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A Shropshire recruitment firm has welcomed a new face to its expanding team.

A Victorian car which cost £150 new more than 100 years ago could fetch up to £60,000 at auction after it was found in Shropshire.

Wednesday is the worst day for traffic jams, according to a congestion index out today.

Delighted Shrewsbury Town boss Graham Turner has urged his side to use last night’s thrilling victory at Crewe as the benchmark for future away performances.

Frustrated boss Andy Sinton will tonight take Andy Brown to see a top specialist in a bid to get AFC Telford’s star striker back in action.

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy today hailed Nenad Milijas’ transformation and told Jelle van Damme to follow his lead.

These glorious autumnal images depict Shropshire in a leafy cloak of gold, red and orange as vibrant colours dominate the season.

A right-wing group has threatened £500,000 action against councils in Shropshire if they hold any festive events that do not contain the word Christmas in the title.

Air quality in a Mid Wales town has deteriorated since a controversial new traffic system was introduced, which it is claimed has significantly worsened congestion on the roads.

The search for Shropshire’s Face of the Future winners for 2011 officially launches today, with the hunt now on for the county’s most promising female and male style stars.

Are you suffering from stress in the workplace? Here’s our top five tips stress-busting tips to help you keep it in check.

Shoppers in Mid Wales will have to pay 5p for every plastic carrier bag used in shops from next year. The charge will become law from October 1 across Wales.

The French transport strike has forced legendary actor Gerard Depardieu to pull the plug on a planned visit to Shropshire tomorrow.

Plans for five homes in a Shropshire town which have now sparked more than 200 objections will be discussed by planners just before Christmas, it emerged today.

Telly Talk: Household budgets have been cut back, shopping trends have most definitely seen an impact and “staycation” has become a word we are all familiar with thanks to the recession but at least we ccan always depend on a dose of small screen escapism.

The inquest into how a “fit and healthy” Shropshire school girl died after being misdiagnosed as having swine flu will also look at if any lessons could be learned to save other lives, a coroner said today.

A luxury Victorian mansion in a Midlands village has gone on the market for a cool £3.5 million.

A Shropshire rail company has decided to axe one of its Shrewsbury to London Marylebone daily services because it claims not enough passengers are using it to make it run profitably.

Increased green fees which were “forced” on to managers of Shrewsbury’s municipal golf course led to a huge drop in customers, it has been claimed.

The richest man in the Midlands has been battered by masked raiders who burst into his Staffordshire mansion before stealing cash and jewels.

One of the M54′s slip roads was closed in Telford today after a car skidded on a fuel spillage.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of stealing metal from a Shropshire town hall.

A campaign group today called on the Government to guarantee that people in rural parts of Shropshire will not be cut off from accessing courts if any are closed across the county.

Fears that Shropshire arts groups could see 100 per cent cuts in funding from the local authority have arisen after a council in another part of the country axed its arts budgets.

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust is investigating how two patients caught the MRSA superbug – the first cases for more than eight months.

Letter: Instead of cutting child benefit why not increase income tax for those without children, since they can afford to pay more.

A Shrewsbury pub which has been closed for nearly two years could soon be razed and turned into apartments.

An award-winning Shropshire cheese maker has unveiled proposals to expand in a scheme which will create more jobs. The firm has told planners it has run out of production space.

Letter: Recently, along with hundreds more, we went to see Joe Brown at Theatre Severn. It cost £2.50 to park for all day Sunday from 8am to 8pm.­ The show started at 7.30pm – it was now 7.20pm. What a rip off, £2.50 for 40 minutes. People were angry.

Letter: I realise Star letters page readers will not have heard much from me recently, but nobody who cares for the well-being of their fellow Shropshire residents can stand idly by as the coalition government’s cuts start to bite.