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Telford and Wrekin Council has given people the chance to set up a dream budget – by releasing an online calculator.  But will it have an influence on the real thing?

The family of a 12-year-old boy who died after being hit by a falling goalpost have paid tribute to their “lively and energetic” youngster.

Stephen Hunt today insisted Wolves are ready to unleash Kevin Doyle and Steven Fletcher up front together in playing a 4-4-2 formation this season.

Parasols will go down and umbrellas hastily put up as the weather takes on a more gloomy outlook across Shropshire and Mid Wales later this week, forecasters said today.

Police chiefs have vowed to make safety the number one priority at this year’s V Festival at Weston Park.

Land next to Shrewsbury’s Tesco Extra store and the former home of the Shrewsbury Chronicle are set to be sold off as part of a review of Shropshire Council’s property and estates, officials said today.

The sister of a Shropshire motorcyclist who died in a road crash today paid tribute to her “loving” brother.

Oswestry Orthopaedic Hospital has won the right to become a Foundation Trust helping to secure jobs and improve services.

A Shropshire mother today claimed she was being forced to live in her bedroom with her eight-month-old child – after alleging that builders ripped up her house and left without finishing the job.

A £2m leisure and entertainment complex in Oswestry has closed just months after opening.

A dog centre said to be the most eco-friendly in the world opened its doors for the first time today following a £5 million-plus transformation.

Two people have been arrested after detectives discovered more than two dozen cannabis plants growing in a greenhouse and shed at a Ludlow home.

Work to repair one of the best-loved attractions at a Shropshire beauty spot is well under way, bosses said today.

The threat of a summer hosepipe ban in Shropshire has been averted, Severn Trent said today.

Rating: **** There’s something to be said for being boring, as our food reviewer Andy Richardson found out at Eurasia Tandoori.

With his trademark jutting chin and ready smile, Bill Doran was Shropshire's motorcycling ace who is immortalised at the Isle of Man TT with a bend named in his honour - Doran's Bend

A fire ripped through a Shropshire business causing up to £400,000 of damage in an arson attack, police said today.

A Shropshire family escaped serious injury when a car smashed through the front of their house and into their living room as they sat watching television.

Shrewsbury Town manager Graham Turner and new signing Matt Richards look ahead to the new season as the club aims for promotion from League Two.

Hundreds of tributes have been paid to a 12-year-old boy who died after being hit by a falling goalpost as he played football in Powys.

An 86-year-old Shropshire World War Two veteran today vowed to return his campaign medals to the Government after claiming he was being made to wait so long for a cataract operation that he risked losing his eyesight.

Boss Graham Turner believes his Shrewsbury Town squad is almost complete following the addition of experienced right-back Carl Regan.

Shropshire Council was today accused of ignoring town councillors in Ellesmere over controversial parking arrangements in the town.

AFC Telford United boss Andy Sinton insists places are still up for grabs for his side’s big Blue Square Bet Premier debut at home to Luton on August 13.

Worried parents have been urged to bombard council chiefs with their objections to a plan to close a Shropshire village school.

World-renowned DJ and BBC Radio 1 presenter Zane Lowe was today announced as the final act in the line-up for the first ever Shrewsbury Fields Forever Festival.

Campaigners aiming to stop Tesco’s multi-million pound bid for a new store in Tenbury Wells will tonight plead with councillors to support their alternative plan for the former Cattle Market site.

Developers have submitted plans for more than two dozen houses, including seven low-cost homes, to meet “desperate need” for new housing in Church Stretton.

Hundreds of people lined the streets of a Shropshire town to watch the annual Royal British Legion march.

Church Stretton has been officially named as Shropshire’s fifth Fairtrade town after almost a decade of campaigning from dedicated volunteers.