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Frontline police officers will bring a third eye to serious crime scenes in south Shropshire with the introduction of head-mounted video cameras.

Shropshire Council has started publishing all expenditure more than £500 on its website – two months ahead of schedule. The Government is asking all councils to make spending figures open to the public from the start of next year.

A Phil Trainer header got AFC Telford United back to winning ways in the Blue Square Bet North.

Deputy Editor Carl Jones and Women’s Editor Tracey O’Sullivan look back over the past week’s headlines and preview what’s coming up this week.

Ticket touts are cashing in on Sir Elton John’s Shrewsbury Town gig by selling tickets for up to £450 per pair.

Two goals in three first half minutes was enough for Shrewsbury Town to make it five wins out of seven at the Greenhous Meadow this season as struggling Barnet’s away woes continued.

Shropshire teenager Katie Edwards is getting ready for a taste of the jet-set lifestyle of an international footballer.

Telford might not have a home game until next weekend but there is still a feast of football for fans to enjoy at the New Bucks Head, writes ALEX JAMES.

Graham Turner will receive the freedom of Hereford tomorrow – just three weeks before he takes Shrewsbury Town into battle against the city’s football team.

Mick McCarthy has told Michael Kightly he must prove his fitness by January to play any part in Wolves’ Premier League campaign, writes MARTIN SWAIN.

Convicted Shropshire conman David Oakley has dropped his appeal against a three-and-a-half year jail term imposed earlier this year for offences of fraud.

A £200,000 project to extend a Shropshire arts venue has been completed, with bosses saying they now have “more ammunition” to attract bigger and better acts.

Clubbers turned out in force for the glittering launch party for a new nightspot in Shropshire.

More than 2,000 homes and businesses in Shropshire were left without electricity when a falling tree tore down overhead power lines in high winds.

Police have issued a fresh appeal for witnesses to a road collision in north Shropshire which claimed the lives of two young men.

Letter: I wonder how much passion and pride Shrewsbury Town players feel wearing a Lenny the Lion badge on their shirts? There is no connection between a lion and the ancient and medieval borough of Shrewsbury.

Investigations were continuing today into an accident in which a 16-year-old Mid Wales boy died.

Residents of Welshpool are being urged to have their say on plans for the town, including cutting down on anti-social behaviour and litter.

A Shropshire businessman has announced the closure of his firm’s haulage arm on Twitter.

Two football-mad brothers from Shropshire enjoyed the red carpet treatment at Buckingham Palace when they received MBEs for their work creating best-selling computer game Football Manager.

Everyone agreed it was a visit well worth waiting for. And royal favourite Princess Alexandra was both moved and impressed yesterday at Newport’s Audley Court, a unique Combat Stress treatment centre for men and women from our military services who suffer mental and psychological damage.

Green-fingered people in a Shropshire town have issued a rallying call to landowners to help them find land for allotments in a move which would end a 20-year wait for a suitable site.

Under proposed Government welfare reforms over half a million people claiming long-term sick pay will have to work or risk losing their benefit. Claimants in Burnley and Aberdeen will be the first to undergo the medical assessments.

X Factor hopeful Wagner took a break from hectic rehersals to speak to Sunita Patel – and even serenaded her with a Latin love song

A new council and business partnership which has been given the go-ahead will stimulate Shropshire’s economic growth and help lead it through “times of uncertainty”, it was claimed today.

The losers of Oswestry’s store wars say they are not yet in a position to reveal whether they will appeal against Shropshire Council’s decision to refuse their planning applications.

Developers behind plans to build a supermarket on Oswestry’s Smithfield livestock site say they are delighted councillors backed their proposal.

Residents have taken street safety in a north Shropshire town into their own hands after stepping up to help run its CCTV system.

An ice skating rink could be set up in Oakengates for the switching on of the town’s Christmas lights. Business leaders are trying to raise £1,500 to bring a mobile rink to the town in Telford on November 26.

Acclaimed French actor Gerard Depardieu loves the Shropshire-made Aga cooker and fridge in his Paris home so much he has arranged a visit to the county next week to see for himself how they are made.