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A man arrested on suspicion of the murder of a Telford teenager who died in a fire nearly 20 years ago has been released on bail, police said today.

An early hours fight involving at least eight people – some allegedly carrying iron bars and one an air pistol – broke out in Telford, police said today.

Plastic bottles are to be collected from the kerbside for the first time across Shrewsbury next month.

The New Saints go into tonight’s Champions League qualifier with Bohemians desperate to shake off the burden of European nearly men.

Thousands of people packed Weston Park for the first combined Race for Life for Shrewsbury and Telford.

Manager Graham Turner has declared himself happy with Shrewsbury Town’s opening pre-season friendly outing.

Boss Andy Sinton is eager for AFC Telford United to show more belief in tonight’s friendly with Hereford United.

Shropshire’s cricketers were today hoping to force a second Minor Counties Championship victory of the season – but were battling against the clock and a poor weather forecast.

Shropshire’s Liam Davies is ready and waiting in Bulgaria for the European schoolboy championships to start today.

Sam Edwards enjoyed “his best weekend in cricket” to ensure Ludlow were the only double winners on a packed weekend of Marston’s Shropshire Premier League action.

Shropshire’s men have made a flying start to County Tennis Week.

Thieves stole a van twice within hours from two locations in south Shropshire, police said today.

More than 50,000 people poured through the gates of Wales’s biggest agricultural show on its opening day, organisers said today.

A new residential home for children could be opened in the heart of the south Shropshire hills, with proposals for a new therapeutic school.

A Shropshire takeaway has been gutted in a fire in which it was feared staff could be trapped inside.

Shropshire’s parking attendants have handed out about 3,000 tickets in the last three months alone, bringing in at least £75,000, figures showed today.

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A 33-year-old man who suffered multiple injuries when struck by a car in Shropshire was “poorly but stable” in hospital today.

A 25-year-old burglar from Telford who targeted 14 homes in a three-month crime wave has been jailed for nearly three years.

DJ Tom Campbell is back with a full-length summer edition of his Sound of Shropshire podcast. There’s plenty of local music, listings and news on bands from the region.

Developers today said they were still “considering options” for the site of Gay Meadow, Shrewsbury Town’s old football ground, almost a year after they revealed multi-million pound homes plans had been shelved.

The last of 250 First World War soldiers found in a mass grave in Fromelles has been laid to rest in northern France.

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New manager, new faces and a new sense of hope – but still some things remain ever the same.

The sister of a Telford teenager whose body was found in a burned out shed nearly 20 years ago said today’s arrest in connection with his death was a “massive development”.

Jubilant Quatt are within two games of reaching Lord’s for the final of the nPower National Village Knockout.

This week, in our property blog, Lea Beven defends the honour of letting agents everywhere and explains why what they do is so important:

Youngsters in south Shropshire who could find it difficult to find work are being helped by a new project which aims to keep “home-grown” talent local.