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One of the victims of the Shrewsbury blast said she owed her life to her friend who helped rescue her from the ruins of their collapsed flat.

Parts of Shropshire were gridlocked today as fresh snowfall caused chaos on the roads. Hazardous driving conditions led to a spate of crashes across the county which closed roads and brought traffic to a standstill in their aftermath.

Wolves were today resigned to missing out on winger Stephen Hunt after Hull rejected their final bid of £5m.

Drivers in Shropshire faced huge delays this morning as snow and ice caused treacherous conditions. Also, good news for former Wrekin Construction workers.

Shrewsbury Town were today attempting to force through some late January business as the transfer window prepares to shut.

A main Shropshire road is due to be closed tonight and tomorrow night for resurfacing work.

A judge has awarded Wrekin Construction workers nearly £2 million in unpaid wages after finding they were not consulted properly before being made redundant.

Mid Wales MP Lembit Opik is among 70 politicians who are fighting a ruling that they should return some of their taxpayer-funded Commons expenses.

A man has been sexually assaulted in Shrewsbury town centre, police said today.

Snow swept back into Shropshire today, with ice causing gridlock on the roads and a spate of serious crashes across the county.

The world’s tallest town crier will be urging people to try to make history and buy a EuroMillions ticket which could net them the biggest lottery prize ever in the UK.

Police were returning to the scene of a fatal crash today, a week after a Shropshire teenager died.

Director Dave Topping is hopeful that AFC Telford United’s long wait for a home game in 2010 will end this week – and issued an upbeat bulletin on their financial health.

A north Shropshire woman who works for the NHS and had the swine flu vaccination has been left unable to walk properly after the jab triggered a rare medical condition.

A goose had a lucky escape after it got stuck in some railings in Bridgnorth.

A Shropshire dance group has failed in its bid to reach the final of a national TV competition to win £100,000.

An Oswestry man is putting Shropshire back on the literary map by staging a week-long festival celebrating his town’s most famous former resident, the First World War poet Wilfred Owen.

Picturesque scenes from Shropshire will be shown to a nationwide TV audience after a crew from BBC’s Countryfile arrived in the county today.

Highlights from Shrewsbury Town’s 0-1 defeat to Accrington Stanley on Saturday, January 30, 2010.

Organisers of a controversial new weekly Saturday market set to begin in a north Shropshire town today issued a rallying call to traders ahead of its launch next month.

Big Brother star Freddie Fisher will be in Oswestry tomorrow to open a cafe.

The New Saints, chasing a treble this season, face a tricky home tie with old adversaries Port Talbot in the quarter-finals of the Welsh Cup.

Convicted Shropshire drug dealer Naseer Zaman has paid a total of £225,000 into court under a confiscation order imposed by a judge, it was revealed today.

A Shropshire couple today revealed how they had had a lucky escape after a tree toppled over and crashed onto their narrowboat home moored on the Llangollen canal.

How frustrating it was for a team containing four Town rejects to end our five match unbeaten run in a week of no transfer activity, writes Shrewsbury Town blogger.

Ludlow have lost their third National Hunt card in succession because of weather – for the first time in the racecourse’s history.

Letter: I wonder if I could use your letters page to thank the people and businesses of Audlem for there many acts of kindness and concern during the period when we were iced in on our hired narrowboat.

A Newport councillor has warned an increase in people improving their current homes rather than moving house could create problems for first time buyers further down the line.

Montgomeryshire MP Lembit Opik talks to talks to Andy Richardson about expenses and media intrusion.

Montgomeryshire MP Lembit Opik talks to Andy Richardson about his life as a politician.