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Wolves could be set to battle Liverpool over a summer swoop for £1m-rated Preston midfielder Adam Barton.

The last remaining Shropshire-based soldiers from the 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment have returned home from their seven-month tour of duty in Afghanistan.

One of the UK’s biggest comics, who has Telford connections, is planning an exclusive gig at a venue in the town.

Campaigners fighting to save a Shropshire primary school today warned that they would take legal action against Shropshire Council if it decides to close the school down.

Teachers and students at Shropshire’s biggest A-level centre held a noisy protest through Shrewsbury town centre over funding cuts and proposed job losses for up to 29 members of staff.

People across Shropshire and Mid Wales are set to bask in glorious barbecue weather this weekend as the mini-heatwave continues.

AFC Telford striker Andy Brown hasn’t given up hope of crashing through the 20 goal barrier during his side’s push to reach the top flight of non League football.

A Shropshire bar, hotel and restaurant is due to reopen by the end of the month after undergoing a revamp costing more than £100,000 in a move which will create about 15 jobs.

A convoy of about 100 classic tractors will be travelling through Shropshire as part of a vintage vehicle rally tomorrow.

A 15-year-old boy needed stitches after being attacked by a gang in an underpass in Telford.

A Shropshire swan, who shot to fame after a street brawl with a love rival, died of heart failure, vets revealed today.

Campaigners fighting controversial proposals to build a massive substation and pylons across Mid Wales and Shropshire say an ongoing consultation is “seriously flawed”.

Boston player-coach Lee Canoville has pledged to attack AFC Telford United tomorrow – with former Buck Gareth Jelleyman set for a starring role.

Shrewsbury Town have been backed to sustain their challenge for automatic promotion – by the bookies.

A war of words has broken out between ambulance officials and a north Shropshire mayor over the future of stations across the county, a meeting heard.

Oswestry’s troubled chamber of commerce has a new chairman who says it has a new direction with plenty of interest and enthusiasm to improve the town.

A 71-year-old Shropshire man charged with causing criminal damage with a digger at a north Shropshire beauty spot has denied the charges after claiming the land belongs to him.

Blog: Staff at Shrewsbury Sixth Form College have been protesting today.

A charity which gives a free advice service to families of those who have died in custody today raised major concerns over the death of a teenager at a Shropshire young offenders’ institution.

Fans of swashbuckling TV classic Sharpe are expected to turn out in force when a Shropshire man auctions off his cache of weapons used as props in the hit show.

Organisers of the 2011 Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival are putting the finishing touches in place for the annual event which will hit the town later this month.

A 51-year-old woman who kept emaciated horses in a Shropshire field has been fined £4,000 and banned from looking after the animals for six years.

Hundreds of Jobcentre Plus staff in Telford are to stage a 24-hour strike in an escalating row over working conditions and a “target driven culture”, it was announced today.

Redundancies will be inevitable if plans to radically transform secondary education in Powys go ahead, council bosses said today.

A south Shropshire tearoom was today named the best in the UK.

A south Shropshire maternity unit reopened today after services were suspended to allow improvements to be carried out to the building.

CAMPAIGNERS FROM an under-threat Shropshire primary school made themselves heard with a noisy demonstration at the Shirehall today in a last-ditch bid to force a rethink on plans to close it.

Movie expert Carl Jones take a look at this week’s big release at the cinemas – Rio.

Teachers at Shrewsbury Sixth Form College today staged a protest over funding cuts and proposed job losses. The action was called by the National Union of Teachers.

The final flight bringing Shropshire-based soldiers back from a seven-month tour of Afghanistan was due to touch down in Britain today.