Dairy farmers given power on milk contract negotiations

Dairy farmers could be given the power to negotiate better contracts with milk buyers under plans backed by MEPs on the European Parliament’s agriculture committee.


Dawley facelift ahead of Phoenix School rebuild

Dawley’s landscape is continuing to change with a huge earthmoving operation to prepare Paddock Mount for the rebuilt Phoenix School.


Family’s warning after ‘excited delirium’ death

The family of a Shropshire man who died in police custody showing signs of a rare medical phenomenon known as “excited delirium” warned more people could die being detained unless more is known about the condition.


Unions pledge strike ballot over Shropshire pay cuts

Union leaders today vowed to push ahead with a ballot for strike action as a row with Shropshire Council over a pay cut intensified.


Charity’s alert on donation shortage

A “big upsurge” in demand for furniture at charity shops from hard-up Shropshire families has led to a shortage of donations to outlets in the county, officials claimed today.


Accrington Stanley promise Terry Gornell fee battle

Accrington Stanley insist they will have no qualms about going to a tribunal with Shrewsbury Town over striker Terry Gornell.


Family issues appeal over Jason Pearce custody death

The family of a Shropshire man who died in police custody showing signs of a rare medical phenomenon known as “excited delirium” warned more people could die being detained unless more is known about the condition.


Legal bid to overthrow council plan for Telford Asda site

The owners of Telford Shopping Centre have launched a legal challenge to planning permission which was granted for a new Asda superstore in the town.


Podcast takes off across the web

Two friends who produce an internet comedy programme are conquering the world – all from a laptop in a Shrewsbury flat.


Council and traders will use cash to boost Oswestry

Oswestry Town Council officials have revealed it wants to work alongside traders to help boost the town with cash from a future supermarket development.


Telford teenager wins Miss Shropshire beauty crown

Georgia Mariah Coultas laughs when we discuss the characteristics of a stereotypical model


Jaguar on brink of i54 plant decision

Jaguar is on the brink of announcing it is to create a new engine plant on the new i54 business park, bringing 1,000 jobs to the Midlands.


Rescue as girl is stuck up tree

An adventurous nine- year-old school girl had to be rescued by firefighters after getting stuck up a tree.


Diversion for Shropshire drivers

Motorists face a 16-mile diversion when a major road into Shropshire closes for bridge repairs.


Shawbury pub shed scoops bronze medal

A Shropshire shed which has been converted into a pub has scored a podium finish in a national contest to find Britain’s “shed of the year”.


Cash crisis as CAB in alert after funds blow

Oswestry’s Citizens Advice Bureau may have to cut services if it cannot find more money.


Andy Sinton to cast his eye on keepers

Boss Andy Sinton will cast an eye over two young goalkeepers when AFC Telford United send an experimental side to Ellesmere Rangers tonight.


Lotus brand to blossom as plans come to fruition

British success in the car industry is usually worth celebrating and when the subject is the much-loved sports car maker Lotus, there’s even more reason to be proud.


Market Drayton: most abandoned town in Shropshire?

Empty shops and a boarded up hotel paint a bleak picture in this Shropshire market town


Murder jury told of ‘reincarnation’ claim

A Shropshire man facing a triple murder charge told a medical expert he was the reincarnation of a person born in 1852.


Heroes of comedy: Steven Seagal

“I’m still big,” as Nora Desmond once said in sunset Boulevard. “It’s the pictures that got small.” It’s as if she was peering into the future and observing the career of one Steven Seagal.


Calvin Harris to replace Duran Duran at V Festival

Calvin Harris will replace Duran Duran at this year’s V Festival at Weston Park, it was announced today.


Murder accused ‘based confessions on newspaper reports’

A Shropshire man accused of the murder of three county men made up confessions using information he had read in the Shropshire Star which he had delivered, a court today heard.


Telford Steam Railway to close for rest of month after accident

Telford Steam Railway will be closed for the rest of this month and all of August after an accident at the tourist attraction which left the group’s chairman in hospital.


Shropshire cricket stars primed for tough challenge

Shropshire’s cricketers face their annual Resource Bank Challenge at Wrekin College tomorrow – against a strong invitational XI.


Shropshire to get new adult prison

A second adult prison is due to be created in Shropshire after officials revealed plans to convert the county’s young offenders’ institution.


£8m for Shropshire to boost public transport and cycling

More cycle paths could be created across Shropshire after the county secured two successful bids for Government funding worth a total of more than £8.5 million.


Sadness as football league wound up

One of the oldest football leagues in Shropshire has folded because of a lack of teams.


Shropshire Council union members in strike talks

UNION CHIEFS were today due to discuss the possibility of strike action after 6,500 staff at Shropshire Council were told they would lose their jobs unless they agree to a 5.4 per cent pay cut.


Shrewsbury traders ‘in dark’ over Riverside plans

Some traders in a Shrewsbury shopping centre earmarked for demolition to make way for a new £150 million development say they are in the dark about the future of their current home.

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