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Shropshire youngsters have written to the Prime Minister David Cameron and appealing for his help after their scout hut was ransacked by intruders.

Shropshire could be facing a summer hosepipe ban, bosses at Severn Trent admitted today. The firm said there was an “increasing likelihood” of a ban unless there was extended rainfall.

Supermarkets could be joining a pubwatch scheme, which bans offenders, after seeing its success in cutting night-time violence in Oswestry.

Detailed architect’s drawings for the £70,000 revamp of Church Stretton town centre went on show today after half a decade of delays, rethinks and controversy.

Villagers will now have to wait until the summer at the earliest to find out who will be put forward as the preferred bidder for the £11 million 25-year lease for the Lake Vyrnwy estate.

Shrewsbury Town have been backed to bounce back from their League Two play-off heartbreak – with the bookies making them one of the hot favourites for promotion in 2011-12.

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Part of a busy Shrewsbury road remained closed today, but transport chiefs said they were making good progress repairing a pavement which collapsed, leaving a gaping hole.

Two Shropshire musicians, one of whom is a guitarist with one arm, are preparing for the biggest gig of their lives  – after winning a competition to support rockers Bon Jovi.

Shropshire Council is to object to plans which could see pylons put up in rural areas. Officers will say that if cables connecting windfarms in Mid Wales to the National Grid pass through Shropshire they must go underground.

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The introduction of a new car park in Ellesmere for up to 200 cars is helping businesses in the town, it was claimed today.

Health chiefs are now considering just three “exceptionally good” offers to build Ludlow’s £27 million hospital, it was revealed today.

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A 28-YEAR-OLD Telford woman today admitted murdering a father-of-three whose body was found on a Shropshire rubbish tip.

Oswestry’s town council boundaries need an overhaul to cope with anomalies that include one ward with one councillor to every 1,000 people and another with one councillor to just 200.

Southern Cross Healthcare today revealed plans to cut 3,000 jobs in the latest blow to staff at the crisis-hit care homes operator.

Telford Tigers player-coach Tom Watkins has called on all of the town’s ice hockey clubs to ‘work together’ as he looks to increase interest in the game.

A 59-year-old Shropshire man appeared in court today accused of killing three men in the county 17 years ago.

A decision on how floor space is divided between food and non-food items will be crucial in determining Tesco’s latest bid to expand its Shrewsbury store, it was claimed today.

Plans which could see huge overhead power pylons running near Shrewsbury should be thrown out because they will be a blight on the countryside and affect trade and tourism, it has been claimed.

Defender Will Salmon today penned a new one-year contract at AFC Telford United – committing himself to the club’s debut season in the Conference Premier.

Wolves have been told they will need to meet a sky-high asking price of £14m to prise top defensive target Roger Johnson from Birmingham.

The Osmond Brothers are coming to Shropshire as part of their farewell UK tour next year.

A MAN HAS died after suffering “serious injuries” in a fall at a north Shropshire industrial unit.

Peter Carroll reviews the Mini Countryman, a practical and stylish car that is surprisingly good to drive.

A partnership with home and garden retailer The Range is providing new opportunities for a number of Shropshire’s long-term unemployed job seekers, officials said today.

Children have celebrated the official opening of a new school following a £4 million merger.

The Queen officially opened the Welsh Assembly as Assembly Members gathered for the fourth session at the Senedd.

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