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A major hotel and leisure chain which includes Oswestry’s Mclarens Fantastic Fun House was expected to be placed into administration today.

A 20-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a Mid Wales teenager.

More than 1,500 parking tickets have been handed out to motorists in Mid Wales since Powys County Council took over enforcement from police three months ago.

We Will Rock You, Birmingham Hippodrome

Shropshire cooker manufacturer Aga has seen a fall in revenues in the first half of the year as slack consumer spending took hold.

Phoenix School Sports and Science College headmaster Neil Stonehouse has told of his hopes for the school’s rebuild.

Former Shrewsbury Town striker Nathan Elder is hoping to put himself back on collision course with his old club next season.

Jubilant boss Mike Davies today hailed an historic European victory for The New Saints and insisted: “The players deserve all the credit.”

Boss Andy Sinton is aiming to take AFC Telford United into their debut season in the Blue Square Bet Premier with a squad of up to 25 players.

The £149,000-a-year chief executive of Telford & Wrekin Council is to leave and a search has begun for a stop-gap replacement, it was revealed today.

Wolves missed out on Matt Mills after refusing to join a phoney bidding war with Leicester, it emerged today.

Wrexham-based Super League side Crusaders have suspended seven first-team players following alleged breaches of club discipline.

The winners of the Pride of Shropshire Awards were honoured at a glittering ceremony in Shrewsbury last night.

An Oswestry mother today spoke of her family’s “bruising” treatment at the hands of the News of the World when they were thrown into the glare of the national media spotlight.

You can almost hear the producers’ brains whirling around: “Hmm, we need a new teatime favourite. Something a little bit Come Dine With Me with a nod to Through The Keyhole.”

Blog: You know, in a strange way we have almost fulfilled our own futuristic, sci-fi predictions on the progression of the human race, writes Emma Suddaby.

Rating **** Russell Roberts finds a restaurant that lives up to his high standards for Chinese food.

A round-up of this week’s Shropshire Star nostalgia pictures.

Rating *** Lisa Bailey is happy with a neighbourly recommendation.

Blog: It was the biggest world premiere in history and I was one of the lucky few to witness and be a part of the magnificent spectacle.

In the return of Homes of the Week, we take a look at smallholdings in Shropshire and the surrounding region.

Letter: No wonder this country is in a mess. My daughter has been trying, unsuccessfully, like thousands of others, to find a job. She has been looking for something part time to fit around her teacher training degree that will begin in September.

Sunday car parking charges in Shrewsbury are to be reviewed after council bosses held talks with business leaders to encourage more people to shop in the town.

Wolves were today in danger of missing out to Championship side Leicester in the race to sign Matt Mills after Reading accepted the Foxes’ £4.5m bid for the defender.

Celebrity farmer Johnny Ball and his NFU Let’s Talk Farming roadshow will be visiting the Royal Welsh Show, in Builth Wells later this month.

CLA Wales Director Ben Underwood has commended the Welsh Government on its ambitious target of providing broadband speeds of 30 megabits per second (Mbps) to businesses in Wales by 2016.

People in Shropshire could be paying more inheritance tax than they need to according to NFU Mutual, the leading rural insurer and provider of pensions and investments.

An international  Brown Swiss cattle breed expert will be visiting Shropshire in July to help the breed  select the best genetics for the future.

The exceptional skills of Staffordshire farm sprayer operator, James Cheney, have been recognised in the Finals of the National Syngenta Farm Sprayer Operator of the Year.

The UK beef and sheep sector will continue to see strong export growth for the foreseeable future, as economic forces and access to new markets create significant opportunities for the industry.