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Letter: In response to Mr Sidney Evans: “Genius is too big a label for Bob Dylan”, May 30. After reading this disgraceful letter I am left shocked and appalled, I would like to make it clear that Dylan was and still is a genius.

TELFORD & WREKIN Council’s new ruling Labour group today vowed to wage war on the menace of potholes which has seen the borough’s roads voted among the worst in the country.

More than 1,500 car parking spaces have now been allocated for Sir Elton John’s concert in Shrewsbury this Sunday. About 16,000 people are expected to attend the gig at the Greenhous Meadow.

A new boating centre could be set up in Ludlow for families and tourists visiting the River Teme.

A sub-postmaster has been told he will have to repay £9,000 stolen by a woman who ran one of his four Mid Wales post offices.

A Mid Wales family has been given £1,000 to help rebuild their lives after they were forced to flee from their bedroom window as fire tore through their home.

The bodies of a woman and child have been found after a fatal shooting in a property in Braintree in Essex.

They took to their feet by both day and night, they cycled, they swam and even paddled their own canoes when fundraisers and fitness fanatics across Shropshire rose to a trio of challenges.

AFC Telford United chairman Lee Carter has told the Shropshire Star’s Carl Jones about the club’s journey from tiny beginnings to last month’s Blue Square Bet North play-off victory.

Town councillors in Shrewsbury will be asked to approve up to £5,000 tonight to fight plans to build an incinerator.

PART OF a busy Shrewsbury road was shut today after a pavement collapsed, leaving a gaping hole alongside the street.

Chris Davies of Graduate Coach gives us his top five tips for graduates looking for their first jobs after university.

The Royal Wedding and unseasonably good Easter weather sparked a boom in sales of barbecue burgers and sausages.

Unsafe memorials at Oswestry cemetery are being repaired by the town council, at a cost of thousands of pounds. Many other Shropshire cemeteries have seen unsafe headstones laid on the ground until the families repair them.

Thousands of pounds are being ploughed into a project to help point tourists in the right direction in Oswestry.

Organisers of a Shropshire vintage rally today hailed it a success, despite wet weather putting visitors off from turning out for the second day of the annual event.

A “run-down” boxing club building in south Shropshire will be demolished and replaced with £37,000 premises. Ludlow Amateur Boxing Club has used the Scout Hall in Livesey Road since reforming in 2007.

Shropshire Young Farmers Club members will be showcasing their talents at their annual Rally being held at Chirbury Hall, Chirbury on Saturday, June 11 by kind permission of Maurice and Julia Jones and family.

Farmers in Shropshire who are interested in Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) but have not yet got an agreement,should take urgent action now or they could miss out.

Potato growers should reserve their places soon at the West Midlands Potato Day 2011 – it could help them save pounds, according to experts.

Market Drayton based BCW, specialists in Crop Production, Animal Health and Seeds, have teamed up with Massey Ferguson, Fendt and Challenger dealership RVW Pugh Ltd for an open evening advising on the best machinery, cereal varieties and agronomy advice for arable customers.

A block of paddock land at Conwy sold for nearly £12,000 an acre at auction at Denbigh recently.

A Staffordshire farmer has been caught for speeding – in his JCB Fastrac tractor!

Defending champions Shropshire are preparing to face Cambridgeshire in the last eight of cricket’s MCCA Trophy, writes CHRIS HUDSON.

Neighbours in parts of Shropshire sat down to enjoy a meal together as part of a national bid to boost community spirit. Street parties took place in Bayston Hill, near Shrewsbury, Meole Village in the town, and in Ludlow yesterday.

Oswestry’s taxi drivers are calling for CCTV systems to be fitted in their cabs, saying they are vulnerable to abuse or attack from customers at weekends as the town becomes a “war zone”.

Shrewsbury Town have withdrawn their reserve side from the Totesport.com League – and will instead concentrate on playing friendlies against local opposition.

Chairman Lee Carter believes AFC Telford United are benefitting from a downward turn in players’ wages as the club steps up preparations for its first season in the Conference Premier.

ELDERLY AND disabled people are becoming trapped on Oswestry’s railway line as their mobility scooters become stranded – leaving them stuck until passers-by pull them free.

Organisers of Welshpool Carnival have hailed this year's event as the "best ever" despite heavy showers which threatened to spoil the fun