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Shrewsbury Town FA Cup hero Nigel Jemson has moved away from a life in football – to start a new career as a fireman.

Shropshire heart transplant girl Zoe Croft has set herself the goal of attending the school prom her family feared she might never see – just days after major surgery.

Peter Gibbons, who was one of the longest serving councillors in Britain and a leading public figure in the Oakengates area for more than five decades, has died aged 91.

MPs’ expenses for the first two months of this year, including the amount they racked up on their taxpayer-funded credit cards, were being laid bare for the first time today.

A motor mechanic returned from work to find his wife lying face down in their south Shropshire garden, crushed under a fallen wall, an inquest heard.

Developers are taking a fresh look at £1 billion plans to transform the centre of Telford – and a new multiplex cinema and restaurant complex could be first off the drawing board, it was revealed today.

The world’s biggest rock band, Kings Of Leon, thrilled tens of thousands of West Midlands fans during a sell-out gig at the Ricoh Arena.

Angry traders in Shrewsbury unveiled their own action plan today to save town centre businesses they say are being crippled by a hike in car parking charges.

An 87-year-old Shropshire man who was assaulted by two men who broke into his home a month ago, has died in hospital.

A new 300-pupil Welsh medium primary school will be built in Newtown under plans to transform education in the region.

An expert drug officer from the Dutch police has begun work with Oswestry officers to help tackle the town’s GHB problem.

Telford & Wrekin Council today pledged to work to ensure “continuity of care” is maintained for people it has placed in care homes run by a company battling to find a long-term solution to its financial crisis.

To millions of people Anne Charleston will always be associated with Madge Bishop, Neighbours and Ramsay Street. But the actress, who is appearing this week at Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn, has had a long and successful career in film and TV in Britain and Australia.

The names of 12 men who made the ultimate sacrifice fighting for their country could be restored to a Shropshire border village’s war memorial after a fundraising appeal was launched to replace stolen plaques.

Departing striker Jake Robinson today admitted the “writing had been on the wall” for his Shrewsbury Town exit.

Wolves were in the market for a new keeper today after confirming that Marcus Hahnemann is leaving the club.

AFC Telford manager Andy Sinton is confident of taking the wraps off his first wave of summer signings next week.

Organisers of the Olympics were today accused of making a farce of ticketing after millions missed out – while others bought tickets without knowing which events they were for.

In the northern hemisphere, the Summer Solstice occurs at 6.16pm on June 21 when the Sun reaches its most northerly point in the sky.

Anti-mining protestors living on a camp near the Wrekin are preparing for eviction, with UK Coal’s open-cast site just yards away.

Review: One can imagine the pubs were busier than usual last night in Shrewsbury as all the husbands had late passes because their wives were out at Theatre Severn.

Letter: I wonder if our mayor was misrepresented when he said (Shropshire Star May 11) that he wanted “to promote the economic regeneration” of Church Stretton, conjuring up the spectre of a down-at-heel and depressed little town?

Almost £8,000 was spent using credit cards in 12 months by Telford & Wrekin Council, it was revealed today.

Newport top order batsmen Chris Woodcock will be missing for several weeks – and possibly months –after injuring his Achilles tendon in the Marston’s Shropshire Premier League clash with Albrighton.

Five years on from almost stunning the Shropshire bowling world, Michael Beer has a major county title to his name, writes JAMES?GARRISON.

Ludlow skipper Dave Gadsby may have to play a waiting game to return to first team duty – and he couldn’t be happier.

A doctor who has stayed away from a Shropshire medical practice for four months due to a dispute with staff has not returned to work today.

Shropshire Council and Telford & Wrekin Council today poured cold water on a return to weekly bin collections, despite reports the Government is set to offer cash rewards to authorities that reinstate them.

A man seen knocking wing mirrors off parked cars in a Shropshire street was chased and restrained by residents until police arrived.

Campaigners fighting controversial proposals for an out-of-town Tesco’s in Whitchurch are to stage a mass letter-writing campaign in a last ditch bid to halt the plans.