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Real ale drinking is increasingly fashionable, yet the local is struggling to survive. So what’s going wrong? Business Editor Thom Kennedy reports.

Thieves have raided two small farms in Shropshire and made off with 11 chickens, an electric fence and even rugs from the back of horses.

When Parsley the cat popped out to explore the Shropshire countryside in 2004 her owners thought she would be back in a matter of hours.

Shropshire Council could save more than £45,000 a year by switching off computer monitors and putting hard drives into “hibernate” mode at night, according to a new report.

A charity shop near Market Drayton which raises up to £20,000 a year has been forced to close its doors with immediate effect because of health and safety rules.

A new housing development in Telford is proving popular with house hunters, it was claimed today.

The main building at a new £3 million Shropshire primary school is starting to take shape as this picture shows.

Education has become a “tick-box exercise” and is too exam-focused, headteachers were being told in Shropshire today.

Telford’s two MPs today publicly backed plans to shake-up the county’s two main hospitals – as a petition against the proposals tipped the 20,000-signature mark.

Shrewsbury Town boss Graham Turner has hailed his side’s defensive dependency after they recorded a fourth clean sheet in five games with a battling 0-0 draw with Gillingham.

Parents and teachers today vowed “The battle starts here” as consultation got under way on plans to axe nine Shropshire schools.

Chairman Lee Carter has urged Conference officials to look again at how they schedule fixtures – after seeing AFC Telford United lose another game to the weather.

There were Oscars celebrations in Shropshire today as Peter Bebb, whose parents hail from the Westbury area, picked up a visual effects Oscar for the sci-fi thriller Inception.

Shropshire’s best-known ghost is predicting the end of civilization in 2012 – on her Facebook page.

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy today revealed he wants to keep Jamie O’Hara at Molineux “for a long time”.

Shropshire is expected to get £1.5 million to fix the county’s potholes in the wake of the harsh winter weather, county officials said today.

A Telford resident who has been told to leave his home within two months has labelled landlords UK Coal as “heartless”.

Thieves ransacked a Telford sports club in the early hours of today in the latest in a spate of attacks on clubs across the area.

A burst water main caused part of a busy road in south Shropshire to collapse and left homes and businesses without water for 24 hours.

Bridgnorth’s Cliff Railway has been put up for sale. Allan and Jean Reynolds are selling all the shares in the Bridgnorth Castle Hill Railway Company, which includes the historic Cliff Railway.

Two vehicle fires which started moments apart in a north Shropshire street are being treated as arson by police.

The Age Concern office serving north Shropshire has been saved from closure after fundraisers and a town council stepped in.

Punching plumber Mark Lloyd is preparing for his very own Italian Job – and a crack at a version of a European title.

Strike action by train drivers serving Shropshire and Mid Wales over pay was continuing today.

Work on Welshpool’s new multi-million pound Tesco supermarket was completed today. The store is due to open to the public on March 14.

Shropshire darter Paul Rowley gave three times world champion John Part a scare before finally succumbing to a defeat.

Two young men were threatened by a man with a knife during a street robbery in Shrewsbury.

Telford Tigers defenceman Daniel Croft took on Manchester Phoenix’s Andrew Sharpe during a bad-tempered first period on Saturday evening.

I attended the hospital reconfiguration consultation at Shrewsbury Town’s football stadium recently.

About 1,000 jobs are set to be created in Shrewsbury over the next five years under plans to expand one of the town’s biggest enterprise parks.