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The River Severn should be fenced off to prevent further deaths, a group of Shropshire residents has claimed.

Jobs have been created in Telford after the £7.5 million merger of two firms – including one run by former Wolves footballer John Richards.

Wrekin MP Mark Pritchard has clashed with the speaker of the House of Commons, and a Facebook page has been set up calling for the River Severn in Shrewsbury to be fenced off.

Boss Rob Smith has set AFC Telford United a target of five wins from their last seven games to make the Blue Square North play-offs.

Striker Jamie Cureton insists he is not frustrated by the slow start to his Shrewsbury Town career – and believes he will soon hit the goal trail.

The family of a 23-year-old man, who almost died after he was stabbed at a 16th birthday party in Shropshire, today revealed surgeons had been forced to remove his spleen as a result of the attack.

A digger has been used in a ram-raid at a Shropshire industrial estate.

Oswestry’s independent traders and campaigners today made a last gasp plea to council chiefs to ditch plans for a new supermarket for the town.

Wrekin MP Mark Pritchard has clashed with Commons Speaker John Bercow after an earlier rebuke for his “untoward” behaviour.

Shrewsbury’s three main shopping centres have finally been bought for £61 million, it was revealed today.

Crime in Oswestry has fallen over the past year with the number of burglaries down by more than half, new figures showed today.

Does this five-year-old Telford boy look fat? According to the borough’s health chiefs little Cian Attwood is obese – despite the youngster weighing in at just 4st 2lbs.

A rare 17th century oil painting showing how Shrewsbury looked nearly 400 years ago is to go on show in the town. The large oil painting, painted in the 1630s, is the earliest known panoramic view of the town.

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Danny Carey-Bertram kept the Bucks in the game thanks to a 90th minute goal.

Highlights from AFC Telford’s 1-1 result against Eastwood at the New Bucks Head on Tuesday, March 16.

Motorists in Shrewsbury are being warned to brace themselves for more misery on the area’s roads when work gets under way on a £1.4 million road improvement programme at one of the county’s town’s busiest junctions.

Andy Tennant, the director of Sweet Home Alabama and Hitch, offers much more than a romantic comedy with this action chase caper starring Gerard Butler as New York bounty hunter Milo Boyd, who is given the task of bringing in his bail jumping ex-wife, reporter Nicole Hurley (Jennifer Aniston).

Jim Carrey delivers his best dramatic performance since Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind in this improbable and utterly incredible true story.

Letter: The lifeblood for retailers is the footfall of the customer. Without customers shops clearly cannot succeed.

Letter: Why are our troops being used to stop heroin production in Afghanistan when satellite technology could spot the poppy fields and remotely-controlled drones could spray crops?

Arts Alive is bringing theatre company Trifle Gathering to Bishop’s Castle this month.

A call has been made for a public meeting to discuss plans for a controversial new waste tip on the outskirts of Bridgnorth.

Victims of the Shrewsbury explosion today demanded answers over what caused the huge blast – complaining that they still do not know what happened.

Tiger Woods will play at The Masters next month, the Augusta National club today confirmed.

A 37-year-old motorist who broke a man’s arm with a car jack during a road rage incident on Shropshire’s M54 was today jailed for two and a half years.

More than 6,000 tonnes of rubbish have been cleared away from the roads and pavements of Shropshire in just eight months in an effort to clean up the county.

Dozens of underage clubbers are using fake ID and friends’ documents to gain access to Shrewsbury’s pubs and clubs, police warned today.

Defence Minister Bill Rammell insisted that there was “no intention to mothball” RAF Cosford after coming under fire from Shropshire MP Mark Pritchard in the House of Commons.

A re-opened pub in Telford received its first beer delivery via horse and cart – and brought parts of the town to a standstill. Also, more on the future of RAF Cosford.