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Letter: I think that your correspondent George Evans (Shropshire Star, March 16) has missed the point regarding the borough council’s request for Wellington townspeople’s views on the naming of a new thoroughfare in the town.

Staff at a Shropshire charity shop who were rummaging through a box of donations have come across a rare 1960s statue which could fetch more than £160.

Shropshire’s Isabel Bradley had the race of her life as she finished a brilliant eighth in the English Schools Junior Girls Cross-Country Championships at Wollaton Park in Nottingham.

Officials at Shrewsbury Town Council today offered to take over the running of the town’s Quarry pool after it was axed from a package of county leisure facilities due to be outsourced.

New eco-friendly offices for council bosses in Telford will save the taxpayer £3.5 million over three years, it was claimed today.

Proposals to shake up a north Shropshire school have been greeted with optimism, a meeting heard.

Campaigners have lost their battle to have a cafe built in Oswestry’s new £8 million leisure centre.

A disabled pensioner today vowed she would go to prison before paying her council tax – after a Shropshire town council upped her bill by 548 per cent.

Up to five teaching jobs could be lost at Welshpool High School over the next few years because of a cash crisis, it has been claimed. Councillor John Morgan delivered the warning at last night’s town council meeting.

Shrewsbury Town manager Graham Turner is ready to stick with what he’s got for the npower League Two run-in.

Boss Andy Sinton is urging AFC Telford fans to put club before country this weekend – by skipping the big international between Wales and England.

Motorists in north Shropshire faced misery after a major road was forced to close for nearly 10 hours following a lorry fire.

When the sun is shining, Shropshire man Darren Davies likes nothing better than belting out a good tune in his back garden. Until, that is, he received a solicitor’s letter telling him to keep it quiet.

Campaigners fighting to save a south Shropshire village primary school from the axe today claimed they had collected more than 2,000 signatures on petitions.

Ricky Ponting regained his form with a terrific century to power Australia to 260 for six in the World Cup quarter-final against India in Ahmedabad.

Health chiefs attended four meetings yesterday to determine the long-term future of the Royal Shrewsbury and Telford’s Princess Royal hospitals. Read the updates here and see today’s Shropshire Star for full coverage.

Plans for a major shake-up of services at Shropshire’s two main hospitals today overcame their first hurdle.

Shropshire education chiefs visited Shrewsbury’s closure-threatened Wakeman School & Arts College as part of the ongoing consultation about cuts to services. Reporter Sam Pinnington tweeted regular updates from the meeting.

A woman has been sexually assaulted near a Ludlow play area.

College lecturers across Shropshire set up picket lines today as part of a national day long strike in protest against pension changes.

The chief executive of the Shropshire County Primary Trust has asked his board to back controversial plans to move some services from Shrewsbury to Telford hospitals.

Shrewsbury Town loan ace David Davis has been given a contract extension by parent club Wolves.

A behind-closed doors meeting will be held next week to discuss a deal to decide the future of two public toilets in Ludlow, officials said today. If a deal cannot be reached they will be closed on April 1.

He has been a star of the small screen for decades as used car salesman Boycie in the hit BBC series Only Fools and Horses – now actor John Challis is fulfilling an ambition by performing at Ludlow Castle.

A Shrewsbury nightclub has been put up for sale – with a unique Wurlitzer organ thrown into the bargain.

11.25am: The man heading the controversial plans to transform Shropshire’s hospitals says health chiefs can only just afford the proposed scheme.

Plans to make a Shropshire infants school bigger and turn it into a primary have been almost unanimously backed by parents, a meeting heard. The scheme is to extend Buntingsdale Infant School, near Market Drayton.

Electricity cables could stretch across the Shropshire countryside north of Shrewsbury to link with the National Grid at one of three points, it was revealed today.

Campaigners fighting plans to move some maternity and children’s services from the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital to Telford’s Princess Royal said health chiefs’ ‘minds seem made up’ after the first of four meetings today. The decision came during the first in a series of four crunch meetings taking place on a pivotal day which will help [...]

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust board members have given their backing to a shake-up of services. The decision came during the first in a series of four crunch meetings taking place on a pivotal day which will help determine the long-term future of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and Telford’s Princess Royal. Follow the meetings here.