Liam set to make England boxing debut

Shropshire boxing gets another England international on Friday when schoolboy star Liam Davies makes his first appearance for his country, writes MIKE LOCKLEY.


Worried parents call sexual exploitation hotline

Parents who fear their teenage daughters could be being groomed for sexual exploitation in Telford called a special helpline within hours of it being launched, it was revealed today.


County bigamist sentenced

A Shropshire man was today given a suspended jail sentence after admitting bigamy.


Cameron and Clegg get to work

NEW PRIME Minister David Cameron and deputy Nick Clegg today set to work appointing key figures to Britain’s first coalition government for 70 years.


Consultation pledge on schools’ future

A major consultation is to be launched in Shropshire to give people the chance of shaping the future of county schools in the face of falling pupil numbers and a feared massive cut to public spending.


Vaughan leaves the Bucks

Defender Lee Vaughan has left AFC Telford United to go full-time with Kidderminster Harriers, declaring: “I need to push on.”


Turner in Shrews return?

Former boss Jake King believes Shrewsbury Town legend Graham Turner should make an emotional return to his old club as manager.


Bulletin: Fire breaks out in hotel basement

Staff and guests were forced to flee a 500-year-old hotel and restaurant in Shifnal after a blaze broke out in the cellar. See more in our bulletin.


Teenagers locked up for attacks on bystanders

Two Shropshire teenagers have been sentenced to a total of 10 years in a young offenders’ institute for a spate of attacks on “innocent bystanders”.


High seas and hot late deals

Need a break? Check out these hot late deals, including a May half-term adventure on an Adriatic & Aegean trip with Costa Cruises from only £1,596 for two adults and two children sharing a cabin.


Shropshire gain place in rugby championship

Shropshire have been gifted a place in the final of rugby’s RLF North Midlands Championship – after Greater Birmingham pulled out of last night’s do-or-die group game.


Hotel revamp brings jobs promise

A £500,000 project to revamp the biggest hotel in a north Shropshire town could create 20 jobs, it was revealed today.


From Brown to Cameron – in pictures

Thirteen years of Labour rule were ended in a matter of minutes. See our picture gallery of how David Cameron’s time in office began.


Music Hall contract awarded

Long-awaited plans for the redevelopment of Shrewsbury’s Music Hall, including a heritage visitor centre, moved a step closer today after a firm said it was awarded the contract .


Town councillors will keep praying

Councillors in a Shropshire town have thrown out a controversial attempt to scrap the saying of prayers before their meetings.


Furry Vengeance

Cute and cuddly woodland creatures including squirrels, deer, mice and groundhogs are revolting.


A Nightmare On Elm Street

'One, two, Freddy's coming for you... Three, four, better lock your door.


Hot Tub Time Machine

The 1980s was the decade that fashion sense forgot - seeing people sport a riotous explosion of lurid colours, bouffant hair and leg warmers.


The Back-Up Plan

Absence should make the heart grow fonder but has anyone missed Jennifer Lopez on the big screen during her four-year hiatus to raise fraternal twins with husband Marc Anthony? The slow-burning 1998 thriller Out Of Sight with George Clooney remains her best work, sandwiched between the camp B-movie Anaconda and numerous instantly-forgettable romantic comedies.


Four Lions

Chris Morris has been best friends with controversy for most of his television and radio career.


Clegg to be Cameron’s deputy

Liberal Democrat leader and “kingmaker” Nick Clegg will become Deputy Prime Minister and join four of his MPs in the UK’s first coalition Cabinet for 65 years.


Blaze breaks out in pub cellar

Staff and guests were forced to flee a 500-year-old hotel and restaurant in Shifnal after a blaze broke out in the cellar.


Video: Business as usual for coal protestors

Protestors camping near The Wrekin in an effort to stop opencast mining have insisted it is business as usual, despite losing several members.


Police blog: Dealing with unlawful encampments

Recently in the news – both locally and nationally – you may have heard a lot about what are described as “unlawful encampments’, writes Acting Superintendent Peter Davies.


David Cameron is Prime Minister

Breaking news: David Cameron has entered Number 10 Downing Street promising proper and full coalition Government with the Liberal Democrats.


Gordon Brown resigns

Gordon Brown has tonight resigned as Prime Minister.


Joe Hart is taking nothing for granted

Shropshire’s World Cup-bound star Joe Hart is refusing to take anything for granted after being named in Fabio Capello’s provisional 30-man England squad for South Africa.


Hart’s got the world in his hands

Shropshire’s Joe Hart today fulfilled his World Cup destiny after being all but assured of a place in Fabio Capello’s England squad for South Africa.


Shropshire Council facing 25pc budget cuts

Shropshire Council believes it will have to slash 25 per cent from its budget over the next three years, with finance bosses being told “nothing is untouchable”.


Hart gets provisional England place

Shropshire-born goalkeeper Joe Hart was today named in England’s provisional 30-man squad for the World Cup in South Africa.

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