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Letter: Today I heard on the radio an interview with Mr Morgan, nanaging director of Morgan Cars, the only independent car manufacturer in the country.

Telly Talk: Week two of Channel Four’s new satirical show, a sort of cross between Newsnight and the Daily Show, but with slightly more swearing than Paxo and co usually offer, and still the jury’s out.

Can you sink the Titanic? That is the question being asked by bosses at a Shropshire diner who believe that they have come up with one of the biggest burgers in Britain.

A petition has been launched to try to secure the future of the Wrexham & Shropshire Railway.

Darth Vader today declared war on rail inspectors – but fortunately for them he stopped short of using the Force chokehold with which he usually dispatches his enemies.

Union chiefs today said part of a Shropshire factory was on the verge of being sold in a deal which would save about 100 jobs.

A landlord at a Shropshire pub is facing being stripped of his alcohol licence after assaulting his partner during a booze-fuelled row, a court has heard.

Oswestry’s former county court at the top of the Guildhall could prove the ideal home for a museum for the area, town councillors have said.

When musical maestro Andrew Lloyd Webber heard a Shropshire youth theatre group planned to stage one of his least-performed shows, he decided to put pen to paper to wish them well.

Could Shropshire teenager Fern Cates be Britain’s next great star of the Winter Olympics?

A Powys hotel has been ordered to pay more than £7,500 after mouldy food unfit for human consumption was found in a fridge on the premises.

Three teenagers have admitted stealing up to £4,300 in jewellery, cash and electronic equipment during daylight raids carried out on Shropshire homes on Monday.

A new central reservation in Shrewsbury should be ripped out because it is dangerous, causing traffic chaos and a “complete waste of money”, it was claimed today.

Councillors in Welshpool have laughed off a request to bid for city status.

Telford MP David Wright today raised the loss of Shropshire’s direct rail link to London in Parliament as county politicians united to try to save it.

Controversial plans for an 88ft wind turbine to help power a farm near Market Drayton have won the go-ahead despite parish councillors’ objections.

Veteran pop stars Status Quo will be rockin’ all over the Quarry when they headline a concert in Shrewsbury’s public park on July 15.

TWO PRIMARY schools in Powys have been placed on a closure hit-list by council bosses, despite both having more than 30 pupils, it has been revealed.

Fast and furious aren’t words often associated with snooker – but they will be this weekend.

Boss Andy Sinton insists AFC Telford United will not sell their stars on the cheap – as rumours grow of interest in captain Shane Killock.

A 150 year old bridge in Mid Wales closed to traffic and pedestrians after cracks were spotted in the structure may not reopen for more than 10 months.

Controversial plans to build five luxury homes next to Ludlow’s St Laurence’s Church were thrown out today.

Midfielder Craig Disley believes Shrewsbury Town must re-discover their consistency to grasp the nettle in the League Two automatic promotion race.

Detectives are to re-visit the roadside lay-by in Shropshire where the body of murdered Wolverhampton prostitute Janine Downes was dumped 20 years ago.

This belly-busting burger could be the biggest in Britain – and it is on the menu at a Shropshire diner. Bosses at Oscar’s in Telford claim there is no bigger burger in the country than the Titanic and have set up a new challenge for anyone brave enough to try and sink it.

Evergreen Wolves defender Jody Craddock today declared he is ready to take on Stoke but is expecting to have to play a waiting game to win his place back long term.

Plans to replace old cast-iron gas mains in Shrewsbury could be hurried along as a result of last year’s major explosion in the town, it was revealed today.

Watch Chris Hudson’s video review of AFC Telford United’s clash with Hinckley in the Blue Square Bet North.

Barbers Estate Agents report that the property market in and around Shrewsbury has seen good consistent performance over the past nine months and only slowed during December with the harsh weather and build up to Christmas.

It’s the end of an era at a Shropshire cinema, which is moving into the digital age after replacing its 1940s projector.