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A review into the future of six Welsh language primary schools in Powys has started, council bosses said today.

Up to 40 jobs could be axed at a Mid Wales renewable energy factory by next March, it was revealed today.

Pacy forward Temitope Obadeyi will remain part of Shrewsbury Town’s promotion push over the Christmas period.

Trading was stalled as nearly 30,000 homes and businesses in Shrewsbury were hit by a temporary interruption to their mains power supply today.

Shropshire golfing greats Sandy Lyle and Ian Woosnam today made encouraging starts to the Handa Cup in Japan.

Telly Talk: Christopher Farrell’s card was marked the minute the slimy one starred in that advert for the ridiculous Octikleen.

Midfielder Carlos Logan may become the latest player to sign forms at AFC Telford United – but assistant manager Darren Read insists the squad is in good shape.

Telly Talk: Could things be looking up for Lembit even with his neck loosely in the noose for tonight’s first public eviction on I’m A Celebrity…Get me Out of Here?

About 80 rail passengers escaped without injury after a train derailed in a Mid Wales town. The incident happened just outside Welshpool Train Station at 8.15pm yesterday.

So, the Government wants to measure our happiness, writes Jon Simcock.

Property blogger Lea Beven on the changes to the housing benefit rules, what happens when former tenants don’t pay their bills and a certain award for Limecastle.

The first coal has been mined from the foot of the Wrekin, it was confirmed today.

Top scorer Ian Bell has admitted England under-performed on the opening day of the Ashes as Australia seized the early initiative.

So Ireland has asked you for a loan of about £7 billion – roughly the same amount due to be axed from the public purse. Does this make you angry?

Blog: So 24 hours after the date was announced, weeks before the invites go out and five months before the wedding takes place, I started what should have been a ten-minute job to book a hotel room in the Westminster area for the night of April 28 next year. Just in case, you understand, writes [...]

A fresh debate is to be held next month over plans to build a £5 million biomass plant in Shropshire.

Gritters were out across Shropshire and Mid Wales today as temperatures plummeted below freezing – with forecasters predicting the region could see some light flurries of snow.

A Shropshire housing association is putting its tenants in the driving seat and giving people more choice in where they live in the county with a system called Shropshire HomePoint.

Tim Sutcliffe of Shrewsbury-based Pi financial looks at how to earn money from your property.

There was violence again as students took to the streets across the country to protest against rising tuition fees.

Letter: So, I finish my maternity leave after having my second child and have to sadly terminate my employment as I was unable to return to work doing the hours I previously worked.

Letter: I have sat back for a few weeks now to see how the flow of traffic through the new set up at Harlescott crossroads has been going.

Calls have been made for a cashpoint machine to be installed in Ironbridge in a bid to boost trade – but high street banks have so far snubbed the World Heritage Site.

Immigrants who overstay and abuse their visas should be barred from entering Britain for at least 20 years, a Shropshire MP has said.

Top names from Shropshire cricket give their view of The Ashes.

Leading Shropshire umpire Steve Gale is one of the few Englishman who has been able to assess Australia at close quarters this year.

A heroic Shropshire soldier who was injured in a bomb blast in Afghanistan will receive a Military Cross medal for bravery from the Queen next month, it was revealed today.

No sooner had Mark Wright stormed to the top of the Shrewsbury Town goal-scoring charts than he was taking up the same position on the Christmas wish-list of most supporters.

A Shropshire man who shot a drug dealer has been warned he faces a “substantial” jail sentence after being found guilty by a jury of attempted murder.

AFC Telford United are laying out the frost covers in an effort to beat the weather ahead of their crunch clash with Guiseley on Saturday.