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One person was treated for smoke inhalation following a house fire in Ellesmere.

A seven-year-old girl from Mid Wales has had her hair cut off to transform it into a wig for children with serious illnesses.

An Oswestry councillor reckons he knows why the town’s Wednesday outdoor market has suffered a slump in rental income – it’s the UK’s ‘interesting’ weather patterns this year.

Delays to work on a £3.5 million business park expected to create hundreds of jobs in north Shropshire could leave taxpayers facing a £100,000 overspend bill, it emerged today.

Food, flirting and frustration stole the show as Telford hosted Come Dine With Me.

Controversial parking charges in Market Drayton are here to stay, the leader of Shropshire Council has declared.

Residents living near a planned 64-pitch holiday park near Oswestry are objecting to the scheme.

A parish council says everything should be done to safeguard the future of a nearby secondary school.

A multi-million pound town centre development in Shropshire has taken a big step forward after developers clinched land deals paving the way for dozens of new houses to be built.

The funeral date has been set for a Cannock lorry driver who died when he was crushed between his vehicle and a van on the M54 in Shropshire.

A lifelong Wolves fan and former soldier who was left severely disabled in a motorbike accident has achieved his dream and met his heroes.

Thousands of music fans were arriving in Shrewsbury for a new two-day festival.

A Shropshire councillor has called for an inquiry into the costs of the controversial Quantum Leap sculpture.

Two people have been taken to hospital in Telford after a crash in Donnington.

It’s about three years since this musical, created from David Essex’s back catalogue, first appeared and it was then somewhat slow, gloomy and not terribly well-focused.

Amateur footage captures the tragic moment a P51 Mustang crashes into a crowd at the Reno Air Races in Nevada. .

A Shropshire tour firm is cashing in on our love of costume dramas

Tributes have today been paid to a 21-year-old Shropshire soldier who died in a shooting incident during exercises at a military training ground.

AFC Telford United boss Andy Sinton turned to Bath City counterpart Adie Britton when looking for advice on how a part-time team can thrive in the Blue Square Bet Premier.

Shrewsbury-born winger Rob Taylor is relishing the opportunity to make his 100th league appearance for Port Vale against his hometown club tomorrow (1pm).

Cake decorators from across the world due in Telford next summer for the International Sugarcraft Exhibition have been banned from having an Olympic theme.

The opening date of the new £35 million Abraham Darby Academy School in Telford has been put back after the collapse of a steel canopy during building work at the site, council chiefs said today.

About £1 million is wasted in Shropshire every year due to people not using prescription medicines they have ordered, health chiefs have said.

Plans to tear up the road layout around Telford shopping centre and install a new two-way traffic system were today welcomed by the town’s MP.

A charity event is set to return to Ellesmere Comrades Club for a 10th year.

Only Fools and Horses star John Challis will join campaigners next week for a celebration of their successful bid to save a south Shropshire school from closure.

Telford Tigers are finalising their preparations for new ice hockey season, which gets under way this weekend.

The number of jobs available in Shropshire each month has increased by more than 800 in the last year, new figures have shown.

A petition with 1,335 signatures calling for highways chiefs to make changes to Welshpool’s controversial one-way system has been handed to council bosses.

Powys County Council spent more than £6.1 million of taxpayers money on consultants’ fees last year, it has emerged – almost double the amount spent in 2009.