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Shropshire’s hopes of a Grand National runner at Aintree on Saturday appear over.

Three friends were chased down a Shropshire main road by a lorry driver who blocked the road with his truck before leaping from his cab and hurling abuse at them, it emerged today.

Staff and students at Maesbury school near Oswestry have called for it to be saved from closure.

Shrewsbury Town full-back David Raven is eyeing the dream double – of promotion and a new contract.

Boss Andy Sinton has called for “drive, motivation and energy” as AFC Telford United look to get back to winning ways at home to Corby Town tonight.

The prospect of a merger between Shropshire’s two biggest cricket leagues has moved a step closer.

A 35-year-old woman has died after her car collided with a lorry on a busy Powys road.

A Shropshire technology expert is predicting “bedlam” when the county’s televisions go digital tomorrow.

The stars of this year’s Ludlow Festival have revealed they cannot wait to return to the town.

Shropshire Star readers have been sending in their pictures of the spring weather. Have a look and then send in your own.

Blog: Another weekend of Premiership football meant another weekend of manufactured controversy doggedly clinging to the back pages, writes Thom Kennedy.

Oswestry’s town centre toilets need investment and improvements after two decades without money being spent on them, the town council has said.

Mathematically it is still very possible – but for many AFC Telford United fans this will mark the day the title dream died.

Crunch time is fast approaching for Shrewsbury Town – and Graham Turner’s squad could scarcely be in better shape.

Tributes were today paid to a six-year-old Telford schoolgirl and her father who died in a county house fire.

PETITIONS HAVE been circulated around a Shropshire town calling for the reinstatement of a doctor who has not worked at a local surgery for three months.

A 40-year-old man today appeared in court charged with the murder of a man whose body was found in a Shrewsbury flat.

Parishioners near Market Drayton have been left “devastated” by the theft of two war memorial plaques stolen from church grounds which they fear could be melted down by the thieves for their scrap value.

Dependable left back Mat Sadler believes winning promotion with Shrewsbury Town would eclipse playing in the Premier League as the highlight of his career.

Boss Andy Sinton today gave a defiant response to AFC Telford United’s third defeat of the season, insisting: “Promotion is still in our own hands.”

Oliver Townend continued his impressive start to the eventing season with a notable victory ahead of the Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials later this month.

Having seen The New Saints move clear at the top of the Welsh Premier, boss Mike Davies had double reason to smile after landing the league’s manager of the month award.

Shrewsbury Folk Festival was today on the verge of being sold out after organisers said there was an “unprecedented demand” for tickets.

A father and his young daughter have died in a Telford house fire.

MUST do better. Wolves boss Mick McCarthy likened his team’s defending to schoolboy stuff after this surprise setback and it wasn’t difficult to see why.

A 17-year-old youth was arrested today on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with a drive-by shooting in Telford.

Oswestry supermarket plans are to go back to the councillors to “refine” words on its cash commitment for the town. Outline planning permission has been granted for a supermarket to be built on Smithfield Livestock site.

Telford Titans fans were left asking whether they had missed out on a goal after this strike was disallowed during their clash with Sheffield Spartans.

Hundreds of rally fans converged on Welshpool at the weekend to take part in the annual Bulldog International Rally. Motorsport fans from across the country flocked into the town to support the event on Saturday.

Former Montgomeryshire MP Lembit Opik has been named as runner up in a poll to find the most irritating politician in the country.