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Telford Shopping Centre will close early tonight as a precaution after rioting and looting caused widespread destruction across England. Bosses said the centre will shut at 6pm.

Letters have been sent out to tenants on a Ludlow estate threatening action unless their gardens are cleaned up within two weeks.

Two Shropshire soldiers are to be rewarded for outstanding acts of bravery with a prestigious and rare civilian honour, it was announced today.

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested after a 40-year-old man was attacked outside a fish and chip shop in Bridgnorth.

Mysterious lights over the Glastonbury Festival and the bizarre story of “Mork and Mindy’s” visit to East Dulwich are among the reports in new batches of UFO files, released today by the Ministry of Defence. Shropshire is a UFO hotspot – check out our sightings map and have your say.

A 50-year-old woman who suddenly collapsed from a heart attack in a Market Drayton shop before being revived by emergency services later died in hospital, police said.

A Shropshire music venue will be playing host to Cupid to help lonely hearts from across the county.

A swimming pool, fire station and youth club could be bulldozed in Whitchurch to make way for an expansion of the town’s existing Tesco, it was revealed today.

The forecast might say sunshine but the shops are screaming winter. So if you're stuck between seasons, go on the prowl for animal prints.

One lucky couple could scoop our “Win the wedding of your dreams” competition, held in conjunction with the stylish Telford Hotel & Golf Resort – now it is over to you! Each of the couples has told us why they should be the ones to win this amazing prize worth over £3,000. You can vote [...]

Pub landlords and shopkeepers in Shropshire have been warned to look out for fake Scottish £50 notes.

Ludlow is enjoying a tourism boom with numbers up more than 60 per cent, it has been revealed.

Rating **** Dave Burrows calls in the experts for a perfect takeaway.

Jubilant Shrewsbury Town boss Graham Turner today hailed his Carling Cup heroes after their historic victory at Championship big guns Derby.

Chairman Lee Carter believes AFC Telford United’s big Conference homecoming has been tarnished by the planned EDL demonstration – and is forecasting a “deeply disappointing” crowd of just 2,500.

Wolves will discover today if striker Kevin Doyle will miss the start of the season when their medical staff assess his knee injury after he was released from international duty by the Republic of Ireland.

Within minutes of starting a batch of ham and cheese scones, dough is dripping off my hands, swamp monster-style.

Pictures from Shrewsbury Town’s 3-2 Carling Cup victory over Derby County at Pride Park.

David Cameron today authorised police to use water cannon and plastic baton rounds against rioters bringing mayhem to Britain’s streets. It comes after three men were killed today after fresh rioting brought mayhem to cities across the Midlands – as the Chief Constable of West Mercia Police appealed for calm. Gangs of copycat rioters and [...]

Shropshire’s senior police officer spoke out today in a bid to reassure communities following a fourth night of widespread disorder on the streets of England as the riots intensified in the West Midlands and North West.

Dramatic footage caught the moment a gang of yobs looted and vandalised businesses in Wolverhampton City Centre.

Video footage shows the tense stand-off between hooded youths and police during last night’s riots in Wolverhampton.

Pictures from the riots in Wolverhampton where looters attacked shops in Queen Street, Dudley Street, Wulfruna Street, Princess Street and Market Street.

Pictures of the riots which spread to West Bromwich High Street.

Footage of looters breaking in to shops in Queen Street, Wolverhampton, as the national unrest hit the city.

Vehicles were set on fire and businesses vandalised and looted. These were the scenes in Birmingham city centre last night as violence swept the breadth of the UK during a fourth consecutive night of rioting.

Shrewsbury Town claimed a major scalp as they toppled Nigel Clough’s Derby County in their Carling Cup first-round tie at Pride Park.

Nearly 30 traders in Telford today announced plans to shut shops and board up windows ahead of the English Defence League march on Saturday.

Shropshire pensioner Vic Wards ended up in hospital needing stitches after being attacked with his own stick – when a cyclist took exception to a polite request to use his bell in an altercation on The Wrekin.

Multi-million pound plans to re-open a rural Shropshire railway station have hit the buffers because council chiefs say they cannot justify paying for a fresh feasibility study.