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A talented Shropshire footballer “came close to killing” a friend in a booze-fuelled fight outside a busy town centre pub, a crown court heard.

One of Shropshire’s oldest auction houses is set to leave Shrewsbury town centre after more than 40 years and move its entire operation to the outskirts of the town.

A review is to be carried out in Telford & Wrekin over the delays to recycling collections over the Christmas period.

A man has appeared in court charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent following the death of a 63-year-old who was found at his home in Mid Wales.

Campaigners who claimed victory in their battle against Shrewsbury’s proposed £100 million North West Relief Road have claimed a rival scheme would still be damaging to the environment.

A Shropshire councillor has called for town councillors to be paid for the work they do just as unitary councillors are.

Students at a Shropshire college have announced plans to hold a road race to raise cash in memory of a Shropshire teenager who died from a rare heart condition.

Oswestry Town Council meets to set its budget on Monday amid warnings it must not raid its reserves.

Attempts to set up a Pubwatch scheme in a south Shropshire town have fallen flat – because only staff from two premises turned up for the launch meeting.

Shrewsbury’s Sixties Night Out series of theatre concerts continue next month featuring two well remembered groups – The Animals and Spencer Davis.

Bowls players hoping to build a new £250,000 club house in a Shropshire town are turning to a county-wide fund in the hope of providing a facility which could benefit other groups.

An unemployed Shropshire man who hit a member of a band playing at a charity concert with a glass has been put behind bars for a year.

Peter Rhodes looks back on the week’s news

Martin O’Neill was today poised for a dramatic return to football as manager of West Ham.

Test your knowledge of the past seven days’ events…

A Shropshire parish council could be dissolved if councillors cannot settle their personal differences and be civil to each other, it has been claimed

Officials in a Shropshire town believe the gift of super-fast Broadband from BT could help bring more businesses to the town and boost employment.

Plans to close public toilets in Church Stretton came under fire at a public meeting after one resident claimed people had been urinating against a shop wall.

Watch Chris Hudson’s video review of AFC Telford United’s midweek clash with Stafford Rangers in the Blue Sqaure Bet North.

Shrewsbury Town manager Graham Turner is looking for a winning response from his players at Barnet tomorrow after two successive home defeats. Watch our video interview.

Last week Helen Dargan was at home in the suburbs of Australia’s third biggest city and watching news reports of the flooding that was sweeping through Queensland. Today she and her husband are waiting for those waters to recede from their house so they can inspect the damage.

Defender David Raven could be ruled out of Shrewsbury Town’s League Two promotion push for up to three months due to a persistent hip injury.

Shropshire Councillors have agreed to cut their basic allowance and travel expenses to “share the pain” with staff who face a pay freeze and changes to their employment terms and conditions.

Blog: Well, here we are, one third of the way through the winter break of the tourist season on the island of Kefalonia.

More than 500 private hire drivers across Telford & Wrekin are planning to take advantage of a legal loophole to avoid a rise in licence fees.

Two high street names will be closing their stores in Shrewsbury this spring, bosses said today.

AFC Telford United go gunning for a place in the last 16 of the FA Trophy tomorrow, with boss Andy Sinton declaring: “It’s a top priority.”

Shropshire MP Mark Pritchard today accused Commons Speaker John Bercow of being rude to him, and therefore his Shropshire constituents, in an astonishing bust-up in a Westminster corridor.

Wolves will be without Jody Craddock and Dave Edwards for tomorrow’s trip to Manchester City but Karl Henry could return.

Detectives were today trying to piece together the last movements of a 63-year-old Mid Wales man who was found dead at his home.