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Blog: What a week we’ve had! Wall to wall sunshine rarely seen in our damp and drizzly land, beautiful! I’m not one of life’s sunbathers but at least I can choose to go and fry myself golden brown if I want to.

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Organisers of the Shrewsbury Toy Run are to meet police to see if this year’s charity ride can be saved.

A cancer ward at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital is to be merged with another resulting in the loss of a number of beds, it was revealed today.

Two men arrested in connection with a stabbing in Shropshire which left a 29-year-old man in hospital with serious injuries have been granted police bail.

Teachers at a number of schools across Mid Wales were on strike today over plans to change their pensions.

Records tumbled in the Telford Games organised by Telford Athletic Club, with 23 new best performances being set in the 22-year-old meeting.

The annual Pageant of Power at the Cholmondeley Estate on the North Shropshire border will take place a month earlier than usual in 2012.

Senior VP Phil Schiller admits the iPhone 4S might look the same as its predecessor, but insists inside it’s all new.

Freed Amanda Knox spoke to reporters shortly after arriving back in the United States.

A Shropshire company will today unveil 30 hydrogen fuel-cell powered cars which will be taking to the roads of the county from next year.

The cost of a demonstration by the English Defence League and a counter protest by Unity held in Wellington during the summer was more than £360,000, it has been revealed.

Three British tourists pulled from the East River after their chopper plunges into the water.

Letter: Telford & Wrekin Council now faces a cut of £35 million. Cutting councillor numbers to 22 would save £224,000 per year and this is a saving that has been dodged for too long.

Letter: As a member of the Shropshire People’s Panel I received from the customer insight team at Abbey Foregate a questionnaire concerning the council’s joint housing strategy.

Shropshire landlords welcomed today’s EU ruling over TV football and claimed it could help struggling pubs cut costs.

Struggling Shrewsbury hit rock bottom in Midlands Two West (North) – after a 68-10 drubbing at Old Saltleians.

Delighted Whitchurch claimed maximum points from their league clash with Camp Hill – and sealed a place in the semi-finals of the North Midlands Cup at the same time, writes CHRIS HUDSON.

Newport were left to rue two first half injuries as they slipped to a 14-9 defeat in a close-fought National League Three Midlands clash at Longton.

The people of Church Stretton have backed a scheme which has seen street lights switched off overnight, according to the town’s mayor.

A town council has hit out at plans to built an in-house pharmacy at a Telford medical practice claiming other pharmacies would be hit hard by the proposals.

Up to 60 new jobs could be created in Shrewsbury with the development of new bars, restaurants and boutique shops following a planned revamp of one of the town’s most historic buildings, it was claimed today.

Rural experts today welcomed the scrapping of a ‘crazy policy’ which made some Shropshire farmers pay out 40 per cent of a farm building’s value if they changed its use and sold it.

Wellington’s £10,000 town clock will be officially unveiled this weekend after a succesful campaign to return it to its former home.

A 37-year-old man was given an indeterminate prison sentence today after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in a Telford alley.

Rating **** Cathy Stanworth finds Basils Restaurant at the Plough in Allscott puts the chow in chowder!

PUBS ACROSS Shropshire today won the right to screen Premier League matches from foreign channels following a landmark European Court ruling.

Rating *** Russell Roberts and his fiancée enjoy bumper meals at the Dog in the Lane at Astley.

A Shropshire man was rescued after he fell 20ft on to rocks in a climbing accident.

Former Shrewsbury Town manager Gary Peters was today unveiled as the new director of football at the club’s npower League Two rivals Hereford United.