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Metal detector enthusiasts scoured fields in Shropshire to raise funds for Hope House Children’s Hospice.

Bosses at Shropshire’s orthopaedic hospital say they have reached agreement with staff on a shake-up of therapy services.

A 51-year-old man suffered serious head and facial injuries after being attacked in a Telford street by a gang of eight men and women.

Rail users in Church Stretton have criticised plans to remove hourly services from the town, according to a survey carried out by enthusiasts.

A fresh attempt is being made to ban parents in Wales from smacking their children.

This is a show that must be on borrowed time, given the fact that those “surprised” by the Secret Millionaire must have an inkling not everything is as it seems.

A group of French travellers who set up camp on a Shrewsbury town centre car park have left the site.

A police crackdown on speeding motorists is being launched in Wem from today after figures revealed almost half of all drivers were breaking the limit.

Public meetings will be held in Whitchurch for people to have their say on reinstating the town’s carnival after an eight-year absence.

Council snoopers will be sifting through bins in Telford’s Woodside and parts of Madeley in a pilot scheme to increase the authority’s recycling quota.

Chess ace Nigel Short steamrollered the Shropshire opposition as he threw down the gauntlet to 34 challengers at the same time in Telford.

Blog: There is always that day when you are in a hurry, chasing your tail all morning, sorting out a million jobs at once and you realise you have headed out of the office without your mobile phone, writes blogger Chris Pallett, from Bespoke Computing.

Ed Sheeran played to a sell-out crowd at the HMV Institute and hailed the venue as the “best I’ve ever played”.

Consultation on the shape of Newtown over the next 15 years began today.

A teenager from Ludlow who rescued a four-year-old boy and his mother from their blazing home has been honoured for his bravery and courage.

Frustrated boss Andy Sinton today cited a worrying lack of belief as he came to terms with AFC Telford United’s worst display of the season.

Full-back Joe Jacobson today admitted Shrewsbury Town must tighten up as a defensive unit, declaring: “We have to cut out the silly goals.”

Britain is bracing itself for a change in the weather as unseasonably warm weather gives way to a blast of cold air.

Under-fire Mick McCarthy today vowed not to panic and insisted he was “under no more pressure” after Wolves’ Black Country crash.

Just one in ten 999 calls made to Shropshire’s ambulance service is for a life-threatening emergency, according to latest figures.

It was a tough night for Telford Tigers – and in partuclar for Juri Senko – when they took on Milton Keynes Lightning at the ice rink on Sunday.

Demolition work has started at Osbaston House – the Shropshire mansion where businessman Christopher Foster murdered his wife and teenage daughter.

Hundreds of Shropshire people gave it some welly to raise £17,000 for charity. Market Drayton-based Robert Wiseman Dairies teamed up with Severn Hospice to organise the first ever Wiseman Welly Walk.

Perhaps I’m spoilt but it seems ages since I grasped a steering wheel covered in plastic. Nicely moulded and quite grippy, but plastic nonetheless writes Ian Donaldson.

There’s nothing like getting to your car in the rain. It’s a haven from the elements.

More than 400 base jumpers leaped off the New River Gorge Bridge in the US state of West Virginia at the annual Bridge Day Festival.

The Cambrian Rally 2011 was set in the challenging famous Welsh forests of Clocaenog, Penmachno and Alwen.

Blog: I can only feel a sense of frustration after the game against Ebbsfleet, writes AFC Telford blogger Dan Clark.

Twenty-one more vulnerable children in Telford & Wrekin have gone into care in the last three months, increasing the cost of the service by £600,000 this financial year.

Talks on the merger of two village schools in Shropshire are gathering pace, governors said today. A committee has been set up to look at the plan for Shawbury Primary School and St Mary’s Primary.