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A closure-threatened Shropshire school has launched a bid for academy status which could safeguard its future.

Shropshire Liberal Democrats are celebrating a by-election victory in Shrewsbury.

Russell Watson, one of the world’s best-loved tenors has revealed that he has been waiting in the wings for an invitation to sing at Llangollen’s International Music Eisteddfod.

Up to 600 people applied for the 189 jobs at Welshpool’s new 24-hour Tesco store, bosses revealed today.

Trendy designers cause a Royal Wedding shopping frenzy with their ‘alternative’ souvenirs.

Thieves have stolen more than £5,000 worth of lead from a church roof in Shropshire.

Controversial plans to build five luxury homes in the shadow of an 800-year-old Shropshire church which sparked more than 250 objections have been approved by county planners.

A Shropshire MP has incurred the wrath of parents and staff at a county school threatened with the axe over comments he made claiming at some point a school may become “too small” to offer a good education.

Volunteers supporting good causes across Shropshire need more help to make David Cameron’s Big Society blueprint into a reality, it was claimed today.

Residents fighting plans for six massive wind turbines near the Shropshire/ Staffordshire border have forked out more than £16,000 on consultants.

Shropshire’s fire authority has backed a move which will see the formation of a shared control room with Hereford and Worcester fire service.

Fresh plans have been submitted for an £8 million hotel in Shrewsbury’s town centre which is expected to create more than 40 jobs.

Ian Donaldson reviews a car you’ve probably never heard of – the Infinity EX.

Arts venues across south Shropshire will pay tribute to much-loved actor Pete Postlethwaite, who died earlier this year, with special screenings of his film Brassed Off.

Shropshire’s planned hospital shake-up was today backed for the first time by council chiefs in Telford – in return for guarantees set in “tablets of stone” that A & E services will remain at the town’s Princess Royal Hospital.

More than 1,000 people are expected to march through the streets of Shrewsbury tomorrow in a major demonstration against planned cuts which would affect the whole of Shropshire.

The average property rental price fell for the second month in a row during January as investors piled into the buy-to-let market, research indicated today.

Carl Jones looks at the latest film releases, including Justin Bieber’s Never Say Never and Simon Pegg’s alien comedy, Paul.

Neil Bently and Carlie Swain with the best bits from this week’s Severn radio breakfast show.

Illegal drugs with an estimated street value of about £50,000 were seized from a home in Shrewsbury today during an early morning raid by police.

Youngsters at the closure-threatened Stiperstones Primary School have recorded a song in a bid to help save it from the axe.

The only thing bigger than the dresses on my Big Fat Gypsy Wedding have been the rating figures. The programme has been the surprise hit of the year attracting millions of fans and the kind of programme I am normally glued to week after week.

Shrewsbury Town manager Graham Turner believes the Don Valley pitch will present the biggest headache ahead of his side’s crunch League Two clash with promotion rivals Rotherham tomorrow.

Boss Andy Sinton is on the verge of a late raid for a new defender ahead of AFC Telford United’s trip to Harrogate tomorrow.

A Shropshire man has captured an eerie image of a strange shape on the surface of the water at Lake Windermere – sparking fresh claims it could be home to England’s answer to the Loch Ness Monster.

Mick McCarthy today backed Wolves to win the ‘battle of nerves’ in the Black Country derby at The Hawthorns on Sunday.

Ten patients at Shropshire’s main hospitals died with swine flu at the height of this winter’s influenza outbreak, new figures show.

The New Saints return to their home comforts as they bid get their Welsh Premier League title pursuit back on track against tomorrow’s visitors Port Talbot.

A Shropshire MP has incurred the wrath of parents and staff at a county school threatened with the axe over comments he made claiming at some point a school may become “too small” to offer a good education.

Traders in Oswestry hit out this week at the lack of local photographs in the tourist brochure Escape to Oswestry, with the organisers claiming they struggled to find any. We sent reporter Sue Austin out to try for herself.