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Prince William addresses students and fellow alumni at St Andrews as the university celebrates its 600th anniversary.

Shrewsbury Town boss Graham Turner has challenged his side to remain in the top three from now until the end of the season – starting with a win over promotion rivals Gillingham at the Greenhous Meadow tomorrow.

Boss Andy Sinton has warned AFC Telford United to avoid being caught cold after their best night of the season as they prepare to host Corby tomorrow.

Wolves manager Mick McCarthy insists his players have not been mentally affected by their costly habit of conceding injury-time goals this season.

A purse containing jewellery worth more than £1,000 was stolen from a pensioner’s trolley while she shopped at a Telford supermarket.

Motorists have been driving the wrong way around Welshpool’s new one-way system putting lives at risk, it was revealed today.

Hundreds of people packed into a public meeting in Mid Wales in opposition to plans to shake up health services in one of the biggest shows of strength the town has ever seen.

Up to 2,000 homes and businesses were hit by water supply problems in Ellesmere in the latest utility misery which has affected the market town.

Youngsters at a Shropshire primary school which is facing the axe today gave up part of their half-term holiday to do a publicity shoot and create posters for a campaign to save it.

Shropshire’s young badminton star Jess Pugh came close to anchoring a shock England victory in the prestigious 8 Nations Tournament.

Vital services could be lost or controlled by an outside body if the public does not back Shropshire’s planned NHS shake-up, it was warned today.

Residents in a south Shropshire town could be forced to wait for up to 10 years for a new medical practice if a land deal cannot be struck within the next four weeks, it has been claimed.

Campaigners in Newtown have won a year-long battle for work to be carried out to end traffic chaos there.

Worried town councillors have called for urgent action over the revamped Meals on Wheels in Shropshire amid concerns following a shake-up of the service.

A women’s institute which has been running for more than 70 years has folded after no one stepped forward to help run it.

At a recent local joint committee meeting we were told our fire service had to make cuts totalling 38 per cent.

Our regular Pictures From The Past look at days gone by in Shropshire.

Water bills in Shropshire are set to rise in line with inflation, but will be among the lowest in the country over the coming year.

Hundreds of antique toy cars are revving up interest from enthusiasts across Shropshire after going on sale at a county antiques centre.

Secondary schools across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin spent more than £2.2 million on supply teachers last year, new research suggests.

Space shuttle Discovery has lifted off from the Kennedy Space Centre on its last ever mission.

Amateur footage shot by a Japanese tourist shows the moment the earthquake hit Christchurch – right outside the cathedral.

“It was a battle for my life,” says Bridgnorth businessman Mark Bullock. “But I was lucky, I think, because I was relatively young and it was found out early on.”

One of Oswestry’s bottleneck junctions may not have its promised traffic lights in place for several years, it has been revealed.

Some of alternative music’s most critically-acclaimed names are heading to the West Midlands for a series of gigs.

Dethroned Shrewsbury Town No 1 Chris Neal is confident he can play a part in a promotion push, declaring: “I want to be playing games.”

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service bosses today confirmed up to 60 jobs were to go as they announced they had frozen its part of the council tax.

A dentist who allegedly broke wind in front of patients was begged to stop by colleagues as it was making his former Shropshire surgery smell so bad, a hearing was told.

Liberal Democrats were today calling on Shropshire Council to extend “pay cuts” to senior Shirehall managers and pump more money into social care.

Shropshire’s food and drink industry could soon receive a major boost if a £5.8 million funding bid is approved.