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Outline planning permission for Oswestry’s new supermarket is due to be formally issued this week – but it could be months before any work actually gets under way on the site.

A woman in her 30s was dragged into woodland in Telford and raped as she walked home from a night out the early hours.

Blog: Wow! What a way to touch the hearts of people just wondering what you’re like in real life. As one Canadian military wife shared her concerns for her husband with another young wife, she was unprepared for the reply, writes Shirley Tart.

Wolves today pulled the plug on a loan deal for Chelsea left-back Ryan Bertrand as they closed in on Matt Mills.

Promotion-winning boss Andy Sinton was today in talks that could pave the way for him sign the longest contract ever handed to an AFC Telford United manager.

A 28-year-old man has been charged with the possession of a machete after reports of a late night attack in Ellesmere.

A SHROPSHIRE BEAUTY spot was today named on a list of protected sites in England which countryside campaigners claim are “under siege” due to Government policy.

Police were today given an extra 36 hours to question a 20-year-old man who was arrested after an 18-year-old man died following a suspected assault after a party at a Mid Wales flat.

Tesco today performed a U-turn over its plans to redevelop its existing supermarket in Whitchurch and revealed it could go back to the drawing board for the site.

Hundreds of people descended on Telford Town Park for a special It’s a Knockout competition.

See pictures of some of the ugliest modern cars that continue to blight our roads and offend our eyes.

Blog: Poor Charlie Darwin, writes David Burrows.

Visitors to this summer’s inaugural Shropshire Festival of Transport will be offered the chance to improve their driving skills at the event.

David Haye says a broken toe undermined his attempt to unseat heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko after he was beaten in Hamburg

The world’s best rock band thrilled more than 130,000 fans during the summer’s biggest weekend of gigs.

The Duchess of Cambridge has spoken about wanting to start a family.

Critical opinion appears to be divided when it comes to The Kennedys, BBC2′s latest glossy American import. It’s either the worst thing ever created and an insult to the US version of the royal family; or it’s the worst thing ever created and an insult to the US version of the royal family. It’s certainly [...]

Letter: Regarding the letter printed earlier in the week accusing stewards at the Elton John concert of being over-zealous in asking fans not to stand and “try” to dance during the performance, I think they did a great job and should be congratulated.

Letter: In reply to C Williams, our daughter has been bullied at school for the last two years and had reported over 89 incidents of bullying. The school’s reply was if there are no witnesses, we can’t do anything.

Police today welcomed the sentences handed out to two women and a man after “defenceless” Telford father-of-three Stephen Round was killed in a “prolonged, vicious and violent attack”.

The next crop of Shrewsbury Town aces are set to pit their wits against two of the top youth sides in the country in pre-season.

Shropshire’s former world boxing champion Richie Woodhall believes David Haye can book his place in British sporting legend by winning his heavyweight super-fight with Wladimir Klitschko in Germany tonight.

Shrewsbury have their sights on a place in the last 16 of English cricket’s biggest club competition tomorrow.

A Telford woman has been jailed for life for beating a man to death in a booze-fuelled attack before he was “disposed as refuse”.

The body of a 59-year-old Shropshire woman who has been missing from home since last month has been found washed up on a beach in Merseyside, police confirmed today.

Police were today hunting a gang of up to four men after a man was stabbed in a street attack in Oswestry.

Thieves ransacked a Shropshire home and fled with more than £10,000 in jewellery and other items, police said today.

A man found guilty of causing the death of a cyclist by driving dangerously on a dual carriageway in Telford has been jailed for 12 months.

An 18-year-old teenager has denied in court that she and another girl discussed getting thousands of pounds in compensation after being “pimped out” by several Telford men alleged to be involved in child prostitution.

Council chiefs today performed a U-turn over plans to hike parking charges again in two market towns – after a furious backlash from traders.