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With the election campaign about to start, what will decide the result?

The country is preparing for Gordon Brown to call a General Election on May 6.

More than £800,000 is to be spent safeguarding the future of one of Mid Wales’ most popular theatres, it has been revealed.

It’s decision time as the country prepares to go to the polls on May 6 – but before that, its the final of Telford’s Talent 2010 on Friday…

Gordon Brown is due to call the general election for May 6 – heralding the start of what is expected to be the hardest-fought campaign for many years.

Blog: It’s nine o’clock on the morning of Friday, May 7, and the result of the General Election is still unclear.

Defiant Paul Simpson insists he will not walk away from the biggest challenge of his two year stint as Shrewsbury Town manager.

Wolves captain Karl Henry has branded his dismissal at the Emirates Stadium an “absolute joke”.

Boss Rob Smith is calling on AFC Telford United to be professional in the end-of-season run-in – despite accepting their play-off hopes are over.

Green campaigners today vowed to mount a campaign of “civil disobedience” in a bid to stop an opencast mine destined for Telford.

A Shropshire rower today said he was “basking in the glow” of one of the best days of his life after helping his team win the 156th Boat Race.

Revellers in Shropshire took a trip back in time when a party led to the discovery of a mysterious cellar which had lain hidden beneath an 18th century house for 80 years.

A bus carrying Shrewsbury Town players back from a match was involved in a collision with a car on the M6, the manager said today.

A holiday on the buses was just one of the attractions on offer as the Midlands Festival of Transport proved at big draw to Weston Park.

Work will start in June to replace a footbridge severely damaged in an accident in Shrewsbury, council officials have said.

Treatment ‘checklists’ have led to a 15 per cent cut in patient deaths in three hospitals, according to new research.

Movie expert Carl Jones casts his eye over the latest big screen release – Clash of the Titans.

Two of the Shropshire Star’s biggest Gallifrey geeks discuss Matt Smith’s first outing in the big blue box.  What did you think?

Shrewsbury Town’s League Two play-off hopes are hanging by a thread after they went down at Torquay – suffering their fifth consecutive defeat.

A red card for Adam Dugdale proved pivotal as AFC Telford United let slip a lead to slip to ninth in the Blue Square north.

Director Louis Leterrier updates the 1981 swords and sandals epic based on Greek mythology, made famous by Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion creatures.

The title of Allen Coulter's soporific tale of young love on the streets of 2001 New York softly pleads for remembrance.

Reviewer’s rating **** Cathy Stanworth forgets the wine but the food at Masti, in New Street, Wellington, more than makes up for a lack of alcohol!

Reviewer’s rating *** James Shaw was slightly disappointed with his carvery meal at The Dun Cow in Trench, but feels venue could be a winner.

Leading scorer Dave Hibbert has urged Shrewsbury Town to get back to basics as they prepare for an Easter Monday cracker against League Two’s form team.

More than 1,000 deliberate fires were started across Shropshire in the last 12 months a rise of seven per cent on last year, new figures showed today.

Goalkeeper Ryan Young has set his sights on staying at AFC Telford United – and becoming a club legend.

A trio of Telford Trojans have been rewarded for their part in the side’s championship winning season with invitations to play for England under 19s on Sunday.

Worshippers, who gained ownership of a Shropshire church five years after they were locked out, have held their first event there since they won their battle.

Pupils and patients in Shropshire are having less money spent on them by national government than people in urban areas, according to a new report.