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Controversial new restrictions could be introduced to stop lorries destroying a Shropshire bridge after years of complaints about damage to the landmark.

New Zealand international striker Greg Draper has signed for The New Saints ahead of this month’s Europa League opener.

Has your boss ever said you’d make a good clown? Now could be your moment as John Lawson’s Circus rolls into Telford.

Ageing water mains in Shropshire are to be replaced as part of a £1.2 million project to mend leak-prone pipes, utilities chiefs said today.

Blog: It has been another Right Royal week with ceremonial abounding at the Trooping of the Colour ceremony on Saturday followed by Garter Day on Monday at Windsor, and then the march of the hats at Ascot.

A Shropshire man made a false murder confession to be the “big boy” in prison, a court heard.

Shropshire have named a 13-man squad for Sunday’s big Minor Counties Knockout quarter-final with Cambridgeshire at Wellington.

A teenager was left with a broken leg and facial injuries after being attacked by a group of men in Wellington town centre.

Wellington Cricket Club have been rocked by the loss of professional Bilal Shafayat – for the time being at least, writes JAMES?GARRISON.

A Ludlow woman has been ordered to repay more than £17,000 she illegally claimed in benefits.

Car parking charges are to go up by 40p in some parts of Telford from next month, council chiefs said today. The rises are being introduced at council pay and display car parks in the town.

Harper Adams University College graduates William Jones and Harry Blake are on a mission to make milk topple the pops – and bottled water – in the drinks market.

UP TO 80 full and part-time jobs could be created as part of plans to expand Telford’s Sainsbury’s supermarket.

Shropshire licensing chiefs have backed down over a proposed shake-up of taxi zones in the county, which included the introduction of a single rate card, after a huge protest by drivers.

A Telford golfer will captain the England team at this summer’s disabled golfing World Team Cup.

Neil Bentley wonders where Carlie Swain has gone…

Newtown’s main shopping street could be pedestrianised under radical plans for the future of the town.

Shrewsbury’s Quarry park was transformed into a sea of flags, banners and bunting today as a major sporting and cultural event was recreated for the first time in nearly 150 years.

People living in rural areas of Shropshire and Mid Wales will have more time to have their say on plans to connect wind farms to the National Grid after Scottish Power announced an extension to consultation.

Mayor of London hopeful and former Mid Wales MP Lembit Opik has said he is the only Liberal Democrat that has the public profile to compete with incumbent Boris Johnson and Labour’s Ken Livingstone for the job.

A 59-year-old Shropshire man is due to stand trial for the murder of an Oswestry woman.

The British Amateur Championship dreams of Shropshire duo Ashley Chesters and Oliver Farr are over.

Experienced defender Stuart Whitehead has agreed a new one-year deal to stay at AFC Telford United – and set his sights on surprising their full-time rivals.

Fashion students from Shrewsbury College ended the academic year in style with a show at Theatre Severn.

Golden couples took to the dance floor at a Shropshire hotel for a nostalgic event to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversaries.

Oswestry is likely to get road improvements worth more than £250,000 and a 20-year shuttle bus service in return for allowing a supermarket to be built in the town, a new report has revealed.

One of the great talents of Shropshire bowls is back for the winner-takes-all County Championship clash with Wales next month.

THE NUMBER of people paying to park in Shrewsbury town centre has fallen by 12 per cent in the last year, it was revealed today.

Shrewsbury were today handed a mouthwatering League Two opener against Peter Reid’s Plymouth – as striker Matt Harrold waved farewell to the Greenhous Meadow.

It is only the middle of June and Arizona has already broken a record that would be better left unbroken.