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Controversial plans that could see electricity pylons stretching for miles across the Shropshire and Powys countryside have been greeted with a mixed reaction by villagers near Shrewsbury.

A 30-year-old man has been found guilty of dangerous driving, while in possession of drugs he intended to sell on, after being pursued by police across Shropshire.

Blog: A WEATHER-forecast company is predicting a barbecue summer. Our barbecue is still full of rainwater from the last one.

More food parcels are being handed out to Shropshire families struggling to put food on the table as government cuts continue to bite, it has been claimed.

A top Afghan police official has confirmed that eight foreigners were killed at a UN office in northern Afghanistan.

Prince William has spoken out about his pre-wedding nerves and outfoxing the media on his stag do.

Teenage stab victim Chloe West was today recovering in hospital after plastic surgery on the wounds she suffered during an attack outside a secondary school in Stourbridge.

Letter: I met the miserable (Philip) Larkin in 1943 in the library. I have read his poetry and letters and met his fan club. I was one of the few who started Wellington Literary Festival. I am not a total ignoramus on the subject.

Letter: You hear a lot in your letters page about the bad landlords in Telford – how they don’t do repairs and leave people living in hovels. I agree there are some bad landlords, but let me tell you the other side.

Schools across Shropshire will be taking part in a host of quintessentially British celebrations to honour Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding.

Crooner Michael Buble marries Argentinian actress Luisana Lopilato in Buenos Aires.

Shrewsbury Town chief Graham Turner is searching for home comforts tomorrow in a bid as he bids to cement his side’s place in the top three of League Two.

Council leaders  across England maintained today that they were trying to protect frontline services despite making huge spending cuts, by targeting areas such as senior management and administration for savings.

Boss Andy Sinton has told AFC Telford United to stay positive as they head to Eastwood tomorrow looking to keep their Blue Square Bet North title challenge alive.

A former Telford man who was deemed so dangerous he was locked up indefinitely after raping a Shropshire girl will be walking the streets within years due to a Court of Appeal ruling.

Wolves today insisted they will stand firm at Newcastle tomorrow – and try to turn the heat on the Toon.

A Telford police officer cleared of attacking a sleeping man as he lay in bed with his baby is still suspended from duty, police chiefs said today.

The victims of an aggravated burglary near Market Drayton have spoken of their ordeal on television.

Ludlow is to benefit from a funding boost of more than £350,000, it was revealed today.

Controversial off-street parking charges were rolled out in all but one of north Shropshire’s market towns today despite fears they could sound a death knell for struggling town centres.

The New Saints may be flying high at the top of the Welsh Premier – but boss Mike Davies has to contend with a string of defensive headaches.

A show of solidarity saw more than 100 people link arms around a closure-threatened Shropshire primary school – as its headteacher hit out at claims it had too many staff.

Blind paralympic swimmer Chris Holmes MBE will launch two sporting exhibitions in Shropshire on Thursday as part of the Cultural Olympiad celebrations, it was revealed today.

Oscar winners The King’s Speech and Black Swan helped Shrewsbury’s Old Market Hall cinema to a record-breaking month, with box office takings smashing the £40,000 mark.

Lovers of real ale will be flocking to Oswestry this weekend for an annual beer festival.

Parents parking outside schools and people wrongly leaving cars in disabled spaces will be hit with fines in a new crackdown across Powys.

Telford Titans boss Dave Fielder will take his appeal against an 18-month ban to the sport’s governing body in the UK after a hearing at the English Ice Hockey Association failed to secure a return to the ice.

A Shropshire school has been left more than £40,000 out of pocket after being forced to pull the plug on an Easter skiing trip for more than 50 pupils.

They have been dishing out local justice across the county since medieval times, but now the Government has called time on three Shropshire magistrates courts in a bid to save money.

When a Shropshire man decided to take his dog for a walk he was not expecting to hear the chorus of more than 40 toads and frogs.