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Motorists faced traffic chaos in Shrewsbury today after main roads in the town centre were closed off when a fire broke out at the site of the town’s new year explosion.

Struggling newcomers Forton posted the highest score in the FBC Manby Bowdler League to secure a winning draw and to lift them off the foot of the table.

Shropshire golfer Oliver Farr was today bidding to continue his quest to become the British Amateur champion.

Fit-again Gareth Barry admits the form of Germany has given England an extra incentive to top their World Cup group.

This is how two of Britain’s top designers want Oswestry’s indoor market to look.

Three members of staff have been suspended and “confidential investigations” have been launched at Oswestry’s Orthopaedic Hospital.

Boss Andy Sinton today moved to strengthen AFC Telford United’s midfield options – signing former Wrexham man Steve Abbott.

More than 80 people turned out to a public meeting amid fears that plans for new homes could expand the size of a Shropshire town by more than 50 per cent.

Shrewsbury Town will entertain League One giants Charlton Athletic in what is sure to be a mouth-watering first round tie in the Carling Cup.

MORE THAN 600 people have come off the dole in Shropshire and Mid Wales in the last month despite a national hike in unemployment, figures revealed today.

Wolves are expected to unveil £2.5m-rated centre-back Steven Mouyokolo from Hull as their next signing.

Blog: I have been abandoned. Now I think I have suddenly become a whole new type of football widow.

An innocent man named by police in connection with a haul of drugs worth £200,000 at a Shropshire property was a victim of identity theft, detectives revealed today.

Prosecutors were today urged to consider bringing charges against soldiers accused of lying to Lord Saville’s inquiry into the Bloody Sunday killings.

An Oswestry man has admitted assaulting a debt collector. Huw Thomas, 51, who lives in a flat above the Miners Arms pub in Morda, admitted assaulting debt collector Mark Watt on December 21.

Shropshire businessman Rob Hancocks has been putting himself to the ultimate speed and endurance test in a bid to raise money for Hope House children’s hospices.

Radical plans to give motorists random breath tests and lower the legal alcohol limit by almost half have being unveiled.

US President Barack Obama has pledged to do all he can to contain the BP oil spill and help the Gulf Coast recover.

More than 600 cyclists – including several from Shropshire – were today reaching the halfway mark in an epic, nine-day, 1,000-mile ride from John O’Groats to Land’s End.

Is this the dullest  World Cup so far, asks Carl Jones.

Some say the WAGS were put off South Africa because England’s manager saw them as a distraction, writes Shirley Tart. Others say the flashy fashion plates thought the shopping probably wasn’t up to much.

The Festival Drayton Centre in Market Drayton is set to expand after receiving a £204,000 grant.

Letter: I was greatly disturbed to read the news in the Times (June 9) that the Education Secretary has recommended stopping free meals to a million schoolchildren.

The National Farmer’s Union of Wales has described the Food Standards Agency’s consultation on a plan to reduce the frequency of official inspections on Welsh dairy farms as a positive step.

Letter: Is it too much to ask article writers to desist from the ridiculous practice of using the 1970s “Decimal Day” conversion factors to explain the values of bygone sums of money at today’s rates?

It is ironic that Councillor Pat McCarthy listened to Bob Dylan while prayers were being said at a council meeting which caused much controversy.

A wealth of “hidden gems” have been uncovered in the attic at Shrewsbury’s museum and could go on show at the town’s historic Music Hall once it has undergone a multi-million pound transformation, experts said today.

Newport are keeping their feet on the ground after an eye-catching weekend that has seen them leap to fifth in the Furrows Shropshire Premier League table.

Action could soon be taken against traders in Ludlow who refuse to remove pavement billboards, a council officer has warned.

Skipper Bryan Jones hailed Wem’s young guns – after steering his side to the top of the Marston’s Shropshire Premier League.