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A Mid Wales sorting office is to close in a cost-cutting move by Royal Mail.

Boss Andy Sinton brushed off AFC Telford United’s Shropshire Senior Cup disappointment, insisting: “It’s way down the pecking order.”

Striker Matt Harrold has urged Shrewsbury Town to focus on their own results during the promotion head-to-head – with his former club Wycombe Wanderers.

Christophe Berra today declared Wolves’ fight for Premier League survival as the ‘biggest four weeks’ in the club’s history.

Dynamic duo Neil Bentley and Carlie Swain with the best bits of this week’s Severn radio breakfast show.

The Shropshire Star’s royal correspondent Shirley Tart will be among the privileged few journalists inside Westminster Abbey tomorrow and here she speaks of her preparations for the big day

David Cameron has praised Market Drayton for its “very successful” homecoming parade for Shropshire-based soldiers, who are recently back from a seven-month tour of Afghanistan.

The wait is almost over as final preparations were being made today just 24 hours before Prince William and Kate Middleton exchange vows in the wedding of the century.

An Oswestry company has lodged a planning appeal against Shropshire Council’s refusal of its proposal to build a supermarket near the centre of town.

Power bosses behind proposals which could see hundreds of pylons built across Shropshire and Mid Wales have given the public extra time to have their say.

Up to 1,000 members of the military carry out a pre-dawn dress rehearsal for the Royal wedding.

Blog: At midnight, as the clock chimes to welcome in Easter Sunday, the locals gather and hurl firecrackers at Skala church. Tradition has it that this will ward off evil spirits for the coming year, writes former Shropshire man Colin Dodd from his home on the Greek island of Kefalonia.

Take a look back at the only goal scored in last night’s Shropshire Senior Cup Final at the Greenhous Meadow.

Labour has accused David Cameron of sexism after he told Angela Eagle to “calm down, dear”.

Staff at Blists Hill Victorian Town in Telford have been getting into the Royal Wedding mood with a range of new dresses for the big day.

A grieving Shropshire father has hit out after claiming sentimental ornaments have been moved from the grave of his 17-year-old son, who was killed in a car crash.

Letter: I do not believe most of the general public, especially those who are nearing state pension age, really understand or appreciate how unjust the pension system is now and how still more unjust it is going to be from 2015.

Letter: There has been much criticism levelled at today’s nurses, predominantly surrounding the graduate path they must follow; and while not completely convinced this produces better nurses, I have considerable empathy with the profession.

Letter: With 1,000 cases of fly-tipping costing the council £195,000 a year to clear up (Star, April 16), the folly of scrapping the amenity skip sites in Shropshire is now clear.

A goal from youngster Kane Cork sealed victory for Shrewsbury Town in a low key Shropshire Senior Cup final with AFC Telford United.

Headteachers, school governors and parents today voiced their anger at proposals to push ahead with plans to close schools in Shropshire – despite months of hard fought campaigns and demonstrations.

A 30-year-old man has admitted an arson attack at a Shropshire rugby club.

Former captain James Ralph will end a near two-year exile from Shropshire cricket this weekend.

Black cab drivers in Telford today angrily accused council licensing chiefs of “taking the mickey” over implementing planned fare increases.

Pupils at a south Shropshire school today showcased the medieval finds they discovered during an archaeological dig with experts from Channel Four’s Time Team programme.

AFC Telford United boss Andy Sinton has vowed to field a side to win the Shropshire Senior Cup tonight – despite insisting: “I still think it’s a ridiculous fixture.”

THE Economic regeneration in north Powys is being hampered by planning officers severely lacking in customer service skills who are failing to monitor applications, it was claimed today

Signs put up directing drivers to a south Shropshire market have mysteriously gone missing.

Aspiring butchers from across the county are being invited to sharpen their knives and compete to be crowned the first ever Shropshire Young Butcher of the Year.

A Shropshire dessert factory has confirmed up to 85 management and production roles are at risk due to the loss of a significant amount of sales.