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An elderly driver who was involved in a four-vehicle crash near Bayston Hill has become the fourth person to die on Shropshire’s A49 in the space of 48 hours.

Blog: My preparations for university have begun – well, I would hope so with only 10 days before I go, writes Liam Thomas.

Hugh Jackman’s not worried the robots in his new movie Real Steel might upstage him and he has a go at doing a robot dance.

Letter: I notice strange things happening regarding planning. But it seems to me, that in its intention to make planning easier for developers, the government is solving the wrong problem.

A well-respected former Shropshire karate coach and pub landlord has been jailed for 10 years for sexually abusing two young boys.

A Shrewsbury woman who falsely claimed more than £82,000 in income support and benefits by claiming to be a single mother while living with her partner has avoided an immediate jail sentence.

In the cut throat world of professional sport, any defeat is hard to stomach.

In the whole of AFC Telford United’s promotion-winning season they suffered only four defeats.

Almost 1,000 complaints were made to Telford & Wrekin Council regarding problems with services in 12 months, new figures revealed today.

A man who died after being thrown out of a van in a four-vehicle crash on the M54 has been named.

A Shropshire builder has called for a fuller explanation to be provided on what went wrong with the controversial Quantum Leap sculpture in Shrewsbury.

Shropshire’s Jessica Pugh is proving a big smash on the badminton scene – claiming prestigious national honours at two age groups.

A £35 million academy school in Telford is now ‘unlikely’ to open on time after a steel canopy collapsed injuring five workers, a report has claimed.

Pictures from Morda United 1 Shifnal United 97 2 in the County Premier League premier division; Haughmond 4 Riverway 2 in the West Midlands League division two, and Bridgnorth Town Reserves 1 AFC Wombourne United 1 in the West Midlands League division one.

Three people have died in two separate accidents on Shropshire’s A49 in the space of 24 hours.

You can measure the importance of a car by the length of build-up to its introduction, and by this yardstick the new Range Rover Evoque is possibly the most important car to be launched by Land Rover in the last decade.

The Lake District is a walkers’ paradise, attracting tourists from around the world who all want to enjoy its beauty and climb its enchanting fells.

A Mid Wales politician has called for clarification from the Welsh Assembly over its future plans for regional offices in Wales.

Chris Ball was today closing on a second Shropshire bowls triumph in five years in the the Autumn Waterloo in Blackpool.

Matt Jarvis today insisted he is “100 per cent fit” and ready to return to Wolves’ starting line-up against QPR on Saturday.

Manager Graham Turner has backed Shrewsbury Town to ‘get back on the horse’ after their League Two winning streak was halted.

Boss Andy Sinton will force AFC Telford United to train harder as he seeks to establish his newcomers in the Blue Square Bet Premier.

A pilot project in which youth workers walk the streets of Oswestry on Saturday nights to combat under-age drinking and anti-social behaviour is proving a success, it was claimed today.

Multi-million pound proposals to save a historic Powys indoor market have won council backing.

When the news came, Fiona Cairns was standing in the hallway of her Midlands home arranging miniature blue waves around a Pirate Galleon Chocolate Cake.

Hundreds of people were at Powis Castle in Welshpool today as the Tour of Britain arrived.

Four shotguns and cash were stolen in a distraction burglary at a house near Ellesmere, police said today.

A legal challenge could be launched by Tesco to try to stop rival Sainsbury’s building a store in Whitchurch, after plans were approved by Shropshire Council.

When you have a weak hand, you need to play it with some nous, craft, and intelligence, writes Toby Neal.

A woman in her 80s from Wem was left ‘badly shaken’ after confronting burglars in her home.