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A seven-month-old boy was today “comfortable” in hospital after being attacked by a dog in Shropshire.

CHANCELLOR GEORGE Osborne today said his brutal Budget would rescue Britain from disaster and pave the way for “future prosperity”.

Controversial plans to transport wind turbine blades and towers through Shropshire and Mid Wales are being tested – sparking anger from many councillors.

England’s players let the country down and are hungry to beat Slovenia, captain Steven Gerrard has said.

A 50-year-old family business near Bridgnorth is defying the property crash with a new development of low-cost homes designed with nature-lovers in mind.

A three-way Shropshire road junction branded “an accident waiting to happen” will not be changed despite a 200-signature petition calling for action.

Shrewsbury’s Hive Music and Media Centre has announced its Summer 2010 programme – packed with activities, workshops, live music and theatre.

A Shropshire airbase has been praised by former students who have returned to train on Chinook helicopters as they prepare to deploy to Afghanistan.

Actor and environmental campaigner Kevin Costner has sold the oil giant BP 32 of his company’s machines which separate oil from water.

Blog: It’s the news we somehow expect but which still massively disappoints. The weather is perfect, the crowds are delighted, much of the tennis is superb, the Brits are awful.

My plea is guilty, confesses Ben Bentley.

Letter: I enjoy listening to the national anthems in the World Cup and how enthusiastically they are sung with pride.

Letter: I am absolutely appalled and disgusted at our local schools’ decision to close early so the children can come home to watch England play on Wednesday.

A 44-year-old Shropshire man who poured petrol outside the door of a Telford woman’s home as she celebrated her birthday with friends and family has been jailed for 18 months.

Three friends from a Shropshire village have trained themselves to full physical and mental fitness for a major cycle challenge this week to raise money for an important charity.

Shropshire’s cricketers broke the Bridgnorth stalemate to wrestle control of their Minor Counties Championship clash with Dorset.

Free sandwiches are being scrapped before the start of Shropshire Council committee meetings in a bid to save thousands of pounds.

Shropshire boxer Mark Lloyd has been handed the “biggest fight of my career.”

Shropshire judo star Gemma Howell headed the medal rush for British judokas in the European Cup event held in Celje, Slovenia.

A newborn lamb was decapitated in a north Shropshire field with what police believe to be a meat cleaver.

The British Parks County Championship hopes of North Shropshire are alive and kicking.

We’ve all been there – the job interview is winding down then you’re asked: “do you have any questions?” Here are some good standard questions you could ask:

BEN BENTLEY looks at the controversial issue of taking pupils out of school during term time for holidays.

Bulletin: Shop workers in Shropshire will be using a variety of ways to keep up with the action in tomorrow afternoon’s clash between England and Slovenia. Also, the Darwin structure in Shrewsbury has become a target for climbers.

Organisers of the first Shropshire County Show have promised visitors a ‘top notch’ event as they announced a record number of cattle entries for the extravaganza.

CHANCELLOR GEORGE Osborne today announced a VAT hike to 20 per cent in a Budget packed full of spending cuts and tax rises.

John Hipwood looks at the implications of Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget.

This is a cleverly managed budget, writes independent financial adviser Philippa Gee, from Church Stretton.

Most farmers will be relieved after hearing the Chancellor’s Budget – it was not as bad as it could have been for the industry, according to Matthew Anwyl, managing partner of Berrys in Shrewsbury.

Watch the latest in a series of remarkable videos that looks at Telford in the early 1980s. Take a look at how Randlay, Horsehay and Lightmoor looked 30 years ago. Thanks to Youtube user Haynesjohndavid for the footage.