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Rock guitarist KK Downing has been granted permission to put up marquees for weddings and other functions at his Shropshire country home.

Under-age drinkers caught with alcohol in Shropshire have been threatened with a knock on the door at home by police. The scheme is being piloted in Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Ludlow.

Traders will only be allowed one A-board in a bid to stop Ludlow’s narrow streets getting clogged up.

Telford mobile phone company Geko went into liquidation owing more than £2.6 million to creditors.

Nearly 100 people turned out at a meeting last night to protest against plans to put up towering wind turbines near Bridgnorth.

Sales of a London 2012 limited edition Olympic teddy bear made by Shropshire company Merrythought have raced past the 1,000 mark – just over a month after they were released for sale.

The future of Wrexham AFC looked more secure today after fans raised more than £100,000 in less than 24 hours to ensure the football club could keep its place in the Conference.

Campaigners fighting to get the operators of a Shropshire and Mid Wales railway line to run an hourly service have called on government officials to act.

An alleged member of a child sex ring in Telford picked up two schoolgirls and told them they would have to do “something sexual” to get a lift home, a court heard.

A Mid Wales man who attacked a friend who then died has been given a two-year community sentence.

A couple who grew their small Shropshire farm into one of Britain’s leading poultry breeding centres during the last 25 years are looking forward to a well-earned rest, as they prepare to sell off their award-winning business.

A Shropshire animal charity facing a financial crisis believes the recession may be to blame for a huge increase in the number of dogs being abandoned in the county.

Shrewsbury and Telford are in the running to pioneer the UK’s first local television services.

Alex Walters, from Diddlebury near Craven Arms, tells how he witnessed the riots in the London borough of Hackney first hand.

David Cameron today said rioters “must be defeated” as he recalled Parliament in the wake of the violence which has shattered Britain. The Prime Minister pledged the number of police officers on the streets of London was to be almost trebled tonight to 16,000 as he cancelled all leave for the Metropolitan Police and drafted [...]

Former favourite Ben Davies goes head-to-head with Shrewsbury Town tonight admitting he is still haunted by his failure to achieve promotion with the Shropshire club.

The weather's warming up, so get out into the garden and start planning a soothing water feature.

Police have advised people in Shropshire to take what they read on social networking sites with a pinch of salt after quashing rumours about overnight disorder in Telford.

A 52-year-old builder was airlifted to hospital after falling from the roof of a school in north Shropshire.

People in Church Stretton think a female voice welcoming people to town centre public toilets should remain, despite complaints from men who say it is putting them off.

A 54-year-old Shropshire man had to be rescued after plunging down an old mine shaft in Snowdonia.

A Shropshire man named as one of the 10 most wanted fraudsters in the country has handed himself in, police said today.

Detectives investigating the unsolved death of a pensioner found 11 years ago after thieves raided his home today claimed someone in south Shropshire could be withholding vital information which could bring the raiders to justice.

Pubs and shops will be closed and boarded up on Saturday in Wellington over fears of trouble arising from anger over a march by the English Defence League through the town.

AFC Telford United boss Andy Sinton is set to offer a deal to winger Greg Mills – but is unlikely to throw the former loanee straight into his starting line-up.

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy today insisted he is happy with his left-back ‘dilemma’ going into the Premier League season but admitted it wouldn’t stop him looking elsewhere.

Shropshire’s Severn Valley Railway could be extended and new stations built under ambitious multi-million pound plans.

A Telford pet lover who lost her exotic snake just before the Big Freeze gripped the county today spoke of her amazement after it turned up unharmed in a neighbour’s garden.

Housing chiefs have caused outrage on a Ludlow estate by sending letters to tenants ordering them to clear up their gardens, it was claimed today.

While many of us will be sunning ourselves abroad this summer, TV gardener Chris Beardshaw will be out in the garden with his three daughters, sowing, digging and insect-hunting.