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Severn Valley Railway today reported a massive drop in passenger numbers for 2010.

UNEMPLOYMENT HAS soared by 49,000 to 2.5 million, with a record number of young people out of work, new figures showed today.

Yobs left broken glass at a Shrewsbury play area, sparking fears for the safety of children using it, a civic official claimed today.

Shrewsbury Town secured a vital first League Two victory since November 23 on an impressive night in Lancashire.

AFC Telford United’s 10-game unbeaten run came to a shuddering halt with a heavy defeat in the north-east.

A Shropshire firm has won a top national conservation award after using pioneering techniques to save tiled story panels – described as a delightful snapshot of the Edwardian age – at two children’s wards being demolished in a hospital redevelopment.

Newport looks set to splash out nearly £25,000 on its Christmas lights in a bid to slash its festive electricity bill by a third every year, it was revealed today.

Cameras could go up to deter criminals at the gates of industrial estates in Shropshire after business bosses suggested paying for them. The idea was revealed by Telford Business Partnership member Graham Wynn last night.

Town wardens with the power to hand out on-the- spot fines for littering and dog fouling could soon be walking the streets of Telford & Wrekin.

Householders in Oswestry will have to pay an extra £5.43 this year to keep the town centre’s toilets open. Oswestry Town Council is to take over the running of the toilets on Central car park.

A potential rescue bid to save Shrewsbury’s Emstrey Crematorium from falling into private hands will be discussed behind closed doors next week by members of the town council.

Four teenagers held on suspicion of being involved in arson attacks on a Shrewsbury housing estate will not face any charges, officials said today.

Shropshire Council officials could take on the maintenance of Ludlow’s street lights – if town councillors agree to run public toilets. Shirehall officials have offered the olive branch to Ludlow Town Council.

Lane-hogging and tailgating are the things that annoy motorway drivers the most, according to a poll.

SHREWSBURY’S MP today called for a full Government inquiry into plans by county health chiefs to move children’s services to Telford – after receiving hundreds of letters and e-mails from angry parents.

Calls have been made for a town councillor in a south Shropshire town to resign – after she claimed she and her colleagues should be paid for their work.

A multi-million-pound international rail freight terminal in Shropshire has been branded “a white elephant” by campaigners, who have called for more to be made of the site.

A row has broken out between town councillors in Wem and Shropshire Council over controversial plans to introduce car parking charges.

An elderly Oswestry woman was left distressed when a man claiming to be from the water board barged into her home and stole £65 from her purse, pushing her out of the way.

Boss Graham Turner insists Shrewsbury Town will improve as they prepare to launch the second half of their League Two campaign at Accrington Stanley tonight.

AFC Telford United are aiming to extend their 11-game unbeaten run at Blyth Spartans tonight, with boss Andy Sinton insisting: “We’ve earned respect.”

Wolves skipper Karl Henry and central defender Jody Craddock will return to the starting line-up after lengthy injury lay-offs for the FA Cup fourth round replay with Doncaster at Molineux tonight.

Almost two months of frustration for Shropshire’s National Hunt followers look certain to end on Thursday.

One of the landmarks of Oswestry’s historic railway station has been put back in its rightful place.

Campaigners for the elderly have ridiculed what they see as a “patronising and hollow” move by councillors in Shropshire to cut allowances and travel expenses.

A hundred years ago pantomime season came to Ellesmere in earnest when an amateur dramatics group was formed. Fast forward to the year 2011 and Ellesmere Amateur Dramatics Society is preparing to raise the curtain on a new production of that first show from 1911 – Mother Goose.

An 81-year-old Shropshire woman died of a broken heart just two weeks after her husband of nearly 60 years passed away, her niece claimed today.

Blog: Under the Government’s drive to cut binge drinking, you won’t be able to buy a can of lager for under 38p. No, we’re not joking. That will be the minimum price.

A Telford-based security firm has signed a multi-million pound deal to help trap thieves raiding railway lines.

People in Mid Wales would pay more council tax if it meant keeping more police officers on the beat, a new survey claimed today. The results came from a survey commissioned by Dyfed-Powys Police.