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Tom Campbell’s Sound of Shropshire podcast returns for another week, with a round-up the county’s finest sounds.

Nick Clegg, David Cameron and Gordon Brown talk about reducing the budget deficit during the third and final Prime Ministerial debate held in Birmingham.

A new 70-seater restaurant is opening in the Granary at Weston Park, the stately home on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border.

A ram-raid at a Shrewsbury industrial estate in which a gang used a digger is being linked to a similar incident in Worcestershire in which a “substantial” amount of cash was stolen.

More than 150 soldiers are to march through Telford next month in a spectacular tribute to their bravery when their regiment is awarded the Freedom of the Borough.

Plans were today unveiled to introduce a time limit on parking spaces for blue badge holders in a Shropshire market town after some drivers were accused of “hogging the spaces”.

A Shropshire doorman was today found guilty of the manslaughter of a father-of-four at a Shrewsbury nightclub.

Wolves midfielder Stephen Ward will miss the final two games of the season after undergoing an exploratory knee operation.

Boss Paul Simpson could be set to ditch two of Shrewsbury Town’s loan trio for Saturday’s League Two clash at home to Morecambe.

A driver was today subjected to a terrifying attack when he was ambushed by three men in a carjacking incident on the main Bridgnorth to Kidderminster road.

A fire ripped through a car repair business in Shropshire destroying more than 40 cars and causing £25,000 damage in a suspected arson attack.

Chairman Lee Carter today admitted his shock at the quality of candidates who have already applied for the AFC Telford United manager’s job, declaring: “We’ve under-estimated our own potential.”

Fast-food giant Burger King is to open alongside one of the UK’s first drive-through coffee shops on the outskirts of Shrewsbury.

The owners of a Shropshire hall threatened by a blaze in a nearby outbuilding have praised firefighters who stopped the fire spreading to the main building.

Traffic was brought to a virtual standstill in Newtown today after a major water leak closed the main road through the town.

John Hipwood casts his eye over the latest news from the election.

A man pulled from a river near a Shropshire village has been formally identified as 69-year-old Peter Cooke.

Reginald D Hunter didn’t plan to be a comedian, writes Andy Richardson.

A 19-year-old man arrested on suspicion of wounding after a delivery driver was attacked by a gang of armed men in Shropshire continued to be quizzed by detectives today.

New heavy duty removable anti-crash barriers could be installed at a Shropshire market to prevent a repeat of a horrific crash which saw a car plough into terrified shoppers and traders.

Telford & Wrekin Council chiefs have demanded urgent talks over plans to slash the number of hospital beds for mental health patients from the borough.

A north Shropshire venue has clinched more than £200,000 in funding which will bring a major refurbishment project to fruition after more than a decade.

Wrekin candidates had mixed views about Gordon Brown’s bigot gaffe, with Tory Mark Pritchard saying the Prime Minister was in denial about a legitimate public concern, but Labour’s Paul Kalinauckas saying he was only human.

Nearly 100 residents packed out a hall to hear The Wrekin parliamentary candidates givi­ng their views on marriage, asylum seekers and “the 24/7 society”, writes Jason Lavan.

A Shropshire doorman compressed the chest of a father-of-four leaving him unable to breathe contributing to his death, it has been claimed.

Annual house price growth reached double figures for the first time in nearly three years during April, according to new research.

Sir Geoff Hurst believes Wayne Rooney is “the one player that England cannot afford to be without” if they are to have a realistic chance of winning the World Cup this summer.

The Queen has unveiled a special plaque at Welshpool’s new livestock market to commemorate her visit to the new venue. Staff at the livestock market had worked overnight to ensure the building was ready for the Royals.

It really was the weirdest thing, writes Shirley Tart. We couldn’t take our eyes off Gillian Duffy’s front door for the 40 minutes Gordon Brown was behind it.

Crowds of people old and young turned out in their thousands to welcome the Queen to Welshpool town centre.