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UNEMPLOYMENT ACROSS Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin has risen by more than 5.5 per cent in the past year, new figures revealed today.

Shrewsbury needs to be more “car friendly” with fewer parking restrictions to make it easier for people to visit and support traders, the town’s MP claimed today.

A delegation from Shropshire was today meeting National Grid bosses over plans which could see pylons built across parts of the county and Mid Wales.

Daredevil aerobatic display team the Red Arrows will be turning the skies over Shropshire red, white and blue when they perform at a county airbase.

Rating: ***** You don’t have to crack out the Michelin starred-menu to impress, says Andy Richardson.

Blog: Many, including me, applauded Mark Webber on Sunday. Not literally of course: standing up and clapping in an otherwise empty flat is one slippery step closer to being led away by the mental health authorities, but I was highly impressed when he ignored the orders of his Red Bull team.

Letter: On Saturday, July 2, you published an item “Police trial aid for victims of ‘home’ violence”.

Letter: The pathetic underperformance of our politicians in protecting British manufacturing is illustrated yet again by the award of the Thameslink railway carriage contract to the Germans.

Union officials today took the wraps off an alternative budget they say would prevent Shropshire Council from sacking 6,500 members of its staff and rehiring them on less pay.

A letter sent out to staff at Shropshire Council telling them they have been dismissed and will only get their jobs back if they agree to a pay cut has left workers feeling “scared and intimidated”, union officials claimed today.

Thousands of pounds of jewellery, including a Victorian bracelet handed down through the generations, has been stolen in a raid on a Telford home.

A 28-year-old man was pulled from his bike and assaulted in an attempted robbery in Oswestry.

AFC Telford United were today on a frantic search for a last-minute friendly after the postponement of next week’s Shropshire Senior Cup final.

Head of youth Dave Hughes has revealed his excitement at the next generation of talent on the Shrewsbury Town conveyor belt.

Roger Johnson is set to be unveiled as Wolves’ third summer signing tomorrow – as boss Mick McCarthy looks to continue strengthening.

Parents are to write letters to show their support for an under-threat Shrewsbury secondary school as the fight to save it continues.

Telford woman Patrina Farmer was stunned to see this near perfect imprint of a pigeon left on her window after an unfortunate accident.

Councillors will today tour street trading sites throughout Ludlow as they consider bringing in new rules to combat complaints about pavement stalls and ice cream vans in the town.

A cyclist in his 60s was left with serious head injuries after he came off his bike on a Shrewsbury street.

A jury has retired to consider its verdict in a case involving a Shropshire man accused of killing three county men.

More than 500 private hire drivers across Telford are drawing up a “blacklist” of troublemakers who will be banned from using any cab firm in the town, it was revealed today.

Shrewsbury’s Christmas lights display will be revamped this year. A private firm is being asked to help make the town look bright and colourful over the festive period.

Protest banners and signs put up along roadsides to fight plans which could see hundreds of pylons built across Shropshire and Mid Wales have been taken down by highway chiefs.

Oswestry is to lose its traditional ambulance station and one of its permanent ambulances as part of a shake-up of the service across the region.

SHROPSHIRE TRAFFIC wardens are to be sent out at night for the first time in a new clamp down on illegal parking.

Campaigners today urged Shirehall bosses to hold council meetings at night instead of in the day, claiming the current times meant working people were unable to attend.

Motorists travelling through Shropshire faced delays today after a lorry was destroyed by a fire. The A41 near Whitchurch had to be closed following the incident shortly after 3.30am.

On Monday night, ITV1′s Strictly Kosher attempted to lift the veil and peek inside the lives of three members of Manchester’s 40,000 strong Jewish community.

Blog: So terrible to hear of the armed robbery of the West Midlands Air Ambulance depot recently.

Letter: I would like to join the rest of the population in expressing my disgust at teachers striking.