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In his first major interview since signing as coach for Telford Tigers ice hockey team, Tom Watkins gives his thoughts on the new club’s prospects for next season – and how he felt on leaving Elite League side Coventry Blaze.

Two north Shropshire men who tortured a teenage boy and forced him to inhale heroin during a terrifying attack have been jailed. The 16-year-old victim cannot be named.

Former Shrewsbury Town boss Jimmy Quinn today made his case for the AFC Telford United manager’s job – insisting he would build a team to make the fans proud.

Dejected defender Shane Cansdell-Sherriff has admitted Shrewsbury Town’s players have failed this season.

PARKING CHARGES at council-owned car parks in Shrewsbury town centre could be scrapped in the evenings, it was revealed today.

Wolves striker Chris Iwelumo believes the club’s battle to beat the drop next season will be even more difficult.

THE MULTI-MILLION pound redevelopment of a north Shropshire town centre has been scaled back in the wake of the crippling recession, it was revealed today.

The campaign trail hotted up in north Shropshire where a Government minister entered the election fray as he joined the local Labour candidate to canvass the views of would-be voters.

Labour MP David Blunkett has warned county voters that a Conservative administration would mean a £40 million public service cut in the area.

The daughter of a man hit by a vehicle that ploughed into terrified shoppers and stallholders at a Shropshire market says it could be a long time before he fully recovers from the ordeal.

The Conservatives will not shut down a £200 million programme to rebuild or improve Telford’s schools but will change it for the better, a top Tory minister insisted on a visit to the town.

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Online recipes are being sought by a pioneer of the natural and organic restaurant movement in a bid to discover the most creative and environmentally-friendly pizza type.

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Blog: Congratulations to the Conservatives for a wonderful piece of spinning with their claim that they have identified 20 seats which have suddenly become winnable because their own (the Tories’) campaign strategy has gone wrong, writes John Hipwood.

Campaigners for the British National Party have claimed that an invitation to a hustings in a south Shropshire town has been withdrawn.

Blog: Let the speculation begin. AFC Telford United begin the hunt for a new manager in earnest after the Blue Square North season finished in all too familiar fashion – a defeat.

A man has been found hanging from a tree in a Shropshire village.

Labour heartlands in the West Midlands, together-with Liberal Democrat supporters, came on to the Tory radar today as David Cameron stepped up his bid to win the keys to Number 10.

SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL’S new chief executive earns £180,000 a year and has claimed more than £1,800 in expenses six months after he started, figures showed today.

A man had petrol poured over him as he sat drinking at a Shropshire sports and social club, police said.

A stellar list of stars are in the hunt to be the new manager of AFC Telford United –with three former top flight aces already declaring interest.

Shrewsbury Town boss Paul Simpson is confident he is the man to mount a promotion challenge next season.

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake insists he never lost faith in his ability to score at Barclays Premier League level after his first top-flight goal in open play for Wolves.

Let the inquest begin. Realistically, if not quite mathematically, Shrewsbury Town’s already slim play-off aspirations stopped flickering on Saturday.

Reviewer’s Rating ***** Andy Richardson is blown away by the banquet served up at the country’s top restaurant.

Reviewer’s rating *** Kirsty Marston drops in at a friendly town pub where the carvery serves up a generous treat.

Shrewsbury residents saw for themselves the landscape which campaigners say could be lost forever if a controversial £102 million North West Relief Road is built, as they turned out to support a picnic to highlight the fears.

A goal after just 13 seconds meant Market Drayton Town’s first season in UniBond League Division One South ended in disappointing fashion as they suffered a 2-1 home defeat to Lincoln United.

The Bucks’ 2009/10 campaign is over – with the team defeated 3-1 by Vauxhall Motors.