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Big hitting Allscott have re-written the record books for the Marston’s Shropshire Premier League after going run crazy, writes JAMES GARRISON.

Alex Meechan will line up for AFC Telford United tonight when they begin their pre-season programme with a trip to The New Saints.

Students at Thomas Telford School were given a taste of the media through a series of workshops. Also, staff at the Sutherland Business and Enterprise College are breathing a sigh of relief after a rebuilding project was saved.

Shrewsbury Town boss Graham Turner – who today appointed Paul Gerrard as his goalkeeping coach – is running the rule over former Rangers and Scottish under-19 midfielder Paul Emslie.

Hit musical Little Shop of Horrors will be brought to life in Shrewsbury by a new amateur theatre group this weekend.

When it was launched some 25 years ago, Sir Clive Sinclair’s C5 was an instant smash hit.

Civic leaders have praised fire crews for their swift handling of a blaze at a Shropshire industrial estate. About 50 county firefighters battled the fire from Sunday lunchtime.

Reviewer’s rating **** Kirsty Smallman enjoys a meal where the welcome was profuse and the portions generous.

Reviewer’s rating **** Lisa Bailey sounds out a long-established pub which has undergone a recent refurbishment.

Two Shropshire police officers who were threatened by a man they believed had a real gun are in the running for a national bravery award.

Noise limits governing concerts at Shrewsbury Quarry have been scrapped, paving the way for big name concert acts. A new licence has been approved by Shropshire Council which will set the noise limit for each event individually.

Shropshire has almost 90 fewer pubs and restaurants now than it did 12 months ago and the number of petrol stations, primary schools and banks has also fallen, new figures showed today.

Shrewsbury’s MP today backed Government plans to ring-fence the country’s international development budget and called for a “reorganisation” of where aid goes to ensure that countries with the biggest need get support.

Oswestry police officers are enjoying success in the battle to crack down on the town’s notorious “boy racers”, it was claimed today.

A new £3.3 million project to support the dairy industry in Wales to improve the efficiency and sustainability of the dairy supply chain, has been backed by a local AM.

A Shropshire pub landlord claims he has lost hundreds of pounds in trade after an A-board advertising his business was removed.

On the counter in my local petrol station there is a small pyramid made from several cans of a well-known energy drink (the sort that will turn the average, well-behaved child into the little girl from The Exorcist), and lying in front of those cans there is a sign.

Letter: Jake Berriman is reported as saying there is no need to halt work on the county planning strategy as a result of policy changes by the new government. He is wrong.

Letter: It is ridiculous to say that “Oswestry is dying on its feet”, as reported on June 29.

Rail enthusiasts are claiming that a proposal to build a cycle path to link one of Oswestry’s proposed supermarkets to the town centre would jeopardise their plans for a tourist railway.

A decision on whether cash will be provided by the government to tackle land instability and slippage in Shropshire’s World Heritage Site will be made in the autumn, it has been revealed.

Whitchurch were left to rue a late collapse as they threw away an afternoon’s good work in the closing overs.

A lower order rearguard action was enough to keep Shropshire in contention in their Minor Counties Championship game at Oxfordshire.

TV actor Ricky Tomlinson took part in a rally in Shrewsbury to try and clear his name over a criminal offence connected to the notorious 1970s building workers dispute.

Firefighters have spent much of the last 24 hours tackling a blaze at a tyre depot in north Shropshire. Also, the latest on a body found at a rubbish tip on Telford.

Hundreds of women raised tens of thousands of pounds for a Shropshire hospice by stepping out for a late-night stroll.

Shropshire & Herefordshire’s golfers suffered the first defeat of their Midlands League campaign.

This week, Lea Beven of Limecastle gives it both barrels to all of the stubborn landlords out there – clean your house or prepare for an empty property:

Vandals are deliberately putting Welshpool residents at risk by smashing bottles and leaving the broken glass on sports pitches, it has been claimed.

A Shropshire-born campaigner, whose son was the last British soldier to be killed in The Troubles in Northern Ireland, says she is proud his sacrifice has finally been recognised.