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Thousands of people from across the country have flocked to a Mid Wales town which has turned back the clock 200 years.

So the right wing reform think tank is suggesting state benefits should be scrapped, or at least for anyone showing any signs of income or savings.

Midfielder Phil Trainer was the star of the show as AFC Telford United maintained their 100 per cent start to the season with their fourth consecutive victory.

Charlotte Church has topped a poll of Britain’s Hottest Bachelorettes, beating Cheryl Cole.

More than 70 veterans in Shropshire are receiving help and support for post-traumatic stress resulting from life on the frontline in war zones around the world, it has been revealed.

Spectacular autumnal scenes such as these taken in Shropshire may not materialise this year – because many trees have already lost their leaves as a result of the drought in June and July.

Former Wham! star George Michael has admitted crashing his car into a shop in Hampstead, London, while under the influence of cannabis.

Students in Shropshire were celebrating today after another record-breaking year for GCSE results.

Shrewsbury Town boss Graham Turner has urged his side to “put on a show” in tonight’s Carling Cup cracker at Stoke tonight.

What is all the fuss about with cloned cows being eaten and milked? The Americans have been consuming the meat and milk for a decade now and report no problems.

A 48-year-old man stole more than £250,000 from his elderly Shropshire uncle and spent some of the cash on a Mercedes car and a motor boat, a court heard.

The partner and family of a Shropshire motorcyclist killed in a road crash have paid tribute to a “fun-seeking, caring and loving person”.

Comedian Alexander Armstrong has traced his roots back to a Shropshire family who are descendants of a line that goes all the way back to William the Conqueror.

An army of 400 litter-pickers was today continuing a massive clean-up operation in the wake of the V Festival at Weston Park.

A woman in her 40s was airlifted to hospital following a three-vehicle crash in Shropshire on the same stretch of road where a motorcyclist died less than 24 hours earlier.

Bus prices in Shropshire are to rise by 20p for day saver tickets while the price of passes will also rise, Arriva Midlands said today.

A 40-year-old Whitchurch woman has been warned she faces jail after she admitted stealing more than £19,000 from a county charity.

Work on a new eco-friendly police station is under way in Market Drayton which it is hoped will be completed by August 2011.

New calls are being made for people concerned about the future of the Lake Vyrnwy Estate in Mid Wales to fight its sale.

Boss Andy Sinton is banking on a bumper crowd tonight as AFC Telford United go in search of a fabulous four in a row at home to Gloucester City.

Controversial plans to build a £3 million primary school in the heart of the south Shropshire countryside will come under scrutiny at the end of the month.

Wolves manager Mick McCarthy will hand first-team debuts to two teenagers in tonight’s Carling Cup second round tie against Southend.

Bridgnorth Town boss Lee Mills has not given up hope of luring Adam Proudlock to Crown Meadow.

Video journalist Evan Fice went to Shrewsbury High School to see students open their GCSE results.

V Festival super fan Vanessa Woodhouse made a video diary of her time at the 2010 festival. Watch the results here.

An RSPCA investigation has been launched as they seek the woman caught on CCTV throwing a kitten into a wheelie bin.

Pictures of Shropshire pupils as they get their GCSE results at schools in the county.

Tiger Woods and his Swedish wife Elin Nordegren announce that they have got divorced.

A 36-year-old Shropshire postal worker burned a bin liner full of mail and failed to deliver thousands of items after failing to cope with his job, a court heard today.

I’ve just been watching, transfixed, as a 25-year-old woman tells a news presenter how glad she is that she started having cosmetic surgery at the tender age of 22 as she’s now regained the youthful figure of a teenager, writes blogger Emma Suddaby.