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AFC Telford United officials were today celebrating after being handed a big home clash with former league giants Luton Town to start the new season.

Former West Brom prospect Dwayne Samuels is fighting to earn a deal at AFC Telford United – and will make his club debut in tonight’s opening friendly at Rocester.

Police were called to UK Coal’s mine in Telford today after protesters ran onto the site and chained themselves to diggers.

Wolves today insisted it was business as usual after being irritated by speculation that Arsenal are to bid for Kevin Doyle.

A huge renovation programme at The Huntsman in Little Wenlock is continuing to gather pace, with the first walls having now been build at the rear of the site.

This is the first glimpse of what a proposed new £150 million shopping centre in Shrewsbury town centre will look like.

A 28-year-old Shropshire man charged with the possession of a machete during a late night incident in Ellesmere has appeared in court.

Shrewsbury Town are hoping to complete their attacking armoury for the 2011-12 campaign by sealing the arrival of Terry Gornell from Accrington Stanley.

A LORRY DRIVER was seriously injured after being mown down by a car in front of horrified onlookers in a hit-and-run road rage attack in the centre of a Shropshire town.

THOM KENNEDY uncovers the delights of Fifth Avenue shopping, enjoys pizza in Little Italy and marvels at the view from the Empire State Building

David Burrows discovers there’s more to the national park than just climbing Wales’s highest mountain.

Claims the News of the World illegally accessed her voicemail after she went missing.

Blog: They have done the easy bit, getting the austerity measures passed, that was never in doubt, the alternative was instant bankruptcy.

The new XF, equipped with a 2.2-litre four-cylinder engine, promises to be the most efficient Jaguar yet produced.

Letter: The volcanic eruption in Iceland, since its first spewing of volcanic ash has, in just four days, negated every single effort we humans have made in the past five years to control carbon dioxide emissions on our planet.

Letter: Allan Tucker of Oswestry, states “windfarms are not taking over our countryside”. He is quite right. . . because he lives in Shropshire, where there is not a single wind turbine!

Wellington continue to be the Birmingham League premier division’s happy travellers.

Plans have been launched to install an ice rink in Oswestry town centre this Christmas.

A Shropshire school facing the axe under a shake-up of county education today said it was finalising plans to federate with a nearby school in a last- ditch attempt to save it from closure.

Sunday and weekday evening bus services have been axed or scaled down along 11 routes in Shropshire, transport bosses have confirmed.

TELFORD & WREKIN Council could be landed with a bill of hundreds of thousands of pounds if its chief executive is allowed to quit, it was claimed today.

Thousands of people turned out for a weekend of carnival fun in Market Drayton.

Supermarket Tesco, which wants to extend its controversial Extra store in Shrewsbury by a third, today said it had offered to save four banks under threat because of the scheme.

The running of Shrewsbury Sports Village could be handed over to a private leisure provider as early as July next year under council proposals to cut costs, it was today revealed.

Police today issued a fresh appeal for help to trace a group of men after a man was stabbed in Oswestry.

A county-wide review of car parking in Powys will begin later this summer in an attempt to address traffic flow and safety concerns raised by residents, it has emerged.

New defender Reuben Hazell is confident his experience can help provide one of the missing links in Shrewsbury Town’s promotion quest.

Rating **** Sharon Walters enjoys a buffet bursting with good taste.

Rating **** James Shaw finds an oasis in a former coaching inn just a step from the busy A5.

A new £25 million Telford school has moved a step closer to completion after workers finished building its huge domed roof.