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A Shropshire council says it is on track with its regeneration programme, with more than £12 million being spent on making changes to important centres within Telford and Wrekin.

Five of the six candidates for the North Shropshire constituency were quizzed on local, national and international issues at a meeting attended by more than 150 people in Market Drayton.

When the BBC unveils its high-tech election night graphics on Thursday, millions of viewers will be treated to the computer wizardry of a Shropshire company.

NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly says his officers have no evidence to support a claim or responsibility from the Taliban for the NY bomb.

The age-old tradition of saying Christian prayers before meetings of a Shropshire council should be banned because it excludes atheists and people from other faiths, it was today claimed.

Allegations of corruption and bribery have cast a huge cloud over the showpiece of snooker, writes Carl Jones in Sheffield.

Shrewsbury Town fell to an entertaining defeat against promotion-chasing Morecambe in their first game after the sacking of boss Paul Simpson.

Director Jon Favreau's first encounter with the Marvel Comics superhero was one of the most exhilarating diversions of the 2008 summer blockbuster season.

When best-selling writer Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook, Dear John) was penning The Last Song, his 15th novel and also his first film screenplay, he apparently had Miley Cyrus in mind.

A young woman faces a terrifying ordeal in J Blakeson's accomplished feature directorial debut.

The Shropshire Star’s podcast team are in a pickle over pickled onions in this week’s podcast.

A nine-year-old Shropshire boy was left in agony and told he could be scarred for life after getting a henna tattoo on holiday in Gran Canaria.

The hunt was on today to find the new manager who will be charged with guiding Shrewsbury Town out of the League Two wilderness.

Jimmy Quinn has set his sights on reclaiming the Shrewsbury Town manager’s job – a week after applying for the AFC Telford United post as well.

Shropshire will be looking to make it two wins from two in the Minor Counties Trophy campaign in Cheshire tomorrow.

Reigning champions Castlefields have one hand on the Furrows Shropshire Premier Bowls League crown again after a stunning 12-2 away win at Childs Ercall.

Money from parking tickets issued across Shropshire fell by 50 per cent in the last year, figures showed today.

Midfielder Jon Adams has backed sacked AFC Telford United management duo Rob Smith and Larry Chambers to bounce back – but admitted: “They frustrated me by leaving me out.”

Paul Simpson’s departure from Shrewsbury Town Football Club was still sinking in today with fans urging the club to use it as a springboard for success next season.

Much of Britain,  including Shropshire and Mid Wales, faces typically grim bank holiday weather this weekend.

Housing everything from livestock to crops, farm buildings are traditionally solid and permanent structures dotted around the Shropshire countryside.

Shrewsbury’s proposed North West Relief Road could stop motorists using a village near Oswestry as a rat run, it was claimed today.

A £4.5 million project to create a 1,200-seater indoor sports hall and a five-a-side football centre in Telford is being drawn up.

Telford taxi drivers’ fight against fare rises has been given a boost with major political figures backing their campaign against proposed operating hikes.

A failing Shropshire school branded “ineffective” by education watchdogs has turned around its fortunes and been taken out of “special measures”.

Messages of goodwill for youngster Nicole Nagington, who was bullied because of her ginger hair, have been pouring in from across the world – including this video on Youtube.

Jamie Oliver has done it for school food – and now Heston Blumenthal is hoping to revolutionise hospital meals.

A state of emergency has been declared in Florida’s coastal counties because of the threat from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.