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The first flight out of Glasgow Airport, a Flybe plane departs on its way to Stornoway at 7:15am this morning. It was one of only a handful of domestic flights scheduled from Scotland this morning despite the re-opening of airspace.

The theatre has increased in popularity in recent years, and much of this is down to the increased exposure that it has got through television talent shows that search for the next great Joseph for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, or Dorothy for the Wizard of Oz.

Five days since the leaders television debate and the repercussions are still setting off the alarms in Labour and Tory headquarters, writes John Hipwood.

Black performance has a long and varied history which dates back hundreds of years. Today we see black performers in all kinds of roles including the stars of the new hit musical Sister Act, which is currently showing at London’s Adelphi theatre.

Thieves thought to be stealing to order are dog-napping valuable pedigree West Highland terriers across Telford, it has been claimed.

Where there’s life, there’s hope. And Shrewsbury Town just about have both as they head into the final three weeks of their campaign.

Taken in isolation, this was pretty entertaining fare. An AFC Telford team with nothing to play for up against a Corby side needing wins to keep their promotion hopes alive.

A “scandalous” penny-pinching ban on free photocopying in Shropshire’s magistrates courts is costing the taxpayer thousands of pounds in delays and red tape, it was claimed today.

A former Shropshire MP who rose to national prominence during the Suez Crisis of the 1950s has died at the age of 88.

Schools and businesses across Shropshire were today assessing the impact the Icelandic ash cloud, which has grounded flights and stranded 150,000 passengers Britons abroad, has had on the county. The grounding order has now been extended to 1am tomorrow.

The grounding of all non-emergency flights across the UK has forced the family of a Shropshire man to postpone his funeral as his son is stranded in Tenerife.

Promises made in party political manifestos do matter, according to voters in Shrewsbury. But, as Alex James discovered while out and about in the town, manifestos do not always mean votes.

Highlights from AFC Telford’s 4-2 defeat to Corby at the New Bucks Head on Saturday, April 17.

THE ROYAL NAVY today sent three of its largest ships to recover Britons stranded by air chaos caused by the Icelandic volcano.

Wolves edged a point closer to Barclays Premier League safety with a determined performance to earn a draw with Fulham at Craven Cottage.

It’s the sort of phone message you dread hearing when you have friends overseas. And this morning, this one came: “Shirl, you are impossible to find but I just wanted to tell you that Bill died yesterday.”

Relieved striker Kris Bright today admitted a huge weight had been lifted from his shoulders after he finally broke his Shrewsbury Town goal duck.

Boss Rob Smith is eager to see the uncertainty over his AFC Telford United future resolved – so planning can begin for next season.

Mick McCarthy believes Wolves’ lack of attacking firepower means his side’s Barclays Premier League survival is still far from assured.

Star Shropshire sportsman Oliver Townend was today attempting to beat the travel crisis gripping the UK and complete a marathon journey to America to keep alive his hopes of landing a £230,000 jackpot.

A man armed with a knife robbed a Shrewsbury store and grabbed the till from the counter of the shop in broad daylight, police said today.

Superficial damage was caused to Bridgnorth’s town hall after a car ploughed into market stalls underneath it and left 14 people injured, council bosses revealed today.

Coronation Street actress and former pop star Kym Marsh will appear in Shrewsbury to help raise funds for a pantomime star who was seriously injured in the devastating Shrewsbury blast, it emerged today.

Highlights from Shrewsbury Town’s 1-0 win over Lincoln City on Saturday, April 17.

The British National Party has hit out at county hustings organisers after claiming it faced “deliberate exclusion” in the run-up to the election.

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.

Campaigners against plans for a £5 million biomass plant in a south Shropshire town will not be putting in a bid to buy the proposed site, which is up for sale.

One Telford man has said a change in polling station venue will have a damaging impact on voters in the area.

The election campaign has turned dirty in Shropshire with both Conservative and Labour posters being targeted by thieves and vandals.

BA jumbo jet has completed a successful test flight after volcanic ash grounds UK planes.