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The first day of the new racing season at Ludlow was being held without mains electricity today after the finishing touches to a £1 million refurbishment failed to be completed in time.

An articulated lorry shed its load of timber on one of Shrewsbury’s busiest highways today – leading to a section of the road being shut and traffic chaos for motorists.

A small south Shropshire village was at the centre of a national news broadcast as comedian Tony Hawks came to the county to promote his new film.

Bus bosses have launched an investigation into the cause of a crash between a 35-seat bus and a 4×4 on a Shropshire road which injured four people, leaving them needing hospital treatment.

More than 50 homes could be built in a north Shropshire village after developers unveiled plans for a housing estate – on the same site where similar plans were thrown out earlier this year.

BOSSES OF a Shropshire supermarket today unveiled £500,000 plans to double the size of the store.

A TEENAGE GIRL today admitting causing a nuisance after she burst into a Mid Wales high school, disrupted lessons and shouted abuse at staff and pupils.

A royal entourage from a southern African country – including its Queen – descended on a north Shropshire village to visit an ancestor’s grave.

A budding Shropshire film maker faces an anxious wait to see if she has won a national challenge which invites competitors to remake a Hollywood blockbuster in seven seconds.

David Cameron has been forced to apologise for breaking an election promise ahead of his first Tory conference speech as prime minister.

Letter: We deal with British Gas, have done for many, many years, including insurance regarding our central heating, etc.

Welshpool’s long-awaited one-way system will be opened at the start of December, it was revealed today.

Blog: Town hit a rocky patch as they get knocked out of the cup and go three leagues game without a win, writes Shrewsbury Town blogger James Pugh.

Shrewsbury Town crashed out of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy after their game with Bury ended 0-0 and resulted in a penalty shoot-out which Bury won 6-5.

Whitchurch produced a typically defiant defensive performance as they beat Camp Hill to rack up their third consecutive Midlands One West win.

The mother of a Shropshire soldier who was seriously injured in an explosion in Afghanistan exactly 12 months ago today spoke of her pride at the way he has recovered and started to rebuild his life.

The parents of a Shropshire teenager whose body was found close to a busy road today made a special request for mourners to wear “odd girls socks” to his funeral.

Shropshire heavyweight judoka Sarah Adlington claimed a brilliant bronze at the prestigious GB Women’s World Cup at the NIA in Birmingham.

Three villages near Oswestry could share the cost of an electronic road sign designed to cut down on speeding traffic.

Ludlow produced a result to make the rest of Midlands Two West (North) sit up and take notice – winning away to previously unbeaten Stafford.

The remains of four people, found during building work, have been removed from the site of a former chapel in Shropshire, it was today revealed.

A Shrewsbury nightclub is to undergo a £250,000 refurbishment which will create up to 50 jobs, it was revealed today.

Newport were sunk by two late tries at home to Longton – condemning them to a second consecutive National League Three Midlands defeat.

Four people were taken to hospital after a crash between a 35-seater bus and a four wheel drive in North Shropshire.

Midlfield maestro Sean McAllister is set to return to the Shrewsbury Town squad for tonight’s Johnstone’s Paint Trophy trip to Bury – but Shane Cansdell-Sherriff is a doubt.

AFC Telford United’s fringe players have been challenged to push their first team credentials in tonight’s squad friendly with minnows Rocester.

Burway will have to cope without player of the year Roy Crowther when they face Hanwood tonight for a place in the Furrows Shropshire Premier Bowls League play-off with Bylet, writes CHRIS HUDSON.

Visitors to a campsite booked via a £1 holiday promotion in a national tabloid newspaper were looking forward to a seaside break, but found themselves in land-locked Shropshire NOT five minutes from the coast.

Government auditors have highlighted the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust’s poor financial standing last year saying it was only an adequate performance.

Shropshire residents are being urged to question councillors about plans for a £5 million biomass burner.