Chris Hudson’s video review of AFC Telford V Stalybridge Celtic

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


Blog: Is modern technology all that good?

Blog: It’s a brave new world we live in, apparently. The internet begat Facebook. Facebook begat Twitter. And suddenly everything we want is at our fingertips in an instant.


Cameron: ‘Now is the time to start a business’

Prime Minister David Cameron urges budding entrepreneurs to take the plunge and start their own businesses.


Amy Adams is new Lois Lane

The American actress will star as the intrepid journalist and love interest of Clark Kent in Superman: Man of Steel.


Letters: Why we should give prisoners the right to vote

Letter: Released prisoners who feel they have a stake in society will be better citizens. One way of engaging individuals with the responsibilities of citizenship is to give them the right to vote.


Letter: Er… just how dangerous are illuminated taxi signs?

Letter: I see Shropshire Council wants taxi firms to remove their illuminated signs “to protect public safety in accordance with national best practice guidelines”.


Severn Hospice donations plummet

Shropshire charity Severn Hospice today revealed it has fallen victim to the recession, with donations plummeting by almost a third in the last 12 months.


AFC Telford 1 Stalybridge Celtic 0 – match report

If you can keep your head when all about you, Are losing theirs…


Bradford 1 Shrewsbury Town 2 – match report

They hadn’t celebrated their second birthdays the last time Shrewsbury Town won a promotion within the Football League.


Charity race in memory of Newport schoolboy Lewis Smith

Friends and family of a Shropshire teenager who died from a rare heart condition joined runners to take part in a giant charity race at Harper Adams University College in his memory.


Four illegal immigrants found in Newport take-away

Four illegal immigrants have been caught working at a Chinese restaurant in Newport during a UK Border Agency raid.


A minute’s silence for footballer Trevor Storton

A minute’s silence was observed by players and fans of two Shropshire soccer clubs over the weekend following the death of Trevor Storton, who played for them both.


Loch Fyne, Shrewsbury

Rating ***** Neil Thomas dines in a franchise that concentrates on what it does best and does it well.


Man attacked by eight youths in Welshpool

A man was attacked by a gang of up to eight youths in Welshpool and thrown into a canal, police said today. The unprovoked attack happened on Friday night.


Ann Widdecombe sells-out Festival Drayton Centre

Ann Widdecombe delighted a sell-out crowd when she visited Market Drayton’s arts venue to lift the lid on life as an author, former politician and Strictly Come Dancing star.


Market Drayton Taste of the Town group folds

A social enterprise set up to promote food production and the rural way of life in part of north Shropshire has folded after 11 years. The not-for-profit Taste of the Town Company started in 2000.


Station Restaurant, Llansantffraid

Rating *** Kirsty Smallman and company visit a revamped restaurant in Llansantffraid.


Meole Brace school trip’s £41,000 hangs in the balance

An Easter skiing trip for more than 50 pupils of a Shropshire secondary school was today hanging in the balance over concerns with the tour operator.


Tom Bradshaw’s chuffed with Shrewsbury Town performance

Shrewsbury Town hero Tom Bradshaw today reflected on his dramatic impact at Bradford by declaring: “They’re my most important goals so far.”


Arrests over Telford shooting

DETECTIVES HUNTING a gunman who opened fire on the home of a terrified family in Telford have recovered two bullets from the scene.


Crufts winner Kaiser is a true friend to Joanne

Crufts winners Kaiser and Joanne Day has been showing our video team just how they managed to win the Friends for Life award at the world-famous show.


Car set on fire in freak accident

A couple had a lucky escape after a freak accident which saw a fuel can fall from a lorry and set their car on fire on a Shropshire road.


£150,000 donation for Shrewsbury St Chad’s Church

A £2.5 million campaign to help pay for the restoration of an historic Shrewsbury church has been given a major boost following a huge donation, it was announced today.


Protest over Abermule power station plans

Placard waving protesters turned out to fight plans for a 19-acre power station to be built in a Mid Wales village. People were left facing 50m queues at get into a consultation meeting at Abermule Community Centre.


Recruitment day to fill Oswestry entertainment centre posts

A recruitment day to fill 100 new jobs for Oswestry will take place tomorrow as a new entertainment complex prepares for its opening.


Oswestry police probe after man, 43, dies

A police investigation has been launched in Oswestry after the death of a 43-year-old man who was said to have been taken ill at a friend’s flat.


Wolves playing waiting game over Kevin Doyle

Wolves were today facing a waiting game over Kevin Doyle with concerns that he could miss the rest of the season.


The Swan, Marbury

Rating ***** Cathy Stanworth considered upping sticks and moving north after a meal to remember.


14 clubs in new Shropshire Premier Bowls League season

The Furrows Shropshire Premier Bowls League will begin with 14 clubs after Wem USC vowed to start the season, writes JAMES GARRISON.


College lessons idea to help save Wakeman School

Parts of an under-threat Shrewsbury school could be used to accommodate lessons for college students in a bid to prevent its closure, officials said today.

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