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Severn Trent Water today came under fire for taking two years to repair a leak outside a Shropshire school.

I have just returned from Wellington Leisure Centre disappointed that my over-60s non-resident free swim has been axed in the name of Government cutbacks.

It’s always tough if you didn’t manage the grades you need for university, but have no fear – our three success stories show that you don’t need a degree to do well.

Three people have died and a driver was injured in three separate crashes on roads in Shropshire.

Match analysis by James Garrison from Shrewsbury Town’s 1-1 draw at home to Aldershot on Saturday.

Residents claim their lives have been made a misery after travellers with about 20 caravans pitched up in a field behind their homes.

Singing sensations Pixie Lott, Taylor Momsen and Diana Vickers dazzled thousands of festival-goers at this weekend’s V Festival. All three singers wore skimpy, revealing outfits, that were designed to thrill at the event at Weston Park.

A Shropshire climber dramatically rescued from Mont Blanc today revealed he feared he would not make it through the night when rescue teams were unable to launch a search after he got trapped in a fierce storm.

Thieves escaped with more than £15,000 of scrap metal and £8,000 of laptops in raids at a scrapyard and a school in Telford.

A bumper crowd refused to be put off by the rain at the Shropshire Game and Country Fair over the weekend.

A man has been arrested after police seized 12 cannabis plants during a raid on a house in Bridgnorth.

Pupils returning from their summer holidays in a Shropshire village could be forgiven for feeling they have come back to a different school – with major refurbishment due to be finished in time for the start of term.

Developers want to build 24 homes on land close to Market Drayton Town’s football ground.

Summer in Shropshire looks set to be over as forecasters warned today of more downpours to come following a wet and windy start to the week.

Shropshire Star photographer James Watkins captures the excitement of the V Festival 2010 action at Weston Park this weekend.

Councils across the country are pushing ahead with plans to charge for parking at workplaces, it was disclosed today.

Pictures of fans enjoying the V-Festival 2010 action at Weston Park. See if the Shropshire Star photographers captured you at the big weekend event on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border.

More roads in Oswestry have been closed because of work being carried out by Severn Trent Water.

Shropshire’s oldest agricultural event has been hailed a success for the county’s farming communities by organisers, despite torrential downpours.

Match analysis from Chris Hudson following the Bucks’ 5-0 away win at Gainsborough Trinity.

A Mid Wales garage and service station will close this year, it has been revealed.

Motorists could be seriously injured by a dip which has formed in a road in a Mid Wales housing estate, it was claimed today.

Captain Ian Sharps has urged Shrewsbury Town to revel in the role of underdogs in tomorrow night’s Carling Cup blockbuster at Stoke.

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake today set his sights on a key Wolves role and insisted he doesn’t have to prove his Premier League pedigree.

Boss Andy Sinton is aiming to keep flying winger Greg Mills at AFC Telford United for at least two more months – and extend the stay of defender Will Salmon.

David Cameron takes a holiday in Cornwall as rumours of rifts in the coalition Government persist.

Traders and campaigners were due to gather in Bridgnorth today to protest at plans for new parking charges on the town’s High Street.

­A Powys veteran who fought in the Second World War has relived memories of more than 60 years ago and spoken about how he was re-united with his brother while fighting in Italy.

Unusual images from the past seven days.

AFC Telford scored five for the second Saturday running as manager Andy Sinton’s dream start continued.