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Large numbers of young teenagers have never washed their own clothes and do not iron or do household shopping, according to a new survey published today.

Shropshire’s two main hospitals have gone four months without a case of the MRSA superbug.

A booklet given to immigrant workers to help them settle into life in Shropshire cost almost £3,000 to produce, new figures show. The Welcome to Shropshire pack was put together last September.

Commuters faced rush-hour chaos on Wednesday morning (June 23) when a lorry overturned and blocked the A5. Also, the West Mid Showground could get an equestrian centre.

Music technology students at Shrewsbury College are set to become the first in further education to stage and run a concert on a national level. The concert will be held on July 1 in the Quarry.

England fans endured a tense afternoon as they gathered at Debenhams in Telford for their side’s clash against Slovenia.

England face a showdown with old foes Germany – and could settle another score with Argentina if they make it to the quarter-finals.

Fabio Capello has praised his England players after their 1-0 victory over Slovenia.

A 10-year-old Shropshire girl who was diagnosed with cancer at the the age of just nine months is going on the trip of a lifetime to swim with dolphins – thanks to the fundraising efforts of a Whitchurch woman.

Gut-wrenching and devastating – they were the emotions of St Georges captain Alan Palin after his side’s heart-breaking one chalk Midlands Super League defeat at Chadsmoor.

A group of Shropshire residents splashed out on a cake and a card to mark the seventh birthday of one of their most familiar neighbours — a pothole.

Shropshire swimmer Alexandra Hooper is preparing to cross the pond in a bid to fast-track her Olympic Games dream after securing a scholarship at the University of Texas.

One of the largest hauls of Roman coins ever discovered in Shropshire could go on display as a permanent exhibition at Shrewsbury’s new £10 million heritage visitor centre, experts said today.

Telford Tigers player-coach Tom Watkins has announced his first new foreign player for the coming season Latvian forward Andrejs Maslovskis, writes CAROLINE GARBETT.

England booked their place in the last 16 of the World Cup with a final group match victory over Slovenia in Port Elizabeth.

Defender Shane Cansdell-Sherriff has backed Shrewsbury Town to use the impetus generated by the arrival of Graham Turner as a launchpad for a promotion challenge, writes JAMES GARRISON.

Five courts in Shropshire could be shut to save money, it was revealed today.

Motorists faced lengthy diversions today after a lorry crashed at an accident blackspot on the A5 at Chirk near Oswestry.

MORE THAN 500 workers have dropped plans to strike at one of Telford’s biggest manufacturing plants, it was revealed today.

A multi-million-pound equestrian centre could be built at Shrewsbury’s West Mid Showground as part of major plans to secure the site’s future, it was revealed today.

The start of the Blue Square North Bet campaign may still be seven weeks away – but AFC Telford United have already begun their preparations.

Andrew Surman’s £1.2m departure to Norwich is set to kickstart the summer sales at Wolves.

Determined defender Adam Dugdale has vowed to do everything within his power to earn a fresh deal with AFC Telford United.

I think I have a knot in my stomach. In fact I felt sick on my way into work. Physically sick, writes Tracey O’Sullivan.

Shropshire cricket captain Ed Foster is refusing to contemplate a Minor Counties Championship title challenge – despite his team lying top of the table.

A new campaign has been launched calling for councillors to ditch all four rival applications for a multi-million pound supermarket in Oswestry.

More than a dozen residents were evacuated from a block of flats in Bridgnorth today after a fire broke out.

Shrewsbury School’s leading cricketers will bid to become national Twenty20 champions at Lord’s on Monday.

Norman and Fiona Potts spent 18 months clocking up thousands of miles hunting for their dream farmhouse in Mid Wales before dropping on Gwaenynog at Dolanog, near Welshpool quite by chance last June.

Shropshire was expected to ground to a halt today as England face a “do-or-die” World Cup clash with Slovenia.