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Shropshire’s leading boxer Mark Lloyd has suffered a devastating knockout blow after injury ended his hopes of the biggest fight – and payday – of his career.

A cow had to be hoisted to safety by firefighters after it fell into a ditch near Shrewsbury .

Shirley Tart reports from Wimbledon, the world’s most famous tennis tournament.

A healthy dose of teasing banter never did a marriage any harm, writes World Cup Widow Tracey O’Sullivan.

Sunday looks set to be the hottest day of the year for parts of the UK as England play Germany in the World Cup last 16.

The crunch meeting to decide where Oswestry’s new multi-million pound supermarket will be built is to be held on July 29, council bosses announced today.

The World Cup future of some of the greatest footballers lies in the hands of a Welshpool councillor.

The venue for Shropshire’s biggest one-day cricket match in seven years has been revealed.

Movie expert Carl Jones gives his low-down on Get Him to The Greek, starring Russell Brand.

Manager Andy Sinton has issued a ‘so far so good’ verdict on AFC Telford United’s first week of pre-season training, writes JAMES GARRISON.

THE BISHOP of Ludlow has today called for a clean-up of bad language on the football pitch as World Cup fever continues to sweep the country.

Detectives in Telford today warned criminals who break into cars around the borough they could be the next to fall into the “rat-trap”.

A man has died in a motorbike crash on the A49 in Shropshire. Also, up to 50 jobs have been saved at Shrewsbury firm Stadco.

More than 8,000 tickets for the first Shropshire County Show have been sold in advance of the event this weekend, organisers today said.

Thousands of people are expected in Ludlow this weekend for the start of its two-week festival.

Young farmers in Shropshire have bared all for a racy calendar to raise hundreds of pounds for charity.

Loyalties will most definitely be divided in one Shropshire household with a husband and wife backing opposing teams when England takes on Germany in Sunday’s eagerly-anticipated World Cup clash.

Shropshire golfer Scott Drummond was today continuing his strongest showing on the 2010 European Tour.

Longest serving player Kelvin Langmead today waved an emotional farewell to Shrewsbury Town, declaring: “I’ve had to let my head rule my heart.”

Protestors have lined the streets of Welshpool in a bid to stop wind turbines being transported through the town.

A proposal to name Oswestry’s new £170,000 town green after the town’s most famous son, the war poet Wilfred Owen, has won the support of councillors.

A MAN HAS died after losing control of his motorbike and crashing into a grass verge in Shropshire. The victim died at the scene of the accident on the A49 at Hinton, near Whitchurch, last night.

Alveley only has a population of about 3,000 people so when the Three Horseshoes pub won a competition to find the county’s best pub with more than 17,000 online votes other entrants cried foul.

A round up of this week’s Shropshire Star nostalgia pictures.

Former Montgomeryshire MP Lembit Opik was taking to the stage of Glastonbury today for the biggest gig of his career.

Donations to Shropshire’s Severn Hospice have slumped by 30 per cent in the last 18 months, volunteers revealed today.

More than 50 jobs have been safeguarded at a Shropshire manufacturing plant following a major contract to provide parts for Jaguar Land Rover.

Montgomeryshire MP Glyn Davies has found himself with some interesting new neighbours since being elected to the Commons.

Casualties on Welsh roads are at the lowest since records began, new figures showed today. But in Mid Wales the number of motorists killed on roads in the region has risen by almost 25 per cent in 12 months.

This week, we’re looking at some of the weird and wonderful homes in Shropshire. The name of the game is quirkiness – see what we’ve managed to uncover.