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Today’s Shropshire Star news bulletin includes news of a major Police investigation after a body was found in Telford.

Hundreds of private hire drivers staged a three-hour walk-out in a row with Telford & Wrekin council licensing chiefs.

Ian Brown was in stellar form with a pre-Christmas West Midlands gig

Our video team was on hand this morning as Shropshire shivered after one of the coldest nights of the winter.

Furious Shrewsbury Town boss Paul Simpson has launched a scathing attack on his squad, admitting: “I’m sick of making excuses for them.”

Mince and quince are Christmas crackers for Shropshire bakers

An operation to tackle a huge fire which broke out over the weekend at a Telford waste management firm was entering its second day today.

Taxpayers in Shropshire have been left footing a bill of £350,000 in legal fees and charges stemming from a failed council bid to stop an open cast mine being built in the shadow of The Wrekin.

Scores of Shropshire viewers cheered on defeated Strictly Come Dancing favourite Ricky Whittle not knowing he had a secret medical condition.

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy hit out at the critics who questioned his integrity after he fielded a near-reserve side against Manchester United.

A Shropshire man who died after his moped was involved in a smash with an articulated lorry was today named locally as Edward Blakemore.

Theatre bosses in Shropshire have added eight extra shows to next year’s pantomime after selling 2,000 advance tickets.

Tourism experts from Telford and Shropshire are to unveil the details of a £250 million transformation for the area at the UK’s biggest conference and events show.

People in Shropshire and mid Wales woke up to treacherous conditions today as snow and ice left roads hazardous.

Boss Rob Smith today backed himself to steer AFC Telford United up the Blue Square North table, vowing: “I won’t throw the towel in.”

A Shropshire company is expecting sales of £500 million a year after launching unique software which converts website text to speech.

Russell Crowe is reunited with Gladiator director Ridley Scott for the latest big screen outing of Robin Hood.

A major online campaign to persuade the BBC to screen a film starring Shropshire’s Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite on TV has won support from viewers across the UK.

About 150 people took to the streets of Telford for an annual Christmas motorcycle run raising money for charity.

Independent bakers in Shropshire have launched a mince pie war with county supermarkets by going into battle for Christmas trade.

Tourism experts from Telford and Shropshire are to unveil the details of a £250 million transformation for the area at the UK’s biggest conference and events show.

Inmates at Shrewsbury’s Dana prison could soon be helping to plug a gap in skills affecting the 40-year resto- ration of a canal.

The Government’s very high household projections should not be used as housebuilding targets in Shropshire, an environmental campaign group warned today.

Rock band Rage Against The Machine has beaten X Factor winner Joe McElderry to the Christmas number one.

The family of Brittany Murphy have paid tribute to the US actress after she died at the age of 32.

If only the Rochdale groundsmen weren’t so efficient then Town fans wouldn’t have had to suffer a 4-0 hammering, writes Shrewsbury Town blogger James Pugh.

Photos from Shrewsbury Town’s snowy hammering at Rochdale.

Pictures from Wolves’ 2-0 Premier League victory against Burnley at Molineux.

A Christmas single released to help raise money towards the treatment of a three-year-old Shropshire girl who suffered a rare stroke has raised about £1,000 in just over a week.

Champion gardener Jack Marshall has taken the Government’s Landshare scheme one step further.