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Wolves were today facing the prospect of empty seats for Sunday’s biggest Black Country derby.

Montgomeryshire MP Glyn Davies will lead a debate in Parliament next week over plans which could see hundreds of pylons built across Shropshire and Mid Wales.

Shrewsbury Town old boy James Constable insists he has nothing to prove when he returns to his former club for the first time tomorrow.

A 49-year-old Shropshire man who was involved in the supply of up to £50,000 worth of cannabis has been spared an immediate prison sentence because of a serious medical condition.

Police are investigating a deliberate attempt to set an Oswestry home on fire while four people were inside, including a toddler and a three-month-old baby.

Chiefs at Shrewsbury Cricket Club today said consultation about a potential relocation out of the town will be as “open as possible”.

Four derelict homes in Shropshire have been bulldozed after a suspected arson blaze ripped through the buildings.

The Shropshire town of Bishop’s Castle has been named as one of the top 10 market towns in Britain by the BBC’s Countryfile Magazine.

Two men were taken to hospital after being cut from the wreckage of a car which was involved in a collision with a van on the M54 near Telford. The van driver also needed hospital treatment.

BBC wildlife programme Springwatch is to broadcast live from a Mid Wales nature reserve this month, it was revealed today.

Bosses at Shrewsbury’s Wakeman School today claimed their latest Ofsted report had been ignored by council chiefs in a bid to press ahead with the school’s closure.

Pupils at St Martins’ Rhyn Park School, near Oswestry, are opening their classrooms up to protesters against plans to merge their secondary school with the village primary school.

A planned gig by funnyman Rob Rouse at Wolverhampton’s Slade Rooms on May 10 has been cancelled.

A round-up of this week’s Shropshire Star nostalgia pictures.

Movie expert Carl Jones takes a look at the latest big releases in The Ticket. This week, he reviews the thriller Hanna, with Eric Bana and Cate Blanchett.

esults from the Telford & Wrekin Council and Welsh Assembly election counts as they are announced.

A Shropshire businessman dived into a freezing canal to haul an unconscious man to safety, he revealed today. Paul Snook, 45, from Tenbury Wells, said he acted on impulse.

Shropshire couple Richard Cosgrove and Jenny Webb had to use a Government-led scheme to help buy their first home after struggling to find a lender willing to give them a mortgage they could easily afford.

Chairman Lee Carter has called on AFC Telford United’s “amazing” fans to reproduce their roof-raising performance at Nuneaton for the play-off second leg on Sunday.

Mick McCarthy today urged Wolves’ doubters to believe after admitting the only way he will get fans on side is by beating the drop.

Defender Shane Cansdell-Sherriff is hoping fortune will favour Shrewsbury Town in Saturday’s promotion crunch.

A new out-of-town Tesco store in Whitchurch would have a “devastating effect” on the town centre, a meeting of the town’s councillors has heard.

Shrewsbury Folk Festival has sold out of tickets earlier than ever before, with organisers describing this year’s event as the most popular ever.

Residents in a village near Shrewsbury have been thrashing out details of new plans that could see hundreds of pylons built across Shropshire and Mid Wales with chiefs in charge of the project.

CAMPAIGNERS AT Shrewsbury’s Wakeman School have today vowed to fight until the bitter end to save it from closure.

Shrewsbury Cricket Club could move to a new site out of the town due to the “limited size” of its current London Road base, club officials have revealed.

TELFORD PHONE company Geko has gone into liquidation with the loss of more than 70 jobs, it was announced today.

One of the most important Jaguar cars ever built was unveiled in Bridgnorth this week after 7,000 hours of restoration.

A collapsed sewer was to blame for causing a pothole which sparked a town centre road closure after suddenly appearing in Market Drayton, officials said today.

One of Shropshire’s best known businessmen has died after a short battle with illness, staff at his company said today.