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Two men have been arrested on suspicion of possessing controlled drugs after up to 15 police officers raided a house in Telford this morning.

Former loanee Joe Skarz has issued a come-and-get-me plea to Shrewsbury Town, declaring: “I would love to be back next season.”

The England manager gives an update on injuries to David James and Gareth Barry, while revealing Rio Ferdinand has gone to hospital.

A peeping tom who is serving a jail sentence at Shrewsbury’s Dana Prison has been given a new bed as his bunk was not comfortable enough, it has been reported.

A woman from the Shropshire/Welsh border who used a dead baby’s identification to buy a house and claim benefits has been spared an immediate prison sentence.

A memorial stone for a Powys soldier killed almost six years ago in Iraq is to be laid in his home town.

A talented teenager and her dog from near Whitchurch who narrowly missed out on winning Britain’s Got Talent two years ago, today tipped fellow dancing duo Tina and Chandi to go one step further.

Mid Wales-based home furnishings chain Laura Ashley is on track to hit targets this year after strong sales by its online arm since the start of the year.

Pubs, restaurants and shops in a south Shropshire town are being urged to shut up shop for an entire weekend in a protest over parking.

Plans to include Market Drayton in a £137 million scheme to build homes for the elderly across Shropshire will be unveiled today.

A 40-tonne crane which tumbled down an embankment near Shropshire’s Stokesay Castle is still waiting to be moved more than four months after the incident, it emerged today.

Defender Ashley Wooliscroft today checked in at AFC Telford United as boss Andy Sinton’s first new signing.

Work has started at a Shropshire racecourse on a £1.1 million tower and building, including a members’ area and restaurant.

Shropshire’s cricketers have been forced into a late change for their opening Minor Counties Championship clash this weekend – after losing key bowler Michael Barnard.

Prime minister David Cameron is to visit Cumbria later as police continue to investigate the 12 killings carried out by gunman Derrick Bird.

DJ Tom Campbell is back with a special edition of his Sound of Shropshire podcast.

Wolves have signalled their determination to consolidate their place in the Barclays Premier League with the confirmation that they had paid a club record-equalling fee for Shrewsbury-born Burnley striker Steven Fletcher.

GP Barrie Walker was one of the first on the scene after the shootings in Seascale.

I find Charlie and Lola very “random”, but then I am an adult and they probably seem perfectly normal in my three-year-old son Daniel’s little world.

An engineering company in Powys could create up to 100 jobs and treble its workforce over the next few years if it secures several major orders.

Education bosses in Shropshire are holding a music competition in a bid to get truants back into school.

A Shropshire-based soldier who drove a car while uninsured has been spared a driving ban because magistrates accepted that lives could be put at risk in Afghanistan if he could not carry out his role behind the wheel.

Shropshire’s two main hospitals have gone more than two months without a case of the MRSA, health bosses were being told today.

Shropshire football has paid tribute to long-serving president John Hatfield – who has died after a long battle with cancer.

Metal fencing standing 10ft high has been put up to prevent people trespassing in historic caves on the outskirts of a Shropshire town where a teenager was killed by falling rocks.

Graham Turner, the man linked with an emotional homecoming to Shrewsbury Town, is on the brink of securing his exit from Hereford.

Former Mid Wales Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Opik fancies himself as the next Mayor of London.

Wolves defender Jody Craddock has committed himself to the club for another year by signing a new contract.

Midfielder Jon Adams has become the third AFC Telford United player to agree a new deal – and club captain Stuart Whitehead could follow hot on his heels.

The owner of a Shropshire dog pound where Britain’s Got Talent dancing pooch Chandi was taken in as a stray today said she was a beacon of hope for abandoned dogs across the country.