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Communities around the UK have stopped for two minutes to mark the moment when the guns fell silent at the end of the First World War.

A founder member of Oswestry Rugby Club has died following a long illness.

Shropshire’s Scott Drummond enters the last chance saloon in his quest to remain amongst the golfing elite tomorrow.

The team which moulded the concrete ribs used in the controversial £450,000 Quantum Leap sculpture today said it was one of the most challenging projects they had ever been involved in.

A joint meeting between parish councils and Shropshire Council in Shrewsbury this month is likely to become a “clear the air” session following complaints about a lack of local democracy, Pontesbury Parish Council heard.

Britain is broken, almost beyond repair. Knife crime has, shockingly, become part of everyone's lives as teenagers take their arguments onto the streets.

Whitchurch have been urged to keep their bandwagon rolling for the rest of 2009 – and set up a Christmas cracker with current Midlands One leaders Burton.

Bridgnorth have parted company with coach Gordon Doble after a below par start to the Midlands Two campaign.

A Shropshire contingent will be at Westminster Abbey today for a special World War l Remembrance Day service.

Newport’s troubled first half to their National Three Midlands Three season suffered a fresh low as they were thumped 79-13 at Luton.

The girlfriend of alleged murder victim George Black told a jury today that he used to regularly beat her at their Shropshire home.

A wave of FA Cup nostalgia washed over the New Bucks Head as a band of heroes returned to Telford.

A pair of newlyweds added some premier sparkle to their special day when they had a chance encounter with some of the world’s top footballers.

A man was left with a broken nose following an assault in Cleobury Mortimer.

The plug has been pulled on the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct near Oswestry sending more than a million litres of water cascading from the waterway in the sky into the River Dee.

Shropshire’s Adrian Gunnell is on collision course with the biggest name in snooker when the Maplin UK Championship comes to Telford next month.

The couple who scooped £45.5 million in the Euromillions jackpot today told how they celebrated with a traditional Sunday lunch washed down with a couple of bottles of champagne at their local restaurant.

A pair of pensioners thwarted a would-be mugger in Telford when the 70-year-old woman beat him off with her umbrella while her husband laid into him with his walking stick.

Furious Brian Robb, one of Shropshire’s leading boxing coaches, believes Dan Cartwright has been “cheated” out of the chance to become national champion.

It’s a bit like having deja vu these days when you get in some cars. You know you haven’t driven one before but they seem so familiar. That’s because so many are the result of close collaboration between manufacturers, writes Sharon Walters.

Left-back Sean Newton has become the latest AFC Telford United player to win international recognition – with a call-up to the England ‘C’ squad.

Transfer-listed Nathan Elder has vowed to come out fighting for his Shrewsbury Town future – and has not given up hope of extending his Prostar Stadium career.

Ed Foster was today unveiled as the new captain of Shropshire as the county cricket club’s committee opted for a change in direction.

A deal to save the West Mid Show from financial ruin came within moments of being struck until a VAT bill was uncovered which scuppered any rescue plan, it emerged today.

A wealthy Shropshire restaurant owner has been convicted of masterminding a major drugs ring across the Midlands.

A teenage girl was attacked by a gang of girls while she lay in the road after being knocked off her bike by a car when out riding in Lancaster Road, in Shrewsbury, police said today.

A Shrewsbury branch of Boots was targeted by burglars who stole a quantity of goods, police said today.

A Shropshire garage boss has been keeping his Remembrance Day poppies and collection boxes under the counter — because heartless thieves keep stealing them.

Motorists in Ludlow are facing traffic chaos as a main route shuts for repairs. Lower Galdeford is being shut for a week while electricity giant E.on carries out work.

A 204-year-old aqueduct close to the Shropshire border is being drained of more than a million litres of water.