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Businesses in Telford will feel the pinch from a decision to move the prestigious UK Snooker Championship to York this year, it was claimed today.

AFC Telford United and Shrewsbury Town go head to head tonight after a somewhat chaotic few weeks for the Shropshire FA.

Grim-faced Mick McCarthy today blasted a performance that was Wolves’ poorest under him after his side folded at Stoke, writes TIM NASH.

An 18-year-old Shropshire student in the final year of her A-levels is believed to be the first school-age author to have an article published in a national academic magazine.

Vandals set fire to seven cars and damaged three others in a wrecking spree in Oswestry in the early hours of this morning.

A unique opportunity to buy one of the few linked-detached properties within the loop of the River Severn around Shrewsbury is being offered by town agents Halls.

Beer sales fell by 3.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2011 compared with the same period in 2010, according to figures published today by the British Beer and Pub Association.

A sledgehammer blow was today delivered to a number of schools across Shropshire after the latest proposals to overhaul the county’s education system were released.

Plans which could see a massive substation and huge pylons built across rolling countryside have today been branded the “worst piece of planning to ever impact on Mid Wales”.

CCTV captures a twister ripping the roof off a building and throwing debris around.

Thieves have attacked a child’s memorial in Shropshire and stolen the baby’s toys,  leaving a family devastated.

A night of comedy from former stars failed to find Shrewsbury’s funny bone at Theatre Severn

Kate Middleton’s specially chosen “seasonal, British, elegant and understated” wedding flowers are to come from the Royal estates.

Letter: Regarding the plans for power lines in Mid Wales and Shropshire. I am glad to see the prominence being given to this issue in the Shropshire Star.

So can this pulsating League Two promotion race throw up yet another twist?

Hundreds of people are set to attend an exhibition in Newtown tomorrow to discuss plans for a power station and hundreds of pylons in Shropshire and Mid Wales.

It should have been a convincing victory to seal second place and set AFC Telford United up for the play-offs.

TNS in last day title clash

An eight-year-old boy was bitten in the face by a dog as he walked along a Telford road with his family.

A former Archbishop of Canterbury will be conducting a confirmation service in Shropshire this summer.

Residents in Welshpool wanting to see how their town could look like within the next 15 years are being urged to look at plans.

A mother of two who started a fire at a block of flats in Telford by setting light to her former partner’s favourite baseball cap and throwing it onto a mattress has been jailed.

Senior citizens in Shropshire who claim the cost of buses is too expensive have called for elderly people to be allowed to pay a one-off £10 payment each year to cover all their fares.

THE FUTURE of a Shropshire dessert factory which employs more than 700 staff looks secure following a review.

Defiant Shrewsbury Town today insisted their automatic promotion dream is still alive and kicking.

One of the biggest events on the national sporting calendar was today axed from Shropshire.

Boss Andy Sinton was today able to breathe a huge sigh of relief – after confirming that winger Greg Mills WILL be eligible for AFC Telford United’s play-off bid.

Plans to demolish and rebuild an abattoir in the heart of the Shropshire countryside have been granted, despite local fears it could lead to a huge expansion.

Rating **** Sharon Walters spends an idyllic Sunday by the Teme.

Join Chris Hudson as he takes a look back at the video highlights from AFC Telford United’s Easter programme, including games against Vauxhall Motors and Gloucester.