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A 24-year-old man accused of murdering a Telford factory worker appeared in court this afternoon.

Up to £4,000 of cigarettes were stolen from the back of a truck as it made a delivery to a Shrewsbury off-licence, it was revealed today.

A murder investigation was under way today after the body of a 30-year-old man was discovered at a flat in Shrewsbury.

Chimène Felton of Mercia Recruitment has seen it all when it comes to CVs – here are her tips to make sure yours gets noticed.

Work on Welshpool’s long-awaited one-way system will start on Friday.

Campaigners waging a war on plans to build a controversial £5 million incinerator in a south Shropshire town today turned out in force at Shirehall for a crunch meeting to determine the project’s fate.

Key midfielder Sean McAllister is backing Shrewsbury Town to display their promotion mettle by providing an emphatic response to recent hiccups.

Stephen Hunt today declared he is ready to play a part in Wolves’ crunch game against West Ham on Saturday after making his comeback last night.

Andy Sinton was today coming to terms with his “most frustrating” night in management after seeing AFC Telford United dumped out of the FA Cup by nine-man Buxton.

Maybe if the England team had a goal to aim for, like the Masterchef professionals, we would see some guts and glory again. The memory may be fading but we do know what Steven Gerrard and co are capable of, even if at the moment it’s buried under glossy magazine deals, fast cars and fake [...]

It’s good to be back. For the third time in my 29 years as a police officer I have been given the exciting opportunity to return to Telford, this time as the Territorial Policing Commander, writes Telford Police’s new Territorial Policing Commander, Superintendent Gary Higgins.

It is a quaint railway crossing near a village in the heart of the south Shropshire countryside which doesn’t look like it would cause much trouble.

Letter: September 22, 2010, will be etched in our memories forever. The knock on the door that every parent never wants to receive, when the police inform you that your child has passed away.

Telford Tigers went close to springing a surprise against Basingstoke Bison, before losing heavily at home to Slough Jets. Watch action from both games here. Thanks to Bison TV.

Florencio Avalos, the first of the 33 trapped miners to be rescued has an emotional reunion with his wife and son.

Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera has arrived at the minehead to welcome the the first of the 33 miners trapped hundreds of metres below.

In the same week that John Lennon would have turned 70, septuagenarian Ian Hunter brought his Rant Band to Birmingham Town Hall and showed his creative fires are still burning.

Long-awaited plans for a bypass which will transform a Mid Wales town – and be of “vital importance” to the whole of Wales – were today unveiled by the Welsh Assembly.

AFC Telford United were the victims of an FA Cup giantkilling as they lost 5-4 on penalties to nine-man Buxton at the New Bucks Head.

OSWESTRY MAY never get its new £2.2 million youth centre after the scheme fell foul of the Government’s national spending review.

A much-loved Christmas Tree of Light in a Shropshire town will not be axed after all, it was revealed today.

Mystery today surrounded a number of events planned to be held at a Shropshire nightclub which is due to close this Saturday.

A £120,000 refurbishment of two major roads in a Shropshire town centre will begin next week after one of them was described as looking more like the surface of the moon due to the number of potholes.

Work is to be carried out to improve safety on the main road between Oswestry and Welshpool.

Civic leaders today unveiled plans to introduce an hour’s free parking in Welshpool. Welshpool Town Council said it hoped to introduce the scheme as soon as money became available.

Royal Mail today denied rumours there are plans to close a south Shropshire delivery office.

Councils in Shropshire are wasting hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money on pointless jobs, new research suggests today.

Telford Titans conceded a mammoth 31 goals in just two games over the weekend – but despite having just one fit netminder, club bosses are refusing to hit the panic button.

A TERRIFIED MOTHER led her three young children to safety as flames licked up a wall of their Telford home after a suspected arson attack today.

Boss Andy Sinton is demanding more form AFC Telford United in tonight’s FA Cup replay with Buxton, insisting: “The hard work’s just begun.”