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On-loan defender Mat Sadler has hailed the return of ‘the real Shrewsbury Town’ – and insisted the players still have their sights on winning the League Two title.

Forward James Lawrie is banking on his two-goal salvo earning him a regular place in AFC Telford United’s starting line-up.

Blog: Saturday’s post-match ramblings into still-active microphones might have been laddish and inaccurate – suggesting that a female assistant referee didn’t know the offside rule – but let’s stop this slide towards further action and demands for sackings.

More than 200 people in Shropshire are diagnosed with bowel cancer every year with almost half of those dying from the disease, it was revealed today.

The weather jinx struck again as The New Saints’ showpiece Loosemores Cup final with Llanelli at Aberystwyth was left out in the cold.

A specialist Apple computers store is set to open in Shrewsbury’s Darwin Shopping Centre this Easter, centre bosses said today.

There are further calls to reopen the probe into phone hacking by journalists amid claims that Gordon Brown may have been targeted.

A superb goal by Raul Meireles put Liverpool on their way to deepen the relegation worries of lacklustre Wolves.

Letter: Recently your correspondents (letters, various dates) have discussed bonuses paid to bankers and others.

Letter: Rock music seems to be in terminal decline.

Letter: I am delighted to have received one or two critical letters regarding my opinion that drivers do not use dipped headlights in adverse weather conditions or during dawn and dusk. It proves the letters page is read.

Assistant editor Carl Jones and internet editor Andrew Owen look back on a busy week of council arguments, hospital disagreements, potholes and Hattie Jacques.

A range of safety improvements have been made along the River Severn in Shrewsbury following dangers highlighted by a coroner after several river deaths.

Shrewsbury Town extended their unbeaten run to three matches after pushing League Two leaders all the way at the Greenhous Meadow.

Shrewsbury Town Boss Graham Turner is persevering with efforts to bring in two more new recruits before the January transfer window closes.

Nearly £7 million of taxpayers’ money has been spent on designing and planning a Shropshire road which is unlikely to ever be built, highways chiefs admitted today.

International football is heading to AFC Telford United – with a top class schools match between the under-18s of England and Northern Ireland.

A Shropshire man who was found with a number of items stolen from the home of Otis Ferry has been warned to stay away from the hunt campaigner.

Boss Andy Sinton today talked up the prospect of bringing loan sensation Greg Mills back to AFC Telford United.

An off-duty paramedic walking his dog came to the rescue when a man in his 60s fell while walking on The Wrekin.

Pioneers Childs Ercall have unveiled Jan Haycox as the first female captain in the all-male world of the Furrows Shropshire Premier Bowls League.

A closure-threatened primary school on the Powys/Shropshire border appointed a new headteacher days before it went on the council’s hit list, it has emerged.

Two thousand acres of land in Shropshire has been safeguarded forever – protecting the landscape for generations to come, National Trust bosses said today.

Blog: Very few Lords-a-leaping around the Palace of Westminster this week as sleep deprivation kicked in following the marathon sitting on the Bill to usher in a referendum on the voting system and cut the number of MPs in the Commons, writes John Hipwood.

Five unemployed Mexican airline stewardesses will appear on the front cover of Playboy.

A crocodile at a Ukrainian zoo is undergoing tests after eating a visitor’s mobile phone, the chief veterinarian at the zoo has said.

A new town library and civic offices complex is the key to kick-starting a £250 million redevelopment of Telford town centre, it was claimed today.

A fledgling festival of activities in Cleobury Mortimer could be scaled down unless more support can be found among residents and businesses.

BBC radio presenter Shelagh Fogarty had an audience “hanging on every last word” last night at a fundraising talk hosted by Shrewsbury School.