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An auction organised to sell the assets of a Mid Wales firm which went out of business was called off after hundreds of people wanting to bid for items blocked a main road.

Businessman Asil Nadir is returning to the UK after spending nearly two decades on the run from the British authorities.

Detectives have ordered further tests to find out what led to the death of a British spy, whose remains were discovered in his flat.

A man living in Germany was shot in the back of his head – but did not realise until five years later.

Leisure chiefs in Telford are offering 20 families in the borough free sports and gym sessions for five months as part of a drive to improve health and battle obesity.

Intruders kicked down doors and left paper strewn over an office in a raid on a Telford nursery, discovered by a member of staff turning up for work.

Ed Balls launched his claim for the Labour hot-seat in Shropshire today by urging voters to “learn the lessons of history”.

For many first time buyers owning their own home can seem like a distant dream with a range of financial hurdles standing in their way, but this needn’t be the case at the house builder’s Lawley Farm development in Telford where the popular HomeBuy Direct scheme is available on selected homes.

This thief stole two skips worth £6,000 from a Shropshire company in separate raids within days, writes Crime Correspondent Kirsty Smallman.

A Shropshire man, who launched his own specialist furniture firm over ten years ago from the back of a van, now works with some of the UK’s top architects and interior designers.

Often when I tell people what I do for a living they get very excited and tell me that they would love some extra money for renting out their spare room writes Lea Beven.

A woman was taken to hospital after being cut free from her car, which ended up on a Telford traffic island.

Two men killed in two separate crashes on roads in Shropshire have been named today.

A level crossing on one of Shropshire’s busiest roads has sunk after years of heavy goods traffic thundering over it – with urgent repairs needed to repair the damage.

Shrewsbury Town manager Graham Turner today turned his focus back onto the battle for League Two points after a sterling Carling Cup show at Stoke.

A Shrewsbury bar which has been shut for several months could soon reopen after a £500,000 revamp, it was revealed today.

Work on a long-awaited £3.3 million relief road in a Shropshire market town is to begin next month, it emerged today.

Shropshire football fans young and old were out in force to meet World Cup-winning goalkeeper Gordon Banks as he cut the ribbon on new facilities at a county residential home.

Sports writer Peter Baxter will speak at this year’s Wellington Literary Festival in October.

Intruders stole about £50 from a fruit machine at a Telford social club today.

A man suffered serious injuries when he fell from Llangollen’s River Dee bridge last night.

Police in Powys have appealed for witnesses to come forward to help them trace a man after an attempted bank robbery in a Mid Wales town.

A campaign has been set up to try to save trees that line one of Oswestry’s town centre squares.

For the second week running the Bucks bagged a fabulous five, and they did it again with a convincing performance of quality and confidence.

A man, thought to have been a British spy, has been found murdered in a flat near the headquarters of MI6.

Boss Andy Sinton has hailed two-goal star Phil Trainer after seeing the midfielder fire AFC Telford United to a fourth consecutive victory.

Andy Keogh’s departure to Cardiff is expected to pave the way for a late flurry of Wolves activity in the transfer market with Michael Mancienne ready to return to Molineux.

Leading Shropshire bowler Callum Wraight is facing a hectic week – with three appearances in the finals day of big tournaments

Shrewsbury could not stop their Premier League opponents’ progress into the third round of the Carling Cup, despite a late comeback at the Britannia Stadium.

George Osborne’s emergency Budget hit the poorest hardest, a leading economic think-tank has said.