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Campaigners have hit their target of 5,000 signatures for a petition to try to save Shropshire’s direct rail-link to London.

Teenager Becky Brisbourne gave her father, Shropshire trainer Mark, a magical moment at Wolverhampton as she rode her first winner under rules.

Traders in Much Wenlock today called for parking charges to be scrapped after partly blaming them for a drop in visitors to the town.

Cleobury Mortimer have Twickenham in their sights for the second time in six years – after reaching the Midlands semi-finals of the Junior Vase.

Newport fell victims to the Malvern jinx – suffering a fourth consecutive defeat against their Worcestershire rivals to lose ground in the National League Three Midlands promotion race.

Bridgnorth Town Hall could reopen soon, nearly five weeks after a pipe burst.

Organisers of the Shropshire Show have been left in limbo and unable to hold any meetings after it emerged there were “discrepancies” between their charitable and business records.

Times and dates of public meetings over the future of all 13 secondary schools in Powys have been released by council bosses seeking public opinion.

Two major routes in Ludlow will be closed at the same time this month while repair work is carried out to town centre buildings and a bridge.

More than a dozen part-time and full-time jobs are up for grabs in Shropshire as the 2011 Census gears up for action.

Welsh students at Walford and North Shropshire College will not lose their education maintenance allowance by opting to study across the English border.

Almost half of drivers have overtaken at “lethal” speeds on single carriageway country roads at least once in the past year, according to a survey.

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Shropshire has turned its back on staging major street parties to celebrate the Royal Wedding in April.

Shrewsbury Town will tonight attempt to end their mid-season wobble after the busiest day of transfers in the club’s history.

Star winger Greg Mills is back at AFC Telford United after a last minute deadline day deal – in time to feature in tonight’s trip to Workington.

Jamie O’Hara is ready to accept Mick McCarthy’s challenge to add much-needed goalpower to Wolves’ Premier League survival quest.

Bids worth more than £36 million have been submitted to the Government in the hope of creating thousands of jobs for the Shropshire area.

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The battle to stop children and maternity services being moved from Shrewsbury to Telford reached Parliament today as Shrewsbury’s MP called for the heat to be taken out of the debate.

Plans for a new £27 million hospital and doctors’ surgeries in Ludlow have been submitted to Shropshire Council, county health bosses confirmed today.

INDEPENDENT TRADERS could lose out on benefits from Oswestry’s new supermarket development because the town’s chamber of commerce is in crisis, it has been claimed.

Parish councillors have objected to plans to extend the life of a north Shropshire landfill site.

Shropshire’s young offenders institute could lose its unit for juveniles, and the 202 youngsters moved to two other sites, putting up to 60 jobs at risk.

Hundreds of motorcyclists are expected to take part in a 22-mile Ride of Respect in Shropshire this April to support British forces fighting in Afghanistan.

A Shropshire care home has been ordered to make urgent improvements after a series of inspections highlighted failures to meet basic standards.

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A homecoming parade could be held in Shropshire for soldiers currently serving in Afghanistan.

A golden eagle not seen in Wales for 200 years has been spotted by birdwatchers on the country’s coastline.

All the attention may have been on Liverpool and Chelsea as the transfer window closed. But it was a busy day for Shrewsbury Town boss Graham Turner as players came and went at the Greenhous Meadow.