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A Shropshire show which was facing the axe after more than 90 years has been saved at the 11th hour.

Eighty street lights in Telford are being left on 24 hours a day – just days after it was revealed some main roads could be blacked out at night to save cash and help the environment.

Paul Simpson has told of his frustration after Town’s 1-1 draw away to Rotherham. He said: “In the first half I was disappointed with us but in the second half we should have won it.”

One point out of six against two of the division’s top sides doesn’t make good reading, but Town fans have other reason to be optimistic, writes Shrewsbury Town blogger James Pugh.

Nine out of 10 people asked are happy with the proposed increase in council tax in the Telford & Wrekin area, authority chiefs have claimed today.

A memorial statue honouring Telford’s miners was today returned to the traffic island that was its home before it was destroyed when a 14-tonne lorry ploughed through it.

Letter: On February 13 we visited Shrewsbury crematorium to take flowers to commemorate my late mum’s birthday. We have gone to the crematorium many times over the past 27 years and we have never seen it in such a mess before.

Letter: Large parts of Shropshire cannot receive digital radio signals and even if many more radio masts were erected there would still be some who would never be able to get a signal.

Supermarket giant Tesco has banned pyjama-wearing customers at some of its stores. So just what is and isn’t acceptable for a shopping trip?

Boss Rob Smith can’t give up the day job, and he missed his side’s fourth win in five due to his other work commitments with Network Rail.

A lorry overturned on a main road in Telford this afternoon, leading to long tailbacks for drivers.

ENTREPRENEURS, fledlging companies and inventors are today being invited to enter the Shropshire Star’s Dragons’ Den-style competition in a bid to scoop £4,000.

A motorist was forced off a Shropshire road in a terrifying incident in which another driver repeatedly rammed the back of his car.

Gordon Brown will give evidence to the Iraq Inquiry next week, it was announced today.

Shrewsbury Town go under the national television spotlight tonight, with manager Paul Simpson challenging his side to win 10 of their remaining 14 games to contend for automatic promotion.

Assistant manager Larry Chambers has hailed the impact of forward Steve Thompson – after seeing striker Andy Brown become AFC Telford United’s all-time leading goalscorer.

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy was left to bemoan poor defending as he saw his side lose out 2-0 to Barclays Premier leaders Chelsea at Molineux.

Wolves defender Stephen Ward believes his side will survive in the top flight if they repeat that level of performance against sides less capable than Chelsea.

In a season low on goals Telford fans must thank their lucky stars they boast Andy Brown in the squad.

Commuters on the M54 faced eight-mile tailbacks this morning after a van caught fire at 7.45am. Also, Theatre Severn is celebrating its first birthday.

Sunday’s snow was mostly all gone by lunchtime – but that was plenty of time for you to take pictures and email them to us.

A Shropshire restaurant boss mysteriously closed his business – leaving a booking list full of disappointed customers and claims of unpaid debts to suppliers.

COUNTY Training, the largest training provider in Shropshire, today announced a new grant scheme for businesses taking on apprentices.

A SHROPSHIRE organic farm is expecting a record year after  ploughing cash into a new mill and packing machinery which could see it triple sales in 2010.

Shrewsbury’s £28 million Theatre Severn took £2 million in its first year with more than 120,000 tickets sold for a wide variety of performances, figures released today showed.

Colin Firth and Carey Mulligan win the big prizes at the 2010 British Academy Awards in London.

A wooden tea box, which once belonged to legendary actress, singer and comedienne Gracie Fields, is to go under the hammer at an auction in Shrewsbury this week.

A long-lost musical treasure trove of tunes penned by a late Shropshire musician has been released after being unearthed by his friends. And you can download an exclusive song here.

Motorists faced tailbacks of up to eight miles after a van carrying loft insulation caught fire as it was being driven on the M54 in Shropshire today.

A British woman is among the dead in the flash floods that have swept the Portuguese holiday island of Madeira.