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Rating: ** A visit to Romolo leaves a slightly sour taste in our reviewer Andy Richardson’s mouth.

CONCERT-GOERS attending this summer’s Sir Elton John gig in Shrewsbury will be banned from parking in residential areas within four miles of the venue, council officials said today.

  AFC Telford Chairman Lee Carter and manager Andy Sinton spoke to Chris Hudson just moments after Sunday’s victory over Guiseley.

Nine men from Shropshire were due to appear in court today charged in connection with alleged sexual offences and child prostitution relating to seven girls, one aged 13.

The funeral of former mayor of Shrewsbury Eileen Sandford, who died at the age of 88, will take place on May 23.

Ambitious boss Andy Sinton insists AFC Telford United will aim to make their mark in the Conference Premier, declaring: “This is a Football League club in the making.”

Take a look back at the goal that won AFC Telford promotion to the Blue Square Bet Premier – Phil Trainer’s 93rd minute strike.

Blog: The players couldn’t handle the tag of favourites and simply choked on the big occasion, writes Shrewsbury Town blogger James Pugh.

Thousands of people visited the Shropshire Truck Show to see monster trucks, vintage vehicles and motorbike stunt riders.

Letter: The council plans to spend £5 million of our money to buy solar panels. The return could be up to £700,000 a year – a good return, but one that is heavily subsidised.

Ahhhh. Now that’s more like it.

Afghanistan veteran Captain Nick Beighton will always bear the physical legacy of the roadside bomb that, in October 2009, cost him his legs and life as he knew it.

A dramatic injury-time winner sealed a stirring comeback from AFC Telford United and sealed promotion to the Conference Premier.

Shropshire’s main water supplier today urged people to cut down on what they were using after revealing reservoir levels were already 10 per cent lower than normal due to the recent mini-heatwave.

A five-year-old boy died and three other people were injured in a road collision in Mid Wales.

Shrewsbury Town’s promotion hopes were left dangling by a thread after a disappointing semi-final first leg defeat at the hands of Torquay.

A 21-year-old Telford woman who played along with a hoax call to her boyfriend which claimed she was about to be killed by a knifeman has won a reduction in her jail sentence.

Remember the pain of play-off final failure and make sure it doesn’t happen again. That was the message today from determined AFC Telford United boss Andy Sinton as his side prepared for a promotion showdown with Guiseley.

Determined Shrewsbury Town have vowed to go for victory when they begin their latest play-off odyssey at Torquay tonight.

Joe Hart has never been afraid to tough it out in a bid to reach the top, according to his former goalkeeping coach at Shrewsbury Town.

Shropshire households could be hit hard by massive rises in gas and electricity bills amid fears prices could be so high that people could have to turn their heating off at some point next winter.

Shrewsbury Town and AFC Telford United supporters were preparing today for a nail-biting weekend as play-off fever swept the county.

Thousands of people were today expected to pack into the Shropshire County Show as organisers said they were on course for an even bigger and better event than last year.

Shropshire’s tourism industry would be hit hard if plans which could see hundreds of pylons built in parts of the county and Mid Wales get the go-ahead, rural campaigners said today.

Police investigations were continuing today following a collision on the M5 involving a Shropshire lorry and a car, in which two people died.

Police forensic investigators have been commended for their work at a burnt-out Shropshire home where the bodies of three family members were recovered.

He is a 900-year-old Timelord from Gallifrey – and now he is living on a Telford housing estate.

Supermarket staff are killing trade for businesses in an area of Telford by parking their vehicles in customer spaces, it is claimed today.

A group launched to tackle underage drinking in Oswestry will hold its official launch meeting next Friday as it steps up efforts to try to stamp out the problem with a variety of initiatives.

A Shrewsbury father-of-three has died after falling off his cycle on a high-speed descent while training for a charity event.