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Telford Tigers have announced the release of Latvian Andrejs Maslovskis with immediate effect, writes CAROLINE GARBETT.

Boss Andy Sinton will tonight tell AFC Telford United to ignore the dire forecasts and assume the Boxing Day clash at Stafford Rangers is on.

More pictures of the weather from Shropshirestar.com readers.

A MURDER INVESTIGATION was under way today after a disabled man was found dead at a Shropshire bungalow in the early hours.

Captain Ian Sharps believes Shrewsbury Town have the strength in depth in their squad to cope with the demanding rigours of the crucial Christmas period in League Two – weather permitting.

Hopes of National Hunt racing returning to Shropshire at the start of 2011 are already in doubt because of the on-going cold snap.

Luckless winger Michael Kightly is on course to hand Wolves a new year boost after his latest operation was hailed as a success.

A multi-million pound scheme to replace 46 fire control centres across England, including the one for the Shropshire service HQ in Shrewsbury, with nine sites is to be scrapped.

The 19-year-old woman who died in a car accident in south Shropshire was today named as Natasha Elizabeth Jones.

A “substantial” amount of cash has been stolen after a cash-in-transit robbery outside a building society in Mid Wales.

Two men today appeared in court accused of the murders of two Shropshire women in separate incidents.

Illegal drugs worth £80,000 were seized after a vehicle was stopped on Shropshire’s A5.

The Queen’s granddaughter Zara Phillips has got engaged to long-term boyfriend Mike Tindall, Buckingham Palace said today.

Take a look at the incident that led to Telford Tigers player-coach Tom Watkins being handed a five-game ban.

A former Shropshire press photographer has died at the age of 87.

Commuters in Shropshire faced rush-hour chaos last night when heavy snowfall brought main routes to a standstill.

Plans to close public toilets and put up the price of school meals by 10p are part of another round of Shropshire Council budget cuts due to be discussed at Shirehall tomorrow. The savings will total more than £9.6 million.

So close yet so far – that was the verdict for Shropshire boxer Kieron Gray.

Councillors have insisted that Ludlow town centre will stay open for business during major repair works in the new year.

Grit supplies in Shropshire are to be diluted with salt in a bid by highways chiefs to ensure there is enough to last the Big Freeze, it was revealed today.

A main route into Shrewsbury town centre will be closed for four nights in the New Year for repairs to a railway bridge which was damaged by a vehicle.

Private hire drivers across Telford today said they will not take any action over the Christmas period despite being at loggerheads with council bosses over a proposed hike in licence fees.

A racy calendar which was put together by a Shropshire ladies rugby team has been recognised as one of the best of its kind by a national magazine.

Plans to bring street pastors to Shrewsbury to help to protect people are being drawn up a week after a coroner expressed concerns about the number of revellers dying after falling into the River Severn on a night out.

Blog: This year, what with my apparent inability to stay out of hospital for any length of time, I decided to go all 21st century and buy my Christmas presents online.

Letter: As we all know one tiny flake of the white stuff and the UK grinds to a sudden halt. I am some what bemused by Telford & Wrekin Council’s rubbish/recycling collection service over the past fortnight.

Letter: I’d like to take the opportunity to thank the Royal Mail staff for their work throughout the year and in particular for delivering a card, recently posted from Willenhall, West Midlands, to my mother-in-law with just her name and “Berriew, Powys”, no street, no town and no postcode. It arrived two days later.

A Shropshire mother fears her 20-year-old son – who is bedridden with the chronic illness ME and has to be spoon fed – could die after health chiefs refused to send him for treatment at a specialist unit.

A Shropshire couple had no choice but to get married in their wellies after battling through the snow in a bid to make the ceremony on time.

Star Shropshire chaser Noland will prepare for his crack at the King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day with a run tomorrow – at the same track.