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MPs across Shropshire cost the taxpayer £533,205 in the last year.

Audiences in Telford can enjoy an afternoon picnic in their park as part of a series of events to mark the one year countdown to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Jewellery, silver and china were among a haul of more than £10,000 of high-quality items stolen during burglaries at four homes in south Shropshire, police revealed today.

The assistant headteacher of a Shrewsbury secondary school under threat of closure has announced she is to quit – but insisted today her decision was nothing to with the continuing doubts over its future.

Vandals burned a shed down to the ground as they went on an overnight rampage through a Shrewsbury allotment, causing hundreds of pounds of damage.

A Government minister has told MPs he will do all he can to help resolve controversial proposals which could see new power lines built in Shropshire and Mid Wales.

Tesco today rejected claims by its own representatives that plans to extend its store in Shrewsbury would result in £2.7 million trade being lost from the town centre each year.

A Shropshire mother who kept her new business going throughout pregnancy and after the birth of her first child has been shortlisted for a top business award.

AFC Telford United are preparing to test the fitness of their new-look squad – with tomorrow’s trip to Aberystwyth Town starting a run of three friendlies in four days.

Thomas Hitzlsperger has held talks with Wolves – but it remains to be seen whether he will sign for the club.

Shrewsbury Town fans will get their first glimpse of new striker Terry Gornell when they face a Wolves XI in a pre-season friendly tonight at the Greenhous Meadow (7.30pm).

A major operation to fit a new footbridge has begun at a Shropshire beauty spot. It was all hands on deck at Hawkstone Park Follies, near Wem, yesterday when contractors moved in to set about replacing the Swiss Bridge.

MULTI-MILLION pound plans have been unveiled to build a “hideaway” luxury holiday retreat in woodland on the Shropshire-Staffordshire border.

Two paramedics on a 999 call were taken to hospital after their ambulance was involved in a collision with a car in Shrewsbury.

Suspected burglars who targeted homes in a Shropshire village were caught by police following a car chase near Whitchurch. Police arrested three burglary suspects after following and stopping a car yesterday.

An 84-year-old Gobowen man had cash and watches stolen when he was the target of a distraction burglary.

Campaigners near the Shropshire/Powys border say they have not given up on a bid to save a GP surgery. Members of Llansantffraid Community Council say they still hope the surgery, due to close next month, can be saved.

Taxpayers have paid more than £15,000 this year to repair damage to a south Shropshire bridge which has been repeatedly struck by lorries, council chiefs revealed today.

Crime in Mid Wales is down by almost 500 offences, new figures have revealed today. It comes as Dyfed-Powys Police revealed it would not be reducing the number of officers on the beat.

Fresh plans for a multi-million pound Tesco superstore in Tenbury Wells, which could create 150 jobs, have sparked calls for a referendum among angry campaigners.

The search for Peggy, mother of seven puppies, is continuing at Red Hill, near Telford, after she disappeared last weekend.

More than 1,000 homes in Telford were left either without water or with limited supplies last night due to a burst water main.

Staff at a Shropshire school working in an area of “high deprivation and low aspirations” have beaten the odds and been named Outstanding Primary School of the Year by a national newspaper.

More than 500,000 set to view the Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding dress.

Neil Bentley and Carlie Swain, shrunken and digitised and living on your computer. It’s a bit like that last Tron film. But not rubbish like that last Tron film.

In this week’s edition of The Ticket, movie expert Carl Jones takes a look at Cars 2, the latest big release at cinemas in Shropshire and the Black Country.

Atlantis has touched down in Florida, bringing to an end 30 years of Nasa’s space shuttle programme.

In our weekly property gallery, we look at Hammer Hill House, a £5.5m mansion with two gatehouse cottages and almost 30 acres of land.

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

More than 2,500 tyres from a disused Shropshire farm went up in smoke in a blaze which closed a section of the A5.