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It’s the most exciting election for decades – and it’s still too close to call. Exit polls show The Conservative Party will finish the night as the biggest single party – with 305 seats – but fail to win an overall majority. In Shropshire, Labour’s David Wright held on to Telford, while for the Conservatives, [...]

Video journalist James Shaw was at the counts for Telford and The Wrekin. See his report here.

Blog: I’m sure it’s an age thing – there seem to be an increasing number of things that irritate me the older I get, writes Municipal Correspondent Dave Morris.

David Wright, Labour candidate, tells Simon Hardy he has had a hard fight in the Telford constituency.

Victor Brownlees, Returning Officer for Telford and The Wrekin constituencies.

Good evening everybody and welcome to our election night special from everybody here at the Shropshire Star.

Photos of the General Election 2010, from the Shropshire Star.

MILLIONS OF voters across the UK were today going to the polls to decide the most tightly contested General Election for more than 30 years.

Former boss Gary Peters believes Shrewsbury Town must appoint a manager with League Two know-how – even if it means overlooking the star names.

Skipper Stuart Whitehead hopes his temporary spell as AFC Telford United’s caretaker manager could open the door to a permanent coaching role.

Mick McCarthy today predicted the next stage of his Wolves rebuilding will not be easy as he prepares for a Molineux clear-out this summer.

Gary Peters has admitted he still harbours regrets his time in charge of Shrewsbury came to an end in March 2008.

Shropshire cricketer Jack Shantry is celebrating his maiden five-wicket haul in First Class cricket.

The vital and growing importance of tourism to Shropshire’s economy is highlighted in a new report.

Blog: It’s over. The most keenly contested general election campaign for decades has ended, it’s time for the politicians and political commentators to shut up for a few hours and leave all responsibility to the most important people in the whole affair – the voters.

An annual concert in Shrewsbury’s Quarry has been axed this year after organisers struggled to book artists to perform. A two-day event had been due to be held in July.

A Shropshire landlord today accused supermarkets of encouraging binge drinking as bosses continued to cut the price of beer to the equivalent of as little as 48p a pint.

Adams’ Grammar School in Newport announced their own election results earlier today.

Shirehall leaders are next week expected to agree moves to protect Shropshire road users and school sites from falling trees.

A man who drove on the wrong side of the road to clear a notorious Shropshire level crossing moments before a packed passenger train whizzed by has been banned from driving for 12 months and fined a total of £1,575.

Parents and staff at a Shropshire school threatened with the axe due to falling pupil numbers are set to launch a last-ditch bid to keep it open.

Developers are being asked to pay out more than £750,000 to get the go-ahead for a new supermarket complex in Telford town centre, it was revealed today.

A Shropshire pensioner has been jailed for three-and-a-half years after being convicted of sexually assaulting five young girls.

Letter: I was delighted to see Andy Boddington’s letter on April 19 about reducing street lighting to give us back the night skies.

Comedian Reginald D. Hunter found himself in the spotlight when he stopped for a burger at the M54 Shifnal Service Station after his show in Telford. There was a large crowd waiting – not for him, but for Conservative Party leader David Cameron.

DJ Tom Campbell’s back for another Sound of Shropshire. Download his free podcast here.

Letter: On behalf of the many visitors who patronised the new market, I wish to express my regret to Ray Gall, director of the Town and Country Markets, for his decision to discontinue the event.

Greek bank workers walked out on strike today in protest at the deaths of three young colleagues who were trapped in a bank torched by protesters during demonstrations against the government’s austerity measures.

Letter: On April 17, I injured my knee in a minor car accident and was taken to A&E and booked in at 9pm.

A Shropshire youngster got more than she bargained for when digging up her back garden to create a vegetable patch.