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A 28-year-old man was arrested in Telford today after police raided two homes in a crackdown on illegal drugs.

One of Telford’s main roads was sealed off today after a man’s body was discovered.

Top British athletes have given the thumbs up to new multi-million pound Shropshire facilities designed to give them the edge for the London 2012 Games.

A lottery millionaire from South Staffordshire got “bored” after his £2.7 million win and wanted a normal life despite using his fortune to buy luxury homes, cars and holidays, a court heard.

Three illegal immigrants were caught working at a Shropshire car wash after a team of officers from the UK Border Agency swooped on the business.

A farmer has launched a passionate defence of his plans for a huge dairy unit next to a school near Welshpool after coming face-to-face with protestors.

Newly qualified young drivers should be banned from night-time motoring and carrying passengers of a certain age, researchers have said.

I rarely write the following: I agree with Ed Balls. But when he was Children’s Minister in the last government and sacked social services boss Sharon Shoesmith, I backed him to the hilt writes Shirley Tart.

Let me start by putting all my cards on the table, writes Woman’s Editor Tracey O’Sullivan. I believe any child is a blessing regardless of the circumstances surrounding its birth.

Defender Danny O’Donnell is set to launch his Shrewsbury Town comeback with a run-out in tonight’s reserve team clash away at Accrington Stanley.

Mick McCarthy today hit out at a ‘poor’ performance by Wolves after they scraped through to the last 16 of the Carling Cup against 10-man Notts County.

Boss Andy Sinton is reporting a clean bill of health as AFC Telford United step up their preparations for Saturday’s FA Cup clash with Stourbridge.

Gerard Houllier wants Aston Villa to emerge from their comfort zone and start winning trophies.

Town centre motorists are facing weeks of diversion misery as work gets under way to give Shrewsbury’s gas supply a much-needed major overhaul.

Seven people arrested in a series of raids across Telford as part of a mortgage fraud and money laundering probe have been released on bail.

Vince Cable today launched a vicious attack on rampant capitalism as he unveiled new laws to rein in reckless and greedy City fat cats.

A £5 million hotel was due to open its doors in Shropshire today creating 40 jobs.

A boarded-up 17th Century hotel in Wellington could be partially demolished and 41 homes built as part of a bid to redevelop the site.

A Shropshire hall believed to be the inspiration behind P G Wodehouse’s famous novel Blanding’s Castle has gone up for sale with a price tag of £1.75 million.

A Shropshire town council is to fork out thousands of pounds in a bid to sort out its waterlogged graveyard.

Eighty new jobs are expected to be created across Shropshire and up to 100 safeguarded with cash from a council fund.

In the next section of her complete guide to selling a house, Lea Beven of Limecastle looks at fixing up your property and whether it is worth spending time and money on a full refurbishment.

A Shropshire MP has called for everything to be done to “achieve the best outcome” after meeting workers at a factory threatened with closure.

Now I know I’m going to be classed as an old misery or a killjoy, but I have just seen a headline saying “Cost to taxpayer of Pope’s visit to Britain could soar to £12m”.

The England team could pull out of the Delhi Commonwealth Games if safety issues are not addressed within the next 48 hours.

Pictures from Wolves’ 4-2 Carling Cup victory against Notts County at Molineux.

Top British athletes with an eye on the London 2012 Olympics are to showcase new multi-million pound facilities at Lilleshall National Sports Centre today.

The owner of a Shropshire taxi firm has been cleared of charges of illegally picking up night-time revellers without a booking.

You’d expect him to have slowed down, writes Andy Richardson.

A Shropshire recruitment expert is warning job candidates that first impressions count, following a report which revealed jobseekers were ruining their chances of getting work by acting strangely during interviews.