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A Shrewsbury hotel has gone into administration, it has been revealed. The Bellstone Hotel, in the town centre, is currently being run by PFK Accountants & Business Advisors.

About 5,000 people are expected to pour into Oswestry’s Showground at the weekend for OsFest music festival.

A motorcyclist who died in a crash on a Shropshire road was today named by police.

Letter: I would like it known that the so-called Shrewsbury Town Residents’ Group represent only a very small minority of those of us who live within the Severn loop.

Nearly 500 drivers were caught using a mobile phone in Mid and West Wales during a month-long police clampdown, officers revealed today. The worst offenders were men over 25.

They’re not exactly AC/DC, Crowded House, but their brand of intelligent, melodic pop is so popular that they sold out the Symphony Hall two nights running – three years after their last appearance in Brum.

AFC Telford United have announced Andy Sinton as their new manager.

Budding singers from the Shropshire border are being offered the chance to perform on the same stage as the likes of Katherine Jenkins and Nigel Kennedy at this year’s Llangollen International Eisteddfod.

Cheryl Cole has launched divorce action against her footballer husband Ashley, sources close to the singer said today.

Letter: As a Shrewsbury lad born and bred I am appalled by the scrapping of plans to remove noise restrictions in the Quarry as the council has indicated it would cost it as much as £2,000 (Shropshire Star, May 20).

A 15-month-old baby has escaped with just cuts and bruises after a train struck his pram in Australia.

Staff and students at Harper Adams University College, near Newport, were able to exchange their unwanted clothes with each other at a swishing party. The event was organised as part of the University College’s commitment to recycling and sustainability.

A Shrewsbury wine bar owner claims he is facing bankruptcy because red tape is stopping customers drinking outside his venue.

A 21-year-old inmate at a Shropshire young offenders institution has been given a nine-year extended sentence after attacking a fellow inmate and a prison officer.

Proposals to reintroduce fox hunting have today been kicked into the long grass.

Shropshire’s Wrekin Riders BMX club are celebrating after receiving notification that they are one of the top 10 sports clubs in Britain.

A 34-year-old man who set fire to his Telford home and watched it burn has been jailed for more than two years.

Shropshire bowls competitions supremo has issued a public apology after making a blunder in the county’s most prestigious knockout.

Mark Lloyd is targeting a Commonwealth title fight after last night’s win in Birmingham.

Noise levels could still be increased for live music events at Shrewsbury’s Quarry after a town councillor today said he was leading calls for a new licensing bid.

Shropshire’s cricketers will take on Suffolk in the quarter-finals of the MCCA Trophy – with the chance to rekindle former glories.

A fifth man was arrested today and is being quizzed by detectives in connection with a fire which reduced a Telford supermarket to ashes.

Goalkeeper Ryan Young is eager for AFC Telford United to end their managerial manhunt – admitting the uncertainty is starting to tell.

Rookie defender Harry Hooman believes regular first team football is an achievable target as he celebrates a new contract with Shrewsbury Town.

Roster building continues for Telford Tigers with the unveiling of a key member of the squad – starting goalie Martin Clarkson.

Teaching jobs could be under threat at Ludlow College, as governors today revealed it is having to “streamline” courses to help fight a funding shortfall.

A Shropshire golfer has defied odds greater than those of winning the lottery by getting a hole-in-one twice in a row at a county golf course.

DAVID CAMERON’S coalition Government set out its first legislative programme in the Queen’s Speech today, paving the way for the biggest shake-up in the way the country is run for a generation.

Wolves today announced left-back Stephen Ward has signed a two-year extension to his contract to take him to 2013.

The first piece of turf has been overturned to mark the start of the £35 million Abraham Darby Sports and Learning Community building programme in Telford.