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Wolves today revealed they pulled out of the chase for £2.5m Middlesbrough defender David Wheater – but admitted Portsmouth midfielder Michael Brown is on their radar.

Key midfielder Craig Disley today stepped up his Shrewsbury Town return – as captain Ian Sharps sought the all clear for this weekend’s trip to Barnet.

THREE MOBILE library vans in Shropshire could be axed, a report revealed today.

Upmarket retailer Waitrose will open its first Shrewsbury store at two empty town centre sites in a move which will create 40 jobs, bosses said today.

Newtown’s continuing traffic chaos is to be looked at by a Welsh Assembly roads expert, it was revealed by a businessman and campaigner today.

A TEENAGER HAS died after her car crashed into a tree on her way home from college.

A project to create a new health centre in Church Stretton has suffered a setback after a funding bid for £445,000 was unsuccessful.

Crisis meetings are to be held in Powys to get people behind a campaign to keep crucial healthcare services at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

Traffic dangers on a busy trunk road near Oswestry will be highlighted at a meeting this month.

Businesspeople in Whitchurch have called on supermarket giant Tesco to rethink controversial plans for a new out-of-town store amid fears it would render the centre a “ghost town”.

A man with “very serious” head injuries was among seven people taken to hospital following a two-car crash. The accident happened on the A41, on the slip road to Weston-under-Lizard, at Weston Heath at 8.15pm yesterday.

Thousands of homes could be destroyed by the floods in Australia as the water continues to rise.

Telford taxpayers will get the chance to have a say on plans to slash services as part of a £25 million cost-cutting drive.

Hundreds of pupils returned for the start of term at a Powys secondary school today – more than a week late after water pipes, tanks and radiators burst after the recent big freeze.

Tens of thousands of teenagers are still being failed by poor secondary schools, which are failing to meet Government targets, league tables suggested today.

Renowned BBC broadcaster Shelagh Fogarty will visit Shrewsbury School next week to give two separate talks on her fascinating career in journalism.

All the action from Telford Tigers’ clash with Peterborough Phantoms in the English Premier League on December 29. Footage courtesy of Phantoms Digital Media.

Telford & Wrekin Council leader Andrew Eade has told feature writer Tracey O’Sullivan about the authority’s ambitious plans for the Southwater area.

More than 5,000 homes are lying empty across Shropshire, despite thousands of people in the county still being on the waiting list for somewhere to live, latest figures have revealed.

Authorities have urged thousands of residents to leave the outskirts of Brisbane, Australia’s third-largest city.

One of the creators of a Hollywood-style sign in Telford died from a sudden heart attack, despite being seemingly fit and well, an inquest heard.

“Does my bump look big in this?” There was a time when a mother-to-be would be hoping the answer to that question would be a resounding yes.

Letter: Something beautiful, strange and very rare occurred on Christmas Day in Ironbridge. The River Severn froze over completely.

AFC Telford United extended their unbeaten run to nine games with a comfortable win away to managerless Stafford Rangers.

A group of young men attacked a van on a Shropshire road while the driver sat inside, police said today.

A Shropshire parish council has called an extraordinary meeting following the resignation of a clerk after just nine days in the job.

A Shropshire councillor has officially resigned from his post after moving back to Australia with his family, it was revealed today.

Newport pushed their promotion credentials with a hard-fought 19-6 victory over Old Northamptonians in National League Three Midlands at Forton Road.

Jubilant Ludlow emerged from one of their toughest afternoons of the season so far with their position at the top of Midlands Two as strong as ever.

A Shropshire man who sent indecent photographs and an explicit video to a 17-year-old girl over the internet has been jailed for 18 months.