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Wolves star Matt Jarvis today revealed he had received the England seal of approval from captain John Terry as the winger declared: “Everything is coming together.”

Teaching staff at a Shropshire college are set to strike tomorrow in protest at proposed changes to their pension arrangements.

Loan ranger Niall Canavan today set his sights on playing a part in Shrewsbury Town’s promotion push – as striker James Collins put club before country.

A £10 million package to fund roads improvements including new bridges, lighting and footpaths over the next 12 months has been approved by Telford & Wrekin Council.

Gaddafi makes a public address on Libyan TV as the fighting continues in his country.

As his new musical hits Oakengates Theatre, Bay City Rollers frontman Les McKeown talks to the Severn’s Neil Bentley about his years in the pop music business.

Spring has arrived much earlier than last year, according to sightings of nature recorded by the nation’s amateur snappers.

Blog: With the final decision on the future of hospital services in Shropshire looming, I have deliberately kept silent on the issue. Mother and baby services are not my area of expertise, so I couldn’t possibly comment on the rights and wrongs of the situation.

Newtown’s Theatr Hafren will follow the yellow brick road later this month when the venue stages The Wizard of Oz.

A councillor today claimed “vigilante patrols” could move in to clean up a crime-hit Shropshire estate amid concerns that not enough cash is being spent to deal with problems in the area.

Letter: Recently the news said that Scotland is not going to charge university fees. We in Shropshire have to provide hospital cover for parts of Wales while they enjoy free prescriptions.

Letter: D McDermott, Shropshire Star, February 24, complains that his MP Mark Pritchard voted for the Government when the issue of selling our forests was debated.

AFC Telford United were held to a draw against an in-form Eastwood Town – but did enough to hold on to top spot in the Blue Square Bet North.

Robbers who attacked an elderly couple in their Shropshire home drove off at speed without their lights on, detectives said today.

A Telford man who tried to buy paraffin and lighter fuel and threatened to set himself and his flat ablaze has been given a suspended prison sentence when he appeared in court.

Bailiffs were keeping a close eye today on two swans which were returned to a Shropshire waterway after one of them was injured while fighting with a love rival in the middle of a street.

Sikhs from Shropshire today travelled to Parliament to lobby politicians to challenge “disrespectful” new EU laws which they claim are forcing turbans to be manhandled and removed at airports.

Former Wales skipper Kevin Ratcliffe has called for the resurrection of the Home International championships.

Parents, pupils and teachers at an under-threat Shropshire primary school are to link hands and form a ring around their school in a protest to show the strength of feeling against it being axed.

AFC Telford United are to step up their hunt for defensive recruits – after missing out on Stafford Rangers centre-back Jermaine Johnson.

A rural hideaway has been given £1.65 million in funding as part of a plan to attract some of the best writers in the world to Shropshire.

Shropshire and Mid Wales MPs were in talks today with Transport Minister Theresa Villiers to try to secure a direct rail link between the area and London.

A 42-year-old Shropshire taxi driver who sold the drug “meow meow” from his private hire car has been given a suspended jail sentence.

English Heritage chiefs are having to spend an extra £126,000 redoing work to damaged masonry at the remains of an historic south Shropshire castle, it has been revealed.

Only Fools and Horses star John Challis, writer Germaine Greer and singer-songwriter Shakin’ Stevens will be the headline attractions at this year’s Ludlow Festival, organisers today revealed.

Public toilets in Whitchurch could be saved from closure after town councillors revealed they want to run them.

Controversial proposals to close a north Shropshire primary school and merge it with another would actually be a “takeover”, angry parents claimed today.

Five jobs will be created to man a new high dependency ambulance unit in Newtown, it was revealed today.

People are being put off applying for Powys County Council jobs because of redundancy fears, it has been claimed. Helen Morris, from Newtown, said she had intended to apply for a cleaning job with the council.

Campaigners fighting to save Welshpool High School’s sixth form from closure plan to hand out hundreds of car stickers to drum up support, it has emerged.