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Boss Graham Turner is relishing the chance to see his Shrewsbury Town class of 2011 pit their wits against Manchester United’s stars of the future tomorrow.

Governors at a closure-threatened Shropshire secondary school today called for the shutdown to be scrapped, claiming council education officers had made “fundamental” errors.

Status Quo had their fans rocking all over Shrewsbury’s Quarry as they entertained a crowd of about 7,000 people with a selection of their greatest hits.

A Shropshire-based soldier died after his armoured vehicle hit a bomb in Afghanistan, an inquest has heard.

Status Quo would consider returning to Shrewsbury for another concert, the town’s mayor claimed today after the rockers wowed a crowd of thousands.

The English Defence League could stage a demonstration in Telford on the same day as the town’s football team kicks off its league campaign at home to Luton Town.

Thousands more visitors have been recorded as going through Shrewsbury’s three shopping centres compared to this time last year, new figures have revealed.

Parents of more than a quarter of the children at a Shropshire primary school say they will not send their youngsters to a combined facility planned for the village, it was claimed today.

One of Powys’s biggest towns has been left without an operational CCTV system because of funding problems.

Shrewsbury’s cricketers have a place in the quarter finals of the National Knockout in their sights tomorrow.

Castlefields look increasingly menacing in second spot in the Furrows Shropshire Premier Bowls League after seeing off Chester Road 10-4 (+58) last night.

This weekend competitors from the Vintage Sports Car Club (VSCC) will travel from all over the UK to compete in their pre-war racing and sports-cars at Loton Park hill climb.

Steve Evans became The New Saints’ leading goalscorer in Europe – but the defender’s delight was shortlived as the Danes had the last word at Park Hall.

Teachers at a Shropshire school have been told they must pay for a mini-bus to take children on a 200-yard field trip – after education chiefs ruled it was too dangerous for pupils to cross a busy road.

The headteacher of a Mid Wales primary school is to appeal against a decision to sack her.

Up to 1,000 long-term jobs could be created in Shrewsbury if a proposed new £150 million shopping centre is given the go-ahead, developers today claimed.

A 30-year-old Shropshire man has been jailed indefinitely after setting fire to a county rugby club causing more than £30,000 damage.

Remember when Jeremy Clarkson gave us a laugh on Top Gear, driving the world’s tiniest production car, the quirky British hand-built Peel P50, to work – literally into his office?

A team of 50 volunteers is helping Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery staff with the mammoth task of cataloguing and packing 150,000 artefacts ahead of its move to its new home.

The hunt is on for Shropshire residents who are willing to pose in the nude for a Calender Girls-style public health campaign.

Plans to share back office services in Shropshire Council could result in one out of every five members of staff in affected departments losing their jobs, it has been warned.

Regeneration projects bidding for a share of a £650,000 cash pot will be unveiled at a meeting in Oswestry next week.

An international cricket star will be in action in Shropshire tomorrow.

Shropshire’s Sandy Lyle bowed out of the Open today – but not without a fond farewell.

Plans for a major schools shake-up in Powys could be put on hold because of funding cuts, it has been revealed. Powys County Council is reviewing primary and secondary schools in a radical bid to revamp county’s education.

A murderer serving life for bludgeoning a pensioner to death in 1994 committed two other brutal killings in the same year, a jury has ruled.

Bosses at UK Coal who are mining 900,000 tonnes of coal from a Shropshire beauty spot today won their court battle to evict protesters from the site.

The New Saints have lodged a planning application to build an overflow car park at their Park Hall stadium.

Manager Mike Davies admitted The New Saints were handed a harsh lesson after a late collapse put paid to hopes of another famous night in the Europa League.

Captain Ian Sharps looks set to miss Shrewsbury Town’s first public outing of pre-season this weekend – as Graham Turner hailed his squad’s progress.