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Officials have blamed lower than expected income from new car parking charges in Shropshire for a £375,000 black hole in their finances.

Sometimes being a Doctor Who fan is a bit like being a parent.

A Shropshire MP today called for a review into how Network Rail sanctions major engineering work after the cancellation of trains to Ludlow during the town’s annual Food and Drink Festival.

AFC Telford United recorded their first home victory in the Blue Square Bet Premier as Newport County finished the game with nine men.

Union officials today claimed staff and residents at Southern Cross care homes in Shropshire faced an uncertain future because landlords had failed to meet a deadline to secure new operators to run the sites.

Shrewsbury Town capped their perfect day with an impressive League Two victory over Paolo Di Canio’s Swindon.

Shrewsbury Town have been handed a dream tie against Arsenal at the Emirates in the third round of the Carling Cup following their 3-1 defeat of Premier League newboys Swansea on Tuesday evening.

Former AFC Telford United defender Duane Courtney is relishing the chance to line up against his old club in Monday’s derby at Tamworth, admitting: “I nearly came back.”

Scrapping plans to impose a 5.4 per cent pay cut on staff at Shropshire Council would result in “inevitable” job losses its chief executive has warned.

Shrewsbury Town could travel without two key strikers for next week’s clash at League Two high-fliers Gillingham – after seeing striker James Collins put on international standby.

Two construction workers injured in the Abraham Darby Academy collapse have been released from hospital.

The man behind plans to shake up hospital services in Shropshire received a salary in the region of £125,000 in the last financial year, a new report has revealed.

Residents in Mid Wales have been warned to be on alert for possible localised flooding this weekend.

Alex McLeish has challenged Aston Villa midfielder Stephen Ireland to recapture his “world-class form” of two years ago.

Former model Lisa Fullwood thought she had achieved her lifelong dream of a hideaway in the sun when she paid more than £50,000 for a holiday home in Spain.

Occasional showers failed to put a dampener on Shrewsbury Folk Festival as about 6,500 fans converged on the County Showground for the start of the four-day event.

Shropshire’s under-15s have crowned a stunning cricket season with victory in the County Cup final.

More than 30 jobs are being created by a growing photocopier company in Telford, it was announced today.

Trustees of Craven Arms Community Centre today warned there was a “long way to go” before the venue could make ends meet.

These are just some of the 3,000 computer gamers who have flocked to Telford International Centre for a major festival this weekend. Hundreds of fans of all ages have been packing into the main arena.

I think that Jon Lakin (Letter of the week, August 22) is correct. People who work in the private sector are jealous of the public sector pension schemes.

Many thought it was a clap of thunder, but when they began hearing frantic cries for help residents realised it was something far more serious.

Newport County boss Anthony Hudson is hoping to give AFC Telford United a football education tomorrow –after welcoming skipper Gary Warren back from the World Student Games.

Boss Graham Turner wants Shrewsbury Town to pile the pressure on controversial Swindon chief Paolo Di Canio tomorrow – but he believes the Italian is in the best place to learn the trade.

Plans by town council chiefs in Ludlow to take on four members of staff with a combined salary of more than £60,000 have come under fire.

A Mid Wales man caught selling heroin to an undercover police officer has been jailed. Michael Anthony Evans, from Bryn Castell on the Oldford Estate at Welshpool, was jailed for 18 months at Mold Cr-own Court yesterday.

The headteacher of a Shropshire secondary school with the axe hanging over it today said she hoped its record-breaking GCSE results would save it from closure.

Blog: In today’s health and safety-obsessed world, it is difficult to understand how part of a brand new Shropshire school complex could possibly have collapsed.

No extra buses will be put on to help people get to Ludlow’s Food and Drink Festival despite all trains being cancelled into the town, council chiefs said today.

More than 5,000 music fans were descending on Shrewsbury this afternoon to enjoy the town’s annual four-day folk festival.