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A multi-storey car park could come to Oswestry – but only if one of the rejected supermarket plans is given the go-ahead at appeal, says Shropshire Council.

Councillors in Welshpool are urging the Government to act to stop large numbers of charity shops taking over town centre sites and affecting trade.

Reviewer’s rating **** Sharon Walters enjoys a visit to a country pub which is owned by a collective of villagers.

Reviewer’s rating **** Kirsty Smallman and family were glad they went back to an old haunt for a midweek steak.

The Queen leads tributes at the Cenotaph in London.

Paul and Rachel Chandler have been freed by their Somali pirate captors after a 388-day kidnap ordeal

Aussie cricket captain Ricky Ponting ‘can not wait’ for the Ashes series against England to start.

Former Mid Wales MP Lembit Opik finally won over some voters but for all the wrong reasons as he canoed into I’m A Celebrity…Get Me out of Here.

A haul of heroin worth more than £2 million has been seized in a raid at a Shropshire industrial estate.

Telly Talk: And the X-factor controversy rolls on for another week, writes Tracey O’Sullivan.

The government’s scrappage scheme may now be a distant memory, but people with older cars can still benefit from a scrappage-type scheme currently operated by William A Lewis Nissan.

The people of Shropshire turned out in their thousands to pay tribute to the fallen from wars stretching back almost a century.

Former Strictly Come Dancing champion Camilla Dallerup tipped Pamela Stephenson to lift this year’s crown as she arrived in Shropshire to show off her own fancy footwork.

Customers were turned away from a Shropshire supermarket after a power cut forced staff to close the doors.

Town’s away form continues to improve with a hard-fought and slightly fortunate draw at Stevenage, writes Shrewsbury Town blogger James Pugh.

Telford MP David Wright is backing a fellow Labour MP who secured an adjournment debate on consumer credit regulation.

Truancy at schools across Telford & Wrekin has fallen following a concerted drive to boost attendances.

Urgent action needs to be taken to improve poor mobile phone coverage in rural areas including Shropshire, a rural watchdog said today.

Carl Jones and Ben Bentley look back on the past seven days and ahead to the coming week, including tonight’s appearance by former Montgomeryshire MP Lembit Opik in I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.

Wolves staged a dramatic revival with a late comeback against awayday specialists Bolton at Molineux – but it was all in vain.

It was created in a Shropshire town to honour the bravery of an RAF pilot, but now it lies apparently forgotten and overgrown.

A second half equaliser from Matt Harrold ensured Shrewsbury Town earned a pleasing point at Stevange.

One man has died following a collision between a car and an ambulance in Shropshire.

Shrewsbury Town’s teeenage striking sensation Tom Bradshaw will return to full training next week after recovering from an ankle injury.

More than £60,000 was spent on false rape claims in a single month in Telford after a quarter of cases were proved to be false, police said today.

Child exploitation cases involving the internet have soared by 184 per cent in the West Mercia Police division, which covers Shropshire, over the past three years, it was revealed today.

Former Mid Wales MP Lembit Opik has forced his mother to put her 70th birthday celebrations on hold so he can take part in ITV reality show I’m A Celebrity . . . Get Me Out Of Here!

Right-back Ashley Woolliscroft looks set for a second loan spell away from AFC Telford United.

Bosses at a Shropshire fishing pool have been forced to install a CCTV system to stop thieves after at least £20,000 of prized fish was stolen, angling chiefs said today.

A union is to ballot more than 2,000 of its members on potential strike action over threats to hundreds of jobs at Telford & Wrekin Council.