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The sounds of planes flying overhead and the sight of soldiers walking arm in arm with their sweethearts were brought to life at a Shropshire railway station.

The Chinese premier Wen Jiabao’s visit to Britain has begun with a trip to an MG car plant and a Shakespeare play.

Around 150,000 Olympics tickets marketed to those in the UK have been snapped up by other European Union residents.

Actors Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz got hitched at a secret ceremony in New York, after dating for several months.

Sharon Walters reviews the Vauxhall Corsa Ecoflex – a car which could become a thorn in the side for insurance companies.

Paralympian Debbie Brennan has told our video team about her worries for the future after a form arrived asking the 32-year-old to prove her nationality.

Letter: Having listened to David Cameron and his aid minister on Newsnight yesterday night, I feel compelled to give my view of this episode of financial ineptitude.

Three teenagers have been charged with robbery after an incident in which a 76-year-old man was attacked in his own home in Shropshire and left with a suspected fractured eye socket.

Committed winger Jon Taylor today revealed he turned down Scottish Premier League interest to remain at Shrewsbury Town – as boss Graham Turner hailed new arrival Marvin Morgan as “a big piece in our jigsaw.”

A man has been found guilty of causing the death of a cyclist by driving dangerously on a dual carriageway in Telford.

Shrewsbury Town could have at least two more new faces on board before returning to pre-season training next week.

Shropshire Paralympics hero Debbie Brennan-Johnson has hit out at the benefits system after being refused income support “for not being British”.

Chairman Lee Carter expects AFC Telford United to have one of the best pitches in the Conference Premier next season – after a summer of investment.

Shropshire-based actor John Challis, best known as TV’s Only Fools And Horses star Boycie, today revealed his biggest wish for Ludlow Festival – dry weather.

Wolves chairman Steve Morgan today warned the Premier League to beware Stephen Hunt and Steven Fletcher next season.

A row over the number of ice cream vans spoiling the historic beauty of Ludlow has led to councillors launching a public consultation on the issue.

Two people arrested after a two-year-old boy got on a bus from Montgomery to Shrewsbury on his own have been released on police bail.

A paraglider was airlifted to hospital after crashing into a tree in Shropshire.

Shropshire’s cricketers have been urged to use the pain of their Minor Counties Trophy heartache to inspire their Championship fortunes tomorrow.

Over half of Britain’s high-mileage drivers think that raising money is the primary aim of speed cameras, and only a quarter think that speed cameras are used at sites with a bad record of crashes and injuries.

Drivers are being warned to expect some disruption when parts of a Telford road are closed for repair works.

A Shropshire teenager was locked up today after admitting starting a fire in a house while a 22-month-old baby slept upstairs.

Part of Oswestry’s town centre will be blocked off for three weeks after Severn Trent today admitted sewer work on Bailey Head turned out to be “much more complicated” than first thought.

Telford & Wrekin Council workers have been assured their hours will not be cut despite swingeing government funding cuts.

Plans to scrap the building of civic council offices in Telford will leave a £800,000 hole in the authority’s finances, it was claimed.

A Shropshire couple whose son was murdered a decade ago are raising funds to help a national support charity.

More than £650,000 was paid out to councillors in Telford last year, figures published today have revealed. Telford & Wrekin Council members were paid a total of £643,000 in allowances.

Shropshire triple murder suspect Robin Ligus wanted to be “Britain’s worst prison killer” and had an urge to carry out more murders, a court heard.

Shrewsbury town centre will lose trade at the same time as Shropshire Council continues to be “fed” by a growing income from parking charges, it has been claimed.

Neil Bentley and Carlie Swain with the best of this week’s breakfast shows on The Severn.