Electric road quads fit the second car bill

The latest green motoring craze to hit London is available in the West Midlands thanks to a Shropshire engineer.


Blog: Shrewsbury Town’s away form must improve

Town’s away form needs to improve before we lose ground at the top of the league, writes Shrewsbury Town blogger James Pugh.


New hope for former British Sugar site

The eyesore site of British Sugar’s former factory in Shropshire has moved a step closer to being brought back into use.


Extra Halloween police patrols in Shrewsbury

Police will lay on Halloween patrols in Shrewsbury to cope with any complaints about anti-social behaviour.


Wolves 2 Swansea 2 – in pictures

Photos from Wolves’ dramatic Premier League comeback at home to Swansea.


‘Too early to say’ on fire service cuts

It is ‘too early to say’ whether cuts being made to the budget of Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service are having an impact on services, the organisation’s deputy chief fire officer has said.


New book casts doubt on Hilda Murrell conviction

In 2005 Andrew George was convicted of the abduction and murder of elderly Shropshire rosegrower Hilda Murrell putting an end forever to the conspiracy theories which surrounded the killing ever since Hilda’s body was discovered in a lonely spot in 1984.


Shifnal mum jailed over sons’ broken bones

A mother from Shifnal has been jailed and her two young sons taken away from her after both suffered broken bones and a catalogue of injuries while in her care.


Rotherham 1 Shrewsbury Town 1

Defender Shane Cansdell-Sherriff earned Shrewsbury Town a point in a lacklustre League Two encounter at Rotherham.


AFC Telford 1 Gateshead 2

AFC Telford United fell to a third consecutive defeat as a late goal caught them out again.


The Neil Bentley Breakfast Show podcast – number 51

Neil Bentley returns with this week’s podcast. Carlie is missing in action.


Blog: Food, body image and the media

Blog: From the moment I wake up until the moment I go to sleep, I think about food and the way my body looks. I think about how hungry I am, how many calories I should consume and how I detest my body. My perfectly normal body.


AFC Telford’s Sinton right behind Dan Preston

Boss Andy Sinton has backed young defender Dan Preston to hit top form again for AFC Telford United – after returning from compassionate leave.


Graham Turner criticises transfer fee changes

Shrewsbury boss Graham Turner has blasted controversial changes which will see League clubs lose the right to negotiate transfer fees for talented youth players.


Expert says Shrewsbury incinerator plan is acceptable

The building of a new £60 million incinerator in Shrewsbury meets council development plans, a hearing has been told.


Rogue traders pledge after county builder jailed

Rogue traders preying on vulnerable and elderly people in Shropshire have been warned they will be caught after a county builder was jailed for ripping off pensioners.


10,000 more homes needed in Shropshire

NEARLY 10,000 HOMES still need to be built in Shropshire’s market towns and large villages over the next 15 years, according to a planning blueprint.


Great Dane and her guide dog seek new home

A blind Great Dane is sniffing out a new home – but you will need to make room for her huge guide dog.


Gas works to affect Shrewsbury traffic

A road in Shrewsbury will be reduced to one-way traffic for the next four weeks as gas mains work takes place.


Council to discuss Newtown bypass plan

Council chiefs will meet next week to discuss how to persuade the Welsh Assembly to build a bypass in Newtown as soon as possible.


Thousands expected at Welshampton fire festival

Thousands of people were expected to watch a 40ft high birthday cake made out of wood being burned to the ground today at an annual bonfire extravaganza in Shropshire.


MP Kawcynzski call for Libya to repay UK help

Libya should help foot the £300 million bill for the cost of the UK’s military intervention in the country now Colonel Gaddafi has been deposed, Shrewsbury MP Daniel Kawcynzski has claimed.


Barrow Primary School is ‘good value for money’

Shropshire’s oldest primary school which was recently saved from the axe is providing ‘good value for money’, according to inspectors.


Authorities in crackdown on Wem drug menace

Authorities are stamping out on the drugs menace in Wem after heroin and cannabis were discovered during raids at homes in the town, police said today.


Fly-tip worries as cardboard collections axed

Scrapping cardboard collections in Shropshire could lead to an increase in fly-tipping.


Letter: At least windfarms will produce jobs

Letter: RE: Wind turbines. Too many people appear to be obsessed with the pros and cons regarding their efficiency etc and most, but not all of them, have overlooked the one overriding factor which goes above all other considerations, that is their benefit to the economy in terms of employment and income.


Men jailed over Telford Facebook attack

Three men who burst in to a house and beat up the man living there after he taunted one of them on Facebook have been jailed.


Fiat 500 TwinAir shows off green credentials

It’s been available in the UK for exactly a year, and Fiat’s two-cylinder 500 TwinAir continues to scoop top awards.


Colorado – a taste of the old west

Back-to-nature thrills and the great outdoors on a trip Stateside to America’s Old West


Stag night accident floors Shrewsbury rugby skipper Evitts

Shrewsbury Rugby Club skipper Simon Evitts is set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines – after suffering a suspected broken neck on a stag do in Gran Canaria.

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