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A Shropshire airbase’s work to provide football shirts to impoverished children now stretches to two dozen countries, organisers said today.

Is this the cheapest breakfast in Shropshire? Landlord Trevor Cadd certainly thinks so. The gaffer at The Fountain, in Wrockwardine Wood, is serving beans, bangers, bacon, egg and toast for a sizzling 98p.

Feature writer Ben Bentley has top tips for tips in this week’s podcast.

The Shropshire wife of a county soldier who was killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan today said she was looking forward to Christmas, despite the loss of her “special person”.

This week we’re talking to a Telford twitterer who’s been using the social networking site to organise a fundraising event for a local charity.

A ding dong is raging Down Under over who produces the best white wines. Three out of ten bottles sold in Australia are imported from New Zealand. Sales from both nations, meanwhile, are soaring in the UK.

Whisky is the perfect tipple for getting you into the festive spirit. Spirits expert Michael Simpson-Jones has some top tips for customers looking to buy.

The Shropshire-based  father of Strictly Come Dancing competitor, Ricky Whittle, today urged county fans to back his son through to the final.

The cost of building Shrewsbury’s Quantum Leap statue as a lasting memorial to Charles Darwin has risen by a further £33,000, it was revealed today.

Two men were due to appear in court today after a cannabis factory growing plants allegedly worth about £50,000 was discovered by police in a Shropshire village.

An area of Bridgnorth town centre had to be cordoned off after a large piece of scaffolding collapsed and fell on a car. The scaffolding, which was about 20 metres high, was in Castle Terrace.

Rejuvenated midfielder Terry Dunfield is hoping for a twin celebration in 2010 – promotion with Shrewsbury Town and a first cap for Canada.

Creditors for the West Mid Show could be asked to accept a five-year repayment plan as part of a rescue package for the historic event.

A long-running junior theatre group is to fold after 20 years because parents are struggling to pay for their children to attend because of the recession, it was announced today.

A “lengthy and detailed” police operation led to a wealthy Shropshire restaurant owner who controlled a major drugs supply ring across the Midlands being jailed for six years.

Women out drinking in Shropshire over the festive season are to be handed flip-flops and attack alarms by police in a bid to keep them safe.

A total of 150 households across Shropshire are in temporary accommodation with the majority staying in local authority or housing association properties, figures show.

People in Shropshire are being urged to take care to empty food out of tins before putting them out for recycling – to stop scavenging cats from getting their heads stuck in them.

Water giant Severn Trent is to spend £27,000 to protect its sites with a revolutionary crime-fighting liquid made by a Shropshire firm, following nearly £1 million worth of burglaries and thefts.

Shropshire owners of oil-fired Agas are finding their ranges are going out because of a ruling from Europe insisting on greener fuel.

Plans for the £5 million transformation of a Shropshire dogs’ home to make it one of the best of its kind in the country look set to be given the go-ahead by planners.

A major appeal for volunteers to help safeguard the future of a Shropshire landmark has been launched.

Shrewsbury’s MP is demanding answers over plans to introduce plastic kerbside collections in Shropshire and when it is due to go live.

Leading scorer Andy Brown hopes his new partnership with Damian Reeves can help fire AFC Telford into the Blue Square North promotion race.

Ding Junhui booked his place in the final of the Pukka Pies UK Championship – and then declared it doesn’t matter who he faces in tomorrow’s snooker showpiece.

Shropshire’s most famous pigs are waiting to find out their fate after the first round of Britain’s Got Talent auditions.

Former world snooker championship finalist Mark Selby was targeted by thieves who stole hundreds of pounds of electrical goods and his sports car as he played in the UK Championships in Telford.

A wealthy Shropshire restaurant owner who controlled a major cannabis supply operation which produced drugs with a street value of more than £1 million, was today jailed for six years.

Five Shropshire men have been charged in connection with a child sex ring allegedly involving nine teenage girls, it was revealed this afternoon.

Thousands of workers at a Japanese-owned computer giant are to stage a series of six strikes.