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A former toll house – built in 1793 in what is now the county’s only World Heritage Site – has gone on the market in Coalport.

Boss Andy Sinton has circulated details of some of AFC Telford United’s fringe players in order to get them out playing games, writes CHRIS HUDSON.

Thrilled boss Graham Turner today saluted scintillating Shrewsbury’s five-star show after they spectacularly burst back into League Two’s automatic promotion places.

The 50th anniversary year of Jaguar’s iconic E-type got under way in London when legendary Shropshire test driver Norman Dewis and former world champion motor racer John Surtees unveiled a stunning 1961 E-type which has recently been restored.

Telford Tigers’ match with Sheffield Steeldogs boiled over in the second period last night as player-coach Tom Watkins became involved in a fight, before defenceman Daniel Croft took on Sheffield’s Andre Payette.

News of the proposed closure of Shrewsbury’s Wakeman School will not be taken lightly by staff and pupils.

Mick McCarthy today revealed he is prepared for Wolves’ survival fight to go to the final day as he again looked to heap the pressure on their struggling rivals.

A decision on the handover of the £11 million lease on the Lake Vyrnwy Estate has been delayed again, it was revealed today. The identity of the preferred buyer should have been made public this month.

The future of hospital services in Shropshire was today due to be discussed in Parliament.

A Shropshire father broke down in tears as he told a murder trial he did not mean to kill his daughter in a fight at the family home.

Racing was due to resume at Ludlow Racecourse today after frozen ground forced organisers to abandon five meetings in nine weeks.

A gang of masked men stabbed a teenager and beat him with metal bars and baseball bats after he got into his car in Telford.

Day-to-day policing in Mid Wales is set to change in a bid to save £5.8 million, it was revealed today. Dyfed-Powys Police has called in experts to assess how staff and officers work.

Serious cutbacks need to be made to Powys County Council’s staffing levels, pension scheme and administration costs before bosses axe any more front line services, it has been claimed.

The fight has begun to save nine Shropshire schools from closure with angry parents organising petitions and planning protests.

Bosses at Shropshire Council have started talks with staff and trade unions on plans for sweeping changes to job terms and conditions.

Tesco bosses today said they were still considering whether to fight for permission to build a store in Tenbury Wells.

The worst of the flooding was over for Shropshire today as the deluge which ravaged parts of the region moved on down the River Severn into Hereford and Worcester.

Up to 100 taxi drivers were due to take part in a two-hour demonstration in Shrewsbury today over plans for a shake-up of the black cab service in Shropshire.

Parking at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital has been branded “totally inadequate”, with patients forced to pay fines for leaving cars on grass verges or risk missing appointments.

Letter: You do sometimes have to wonder if we in the UK have lost our grip on reality and our ability to put things into perspective.

Super Shrewsbury produced a blistering first half display to romp to a third successive League Two victory and move back into the automatic promotion places.

The number of potholes on the roads has rocketed by 90 per cent across the country since the big freeze, a survey claimed today.

A Telford father accused of strangling his 24-year-old daughter today told a murder trial they had not spoken in the five months before her death.

Shropshire’s two main hospitals have now gone more than 100 days without a case of the MRSA superbug. Shropshire’s two main hospitals have now gone more than 100 days without a case of the MRSA superbug. Over the year-to-date since last April, the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust has had only two cases. These occurred [...]

Newport re-ignited their promotion challenge with a tremendous come-from-behind victory away at high-flying South Leicester.

­Whitchurch have turned to a familiar face – by appointing Nigel Ashley as their new coach for the second time.

New recruit Robin Le Cocq had an immediate impact as Shrewsbury took another giant step towards safety in Midlands Two West (North).

Governors and the headteacher at a Shropshire secondary school today vowed to “campaign vehemently” against moves to close it as part of a major education shake-up.

A dossier of evidence is being put together in a bid to keep a Shropshire beauty spot open to the public for future generations.