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AFC Telford United may have to rest striker Andy Brown as the Bucks head into a busy early-season fixture period.

TV star Martin Shaw collapsed during a matinee performance at Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn and had to be rushed to hospital, it was revealed today.

One of the main gateways into Bridgnorth is to be closed while improvements are made to nearby roads.

Students at Telford’s New collge have received their A-levels.

Fresh details of Shropshire’s links with Midlands soap opera Crossroads emerged today as the deputy mayor of Shrewsbury revealed his past as an extra in the long-running ITV show.

Good wishes today poured in for The New Saints Football Club ahead of the next chapter of their European adventure.

Shropshire mum Emma Wilkes today said she and her baby daughter Taylor are “lucky to be alive” after a horror pregnancy condition nearly claimed both their lives.

The county’s theatre, music and film industry could suffer as the Government proposes fierce arts cuts, a south Shropshire theatre company warned today.

Reviewer’s rating *** Sue Austin takes her husband and teenage children to a chain restaurant – with mixed results.

Reviewer’s rating **** Tanya Taylor enjoys the welcome and homely, community atmosphere at a country venue.

Spectators have run for their lives as a bull jumped into the stands at a ring in northern Spain.

Shrewsbury’s Netto supermarket could be turned into an Asda store just metres from Asda’s existing site in the town, it was revealed today. Asda is owned by US giant Walmart.

Students in Powys were celebrating today after another record-breaking year for A-level results.

A new rural coalition is flagging up the proposed Shrewsbury incinerator as a prime example of why stronger appeal rights should be granted to Shropshire residents.

Letter: It is not always an easy life for a gay person to have a social life in Shrewsbury as I have found out for myself (to my cost).

Letter: About a month ago I wrote a letter to this paper about how it took embarrassing press coverage before the council repaired a pothole that had reached its seventh birthday, adding that this was symptomatic of the authority’s apathy to repairing the streets.

Bosses at a Shropshire supermarket have launched a fresh appeal for local charities to contact the store if they would be interested in receiving free food donations.

Gordon Riley, whose funeral was being held today, was an old-school journalist who became one of the founders of the Shropshire Star, and was involved in various aspects of public life and charity work in Shropshire over many years.

Letter: I have seen letters recently about older people and unemployment, and I am shortly to become one of these.

Plans to re-instate and repair a controversial flood defence bank to protect a historic hall alongside the River Severn near Welshpool look set to be given the go-ahead by planners.

Nick Clegg has spoken in London to say that the coalition government has a plan beyond cutting costs.

Fifteen-foot high flames ripped through a £20,000 camper van before spreading to a nearby house following a suspected arson attack in Telford today.

A Shropshire couple today won a court victory in their battle to stay in their own home.

AFC Telford United take all three points, despite seeing goalkeeper Ryan Young dismissed after just 13 minutes for a handball outside the box.

Following the recent publicity given to companies offering consumers ‘free’ solar panels that will save them money on their home electricity bills, a Shropshire-based solar energy expert has warned that homeowners will lose out on tens of thousands of pounds under the generous-sounding deals.

Businesses and householders in a Shropshire village were today warned to brace themselves to expect further traffic chaos for five days next week.

A £100,000 camera system set up to monitor Newtown’s traffic congestion has never been activated, it was revealed today.

Shropshire property developers who strive to make their buildings more energy efficient could find they are breaching new rules, a solicitor has warned.

Whilst it’s an exciting prospect to be upgrading to a new motor, the downside is that you almost always have to sell your old car.

A Shropshire town councillor told a tribunal he regretted the contents of a letter accusing a former clerk of taking oak panelling from a crumbling former magistrates court building without permission.