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A Shropshire pensioner who turned down £120 from dealers on TV’s Dickinson’s Real Deal for rare pictures from the trenches in World War One more than doubled his money at auction yesterday.

A quick look at our bustling high streets suggests shoppers are undeterred by the recession. So will you save or splurge this year?

Comedian and Phoenix Nights star Peter Kay will perform three shows in Birmingham – but not until 2011.

You can guillotine him, poison him, hang him and spike him, but Alice Cooper keeps coming back.

Cabinet minister Tessa Jowell and Olympic gold medallist Jonathan Edwards have paid tribute to Shropshire’s role in the birth of the modern Games.

Council taxpayers in Telford and Wrekin are facing a 1.9 per cent increase in their bills next year – the lowest rise in more than 10 years.

The Mayor of Bridgnorth, Councillor Mac Griffiths, has died suddenly at work of a suspected heart attack.

 The survival rate for sufferers of bowel cancer in Telford & Wrekin is one of the best in the country, a report revealed today. 

A proposal to ban overseas players from Shropshire’s top cricket league has been defeated.

AFC Telford United aim to banish their recent poor form when they face Alfreton tonight, with Larry Chambers declaring: “We need a response.”

Shrewsbury Town tonight begin a double header against a pair of League Two’s promotion favourites, with manager Paul Simpson declaring: “It’s time for us to produce”.

Wayne Hennessey has been backed to return an even stronger goalkeeper at Wolves – by his biggest rival.

A new motorway jambusting scheme is set to come into operation in 2011 aimed at making life easier for commuters travelling into Shropshire from the West Midlands.

Thieves knocked a man unconscious and snatched a Rolex watch worth thousands of pounds from his wrist in a robbery at a Telford business park.

Freezing temperatures caused rush hour chaos in Shropshire this morning with part of the county’s only motorway closed because of “treacherous road conditions”.

A Shropshire pilot has been talking about his bizarre flight in a caravan airship, for the BBC Top Gear programme.

A belt of wet and windy weather is set to return to Shropshire this afternoon bringing several days of heavy showers to the county.

Schools from across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin today gained high marks in league tables showing how every 11-year-old in England performed in their English, maths and science Sats tests.

The Princess Royal was due to fly into Shropshire today for a whistlestop tour of the county.

The West Midlands Ambulance Trust, which treats patients in Shropshire, is failing people with asthma by the way patients are monitored and treated, campaigners have claimed today.

Police uncovered a secret cannabis factory and drugs with a street value of more than £11,000 when they raided two neighbouring homes in a Shropshire village, a court has heard.

A Shropshire art student who specialises in photography made a trip down to London to project some of his photos on to landmarks around the capital.

House prices rose for the seventh month in a row during November but there are further signs that the pace of the recovery is beginning to ease, figures showed today.

A substantial wad of £20 notes has been found fluttering across a Shropshire road.

This year’s Royal Welsh Winter Fair in Mid Wales has attracted record cattle entries, with more than 350 stockmen competing for different agricultural prizes, say organisers.

A Shrewsbury man found guilty of assaulting another man has been jailed for two and a half years.

Watch preparations for a unique version of Bouncers, which appears at The Place in Oakengates later this week.

Shropshire two main hospitals have one of the best patient safety records in the West Midlands, according to an independent study.

A suspected arson attack on a Shrewsbury pub could have been fatal, police said today.