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Pigeons causing a nuisance in Bridgnorth town centre could be driven out by a gel that tricks them into thinking their favourite landing spots are on fire.

If Graham Turner needed any final assurances of his squad’s potential ahead of tonight’s transfer deadline, it came in this game at Walsall.

The principal of Abraham Darby Academy in Telford today said he was unable to confirm if the new school would still be ready to open in January.

Shropshire Council is involved in a wrangle with an electricity company after receiving a £10,000 bill for a building that has been empty for more than 18 months.

Nearly 1,500 wildfires which broke out in Mid Wales over the past year were started deliberately according to new figures – accounting for more than three quarters of blazes in the area.

Many of Shropshire’s arable farmers have enjoyed a bumper harvest despite the county’s ‘dustbowl’ conditions, a farming expert claims.

Rating: *** Andy Richardson loves the setting at Drapers Hall Restaurant but says it’s a case of ‘must try harder’ to impress fully.

Youngsters are celebrating the official opening of a Shropshire village’s £10,000 BMX track after carrying out 18 months of fundraising.

Vandals have destroyed a memorial to a father whose body was found in the River Severn in Shrewsbury.

People from as far afield as Australia, Cambodia and Hungary will be visiting Ludlow for the town’s food and drink festival.

A sneak thief dubbed a ‘prowler’ by police in Newtown has struck for the 15th time in the past month, officers said today. Cash, CDs, wallets and purses have been stolen in the raids.

SHROPSHIRE EDUCATION chiefs today made a fresh recommendation for a county secondary school to close, despite it celebrating record-breaking GCSE results.

A controversial pilot scheme to equip councillors and officials with iPads worth a total of £12,000 is to be rolled out and will save Shropshire Council millions of pounds a year, it was claimed today.

Shropshire had less than half its average rainfall in spring, new figures released by the Met Office revealed today as the organisation said this summer was set to be Britain’s coolest in nearly 20 years.

A Shropshire pensioner accused of attempting to murder his ex-wife in front of horrified shoppers in the middle of Church Stretton is not fit to stand trial, a judge ruled today.

The wrong plot was dug for a grave in a burial ground in a village on the Shropshire border after yobs caused confusion by moving marker pegs, it was revealed today.

Former Shrewsbury Town favourite Mat Sadler has backed his old club to deliver on their promotion promise after a first hand assessment.

Former Shrewsbury Town midfielder Dave Edwards has launched his Wolves comeback after a nightmare six months on the sidelines.

Giant-killing Shrewsbury Town’s glamour clash with top-flight giants Arsenal will take place on September 20 and supporters will be able to snap up tickets for as little as £10, officials said today.

Taxpayers will not be slapped with a repair bill after part of a steel canopy collapsed at a £35 million academy being built in Telford. The structure at the Abraham Darby Academy came crashing down on Thursday.

Upton Cressett Hall, near Bridgnorth, has opened its doors to visitors after a lengthy restoration process that spanned nearly 50 years.

August 31st comes round again, and so begins the madness of the transfer deadline, writes Joe Romasiuk.

Pictures from Shrewsbury Town’s 2-1 defeat to Walsall at the Banks’s Stadium on August 30, 2011.

A rumour of Gary Cahill moving to Tottenham for a sum of around £13 million, goal.com, has been backed up by statement on Tom Huddlestone’s Twitter account, ‘Can’t believe who just sneaked into the training ground the back way! Wow’

His first instinct was to get straight back on

Has your home got the sort of Hollywood-style credentials that would make it perfect to star in a big-screen movie? Shropshire film-maker David Tristram is on the lookout for interesting locations across the county to appear in the second instalment of his comedy crime-spoof series

Across Europe there are thousands of graves like these, neatly and carefully tended and arranged in orderly rows

AFC Telford United were today facing an anxious wait for international clearance before being able to confirm the signing of striker Chris Sharp from The New Saints.

Residents in Ludlow know what it feels like to suffer the after-effects of the devastation of flooding.

Just how much should we be entitled to know about the private lives of the famous and how much they have a right to keep hidden?