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Thieves smashed their way in to a Telford sub-station and fled with £2,000 of copper, police said today.

A teenager was in hospital today after he was stabbed in a brawl involving up to 30 youngsters in Shrewsbury. See our bulletin for more.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg today pledged to “tear through the statute book” in the biggest shake-up in Britain’s democracy for 200 years.

A Shropshire town council blog which was set up for residents to communicate with councillors has only had one post in more than a year. Now its future use is set to be reviewed.

A new gyratory system in Oswestry town centre will lead to gridlock, reduce pedestrian safety and damage the character of the market town, campaigners said today.

A closed north Shropshire swimming pool could reopen in early July if new operators strike a deal with councillors, it emerged today.

An historic disused Powys church may be converted into a children’s play barn and activity centre. St David’s Church, a Grade II listed building in Newtown, was closed four years ago.

A show starring TV comedienne Katy Brand, due to take place in Shrewsbury tonight, has been cancelled after the star broke her toe.

Architectural plans charting a vision of Hitler’s Germany including a house of art and the Nazi leader’s own residence could collectively raise up to £50,000 at a Shropshire auction.

Catch up with the big winners from the Shropshire Star Golf Championships, held at Wrekin Golf Club.

Spending on public art projects in Shrewsbury should be limited following the controversial Quantum Leap sculpture, says the town’s MP,  Daniel Kawczynski.

Letter: I welcome the creation of the Liberal-Conservative government.

May is not yet out but Callum Wraight has already completed a major tournament treble in 2010.

Pre-season favourites Newport are still looking for their first Marston’s Shropshire Premier League victory of the season — as the Madeley bandwagon rolls on.

AN 89-YEAR-OLD patient at Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital died after falling out of bed and hitting his head, an inquest heard today.

Meet the girls hoping for a bright future in the modelling world as Miss Shropshire finalists.

Top scorer Dave Hibbert today waved a fond farewell to Shrewsbury Town – revealing the chance of League One football was too good to resist.

Shropshire’s rugby union aces are bidding for a golden 50th anniversary present tonight — victory in the RLF North Midlands Championship.

AFC Telford United are hoping the imminent appointment of a new manager will lead to a surge in season ticket sales.

A Shropshire music festival has been cancelled two weeks before it was due to take place because of the Icelandic volcanic ash cloud.

Tesco today unveiled an artist’s impression of its proposed store for Tenbury Wells, which would create up to 180 jobs. Plans for the 15,000 sq ft store were submitted to Malvern Hills District Council at the end of April.

An 11-year-old boy suffered a fractured skull after he was in collision with a car in Telford.

A man was knocked to the ground, kicked in the head and left unconscious in a serious as-sault which took place as he walked home from a night out in Market Drayton, police said today.

A blitz on under-age drinking and drug-taking in a north Shropshire town has led to the seizure of hundreds of bottles of beer and arrests for possession of controlled drugs, police said today.

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust has appointed a new chief executive.

Cathedral City cheese maker Dairy Crest warned over pricing pressures today as it posted a five per cent increase in annual profits.

Thieves have caused thousands of pounds of damage in a “smash and grab” car crime spree in Telford, police said today. A total of 16 cars were targeted in Dawley and St Georges over the weekend.

It’s just over a year since rising blues rock superstar Joe Bonamassa played the concert of his life at the Royal Albert Hall in London . . . and he barely remembers a moment of it. Bonamassa returns to the Midlands to play Birmingham NIA Academy on May 31.

Plans for 500 more homes in Church Stretton are to be discussed at a public meeting. It follows the launch of a consultation period.

Bosses at a factory near Oswestry, which employs more than 500 people, say they are concerned for its long-term future because of the threat from the biomass power industry.