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A new car park costing just £2 a year is due to open in Ellesmere tomorrow in a bid to ease congestion and free up space for shoppers.

Work on Newtown’s long-awaited bypass will be completed by 2014, it emerged today. The Welsh Assembly said barring any unforeseen delays work on the bypass would begin in 2013.

A MASKED ROBBER burst into a Shropshire newsagent’s in broad daylight and forced terrified staff to hand over cash at knifepoint.

Family and friends of a Shropshire hero of the Second World War, who flew 70 “ops” in bombers, have paid tribute to him at his funeral.

Emotions were running high as more than 25 people turned out to see Market Drayton Magistrates Court sit for the last time.

Landowners across Shropshire and Mid Wales will be powerless to stop massive pylons from going up on their land, it was claimed today.

More than 50 motorists have been stopped in just one month for speeding or driving the wrong way along Welshpool’s new controversial one-way system, it has emerged.

The body of a swan found dead on a Shropshire canal has been sent to a specialist laboratory for a post mortem examination.

A raid on the home of the billionaire founder of Phones 4U near Market Drayton will be reconstructed on television tonight.

A Shropshire antique dealer who helped establish his family’s business on the international stage has died.

Watch Chris Hudson’s video review of AFC Telford United’s clash with Harrogate in the Blue Square Bet North.

Elderly residents in Much Wenlock received a £250,000 boost today.

Local authorities need more than £10 billion to get their roads back into reasonable condition, according to a report today.

Blog: Good grief – talk about information overload.

This latest video footage shows how open-cast mining work in Telford is changing the landscape – and moving closer to a protest camp.

A teenager arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting in Telford has been charged, police said today.

Shrewsbury Town boss Graham Turner has warned his side not to take their remaining seven games for granted as the race for npower League Two promotion hots up.

Shropshire’s top cup competition was today thrown into chaos – as it emerged that AFC Telford United had been withdrawn from the showpiece final with Shrewsbury Town.

AFC Telford United will back boss Andy Sinton to bring in a new striker – after learning that Adam Proudlock will miss the majority of the Blue Square Bet North run-in.

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy today declared he would relish a repeat of the feisty clash with Newcastle on Saturday.

SHROPSHIRE EDUCATION chiefs have received more than 700 responses from the public over controversial plans to close nine county schools – amid claims they are struggling to cope with the backlash.

Blog: Justice secretary Ken Clarke has announced his plans to improve access to justice by implementing reforms of the Conditional Fee Agreement (CFA) or ‘no-win, no-fee’ legal arrangements, in a move that has been cautiously welcomed by MPs sitting on either side of the Commons, writes Richard Craig.

Nearly half of the members on a Shropshire town council are against plans to hike council tax by more than 400 per cent, it has been revealed.

Prince Harry jumps into icy water in the Arctic ocean as part of a charity expedition with wounded soldiers.

Letter: Reference the 435 bus service. I understand that the county council is considering changing this service from hourly to two-hourly.

Angry civic leaders today called on Shropshire Council to suspend controversial car parking charges in all north Shropshire towns after it emerged Whitchurch had escaped the fees.

Key documents on proposals to put up hundreds of power pylons across the Shropshire and Mid Wales countryside have now been made available for public viewing at council offices, libraries and civic centres.

At the home of one of only two English football grounds with an athletics track, Shrewsbury Town showed further evidence they may be ready to time their sprint down the final straight to perfection.

Market Drayton Magistrates Court was due to sit for the last time today after being short-listed for closure as part of Government spending cuts.

Telford appear to be the draw specialists of the Blue Square Bet North – but this latest stalemate with 10-man Harrogate had the bitter taste of a defeat.