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A railway signal box at a notorious north Shropshire level crossing could be scrapped and replaced with an automated system controlled from a centre in Cardiff.

A Mid Wales head teacher has been suspended from her post while education bosses carry out an internal investigation into allegations against her, it has emerged.

Controversial plans to cut £200,000 from the county’s Meals on Wheels service have been scrapped to allow a full review to be carried out.

Police today said they were not looking for anyone else in connection with the discovery of a man’s body at property in Oswestry.

Movie expert Carl Jones takes a look at the latest big films to hit our cinemas, including this week’s offering, The Crazies.

Shropshire councillors have approved what they were warned was likely to be the last “generous” budget for years to come.

Posters of missing Shropshire teenager Hayden Reynolds-Evans could be handed out at an upcoming Shrewsbury Town football match as the search continues to try to find him.

A closed Telford pub which had been due to reopen last week has remained closed while pub chain Punch Tavern thrashes out some “issues”.

Blog: My six-year-old daughter has just got heavily into Girls Aloud. She mimics the dance moves of Cheryl and Co – some of which are, frankly, a bit raunchy. Of course, she doesn’t realise this; she’s just innocently copying her idols

Children are being increasingly exposed to sexual imagery, with parents finding it difficult to stop it, a report for the Home Office said today.

Dilapidated public toilets in Shrewsbury town centre have been closed because of anti-social behaviour, but other toilet blocks in the town are set for a makeover.

Motorists have been warned to watch out for mobile speed cameras on the “Rabbit Run” from next month. The Safer Roads Partnership in West Mercia announced today cameras would be used on the B4176.

Letter: I have found out that the April pension increase has been wiped out by the ever-increasing inflation rate.

A Shropshire cinema is to premiere a film about the Red Cross made by students from Shrewsbury College and the British Youth Film Academy.

Huge tax increases could seal the fate of many rural petrol stations, a Shropshire MP claimed today.

A 16-year-old boy who has gone missing after a visit to Telford could be with his girlfriend, police said today.

Richard Burton, Shropshire’s three-times national point-to-point champion jockey, will be forced to sit out part of the biggest week of the jumps racing calendar.

Thousands of new homes could be built in rural areas across Shropshire over the next 16 years and up to 700 acres of land freed up across the county for businesses to provide hundreds of much-needed jobs.

Investigations were under way today to prevent the collapse of Ludlow’s historic town walls and repairs could cost more than £100,000, it was claimed today.

A political row erupted in Shropshire today over the future of Meals on Wheels provision in the county.

The Vanguards, Young Fate and Blindsyde headline this week’s local music podcast.

A national campaign group has backed proposals to black out roads across Telford in an attempt by council bosses to make a saving of £76,000 a year.

Two robbers, one armed with a baseball bat and another with a golf club, burst into a Telford store and threatened terrified staff before fleeing with cash and cigarettes.

One of Shropshire’s biggest nightclubs, which has been closed for nearly six months following a disturbance at the venue, will remain closed for the immediate future, bosses said today.

Tenbury residents were today waiting to find out whether they are to receive extra cash to help safeguard their homes from flooding.

West Mercia Police was guilty of “a number of failings” in investigating a rape claim by a man who was later killed by the person he accused, a watchdog ruled today.

Deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman has been forced to change the password on her Twitter account after it was hacked, she told MPs today.

Midfielder Kevin O’Connor could be set to make his first AFC Telford United start, with assistant manager Larry Chambers declaring: “He’s ready.”

Goalkeeper David Button will unlock an extension to his Shrewsbury Town loan when he gets the key to the door on his 21st birthday on Saturday.

Peter Farmer, one of Shropshire’s most successful ever bowlers, has decided to return to his roots for the 2010 season.