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Hospital chiefs in Shropshire are cracking down on nurses and other staff taking tea breaks during their shifts, it was revealed today.

CCTV images of seven people who may have more information about an alleged fight which happened on an early morning train in south Shropshire were released today.

Injury victims Craig Disley and Jake Robinson are ready to step up their bid to play a part in Shrewsbury Town’s crucial League Two run-in.

The Government has denied it acted under pressure from the airlines to reopen UK airspace.

A nine-year-old girl was taken to hospital after she was struck by a car in Shrewsbury.

More than 18,000 vehicles a day could be using Shrewsbury’s proposed controversial North West Relief Road in its first year, highways chiefs said today.

A penny-pinching ban on free photocopying at a Shropshire magistrates court has been lifted, it was claimed today.

Reviewer’s rating *** Lisa Bailey visits a friendly, welcoming village pub that brightened up a dismal evening.

A map showing where Shropshire residents have been stranded during the flight ban caused by the volcanic eruption in Iceland.

Letter: UK Coal is preparing to dig out 900,000 tons out of the belly of that tired mountain lady The Wrekin and the petticoat that surrounds her.

Tales were today emerging of heroic efforts made by some Shropshire people to get home despite the flight ban which has left others stranded and in despair.

A British National Party prospective parliamentary candidate in Shropshire claims he has been excluded from a General Election hustings in the county.

Shropshire eventing star Oliver Townend has won his race against time to defy the travel crisis and reach America.

A round-up of Shropshire Star nostalgia pictures for the week ending Saturday, April 17.

Reviewer’s rating *** Andy Richardson and his wife found things a little crowded when dining at a small bistro.

Fans’ favourite Lee Vaughan is set to leave AFC Telford United to play at a higher level, insisting: “It’s the hardest thing I’ll ever do.”

Traffic using the A5 on the Shropshire border are likely to face delays on Wednesday while police investigators work at the scene of a collision in which two men died.

Much of the UK will remain a “no-fly” zone until at least 1am tomorrow, it was announced today.

Manager Paul Simpson today urged Shrewsbury Town to draw on the inspiration of last season’s late charge to the play-offs to help produce a repeat mission.

Shropshire TV viewers will have to go digital by April 2011 if they are to keep receiving programmes, it was announced today.

HUNDREDS OF homes, a giant foodstore and other shops, play areas and a purpose-built school are part of multi-million pound plans unveiled today to transform an area of Telford.

A Shropshire man has been ordered to pay almost £15,000 for making his neighbours’ lives a misery by allowing his 27 dogs to bark around the clock.

Blog: Yesterday started badly, writes Jon Simcock in Portugal. Sharon barely slept and was clearly upset when the children woke up at 7am. She had been awake since 3am and was worried sick about when we might get home.

I appear to be stranded in my own country. It’s quite a strange feeling really, writes Rebecca Lawrence.

Air passengers are braced for further delays after warnings that a “new ash cloud” was spreading towards the UK.

Letter: I have been out of work since the end of last year.

The UK’s first flight following the airport shutdown took to the air today but the threat of a new volcanic ash cloud from Iceland was hampering efforts to get more services off the ground.

Blog: Restrictions may be easing today on flights in and out of the UK, it was reported, but for families stranded in Europe the promise of a reprieve has come too late, writes Tracey O’Sullivan in Spain.

How ironic that it took a player who is sure to be part of the Town clearout in the summer that kept our slim play-off chances alive, writes Shrewsbury Town blogger James Pugh.

A spoof video, released as part of a Ladbrokes campaign, shows a Tony Blair lookalike betting on David Cameron to win the General Election.