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A prominent firm of Shropshire architects have just arrived on Twitter, and have been using the site to tweet about worldwide architectural breakthroughs as well as exciting local projects they’re working on.

Shrewsbury Town have gone Dutch by signing midfielder Benjamin van den Broek for the promotion run-in.

Pupils at a Shropshire school have led a protest against the “Jamie Oliver” dinners in their canteen.

When Shropshire pensioner Bob Wellings fell into his garden pond, leaving him with a six inch gash in his head, his cries for help were heard by his 10-year-old neighbour.

A discarded cigarette is believed to have sparked a blaze which choked a bungalow in Telford with smoke and left two women needing hospital treatment.

A coroner has criticised bullies and websites talking about suicide following the death of a 24-year-old Mid Wales man.

A further arrest has been made in connection with an assault in a Shropshire town centre which left a man seriously injured, police said today.

Bosses of supermarket giant Asda today spoke of their delight at a Government decision which means it can move out of Telford Shopping Centre.

When Kirsty Old started suffering severe headaches, she decided she should make an appointment with her optician.

Reviewer’s rating: **** Visiting Shifnal on a writing assignment a number of years ago, I drove past the entrance to Haughton Hall and was intrigued as to what lay at the end of that smart tree-lined drive.

The parents of a Shropshire teenager who died after losing her battle against cancer today paid tribute to their “amazing and inspirational” daughter.

More than 1000 British troops are engaged in the fiercest military offensive on the Taliban since the war in Afghanistan began.

The search was continuing today for a missing Shropshire teenager who vanished nearly two weeks ago.

Having suffered only their second loss of the season, The New Saints will be out to prove their durability in tomorrow’s big home showdown with Bangor City.

Reviewer’s rating: ***** The White Horse at Clun is surely everyone’s idea of a real pub. It is full of local people who all seem to know each other and be enjoying themselves.

Watch our exclusive video from the latest set of auditions for Telford’s Talent 2010. This week’s event had the lot – tears, laughter and plenty of talent.

Wolves striker Chris Iwelumo is set to gain some much-needed match practice after joining Bristol City on a 28-day emergency loan.

Some of cinema's most iconic creatures including Count Dracula, Frankenstein's monster and The Mummy hark back to the golden age of Universal Studios in the 1930s and 40s, when Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi and Claude Rains stalked the big screen with malicious intent.

You wait years for an all-action adventure inspired by Greek mythology, and then two come along at virtually the same time.

Singletons of the world unite. Let us denounce Valentine's Day as a conspiracy by florists and greetings card companies to pray upon our loneliness by flogging us over-priced red roses and sappy declarations of undying love.

In the same way that Disney and its mascot Mickey Mouse are emblematic of excellence in American animation, Studio Ghibli and its cuddly character Totoro are synonymous with Japanese artistry.

If the Oscars were truly awarded on merit rather than the baubles of a glorified popularity contest then Colin Firth would be collecting a golden statuette as Best Actor In A Leading Role on March 7.

Jumping on the 3D bandwagon which has carried Avatar to the largest worldwide box office haul in history, Aristomenis Tsirbas's computer-animated fantasy is far less ambitious in scope than James Cameron's behemoth.

Shropshire’s Point-to-Point queen Sheila Crow is ready to have another crack at the Christie’s Foxhunter Chase at the Cheltenham Festival, 12 months after winning the blue riband with Cappa Bleu.

Campaigners are to deliver leaflets to 7,500 Oswestry homes urging people to oppose supermarket plans.

Work on Shrewsbury’s long-awaited £102 million North West Relief Road is continuing behind the scenes as council officials plan a major consultation to get people’s views on the scheme.

Hundreds of people have bombarded a pothole-busting hotline with calls pinpointing Telford’s battered roads – just two weeks after it was launched.

Newport councillors are putting the contract for the town’s Christmas lights out to tender after “astronomical” annual increases.

Conservatives on Telford & Wrekin Council were celebrating a double by-election success today.

Supermarket giant Asda has won its bid to move out of Telford Shopping Centre.