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A 62-year-old man who was carried unconscious from a burning house in Shropshire has died. The man was found inside his home after customers in the Red Lion pub in New Road, Telford, noticed smoke billowing from the windows on Sunday.

Wolves have revealed a seven-and-a-half per cent drop in season ticket sales on 12 months ago.

A meeting will be held in Wem to discuss fears over the threat to public health from toxic fumes released by three fires at the town’s industrial estate in the last 17 months.

Oswestry’s markets need to attract younger traders and customers if they are to have a strong future, a council report into their fight for survival says.

A deal has been agreed to sell the lease for Shrewsbury’s Liquid and Diva nightclub which has been shut for nearly a year following the death of clubber Darren Griffiths.

Vandals caused hundreds of pounds of damage to a Mid Wales railway station during one of the region’s biggest steam events of the year.

A teenage girl who was allegedly pursued by a former youth club leader in Shropshire for sex delayed reporting his antics because she was scared of causing a crisis that would close a centre, a hearing was told.

Blog: It was planned with military precision – swiping one at a time under the cover of darkness. I finally completed my mission and it felt good, especially the clear view of my kitchen surfaces, writes Tracey O’Sullivan.

Three people from Telford have been jailed after they broke into a woman’s house, stole her handbag and used her bank card to withdraw £250.

Matt Smith gets prize from The Stig at GQ Men Of The Year Awards! And Lily Allen & Mark Ronson rock the red carpet.

Blog: Saturday’s 1-1 home draw with Blyth Spartans was my first viewing of Telford United this season, and it fed me plenty of encouragement for the season ahead.

Gavin Henson, Michelle Williams, Tina O’Brien and Kara Tointon are getting ready to rumba!

Letter: The horrors of shooting birds for sport will be upon us again. The misery and cruelty involved in this is shocking.

Newport kicked off a new season of National Midlands League Three rugby with a comeback 36-20 win over neighbours Hereford.

Shrewsbury warmed up for one of the biggest weekend’s in the club’s history by landing their first piece of silverware of the season.

It only succeeded in delaying the inevitable, but it was mission very much accomplished for St Georges against Furrows Shropshire Premier League champions elect Castlefields.

The Government is being asked to call in Oswestry’s four superstore planning applications so that a planning inspector can consider all four at the same time.

As Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley take their first steps in the brave new world of breakfast television, one man knows better than most what the duo are going through.

West Mercia Police is to axe nearly 300 jobs as the force looks to save up to £10 million over the next three years.

MORE THAN 300 jobs could be axed at a Shropshire foil plant after bosses announced proposals to close the factory.

Hundreds of workers took to the streets today in order to protest at Government proposals to cut jobs, compensation and pensions.

Leaders of cash-strapped Shropshire Council will decide next week whether to go ahead with plans to switch off thousands of street lights to save money.

Protesters fighting plans to mine 900,000 tonnes of coal from a Shropshire beauty spot today said they would padlock themselves to trees in a bid to avoid eviction.

An Oswestry art group could win a £10,000 prize but only if enough people vote in an online competition.

Sergeant Mark Andrews was jailed for six months at Oxford Magistrates’ Court today after he injured a woman when he assaulted her in a police cell.

AFC Telford United boss Andy Sinton will give several of his squad’s fringe players a much-needed run out in tomorrow night’s friendly against Chasetown, writes ALEX JAMES.

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy today revealed he expects £3m winger Stephen Hunt to be fit to face West Ham on October 16.

Shrewsbury Town defender Danny O’Donnell has set himself a target of a return to full fitness before the end of September.

A Hollywood-style sign put up by pranksters on a Shropshire mound is one step closer to becoming a permanent fixture.

The skyline of a south Shropshire town could be restored to its former glory within the next four weeks, following the completion of £100,000 in restoration works to a major landmark.