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SHROPSHIRE’S HOSPITAL boss today defended a decision to crack down on staff taking tea breaks during shifts at the county’s two main hospitals.

A five-vehicle crash left at least two people injured and brought rush hour traffic to a standstill on a busy route into Shrewsbury today.

A record number of people are using a confidential telephone number to tip-off police about crime in Shropshire.

Blog: With two games to go Town have still got promotion on their minds, but realistically it’s only a matter of time before the season ends it disappointment, writes Shrewsbury Town blogger James Pugh.

County churches have organised a series of hustings this week giving members of the public the chance to quiz candidates.

Blog: We’re into the penultimate week of this long election campaign, and the weekend opinion polls were telling a now familiar story that this is a three-horse race and that we’re heading for a hung parliament.

Loose Woman Jane McDonald dazzled on her return visit to Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn.

And so finally we have arrived home.

The irony was not lost on the majority of passengers as Ryanair’s traditional bugle sounded to herald a flight which was on time, writes Tracey O’Sullivan.

Angry bus drivers are in the headlines this week as senior feature writer Ben Bentley examines an unusual form of road rage.

Midfielder Craig Disley is eyeing a fairytale end to a frustrating first season with Shrewsbury Town.

Club legend Neil Howarth believes the AFC Telford United job is one of the biggest in non-League football – but has ruled himself out of the running.

A Shropshire couple injured when a car ploughed into market stalls in Bridgnorth have been reunited with their daughter, who was stranded in Thailand because of the volcano travel chaos.

Motorists suffered rush-hour delays when a lorry jack-knifed after colliding with a car causing chaos. Drivers had to be diverted through narrow streets.

The Olympic Games will be re-created in Shropshire with a three-day festival in the heart of the county, it was revealed today.

A Ludlow chef has been named best in the Midlands by a BBC2 programme.

TV star Chris Tarrant is hoping to net a big catch in Shropshire today by taking part in two days of angling to help mark the opening of a new fishing lake.

A Shropshire museum is celebrating after ing a silver award for having an “exceptional impact” on tourism.

A woman will be sentenced next month after admitting using a dead baby’s identity to get a false passport and claim benefits.

The Royal Mail had to borrow post vans from a neighbouring town after vandals went on a wrecking spree in Newtown.

People will be given a chance to “fly over” or “drive on” Shrewsbury’s proposed North West Relief Road, as part of the public consultation into the controversial plans.

Tickets for a benefit show in aid of Shrewsbury blast victim Kiley McDonnell will go on sale on Monday.

Less than 24 hours after the second national debate a number of Shropshire candidates went head-to-head in a battle of their own as BBC Radio Shropshire held its fifth and final radio debate yesterday.

A diva pig will be aiming to steal the limelight from Shropshire’s performer porker Scarlett on tonight’s Britain’s Got Talent.

The burgeoning workload on nurses at the Princess Royal Hospital in Telford has left many off with stress and morale at rock bottom under an “uncaring” management, it was claimed today.

Defending champions Castlefields continue to set a hot pace at the top of the Furrows Shropshire Premier Bowls League with a 13-1 +65 shots hammering of Meole Brace.

A new era dawns for Shropshire cricket tomorrow when Ed Foster begins his Minor Counties captaincy reign.

Health and hygiene ratings for about 60 more restaurants, takeaways and other food outlets in Telford & Wrekin have been released.

The former leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament has helped keep on track Lib Dem candidate Heather Kidd’s campaign to win back Ludlow for the party.

Shropshire equestrian star Oliver Townend is ready to step up his bid for the Rolex Grand Slam in Lexington today.