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Shifnal’s crumbling former magistrates court is to be sold off after months of planning refusals and thousands of pounds spent on trying to save it.

Friends of those who were seriously injured in Sunday’s explosion in Shrewsbury have made a video to show their support. And a rescue for the West Mid Show could be on the cards.

Shrewsbury’s Welsh Bridge partially reopened to motorists today for the first time since the town was rocked by an explosion, while three of those caught up in the blast remained seriously ill in hospital.

Detectives were today still questioning four men over the murder of a 52-year-old Shrewsbury man who was found with stab wounds at a flat in the town.

The society behind the historic West Mid Show has been saved after supporters voted against taking it into liquidation despite debts of around £260,000.

Temperatures in big-freeze Britain were on a par with the South Pole today after the country suffered its coldest night of the winter so far.

A lorry has crashed into a business premises on the Powys/Shropshire border.

Shropshire Council has said the following schools will be closed today because of the bad weather.

Failure is an education. That's particularly true of romantic dalliances: to truly appreciate perfection, first you must recognise the qualities that will drive you to distraction.

'Life's a bitch then you don't die,' grumbles a vampire in Daybreakers.

Abandon hope all ye who enter here. The future isn't bright, not in the slightest, in John Hillcoat's Oscar-tipped, post-apocalyptic thriller, adapted by Joe Penhall from the novel by Cormac McCarthy, who also wrote No Country For Old Men.

Distinguished by an incendiary lead performance from Andy Serkis, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll is a freewheeling biopic of 1970s punk pioneer Ian Dury that is every bit as unconventional and fantastical as the man himself.

Arctic temperatures and widespread ice caused a new round of disruption today as the big freeze kept its grip on the country.

The area hit by the Shrewsbury blast was returning to normal today with some traders allowed back into premises to start the clean-up operation – and others able to open for business again.

A Shropshire bar’s drinks promotion which made light of the Shrewsbury explosion has been condemned by the family of one of the victims.

AFC Telford United are bidding to stage an indoor friendly in a bid to keep ticking over during their enforced lay-off from competitive football.

A pet dog was killed after being attacked by up to four other dogs as her owner walked in a Shropshire field.

An exquisite north Shropshire townhouse is currently on the market through estate agents Savills with a guide price of £1 million.

Organisers of a fund set up to help those caught up in the Shrewsbury explosion are hoping to meet with the family members of those involved to discuss what they will need when they come home from hospital.

Telford’s Got Talent returns this weekend for 2010 with a brand new name and new auditions. Watch our video to find out more and take a look back at last year’s winner.

A murder investigation has been launched in Shrewsbury after a fatal stabbing. See our bulletin for more.

A friend of a Shrewsbury teenager who suffered serious burns in the explosion today said there had been a fantastic response to a Facebook group set up in support of her.

Shrewsbury Town’s hopes of beating the big freeze this weekend were ended today after their home clash with Barnet on Saturday was postponed.

Ted Hankey steps up his bid to bring the BDO World Darts crown back to Shropshire tonight when he faces rising star Dave Chisnall in the last eight.

Wolves’ third-choice goalkeeper Carl Ikeme has joined Coca-Cola Championship side QPR on a 28-day loan.

Letter: Last year we experienced a spell of severe weather and the gritting was stretched to the limit in Shropshire.

A murder inquiry was launched today following the death of a 52-year-old man who was stabbed at a flat in Shrewsbury.

Two people remained in a critical condition in hospital today following the Shrewsbury explosion. The town’s Welsh Bridge was reopened to pedestrians.

More than 20 firefighters battled to save a closed down Shropshire pub for over two hours after a blaze broke out at the property in the early hours of today.

Multi-million pound proposals to build a new Asda superstore, petrol station and 500-space car park in Telford have been given the go ahead.