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Three members of staff are returning to work at Oswestry’s Orthopaedic Hospital after they were suspended on unrelated allegations. Confidential investigations were launched last month which workers said had upset morale.

Residents of a village on the Shropshire border have vowed to fight on against moves by banking giant HSBC to close their local branch and cash point.

These are the speed humps Telford & Wrekin Council traffic chiefs plan to rip out following complaints of pain and discomfort from pensioners when travelling over them.

Britain’s Got Talent finalists – Tina and Chandi – will be bow-wowing the crowds at this year’s Shrewsbury Flower Show when they take centre stage to provide visitors with a close up of their canine dancing routine.

The North West Relief Road should be abandoned and Shirehall chiefs should follow public opinion by improving bus, cycle and park-and-ride facilities, a campaign group claimed today.

A 10-year-old girl was injured after jumping out of the way of yobs riding a stolen quad bike in a Telford street. The youngster was playing with her friend in Festival Gardens, in Arleston.

The New Saints hope Irish eyes will smile when they journey to Bohemians for tonight’s Champions League second round qualifier.

An environmental campaigner has warned about the health impact of a proposed incinerator in Shrewsbury. Also, a crane is set to be moved from a ditch in south Shropshire – six months after it crashed.

A Shropshire cricket team has seen its hopes of reaching a national final at Lord’s jeopardised – because they have been ordered to fulfil a league fixture.

Shrewsbury Town were today facing a Premier League challenge – as Graham Turner was given the first chance to assess his squad in a match situation.

Chairman Lee Carter believes AFC Telford United are on course for record-equalling season ticket sales – after breaking the 500 barrier for the fifth consecutive year.

Striker Kevin Doyle has pledged his future to Wolves – despite speculation linking him with a summer move to Arsenal.

Shrewsbury MP Daniel Kawczynski today said he has written to the Secretary of State demanding he call-in controversial plans to build a multi-million pound incinerator in the town.

Let’s start with a little Shakespeare. In Macbeth, the Bard famously wrote: “Nothing in his life became him like the leaving of it.”

If you’ve taken the plunge and set up your own business, one of the most important things to consider is whether you have the correct insurance. No matter what type of office industry your work in, you’ll need to get cover.

The inquest of Raoul Moat is set to open as the family of the man he killed speak of their anger at police.

A Shropshire college has said goodbye to five members of staff whose combined length of service totals nearly 120 years.

Steel anti-ram barriers and a three metre high fence need to be “urgently” installed at a Shrewsbury security depot to protect staff and cash locked up at the site following a series of attempted robberies, bosses have said.

A community bus service used by the elderly and families on a Shrewsbury housing estate will be axed after councillors said they could not afford to bankroll it.

Hundreds of Oswestry jobs could be at risk if plans to turn a factory site into a supermarket are unsuccessful.

A Mid Wales woman died after waiting more than four hours for an ambulance to come and take her to hospital, an inquest heard.

Plans to retrieve a 40-tonne crane which fell down an embankment near Shropshire landmark Stokesay Castle almost six months ago have now been agreed with Shropshire Council.

Oswestry’s Food Festival could be will be even bigger next year, organisers have said.

A bid for a major drilling operation to search for a methane gas source near Ellesmere has been made.

The controversial order to cull badgers in Wales was quashed by the Court of Appeal today.

A public meeting has been called to discuss Powys County Council’s controversial schools reorganisation programme and its effect upon children.

SHROPSHIRE’S TWO primary care trusts and the West Midlands Strategic Health Authority are to be scrapped, with the loss of hundreds of administrative posts, in the biggest shake-up of the NHS in 60 years.

Nearly 2,000 jobs have been created or safeguarded and more than 1,700 businesses helped thanks to the Rural Regeneration Zone, a conference heard.

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Campaigners against another supermarket for Oswestry say they are delighted to have won a national award for their efforts – but said the “big test” on whether those efforts were worthwhile will be if councillors ditch the plans.