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Shoppers are being urged to turn out in their hundreds in Wellington on Saturday to show their support to traders who were forced to shut because of two protests in the town.

Thieves ransacked and damaged at least 12 cars during a 10-hour spree, police said this afternoon.

Mystery surrounds the cause of a blaze which destroyed a 200-year-old Shropshire mansion.

Police this afternoon issued this CCTV image of missing man Mark Hodnett taken just moments before he disappeared after leaving a town nightclub.

Sometimes, the good people of Shropshire must feel they are being penalised for wanting to turn up at the office for an honest day’s work.

Men’s fashion chain Burton is to close its Oswestry store in the latest blow for the market town.

Awards and TV stints aside, Cafe Saffron is standing out thanks to what matters above all – its beautiful food, writes Andy Richardson.

Investigations were today continuing into an alleged sex assault on a canal towpath in a Mid Wales town.

Rating **** Sharon Walters enjoys a fine lunchtime meal at a county riverside retreat.

Rating **** Sue Austin enjoys popping ‘around the corner’ for a good meal and catch up with friends.

Going to the seaside is such an uplifting experience, with the huge expanses of blue water, sandy beaches and open air pursuits.

Hitman Marvin Morgan will tonight attempt to fire Shrewsbury Town to their first League Two victory of the season – against the club he rejected to move to the Greenhous Meadow.

AFC Telford United finally make their debut in the Blue Square Bet Premier tonight, with boss Andy Sinton insisting: “There’s nothing to fear.”

Broadband speeds in rural and hard-to-reach areas in Shropshire today received a “massive boost” after the county was awarded more than £8 million to improve connections.

Fears a killer shrimp sweeping Britain had reached Telford were allayed this afternoon by Government experts.

A leading Liberal Democrat councillor today announced his shock decision to step down after more than three decades in Shropshire politics.

Dozens of jobs could be created at a Shropshire firm after it secured multi-million pound orders for a new product.

Council chiefs in Ludlow have claimed advertising A-boards could force people using mobility scooters and pushchairs into the path of oncoming traffic in the town centre.

Newport builder Craig Phillips imagined he’d go straight back to work after winning the first Big Brother series in 2000.

A coroner has recorded a verdict of misadventure on a teenager from near Market Drayton who died in a horror car crash just days before she was due to go on her first date.

Mick McCarthy today declared Wolves have set the standard for the season with their winning performance against Blackburn.

A Shropshire restaurant has been named one of the best in the UK by a respected food guide.

Organisers of the Shrewsbury Flower Show will attempt to mark next year’s 125th anniversary of the event in style, despite it falling at the same time as the closing weekend of the 2012 Olympics.

The marathon man of Shropshire cycling has a national title to his name.

The Shropshire links with one of Britain’s most successful National Hunt trainers continue to spread.

Sshh - our quarry is in sight

Last week, we looked at how to plan a pond and now it's time to line and edge it.

It is not surprising that the three issues which most concern people about wind turbines have surfaced in your letter column. I would like to respond to each in turn.

Nearly 60 friends and family have searched the banks of the River Severn in Shrewsbury in a bid to find a missing man.

A Shropshire trader who has been forced to close her shop for three months after a car ploughed into it has revealed business has suffered badly.