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The organisers of Miss Shropshire have been left scratching their heads after the number of entries this year plummeted.

A plaque has been erected outside the former Shrewsbury home of the First World War Poet Wilfred Owen. See our video for more.

Shropshire people are among the most wasteful in the country with each person producing six times their own body weight in rubbish every year, new figures show.

A pedestrian suffered a serious head injury following a collision with a car in Shrewsbury.

A controversial scheme to transform a Grade II listed historic building in Whitchurch into flats and shops has been given the go-ahead – angering campaigners who say a part of the town’s history has been lost forever.

Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesman Vince Cable gives his response to Chancellor Alistair Darling’s Budget speech.

The duty on cider will increase 10 per cent above inflation

Tony Travers from the London School of Economics gives his reaction to the Budget.

A Shrewsbury teenager died when he slipped on ice while delivering Christmas cards with his mother, an inquest heard.

A neighbour and close friend of retired Shropshire lorry driver Ted Corbett today spoke of her shock when he knocked on her door and told her he had killed his brother.

The manager of a North Shropshire medical practice hanged himself days before he was due to be interviewed by police over allegations that he had awarded himself pay increases, which he had denied, an inquest heard today.

Shropshire’s market towns could become a haven for a continental-style cafe culture under ambitious proposals to wipe out bureaucracy and encourage more cafes and restaurants to have outdoor seating areas.

Shropshire judokas will be carrying national hopes in the Senior European Championships next month – with three representatives in the GB squad.

Alistair Darling this afternoon inched his way along a tightrope with electors on one side of his balancing pole and foreign investors in Britain on the other side ready to jump off and see him crash to the ground.

A Shropshire pensioner bludgeoned and stabbed his beloved brother to death before throwing himself into the River Severn, an inquest heard.

Chancellor Alistair Darling turned the screw on the well-off today as he gave a helping hand to first-time buyers in his pre-election Battle Line Budget.

Mike Haynes, a professor in the University of Wolverhampton Business School in Telford, looks at the Chancellor’s Budget speech

Shropshire folk have been giving their reactions to today’s Budget speech.

The Chancellor details measures to help homeowners but drinkers, smokers and drivers are unlikely to be happy.

Tory leader David Cameron accuses Labour of stealing Conservative policies as he unveils the Budget.

New boy Matt Blair today promised AFC Telford United fans there is plenty more to come in the remaining six games of the season.

Mick McCarthy hailed Wolves’ 3-1 victory over relegation rivals West Ham as “vital” to their Barclays Premier League survival bid.

Shrewsbury Town sharp-shooter Dave Hibbert is on course to return for Saturday’s must-win League Two clash with bottom club Darlington.

Bosses of the West Mid Show were today putting more than £20,000 into the coffers after creditors agreed to wait up to eight years for their cash.

A 13-year-old boy was bitten by a dog while he played in a north Shropshire playground.

A man who died in hospital 11 days after a crash near Shifnal was today named by police as Richard Chetwood.

Shropshire youngsters buying booze on the internet to be delivered direct to their doorstep is a major “worry” and needs to be stamped out, a councillor has told a meeting.

Problems surrounding pothole-related damage continue to be costly for drivers in south Shropshire, garage bosses claimed today.

Shropshire workers from the public sector were joining picket lines across the county today as hundreds of thousands of civil servants staged a national strike.