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Former Prime Minister Tony Blair will give all the proceeds from his memoirs to the Royal British Legion to help injured troops.

Blog: One of the country’s most senior doctors has called for the use of drugs to be decriminalised. What do you think?

The Shropshire and Mid Wales Fertility Centre is now ranked as the top NHS IVF clinic in the country.

Commercial Feature - Today’s market for car insurance is filled with a great deal of companies that offer various coverage plans for all types of motorists. While it is nice to have so many options to choose from, it can be rather time consuming to go back and forth from website to website to get quotes.

Commercial Feature – Since smartphones hit the market a few years back they have transformed the mobile phone industry. No longer will customers accept substandard phones – smartphones have well and truly raised the bar as far as mobiles are concerned and a precedent has been set that phone manufacturers have to live up to.

A woodland near Oswestry, which was once a haunt for teenagers, is to be transformed for all age groups to enjoy. Morda residents are being called on to form a group to help carry out the work.

Letter: The reported changes in the collection of food waste in south Shropshire really don’t tell the full story.

A Telford man has appeared in court accused of attempted murder.

A family wanting to build a travellers’ site near Oswestry today said they would not be bad neighbours, after a flood of objections from local people.

The Shrewsbury Town high-fives and collective back-slapping which greeted the full-time whistle said it all.

A man had part of his ear bitten off when he was attacked on a night out in Wellington, detectives said today.

Dozens of people turned out for a memorial walk in aid of a Mid Wales soldier who was killed in Iraq, raising more than £1,000 for good causes.

If Andy Sinton had written a script for his first league game as AFC Telford United boss, it could hardly have bettered the real thing.

A controversial speed camera in Telford that was set on fire by arsonists last month may not be replaced, safety chiefs have said today.

Property blogger Lea Beven on her company Limecastle’s nomination success for the Estate Agency of the Year and how to make sure your deposit stays safe.

The fiancee of a man who died after going missing on a night out in Shrewsbury today paid tribute to a “real character” who was the “life and soul of every party”.

Bob Hickman reviews the Volvo S60, the car that they hope will make them a major player once again.

What could back gardens on the Shropshire/Mid Wales border soon have in common with the Great Barrier Reef and the Taj Mahal? Answer – they could soon become Unesco World Heritage Sites.

A disused quarry near Market Drayton could get a new lease of life as a landfill site if proposals are given the go-ahead, it has emerged today.

Veterans, politicians and royalty have remembered those who fought against the Japanese during the Second World War.

A 22-year-old man has died and two others were injured after a crash involving three motorbikes in Mid Wales.

It might have been one of the driest starts to the year for eight decades but there was certainly no shortage of water at the 2010 Shrewsbury Flower Show.

A body recovered from the River Severn in Shrewsbury is that of missing man Joshua Wreford, police confirmed today. Tributes have been paid to him.

Shropshire’s villages are at risk of dying unless radical action is taken to secure their future, it is being warned.

Job-seeking blogger Henry Mackley found some well-paid cash-in-hand work this week. Will he tell the taxman?

Manager Graham Turner today paid tribute to Shrewsbury Town’s match-winning hero Matt Harrold.

Exciting winger Greg Mills is eager to extend his stay with AFC Telford United, insisting: “I don’t want to rot in the Derby reserves.”

Hundreds of revellers descended on a Shropshire farm for an annual three-day music festival, with organisers today praising the “absolutely brilliant” atmosphere.

Wolves fans who sang “We are top of the league” on Saturday might have had their tongues firmly in their cheeks.

A caravan holiday park and car park could be built on the outskirts of Church Stretton as part of a tourist trail through local beauty spots.