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Motorists in Shropshire and Mid Wales are among those counting the multi-million pound cost of damage caused by potholes during the big freeze, it emerged today.

Shropshire’s Blists Hill Victorian Town is leading the race to scoop a £100,000 prize to invest in its charitable work – but it still needs your support.

An actor seriously injured in the Shrewsbury explosion has been told he will never walk again.

Passengers were forced to flee a bus after a blaze broke out in its engine as it travelled through a Shropshire village today. The alarm was raised just before 7.30am.

Letter: After 13 years in power Labour’s policy to tackle Britain’s awful record of western Europe’s teenage pregnancy capital is in tatters.

Letter: As a Meals on Wheels helper of many years, I was appalled at some of the suggested changes to this service in the Shropshire Star recently.

Letter: If one is to believe the press reports on the Meals on Wheels provision, the outcome is far from clear.

One of Oswestry’s top bands is to support the son of Sir Paul McCartney in a major gig in Birmingham this month.

People are being invited to get on their bikes and help promote new cycling spaces being unveiled at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital next week.

This week Dogs Trust Roden is appealing for a foster home for Sparkle, a twelve year old female terrier cross.

An appeal has been launched to find a memorial to one of Shrewsbury’s most famous sons – Vice Admiral John Benbow.

A memorial service has been held in Oswestry for tragic Oswestry mother and daughter Sue and Francesca McFall.

SEVEN PEOPLE were arrested in Telford today on suspicion of human trafficking as part of an ongoing investigation into an alleged child sex ring.

A sonar boat today took to the River Severn as the hunt for missing Shrewsbury teenager Hayden Reynolds-Evans continued.

Organisers of a charity fundraiser in north Shropshire have been “sickened” by the lack of support for an event to aid injured soldiers.

Hundreds of people were expected to gather today to give thanks for the lives of a Shropshire mother and daughter killed in a family tragedy.

Money raised to help people in Haiti has been stolen from a Shrewsbury charity shop.

ONE Shropshire company is signalling the way forward out of recession for small manufacturing firms with innovative products and a bid for new routes to market.

A Telford swimming pool was closed this afternoon after concerns about water readings.

Motorists who leave their engines running in Shrewsbury could be slapped with fines under a wave of new plans to deal with ever worsening air quality in the town.

Shropshire’s new planning blueprint could signal the end of lucrative barn conversions on farms across the county, it was claimed today.

AFC Telford United’s play-off prospects look set to be boosted today – with crisis club Farsley Celtic facing expulsion from the Blue Square North.

Residents in Shropshire made nearly 5,000 requests to environmental health chiefs to deal with pest control incidents in the past year, new figures have revealed.

The Telford’s Talent 2010 search for singers, dancers and musicians has come to an end – watch highlights from the final auditions.

Skipper Karl Henry is confident Wolves will avoid relegation from the Barclays Premier League if they maintain the level of performance shown against Manchester United.

Midfielder Paul Murray insists he will play anywhere in order to be involved in Shrewsbury Town’s push for promotion from League Two.

A 45-year-old motorcyclist was airlifted to hospital with serious leg injuries after his bike collided with a car just outside Market Drayton.

About 100 shoppers had to leave a Shropshire supermarket when it was evacuated after a fire broke out at a cash machine outside the store.

A Shrewsbury MP is calling on Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust to employ a Salopian as their next chief executive.

Three branches of the West Bromwich Building Society in Shropshire and Mid Wales are to close under plans which will see 80 jobs axed and 11 branches shut in total, it was revealed today.