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Blog: Thanksgiving in Canada is not just about turkey but taking time to appreciate what you are thankful for in your life.

Movie expert Carl Jones takes a look at some of the biggest releases at our cinemas, including remakes of Footloose at Three Musketeers.

A series of fresh trials involving nine Telford men facing charges of sexual exploitation and child prostitution are not expected to be completed for more than a year.

An ambulance company which provides transport to Shropshire’s hospitals is recruiting 25 new staff due to increasing demand.

Organisers of the annual Shrewsbury Toy Run are hopeful the charity event will go ahead in December following talks with police. The MCC Rainbringers said they were axing the toy run earlier this month.

Bosses at Shropshire’s orthopaedic hospital said today they were not planning to make any compulsory redundancies as part of a shake-up of therapy services.

A 150-year-old bridge in Mid Wales closed after cracks were spotted in the structure will reopen to light traffic on Monday, council bosses have said.

An action group has been formed to fight a bid for a new Polish food shop in Welshpool to have a licence to sell alcohol.

Freak warm weather is set to deliver Britain a bonus slice of sun this weekend.

A staff nurse stole drugs from the Shropshire hospital where he worked, a hearing has been told.

AFC Telford United manager Andy Sinton today warned his side nothing less than their best will suffice as they chase victory in tomorrow’s battle of the play-off winners against Ebbsfleet.

Investigations are continuing into the cause of a fire which caused members of a family to flee their home near Ludlow. Dozens of firefighters spent six hours tackling the blaze.

Kevin Doyle today insisted Wolves are ready to put a match under their Hawthorns hoodoo on Sunday – quite literally.

More Shropshire Council assets should be sold off as an alternative to cutting the pay of workers any further, union chiefs today said.

Boss Graham Turner has backed his Shrewsbury Town side to rise to the challenge of tomorrow’s big top-of-the-table shoot-out at fellow promotion hopefuls Crawley.

Two people have been arrested following a raid by armed police on Wellington house.

Neil Bentley and Carlie Swain have been shrunk to tiny size and can now fit on your mp3 player. It’s a bit like Fantastic Voyage, but on a tighter budget.

Motorists faced rush-hour delays today after a two-car smash on a busy Shropshire road.

I have to admit I had my reservations about watching actress Joanna Lumley jet off on her jollies to sunnier climes.

THOUSANDS OF people who rang Shropshire Council with a query did not get their call answered last month, new figures show.

Want fuss-free hair with instant anti-ageing effects? Look no further than this season's standout hairstyle, the ponytail.

It’s just a matter of days before Wolverhampton Wanderers meet fierce rivals West Bromwich Albion for the first time this season at the Hawthorns on Sunday. As the black country clash moves ever closer, we caught up with Wolves legend Steve Bull.

Former Wolves goalkeepers Mike Stowell and Matt Murray talk ahead of the Black Country derby this Sunday when Wolves visit the Hawthorns to take on firece rivals West Bromwich Albion.

He’s been a Wolves fan all his life and for children’s television and radio presenter Mark Rhodes a childhood dream of playing at Molineux came true last weekend when he joined others for Matt Murra’s testimonial game.

It's been the best part of two decades since Alexandre Dumas's legendary swordsmen declared, 'All for one, one for all' on the big screen.

Rocky goes five rounds with Short Circuit in Real Steel, a futuristic action adventure that handsomely showcases Hugh Jackman's rippling muscles.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. That's the mantra of director Craig Brewer, who updates the storyline of this toe-tapping remake to present day Georgia but retains the familiar characters and plot of the 1984 classic, which immortalised Kevin Bacon as a teen rebel who unites the emotionally scarred youth of his hometown with the intoxicating power of boogie.

Winter the bottlenose dolphin steals the spotlight away from Hollywood leading men Morgan Freeman, Harry Connick Jr and Kris Kristofferson in this heart-warming true story of triumph against adversity.

Disney's highest-grossing hand-drawn animation of all time strides majestically back onto the big screen, looking more sensational than ever in the increasingly fashionable 3D format.

Johnny English Repackaged might be a more fitting title for Oliver Parker's belated sequel to the 2003 comedy, which poked gentle fun at the image of British spies as debonair gents with a licence to kill.