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CCTV cameras could be put up along a footpath in Telford which is being used by a gang of robbers targeting people at night.

This cow could provide some of the most expensive beef in the world after being bred on a special diet of four pints of beer a day.

Developers could be forced to bulldoze a partly-built house in one of Shropshire’s most picturesque market towns after an army of protesters branded the home an eyesore.

Campaigners battling plans to build a £5 million power plant in the heart of the Shropshire countryside today said they were disappointed with the way the council had handled the case.

Powys has lost 19 post offices over the past six years, it was revealed today – as the number of branches in Wales dropped below 1,000 for the first time.

An inquest has heard how a fatal collision happened after a Mid Wales lorry driver pulled up on the nearside lane of the A14 in Northamptonshire after realising he had a puncture.

Thieves have sawn off and stolen copper gas pipes from the outside of three neighbouring Shropshire flats in the space of seven days – leaving residents inside with no heating or hot water.

A Catholic school in Shropshire has been issued with a “notice to improve” after receiving a damning report from Ofsted inspectors who gave it the lowest possible mark.

Legendary pop band Crowded House have added a second concert at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall due to phenomenal demand.

A decision on controversial plans for a multi-million pound marina in north Shropshire has been put on hold.

Four-midable AFC Telford United striker Danny Carey-Bertram was today revelling in his goalscoring heroics, admitting: “I couldn’t feel any better.”

Plans to rebuild a Shropshire chippy destroyed in an explosion last year have been approved after a rethink by planners.

Former Welsh rugby union international Chris Horsman is to go back to school tomorrow when he visits a south Shropshire college.

A major traffic problem that has blighted a north Shropshire village could be improved if funding is given the go-ahead for major development work on a road, it was claimed today.

Bridgnorth Town are hoping Shropshire football followers will return to Crown Meadow, starting with the battle against Biddulph.

A Shrewsbury farmers’ market is coming back for the first time in 2010 this week, with organisers promising it will be bigger and better than ever before.

Star Wars and Harry Potter star Warwick Davis will be in Shropshire this month for a one-day sci-fi convention featuring wizards, aliens and robots.

Prosecutors in Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin are performing well in securing convictions against men who rape or subject women to domestic abuse, new figures have revealed.

Letter: In answer to the points made by Bev McCarthy made in her letter printed on January 21, the BBC stating that the “last decade was the warmest on record” does not conflict with my statement that we are in a global cooling stage.

Letter: We should not be surprised when the Office for National Statistics comes up with Orwellian garbage.

A seven-minute Danny Butterfield hat-trick dumped lacklustre Wolves out of the FA Cup in a limp surrender to crisis club Crystal Palace.

An 85-year-old woman who walks with a crutch was robbed of her bag as she left a Shrewsbury post office.

Twitchers are flocking to a Shropshire market town to catch a glimpse of a rare Chinese duck.

The ‘Calverhall controversy’ that has dogged Shropshire bowls was consigned to the history books – with barely a whimper, writes MALCOLM FLETCHER.

The crisis-hit West Mid Show could be handed a lifeline by Shropshire Council.

Friends of prostitute Janine Downes, whose half-naked body was found next to a Shropshire layby 19 years ago today, have paid tribute to her as police said they would not give up their hunt for her killer.

Police have pledged to continue their hunt for the killer of prostitute Janine Downes who was found in a lay-by in Shropshire 19 years ago today.

An 85-year-old woman who walks with a crutch was robbed of her bag as she left a Shrewsbury post office.

So there we have it. This year’s Oscars will pretty much be a straight shootout between blockbuster fantasy and gritty fact-based drama.

The councillor who cut the first sod to start the building of Oswestry’s new £7.6 million leisure centre said today it was “absolutely vital” for the town that the project was completed.