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Colonel Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam makes a defiant appearance in Libya after reports of his capture.

Take a look at the video highlights from AFC Telford United’s debut in the Blue Square Bet Premier against York City.

Letter: I have been homeless for 19 months and noticed if you don’t work you get more. If they are a 16 to 25-year-old unmarried mother, they get a house straight away, even though they are living with their family who have the room.

Letter: I was shocked to read that someone I have known for several years was attacked on The Wrekin by a cyclist.

Telly Talk: As a journalist you get passed a story every now and again that makes your heart sink so fast it drops out of your bottom, writes Peter Finch.

Developers have won their battle to install a 230ft wind mast at the site of a controversial windfarm on the Shropshire-Staffordshire border.

Four soldiers from Shropshire are among a new wave of Territorial Army troops heading to Afghanistan.

The UK Cereal Pathogen Virulence Survey (UKCPVS) confirms the presence of new races of yellow rust and brown rust in winter wheat.

Massey Ferguson’s new MF7600 Series of tractors combines well proven, award winning technology with the latest fuel efficient engines, creating a unique and impressive tractor.

Campaigners fighting to save a Shropshire primary school from the axe will find out next month if they have been successful.

Massey Ferguson has shown its intention to make a big impact in the combine harvester market by releasing a slew of new combine harvesters to strengthen their current ranges.

Shropshire Rural Hub is launching the fourth year of its successful, free, farm business management training programme for existing farmers and new entrants to farming.

Walford and North Shropshire College’s farm manager Neil Ridgway  has been shortlisted for the prestigious Dairy Farmer of the Future Award.

Peter and Rob Lawley of Manor House Farm, Bagnall, Stoke-on-Trent, were the winners of a recent competition carried in The Farmer to win a Cellcense system.

Agriculture students at Walford and North Shropshire College will complete a charity, 24 hour ploughing marathon, on Friday and Saturday September 16 and 17.

Arable farmers across England and Wales are being urged to complete this year’s NFU harvest survey.

Despite the August sun blazing, arable farmers in the region are still playing the annual watch and wait harvest game. Frustrating is the only way to put it. Oilseed rape has exceeded all expectations for many farmers. One Stafford farmer with both light and heavy land farms has harvested 350 tonnes off 180 acres, something [...]

If you would like to find out more about improving your sheep unit’s efficiency, then talk to Steve Pennington.

Shropshire Young Farmers have taken the theme British Seaside for their Chairman’s Ball this year which is being held on August 27 at Lower Wigmore, Halfway House by kind permission of the Stokes family.

Rating *** Cathy Stanworth relishes a chance to dine out on a Sunday.

Rating **** James Shaw finds a haven for football fans that serves excellent Shropshire meat.

A £35 million loan is needed to fund the controversial proposed shake-up of hospital services in Shropshire, health chiefs revealed this afternoon.

Rating: *** The venue is stunning, as pretty as any in Shrewsbury, writes Andy Richardson. The Mercure Shrewsbury Albrighton Hall Hotel and Spa is situated in a glorious location, off the Ellesmere Road, and offers visitors picture perfect views.

Around 85,000 people packed into the grounds of Weston Park on the Shropshire-Staffordshire border to see some of the biggest names in music strut their stuff at V Festival 2011.

Hundreds of shoppers turned out in Wellington to help boost trade after protests by the English Defence League (EDL) and counter demonstrators saw traders lose thousands of pounds.

Calls were today made for changes to Welshpool’s controversial one-way system after claims it has decimated trade in the town.

With jubilant rebels swarming into the heart of Tripoli, Colonel Gaddafi’s reign of terror in Libya today appears to be in its death throes.

Farmers are being targeted by thieves who have stolen thousands of pounds of sheep in a spate of raids on farms in Mid Wales, it was revealed today.

Goal hero Sean McAllister is hoping a first victory of the League Two season can prove the launchpad to Shrewsbury Town’s campaign – and his own Greenhous Meadow career.

Boss Andy Sinton believes buoyant AFC Telford United will gain valuable self-belief after the “biggest win” of his managerial career at York City.