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The Prime Minister is given a hero’s welcome by Libyan rebels as he gives a speech during a visit to the country.

Letter: When I joined the Milk Marketing Board in the early 1980s, the price paid to farmers for milk was about 20p a litre and they generally made a reasonable living.

More than 250 Newport people attended an exhibition to see revised plans for hundreds of homes, a business park and a huge out-of-town supermarket and petrol station.

The visitor experience in Shrewsbury is ‘weak’, with the town needing to find a greater sense of identity to attract more tourists, a new report, commissioned by Shropshire Council, has claimed.

A leading Shropshire councillor walked out of a meeting ‘in disgust’ today, claiming that he had been silenced in his efforts to raise issues about the authority’s financial plans, staff morale and the prospect of strike action.

A Cineworld multiplex cinema with 11 screens will front the £250 million Southwater development in Telford, it has been announced today.

Parents have been urged to take up a last-minute chance to have their say on plans to close a Shropshire village school.

The costs of an ongoing investigation into the collapse of a steel canopy at the £35 million Abraham Darby Academy School in Telford will be met by the taxpayer, it has been revealed.

Councillors in Welshpool have voted against plans for a proposed multi-million pound shopping development in the town.

Car parks in Oswestry have taken in more money this year compared to the same period 12 months ago despite a hike in charges.

A pensioner has been killed in a collision on the Shropshire/north Wales border.

Shropshire Council has given the go-ahead for 48 properties on a drug-hit Oswestry housing estate to be demolished, with tenants each in line for £4,700 payouts.

Oswestry will have an ice rink at this year’s Christmas Live festive extravaganza.

Take a look at just a few minutes of Ken Dodd’s act when he appeared in Shifnal earlier this week at the start of the town’s festival.

Civic leaders in Welshpool admitted for the first time that mistakes have been made with the town’s controversial one-way system.

Ludlow’s railway station ticket office will not be under threat from plans to close outlets throughout the country as part of cost-cutting measures, according to the town’s MP.

Put down your jewellery, a statement collar is the only way to dazzle this season.

The frustration that can occur when you want to nod off but simply cannot is beyond compare.

Period drama Downton Abbey may have won over the nation with its intriguing plots around the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants, but its settings are also winning hearts.

London Olympic hopeful Beth Tweddle found a novel way to limber up, left, during training with the Great Britain Gymnastics team at the National Sports Centre at Lilleshall.

Devastated Shrewsbury Town striker Terry Gornell has vowed to come back stronger from his Emirates heartbreak as he faces up to missing one of the biggest nights of his footballing career.

Mick McCarthy today revealed he turned down the chance to sign Joey Barton because the Premier League bad-boy did not fit in with the ‘Wolves way’.

Former Wolves striker Adam Proudlock is pushing for a return to the AFC Telford United squad – after proving his fitness in a goal-laden friendly at Rocester.

Key allrounder Rob Foster is on course to win his fitness battle for Shrewsbury’s National Knockout final on Saturday, writes JAMES?GARRISON.

Heavens above – a Wolves head, with ears and snout, appears in a break in the clouds

Parking charges will be frozen in town centres across the county next year in a bid to boost trade, the leader of Shropshire Council has revealed.

Flames could be seen from as far as 10 miles away as firefighters tackled a blaze involving about 2,000 tonnes of a straw in a Shropshire field.

Ram-raiders ripped a cash machine from a Whitchurch store after smashing into it with a 4×4.

Plans to expand Sainsbury’s in Telford have been refused over fears it would kill off trade for other town centre businesses.

Shrewsbury retained their title as champions of Shropshire with a commanding performance in the County Cup.