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Battling Wolves hung on to equal their longest Premier League unbeaten run with another priceless point towards survival against Everton at Molineux.

A driver crashed a car into a lamppost outside a Shropshire school and is believed to have set it on fire before fleeing the scene.

Dozens of people have been killed in two explosions at two different metro stations in central Moscow during rush hour.

Local pop star Ellie Goulding had an unusual way to get warmed up for her triumphant homecoming West Midlands gig – a three-mile jog with fans.

Letter: To the person or persons who took the flowers off my mother’s grave at Wombridge Cemetery, I do hope you enjoyed doing it. My mother has been passed away six weeks and those flowers were for her birthday on Wednesday, March 19.

Tax rises and red hot curries are on the menu for this week’s podcast team. Business Editor analyses the week’s big story: Chancellor Alistair Darling’s budget and the impact it will have on Shropshire businesses.

Shrewsbury Town slipped to an embarrassing defeat at home to League Two’s bottom club Darlington.

AFC Telford United ended a run of six games without a win as they thrashed Hyde United at the New Bucks Head.

Shropshire’s crumbling roads are in such a poor state that it could take at least nine years to fix them, it was revealed today.

Fears are growing that an arsonist is targeting Oswestry following a spate of attacks in the town.

Telford is bucking the house price slump with prices rising by 0.4 per cent during February, new figures have revealed.

A woman was taken to hospital today after the car she was travelling in crashed and overturned on the M54.

Shrewsbury Town are on course to smash through the 1,000 season ticket barrier for the 2010-11 season within the next few days.

Shropshire was handed a double jobs bonanza today with two employers announcing a total of 40 new jobs.

Stars from the Premier League will be on show in Telford on Tuesday when the reserve teams of Wolves and Stoke meet at the New Bucks Head.

A Telford man who targeted another man at a cashpoint and took his wallet has been sent to a young offenders institution for two years.

Traders in Shrewsbury are threatening to withhold their business rates in protest over controversial plans to increase parking charges.

A former jockey and professional tipster who admitted stealing £4,000 from a Shropshire pub landlord will be sentenced at crown court.

A south Shropshire farm, which has been at the heart of television shows Victorian Farm and Escape in Time, is set to reopen.

Shropshire’s got the X Factor! Hundreds of wannabes have been unleashing their inner pop star at a special karaoke pod in Telford – making it the most popular in the UK.

Sports enthusiasts from the Shropshire and Welsh border were due to begin a 24-hour sponsored badminton session today.

Children at a Shropshire school ran themselves ragged for Sport Relief as they embarked on an all-day relay marathon around their muddy school field.

Released in 2005, the original Nanny McPhee was a strong successor to Mary Poppins in every way.

Dreams do come true. Just ask Sandra Bullock. Earlier this month, the reigning queen of the romantic comedy prized the golden Oscar statuette out of Meryl Streep's more deserving hands for her role in this life-affirming true story.

Foul-mouthed and gleefully violent, Perrier's Bounty is an edgy black comedy about one man's turbulent journey through the lawless streets of Dublin.

Shoppers in Wellington have given the thumbs-up to ambitious plans to regenerate the town. Also, Shrewsbury’s centre roads have now been reopened, following January’s gas explosion.

Watch Chris Hudson’s video review of AFC Telford United’s clash with Stalybridge Celtic in the Blue Square North.

Chairman Lee Carter has urged AFC Telford United’s fans not to give up on the play-off dream, insisting: “We’ll fight to the death.”

Jethro Tull rolled back the years with a virtuoso West Midlands performance

Manager Paul Simpson has urged Shrewsbury Town to “be brave on the ball” as they attempt to arrest their slide in tomorrow’s must-win showdown with Darlington.