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People of all ages will be paying their respects to the fallen over the next few days to mark Remembrance Sunday. A host of services and parades will be held in towns and villages across the county.

Wolves manager Mick McCarthy insisted it was time for everyone to stop “bitching and whingeing” about tackles after his defender Stephen Ward suffered a gashed leg following a challenge by Arsenal’s Cesc Fabregas.

It was a familiar story as Wolves played some superb football against top-four opposition only to go down to another gallant defeat.

The final few pallets were today being placed on top of one of Shropshire’s biggest bonfires which is expected to pull in more than 10,000 people to the event this weekend.

Letter: I suspect I am not the only senior citizen in Shifnal who is glad that Halloween is over.

Shrewsbury student Liam Thomas gives his view of the violent scenes that erupted at Millbank Tower, the Conservative Party Headquarters,  at yesterday’s protest against soaring university fees.

Telford judoka Kelly Edwards has been singled out as a rising young star after being named in the squad for the under-23 European Championships, writes CHRIS HUDSON.

More than 540 people have signed a petition opposing controversial plans for a housing development in a north Shropshire town.

When walking in the Shropshire countryside the last thing you expect to stumble upon is a carving of a naked woman.

An open-air market will now be held on a Bridgnorth car park on Saturdays and Sundays after councillors gave the plans the go-ahead.

Shropshire bowling great Derek Wright has launched the winter transfer merry-go-round by ending one of the county’s longest player-club associations.

THREE BIG high street names could be coming to Shrewsbury as part of multi-million pound plans to transform the town’s main shopping centres, bosses revealed today.

The Fold at Hopton Castle is a remarkable barn conversion done around eight years ago by its engineer owner.

A gang of masked thieves who have raided a string of newsagents and convenience stores across Telford and fled with thousands of pounds worth of cigarettes has struck again.

The number of unemployed people chasing every job vacancy has increased to 18, with half of those not confident of finding work in the next two months, according to a report published today.

Shropshire’s two councils comfortably met stringent Government limits for the amount of waste being sent to landfill – despite developers putting forward controversial incinerators to deal with the county’s waste.

An Alpine ski school geared towards the needs of English-speaking children sends Hannah Stephenson’s family into snow heaven.

A big music festival due to be held in Shropshire has been scrapped after the lead singer of one of the headline acts ditched the event to appear in TV’s I’m A Celebrity . . . Get Me Out Of Here!

Midfielder Kevin McIntyre believes Shrewsbury Town have played themselves out of the run of bad form that was threatening to derail their League Two promotion challenge.

Boss Andy Sinton has hailed the growing impact of AFC Telford United’s man of the moment Adam Proudlock.

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy has urged his players to take out their frustrations on Arsenal tonight after admitting he is still ‘sore’ and ‘smarting’ from Old Trafford.

Prime Minister David Cameron has set a date in January to talk human rights with China.

Theo Walcott says Arsenal have to get results against teams like Wolves if they are to challenge for the Premier League.

A blanket 20mph speed limit should be imposed across Oswestry town centre, a councillor has said. The call follows the move to impose the speed limit near schools.

A Mid Wales environmental campaigner has criticised the Welsh Assembly for its “flawed” plans to build dozens of windfarms in the area.

COUNCILLORS IN a south Shropshire town have refused to sign a charter to work alongside Shropshire Council in protest at a decision to allow a £5 million biomass plant to be built in the town.

Two of Shropshire’s sons were the toast of London when they were honoured for their achievements by royalty.

A woman was being quizzed by police today after a fire at her home in Telford.

The last few years have been a worrying time for most of us, what with businesses failing, banks crashing and a second, ‘double-dip’ recession promised.

The cost of hiring temporary doctors to work at Shropshire’s two main hospitals has rocketed to more than £6 million a year since the introduction of EU working time regulations, new figures show today.