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Businesses in Shrewsbury town centre already struggling with the recession and the aftermath of the town blast will be hit hard by new parking charges, it was claimed today.

Hughlights from Shrewsbury Town’s 3-0 defeat to Grimsby on Saturday, March 6.

Sixties fans are invited to brush off their beehive hairdos and grab their dancing shoes with a special two-for-one ticket offer to see the sing-along show Hairspray at Ludlow Assembly Rooms on Friday.

A round-up of the Shropshire Star’s nostlagia pictures for the week ending Saturday, March 6, 2010.

Letter: In response to comments about the lack of suitable shops in Wem I would say: “Sorry, we cannot put the clocks back!”

Highlights from AFC Telford’s 0-0 draw against Soluhull Moors on Saturday, March 6, 2010.

Two people had to flee their home today after a fire broke out in the basement.

If Town continue to shoot themselves in the foot by giving away penalties and losing to struggling sides, then we can kiss our promotion hopes goodbye, writes Shrewsbury Town blogger James Pugh.

Shropshire screenwriter Jesse Armstrong admitted he flew to Hollywood more in hope than in expectation as he attended the Oscars.

Kathryn Bigelow is the first woman to be crowned Best Director at the Academy Awards. Her movie The Hurt Locker also won Best Picture.

A Shropshire-based theatre company has turned the worrying problems facing youngsters on the internet into an interest-grabbing play aimed at schools.

Star rating: **** SHARON WALTERS takes a trip down memory lane and finds a real cracker in the market.

Stereophonics thrilled fans during a hard-rocking West Midlands gig

Star rating: **** JAMES SHAW and his family ended up with big smiles after a visit to an out-of-the-way pub

A benefit show to raise funds for an actor seriously injured in the Shrewsbury explosion will be held later this year, it has been revealed.

It has been 13 long years in the making but, after hours of painstaking stitching using some of the finest materials the world can offer, a project to enhance Shropshire’s most famous bed is finally complete.

NHS bosses were today accused of treating a Shropshire town’s hospital as “second class” after its operating theatre was shut down indefinitely.

Shrewsbury Town say a “dubious” penalty decision contributed to their 3-0 defeat at Blundell Park.

AFC Telford’s game against Solihull Moors ended in a frustrating 0-0 at  the New Bucks Head.

Our podcast team are celebrating the joys of Christmas, this week, thanks to an unusual story unearthed by business editor Amy Bould

Three people were taken to hospital after the car they were travelling in was involved in a collision with a tree and overturned in Shropshire.

Parking charges are set to rise across Shropshire under sweeping plans to boost council coffers by more than £400,000.

A row has broken out over a patch of land in Telford which residents say has been fenced off leaving them unable to access their driveways.

A former Shropshire medical practice manager convicted of swindling nearly £40,000 from her employers has been spared jail after lying about her criminal past to land another NHS job.

A Shropshire man who helped mastermind the conversion of a 1970s coach into an extensive cannabis factory has been jailed for four years.

When Jan Minihane swapped a high-flying life in London for bringing up two wonderful little boys in Shropshire, she didn’t realise she would become so actively involved with her local branch of the National Childbirth Trust.

Boss Paul Simpson insists he will not throw Dutchman Benjamin van den Broek into his Shrewsbury Town line-up until he is sure he is ready.

Shropshire cueman Adrian Gunnell is out to topple “living legend” Steve Davis tomorrow – and book a first ever appearance at the televised stages of snooker’s World Championship.

Wolves manager Mick McCarthy is hoping that the “brilliant” Wayne Rooney will not be fit enough to play at Molineux this evening (5.30pm).

Hundreds of protesters marched through Oswestry today to demonstrate their opposition to plans for a new multi-million pound supermarket.