near Shrewsbury will be able to use handheld pods to vote on the issues most affecting them.

We’re always excited to discover new artisans in our food-rich county, and this week we were delighted to stumble upon Twitter’s latest arrival, Brock Hall Farm in Chelmarsh, near Bridgnorth.

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.

A £5 million plot of land in Shrewsbury earmarked for a new bus depot could be sold, with talks believed to be under way with an unnamed retail chain.

Security will be increased at Shrewsbury’s controversial new sculpture in memory of Charles Darwin after a thrill-seeking climber was seen making his way to the top.

A 45-year-old man was mysteriously attacked in his home by two men in Telford, police said today.

A mother and her two young children climbed through a window to escape as a blaze swept through part of their Telford home today.

Shrewsbury Town will bid to end a 14-year cycle by recording five successive Football League victories at Morecambe tomorrow.

Five members of an armed gang have been jailed for an attack on a Telford bank in which they escaped with £425,000.

Darren Moss has placed current club Morecambe on red alert over former team-mate Dave Hibbert when Shrewsbury head to Christie Park tomorrow.

Shrewsbury’s controversial new sculpture in memory of Charles Darwin has attracted a thrill-seeking climber.

Fears were today growing for the safety of a missing teenager from Leintwardine who disappeared during a day trip following a row.

The stepmother of a boy who died after a hit-and-run crash near the Shropshire border has collected more than 1,000 signatures on a petition calling on the Government to bring in tougher laws.

Getting people to volunteer is tough at the best of times.

A friend of the family of Hollie Greig, the young Shropshire Down’s Syndrome woman who says she was raped by a paedophile gang, says he will name and shame those involved during a trip to Scotland tomorrow.

A Shropshire village has celebrated the return of its own post office service for the first time in almost two years.

Motorists were handed a last-minute reprieve today after councillors vowed to rethink the crippling closure of a key Shropshire road day and night for four weeks.

Fans left out of pocket when a Shropshire summer music festival was axed just days before it was due to take place have been offered the chance to see their favourite bands.

Fly-tipping cases dropped by almost a tenth last year but there were still more than a million incidents of rubbish being illegally dumped, according to new figures published by the Government.

Shropshire golfer Ivor Talbot had a double celebration when he followed up his golden wedding with a hole-in-one.

Thirteen paintings created by Adolf Hitler have failed to attract a single bid at a Shropshire auction.

A mysterious £7million black hole in regional health budgets could be enough to save threatened acute services at Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital, a local MP claimed today.

Shirehall leader Keith Barrow has pledged to be “open and honest” as Shropshire Council and the rest of the public sector prepares for a funding squeeze and a decade of spending cuts.

Schools planning to get their hands dirty as part of a Shropshire Star gardening campaign are being made an unbeatable offer.