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JOBS COULD be lost in Telford when defence giant BAE Systems concentrates its vehicle operations in the town, it was today revealed.

Rating **** Neil Thomas and his party head into town and enjoy great food and service with a smile.

Crowds of people today turned out in force in Market Drayton to welcome back Shropshire-based soldiers from their seven-month tour of Afghanistan.

Rob Hughes: A bumper crowd in the sunshine with the away fans creating an atmosphere – unfortunately this wasn’t reciprocated by the home fans and team.

We get ourselves in the automatic promotion places and then we produce a performance like that, writes Shrewsbury Town blogger James Pugh.

Rating **** Kirsty Smallman enjoys a pleasant child-free meal after a very busy day.

An outdoor market will return to Welshpool next week bringing a massive boost to trade, it was claimed today.

Major £100,000 work on Ludlow’s historic Ludford Bridge is set to finish more than a week ahead of schedule, with contractors today starting to remove scaffolding on the structure.

Placard-waving protesters were expected to turn out in force in a Powys village today to fight plans which could see hundreds of massive pylons built in Shropshire and Mid Wales.

Installing underground cables across the Shropshire and Mid Wales countryside to link windfarms to the National Grid would cost hundreds of millions of pounds more than massive overhead pylons, it was claimed today.

A woman of 80 has died in a fire at her static caravan at a holiday park near Shrewsbury. She was in the caravan at Beaconsfield Caravan Park, Upper Battlefield, when the blaze broke out.

More than 200 homes in Ellesmere were left without water today because of a burst water main.

Full back David Raven today admitted Shrewsbury Town’s players will have “sleepless nights” over their Aldershot no-show – but urged his side to re-group immediately.

Adam Shantry edged an all-Shropshire duel on the opening weekend of the First Class cricket season, writes JAMES GARRISON.

Wolves striker Sylvan Ebanks-Blake will today undergo a scan to determine the extent of the hamstring problem he suffered during the clash with Everton.

AFC Telford United boss Andy Sinton is refusing to be drawn into mind games with potential play-off rivals Boston United, insisting: “They don’t frighten me.”

Rating: **** Awards are stacking up at this quaint hotel restaurant and it’s no wonder when the food is so good, writes Andy Richardson.

Fire call-outs have fallen by more than 40 per cent across Shropshire during the last four years, new figures revealed today.

Three of Eddie Stobart’s trucks have led the 56-year-old’s hearse away from Carlisle Cathedral.

Victims of the Shrewsbury blast which rocked the town centre more than a year ago are to be offered compensation, it was announced today.

Ooh I love a good festival, says David Burrows.

Blog: Local residents have been awaiting the big event with baited breath, wondering if it will all live up to the hype.

An elderly woman has died in a caravan fire in Shrewsbury.

A Shropshire lamb which is half the size of her siblings is still full of the joys of spring despite her tiny frame, her owners said today.

The big switch-over has started in Shropshire, with tens of thousands of viewers converting to digital TV.

Three first-half wonder goals ended a dominant Wolves start and deepened the relegation worries.

Shrewsbury Town’s automatic promotion hopes received a major setback on a miserable afternoon in Aldershot.

AFC Telford suffered only their fourth defeat of the season – but their second in the last three games – as they went down at home to Boston United.

More than 700 people have signed petitions against plans which could see hundreds of power pylons put up near villages across the Shropshire and Mid Wales countryside.

Shrewsbury Town are urging supporters to be their ‘12th man’ and roar them to automatic promotion.