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Watch the main highlights from AFC Telford United’s pre-season clash with Prescot Cables, including an interview with manager Andy Sinton.

A man was today arrested on suspicion of the murder of a 19-year-old man whose charred body was found in a shed in Telford nearly 20 years ago.

Damage limitation proved the order of the day for Shropshire’s cricketers as they made a disastrous start to their Minor Counties Championship meeting with Cornwall.

Fans’ favourite Danny Edwards has been given a ‘take it or leave it’ offer to stay at AFC Telford United.

Telford & Wrekin Council faces funding cuts of £4 million this year, civic leaders revealed this afternoon. It has lost £3 million in revenue grants for day-to-day spending on its services.

Wolves today faced an anxious wait over Ronald Zubar after he limped out of their Irish tour with an ankle injury.

Shrewsbury Town goalkeeper Chris Neal has been backed to become an established No 1 at League Two level – as Graham Turner’s side prepare to kick off their Joma South West Challenge Cup campaign.

A 33-year-old man was seriously injured after he was hit by a car in Broseley.

More than 40,000 people descended on an event on the Shropshire border for a high-powered weekend blending action on track, water and air.

A UK public inquiry should be held into the release of the Lockerbie bomber, Shrewsbury’s MP said today. Tory Daniel Kawczynski chairs the Westminster all-party group on Libya.

Motorists caught in snarl-ups in Newtown were today urged to send their petrol receipts to the Welsh Assembly in a protest over controversial new traffic lights.

More than 100 customers were without electricity for more than five hours in Market Drayton.

Reviewer’s rating ***** Sharon Walters enjoys a summer evening of fine dining at a restored Georgian venue.

Sunshine brought the crowds in their thousands to Builth Wells today for the first day of Wales’s premier agricultural show.

Worries over emergency response times on the Shropshire/Welsh border are to be raised in Parliament after an ambulance took almost 40 minutes to reach a schoolgirl taken ill.

Reviewer’s rating **** Alex James makes himself comfortable at a table overlooking the Iron Bridge and tucks into a breakfast fit for an ironmaster.

A man wanted for questioning in connection with an attack on a 20-year-old woman has been seen in Ironbridge, police said today.

More than 40 firefighters from across three counties worked together in order to tackle a huge blaze involving 400 bales of hay and straw at a farm on the south Shropshire border.

More than 1,500 homes could be built in two areas of Shrewsbury alongside major plans to create two new business and employment districts in the town.

A pedestrian was seriously hurt when he was struck by a car in Shropshire. The man, 33, suffered multiple injuries in a collision with a silver Peugeot.

Thousands of pounds earmarked for a north Shropshire library could be better spent elsewhere as the county council looks to make cuts of almost £60 million, it has been claimed.

Job-seeking blogger Henry Mackley has a bone to pick with the job-centre this week, as he tries to stop being just another government statistic.

A glimpse of what flying in the future might be like was provided today by planemaking company Airbus.

Vampire Weekend closed the final day of the 5th Latitude Festival last night after a day of performances from artists such as Tom Jones, Mumford & Sons, These New Puritans and the Coral.

Bob Hickman checks out the Insight, an electric hybrid from Honda that is cutting the cost of motoring.

Around 100 Shropshire businesses will be directly hit with the swingeing cuts at Business Link West Midlands.

The “vast majority” of Goldtrail customers who were on holiday when the tour operator collapsed should be back in the UK by tonight, the Civil Aviation Authority said.

Children’s fares on the Severn Valley Railway in Bridgnorth are being cut over the summer holidays.

A farmer today hit back at campaigners protesting against plans to mine coal in the shadow of the Wrekin, saying they are camped illegally, creating a rubbish tip and a health hazard.

A Shropshire man and his friend who are taking part in a 15,500-mile charity cycle ride from Shrewsbury to Australia are set to become stars of the small screen after featuring on Serbian TV’s answer to “Top Gear”.