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Blog: I know the world has to be structured, but who said there has to be quite so many rules? I’m into my fourth week in hospital and counting . . . and I think its plunging me prematurely into Grumpy Old Woman syndrome.

Is your bus driver Mr Happy – or Mr Grumpy? Train and bus drivers have been named as the unfriendliest workers in the country in a poll.

Letter: The European Court of Justice has just decreed that insurance companies must no longer discriminate between men and women when selling annuities and motor insurance.

Letter: Please do not name the new walkway in Wellington after Philip Larkin. A few literary snobs would like you to do so. That would annoy too many Wellingtonians, especially those who have met Larkin. He grossly insulted our town and its people.

Letter: The picture of a Lancaster bomber tracked by a UFO in the Shropshire Star reminded me of a similar occurrence.

A massive £10 million scheme to repair roads throughout Telford and replace the borough’s street signs look set to be approved by council chiefs.

Three second half goals made it a happy Monday for AFC Telford United – and kept them in the title mix.

A school which has been at the heart of life in a Shropshire village for 400 years should be saved – and celebrated as a mark of the county’s heritage, it has been claimed.

Thieves stole charity bags from a Shrewsbury street destined for a charity which cares for terminally-ill children, police have revealed today.

Players at a Shropshire bingo hall walked away with £1.3 million in prize money in 2010, it was revealed today.

Estate agents tasked with selling the historic Bridgnorth Cliff Railway say there has been plenty of interest from potential buyers.

A Shropshire woman whose mother died of cancer after exposure to asbestos has welcomed a landmark court ruling which could pave the way for other sufferers to get compensation.

The happy travellers of Market Drayton Town set out to upset the Evo Stik League division one south odds tonight.

Shropshire-based soldiers deployed in Afghanistan have mounted the largest air assault operation in the history of their regiment since 1945, it was revealed today.

More than 2,000 people have signed a petition to get out-of-hours medical care in Newtown.

Oswestry’s secondary school could become one of the first in the county to get academy status.

Leading owner John Hales today instigated a spectacular Shropshire start to the Cheltenham Festival by landing another famous triumph.

A Shropshire teenager has walked away with first prize in an unusual national contest.

Professor Paddy Regan, a nuclear physicist, says the Japanese authorities are doing a good job over the Fukushima radiation leaks.

Bosses at a world-famous Shropshire teddy bear factory have welcomed their very own version of Prince William and his future wife Kate Middleton into the county.

Shropshire health watchdogs today confirmed their support for plans to reshape services at the county’s two main hospitals after holding a crucial meeting to consider the proposals.

A rescue package is being put together in a bid to save a Shropshire primary school from closure, governors have revealed.

Newtown and District Automobile Club Ltd organised the Mid Wales stages last weekend, with rally HQ at the Hafren Theatre in Newtown. The event was sponsored once again by Rally Marketing.

AFC Telford United fans got home later than expected from their trip to Hyde – after a brick was thrown through the window of their bus while they were watching the game.

Two drain covers a day have been taken from the streets of a south Shropshire town and surrounding villages over the past week, it has emerged.

Plans to build two homes on a piece of land described as an “eyesore” in a south Shropshire village have been turned down by councillors. They were submitted by Phillip Needham.

Shrewsbury shot-stopper Ben Smith has backed Town to give a defiant response to their “kick up the backside.”

Wolves chief executive Jez Moxey today revealed his belief that the club will again challenge among the “top five” in the country.

Andy Sinton believes AFC Telford United’s 10th away win of the season has sent out a clear statement of intent to their Blue Square Bet North promotion rivals.

A number of sites across Shropshire could still be used for affordable housing developments in the future despite the Government withdrawing £137 million of funding for the project.