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Telly Talk: Now let’s be honest, none of us are under any illusion that our jungle campers are in there for the fun of it – or indeed the climate, lodgings, food or company.

Letter: In 2006 Kent County Council merged or closed 40 primary schools in the light of falling rolls and the apparent high costs of surplus places. It now appears that Shropshire Council will be treading the same path.

Letter: Those of us who have consistently opposed Britain’s membership of the single currency (the euro) have had to endure many insults.

Letter: This year we elected, by default, a Government of silver-spoon-fed tyrants who pretended to have “social conscience”.

It is an important day for every family – but for one Shrewsbury couple their daughter’s first birthday was extra special after she overcame a life-threatening heart condition to see it.

Protesters fighting plans to mine coal at a Shropshire beauty spot will start handing out specially-made postcards to tourists in a bid to boost their campaign.

When Shrewsbury Town make a swift return to the Greenhous Meadow tomorrow night, their mission will be clear.

Christmas has been saved in a town on the Shropshire and Powys border after business leaders and councillors chipped in to ensure Christmas lights and decorations will again be on show.

Shrewsbury’s Emstrey Crematorium should stay in public hands and not be sold off to the highest bidder, council chiefs were told today.

A Shropshire town park which has undergone a £320,000 facelift has finally reopened to the public.

Eighty recycling banks are to be removed from sites across Telford & Wrekin because of the success of the borough’s kerbside collection scheme, it was announced today.

When the chips are down, AFC Telford United usually deliver.

If ever a football match gave credence to that tired old truism about a game being of two halves then this was it.

Shropshire judoka Gemma Howell has won a second under-23 European championship bronze medal – matching her performance in 2008.

Hundreds of Welshpool residents hoping to secure one of 200 jobs at the town’s new Tesco store before Christmas will need to go online to apply.

Council chiefs will have “a fight on their hands” if they press ahead with plans to build affordable housing in a tranquil Shropshire village, campaigners have warned today.

Highlights from AFC Telford v Corby on Saturday, November 20, 2010.

More than 60 companies were scouting for future talent at the Harper Adams University College Annual Careers and Placement Fair in Shropshire.

A 45-year-old Shropshire former subpostmistress has admitted concealing the theft of more than £40,000 from a county post office.

Shrewsbury’s public golf course will not be sold unless an “exceptional” offer is made for the land, council chiefs insisted today. Rumours had been rife about a sale.

An 11th-hour injury failed to give The Klaxons the boot when they visited the West Midlands for a thrilling regional gig.

A Telford man today denied murdering his 24-year-old daughter at their family home.

MOTORISTS IN Mid Wales are to be stopped by police in a bid to stop scrap metal thefts in the region.

THE MINISTRY of Defence today won the bulk of its appeal against a court ruling which allowed Britain’s atomic test veterans, including two from Shropshire, to claim damages.

Shropshire snooker ace Adrian Gunnell insists his top form is on the brink of returning after an encouraging showing at a weekend tournament in Prague.

Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed that Ireland will receive a bilateral British loan to help with the Irish debt crisis.

People across the globe want the Pope to be more specific about his remarks condoning condoms in ‘certain situations’.

Boss Andy Sinton has set AFC Telford United’s sights on a dream run to Wembley, insisting: “We can win the FA Trophy.”

Manager Graham Turner will ponder adding a new loan recruit to his Shrewsbury Town ranks ahead of this week’s deadline.

Major work to ease water supply problems affecting homes and businesses in a north Shropshire town got under way today as Severn Trent started work at Wharf Road in Ellesmere.