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This month’s Wenlock Olympian Games attracted media interest from across the world as the build-up to the 2012 London Olympics continue.

A 79-year-old partially sighted man has been targeted by thieves in Oswestry after a visit to a bank machine.

Wolves midfielder Adlene Guedioura was today seeing a specialist to determine the extent of his ankle injury.

Winger Greg Mills pulls on an AFC Telford United shirt for the first time since the play-off final in tonight’s friendly at Rushall Olympic (7.45pm).

Australian defender Shane Cansdell-Sherriff – one of Shrewsbury Town’s longest serving players – today hailed the current squad as the strongest in his time at the club.

A motorcyclist was seriously injured after he crashed through a fence and into a hedge after a collision with a car in Shropshire.

Heavy downpours caused flash flooding in an area of Shrewsbury, transforming one road into a river.

Channel 4’s latest offering in the travel market focused on four 20-somethings who regularly enjoy the high life, flying around the world to quality hotels from which they rarely venture. So what better way to treat the little darlings than transfer them from their five-star Gambian hotel to the abject poverty of a nearby village?

A teenage survivor of the massacre on Norway’s Utoeya island has spoken of how the gunman taunted his young victims before shooting them.

Amy Winehouse looked cheerful and healthy the day before her death, according to a waitress who knew her.

A Shropshire resident has blasted Severn Trent Water after the utility giant told locals to be “frugal” with their water usage.

Thefts of timber in the wake of soaring oil, gas and electricity costs could become a thing of the future, a Shropshire businessman has warned today.

The family of a Shropshire teenager who drowned off the Spanish coast despite efforts by his brother to save him have handed out money raised from his funeral to different causes.

A former school teacher from Shropshire has been jailed after stealing nearly £8,000 from a 94-year-old woman.

Shrewsbury Town boss Graham Turner is pondering a move for former Ipswich and Walsall midfielder Matt Richards.

Telford war hero Corporal Ricky Furgusson relived the moment he was blown up while serving in Afghanistan at a reception with Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall.

Trialist keeper Lee Evans will get a third chance to impress when AFC Telford United make the trip to Rushall Olympic on Monday.

Captain Ed Foster believes a marathon trip for Shropshire’s cricketers to Cornwall tonight will not affect their performance in the Minor Counties Championship clash tomorrow.

A Shropshire primary school threatened with closure is to make official complaints about the way Shropshire Council conducted its cabinet meeting when decisions about its future were made.

Job losses look likely at Copthorne Barracks following the Government’s defence review, a council chief has claimed.

Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn is to welcome The Osmonds as the world’s best known singing family embarks on its very last tour.

A public consultation has opened on controversial plans to build 250 new homes in an area of Shrewsbury.

Shropshire’s men found themselves back in the tennis basement after losing their crunch relegation showdown to the Channel Islands in Felixstowe.

Every member of Ludlow Town Council has been retrained on code of conduct rules amid claims a councillor failed to declare an interest in a debate, it has been revealed.

School’s out for summer for thousands of children across Shropshire after they broke up for the end of the academic year.

Shropshire’s top four judokas have all been named in a 15-strong GB team to compete in the German European Cup this weekend.

Take a look at Wrekin Housing Trust and Lovell’s the redevelopment of the Arleston Lane site in Wellington.

Police blog: As the school holidays arrive, here at West Mercia Police we are continuing to roll out our summer home security campaign, writes Detective Sergeant Matt Gibbons from Telford & Wrekin’s Burglary Unit.

Royal correspondent Shirley Tart on the moment that the Queen and Catherine’s refreshing honesty on the display of her wedding dress.

Ian Donaldson reviews the Vauxhall Ampera, a clever electric car that proves an expensive way to save money.