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The Birmingham  O2 Academy played host to the wonders of the multi-talented Plan B as he brought his “Defamation of Strickland Banks” tour to the West Midlands.

An investigation into a Shropshire councillor accused of being racist has cost the taxpayer more than £4,000, it was revealed today.

Tinie Tempah is fast emerging as one of the UK’s most potent live acts and he wowed fans during a one-off West Midlands gig.

It started as a joke on his Twitter page – but now Shropshire golfer Jonathan Gidney is preparing to play a round of golf in a pink skirt to raise cash for charity.

Telly Talk: The X-Factor judges couldn’t stop talking about guilty pleasures at the weekend with Cheryl Cole admitting wannabe boy band One Direction was hers.

Tributes have been paid to a Shropshire mother-of-five who died suddenly after collapsing while helping at her son’s school.

If it’s not careful, Shrewsbury is soon going to be giving Cambridge a run for its money as the UK’s capital of folk music.

Letter: The Tesco debacle should be an embarrassment to Shropshire Council. It was quoted that the “damage has been done”. The fact is the damage has not been done, it is being done.

Letter: Bishop’s Castle Biomass Power Ltd welcomes Shropshire Council’s confirmation of the decision to accept its offer for land at Crowgate, subject to further negotiations.

Graham Turner has seen it all in a football career which has stretched more than 40 years.

The sacrifice of a former army captain from Shropshire who grabbed the trunk of a charging elephant to protect his companions has been honoured at Buckingham Palace.

Over a dozen Telford fans whose side were without a game took up Market Drayton’s offer of cut-price tickets for this match – and probably left Greenfields wondering why on earth their neighbours had waited so long to pick up their first Evo-Stik League League point of the season, writes TERRY MORRIS.

‘Believe in better’ is the slogan for a well-known TV station. But that could soon be Wolves’ mantra.

Controversial plans to create a permanent caravan site for travellers on agricultural land in a north Shropshire village have been given the go-ahead by council chiefs.

Shrewsbury’s River Severn is in “crisis” with fish stocks at an all-time low, a Shropshire angling chief warned today and he blamed protected species for the problem.

Two children have been arrested following a series of field fires in the Monkmoor area of Shrewsbury.

Seven people were arrested and one man was taken to hospital with head injuries during trouble at Shrewsbury Town’s match at Chesterfield, police said today.

Shropshire woke up to freezing temperatures today as the mercury plummeted below zero giving a sign that winter is on its way.

People in Telford struggling to get loans for urgent home repairs or improvements have been told help is at hand.

It was a night to remember for sportsmen and women in Shrewsbury as they celebrated their achievements at the Energize Awards.

Former Walsall full-back Netan Sansara has finally been given clearance to play for AFC Telford United after a protracted battle with the Scottish FA.

Boss Mick McCarthy today insisted Wolves will not get dragged into a relegation dogfight.

Shrewsbury Town today set their sights on an FA Cup giantkilling act after being handed the most glamorous first round tie possible.

A 43-year-old Shropshire mother of five has died after collapsing while helping at her son’s school.

Doors to a village church which were locked for the first time in 1,000 years after a series of vandal attacks could be reopened after CCTV was installed at the historic building.

Bright sunshine and a crowd of well-wishers greeted the Princess Royal as she touched down in Shropshire today on the first stage of her whistle-stop tour of the county.

A 39-year-old man today appeared in court charged with the murder of a man whose body was found in a Shrewsbury flat.

There seems little doubt that our weather is getting more extreme, and with winter on the way perhaps it is the time to think about fitting winter tyres.

Reviewer’s rating **** James Shaw finds yet  another reason to travel to Bridgnorth, in addition to the steam railway.

Reviewer’s rating ** Rex M Key ruffles some feathers at the Mucky Duck and finds himself persona non grata.