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Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho was again involved in controversy after he appeared to tug the ear of a Barcelona coach during a on-field scuffle between players from the rival sides.

Shropshire Council has spent more than £75,000 on hiring recruitment consultants – despite having a dedicated team which could do exactly the same job, union chiefs claimed today.

The new Chief Constable of West Mercia Police has defended the policing of the English Defence League’s demonstration in Wellington in an online “web chat”.

A Telford telecoms firm which employed 90 people at its peak is facing liquidation.

Three soldiers from Telford will fly to Afghanistan on Sunday to help in the fight against the Taliban.

The next phase of the £600 million Ironstone housing project in Telford could begin this month, it was revealed this afternoon.

As the build-up continues to the start of the X-Factor this weekend, take a look at the latest set of auditions for Telford’s Talent.

We hear a lot about how costly it is to send a child to university in this era of student loans, but far less about the quality of service these establishments actually provide.

Students have ranked Harper Adams University College as one of the best in the country – putting it just behind the great seats of learning, Oxford and Cambridge.

Disappointed boss Graham Turner today responded to Shrewsbury Town’s mis-firing start to the League Two campaign by flinging open the selection door to his first team wannabes.

Friends and family of missing father-of-one Mark Hodnett gathered in Shrewsbury to search around the banks of the River Severn last night in a desperate attempt to help discover his whereabouts.

Ironbridge was one of the most visited tourist attractions in England last year with more than 567,000 people paying to enter the visitor centre, new figures showed today.

The Chancellor is to face a fresh funding demand from Cabinet colleague Owen Paterson after the Shropshire MP’s epic 1,000-kilometre horse ride across Mongolia.

Boss Andy Sinton is looking at fresh attacking options after seeing AFC Telford United “mugged” on their Blue Square Bet Premier debut at Cambridge.

Bosses at cash-strapped Ludlow Assembly Rooms have announced they will cut their open hours and raise prices in a bid to save money.

Wolves have no plans to sell Sylvan Ebanks-Blake or have seen any interest in Stefan Maierhofer, despite speculation to the contrary on both strikers.

The head of a reindeer and a stuffed weasel, duck and owl were just some of the unusual items stolen from a house in Shropshire, police have revealed.

A top figure in one of Welshpool’s biggest firms who was caught driving using a mobile phone was spared a driving ban to save the company from any future difficulties.

Two men have been jailed for three years over carrying out a “brutal” attack on another man who suffered a broken jaw from repeated punches.

Oswestry was today named as one of the worst areas in the UK for broadband provision.

A multi-million pound development to transform a derelict wharf into a residential and commercial centre could cause traffic chaos, a business leader has warned.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of a sexual assault in Welshpool.

Unemployment rose by 38,000 in the three months to June, new figures showed today.

It was supposed to be the start of a brave new dawn for AFC Telford United but there was something very familiar about their frustrating start to life in the Blue Square Bet Premier.

When it comes to enlivening an evening meal, few cuisines pack quite as much punch as the culinary traditions of Spain, Morocco and the Muslim Mediterranean.

Wolves were today mourning the loss of one of their most popular players with the passing of Frank Munro at the age of 63.

Shrewsbury Town chose a visit to one of England’s flagship educational centres to suffer their first examination failure of the season.

Sadly I am of an age to remember when Triumph produced a 750cc Tiger writes Bob Hickman.

AFC Telford were made to rue a succession of missed chances as they opened their Blue Square Bet Premier campaign with defeat at Cambridge.

An alleged victim in the Telford sex ring trial this afternoon told a jury that one of the defendants wanted her to “marry” a Ghanaian man so he could steal money from him.