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Letter: I was sorry to read of the difficulties experienced by your correspondent D Evans in the letter “Come and get it Charities” published on February 18.

A clash diary telling you what’s on this month. Feel free to email your event for inclusion.

Brit Award-winning pop star Ellie Goulding will complete her rise to the top by starring at this year’s V Festival, at Weston Park on the Shropshire/Staffordshire.

Newport took another big step towards safety in National League Three Midlands as they won 21-10 at Kettering for their third victory in their last four outings.

Ludlow’s Midlands Two West (North) promotion ambitions have been left in tatters by a shock defeat to lowly Willenhall.

Council chiefs have now revealed proposals to revitalise a north Shropshire town centre blighted by empty shops on its High Street.

Whitchurch’s North Midlands Cup campaign ended in disappointment as they suffered an extra-time defeat at home to Malvern in their big quarter-final clash.

A Shrewsbury rower will achieve a lifetime’s ambition by taking part in one of the world’s most famous sporting events.

Wrekin MP Mark Pritchard today accused Rail Minister Chris Mole of passing the buck following a crunch meeting to discuss overcrowding on a train dubbed the “sardine express”.

Thieves snatched a purse belonging to a 94-year-old woman while she did her shopping at a north Shropshire supermarket, police said today. Thieves snatched a purse belonging to a 94-year-old woman while she did her shopping at a north Shropshire supermarket, police said today. The victim, who has not been named, fell foul of the [...]

A professional gang of thieves smashed through the wall of a Shropshire Royal British Legion club before drilling open the safe and escaping with hundreds of pounds.

Shropshire soldiers returning from service in Afghanistan are being delayed from being reunited with their families because of inadequate air transportation, MP Mark Pritchard has warned ministers.

Watch exclusive video highlights of Telford Titans’ clash with Trafford Metros in the English National League Division One.

AFC Telford United will tonight host a “strong” Wolves side in a hastily arranged friendly (7pm, £5 entry) ­ after their scheduled Blue Square North clash with crisis-hit Farsley Celtic was called off.

Feature writer Ben Bentley decided to find out whether Arriva Trains Wales services from Birmingham and Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury really deserve the tag ‘sardine express’.

A COUNTY climber died after falling 1,500ft when he was swept away by an avalanche on a Scottish mountain.

Firefighters were called to a blaze at an historic south Shropshire home today.

A north Shropshire market hall is set to undergo a £1 million facelift which councillors say will put the town “on the map.”

BRIT Award-winning Dizzee Rascal dazzled Midlands fans when he played a one-off gig

A train company which put in a bid to run a direct service from Shropshire to London has had its application turned down by rail regulators.

Paul Simpson has backed Shrewsbury Town’s attacking double act Jamie Cureton and Dave Hibbert to prove a lethal League Two combination during the promotion run-in.

Some parents in Telford & Wrekin cheated in a bid to get their children places in their first-choice secondary schools, it emerged today.

A Shrewsbury music and media centre is set to run a series of beginners’ rock guitar workshops for youngsters aged between 9 and 11.

A motorist was killed when his car plunged down an embankment in a crash close to the Shropshire border.

A former Shropshire education advisor who was diagnosed with fatal motor neurone disease more than three years ago, is fronting a national campaign to get a better deal for patients suffering from the illness.

A Shropshire man fled his burning home today after trying to tackle the blaze himself.

A Shrewsbury woman who has helped raise thousands of pounds for charity while bravely battling cancer for the second time is among the first people to have been nominated for a “Pride of Shropshire” award.

Two armed robbers who threatened terrified staff at a shop in Shropshire before fleeing with cash and cigarettes may live in the area, police today said.

A car was doused in petrol before being set alight in the car park of a Telford club.

Britain’s winter Olympians are due to return to Britain amid questions over the way sport is funded.