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A unique Shropshire firm which makes energy saving fuel systems has been bought out by an American investor in a deal which will eventually top £4 million.

A terrified 14-year-old schoolgirl had to ‘attach herself’ to a member of the public to get rid of a man who followed her from school in Newport, police said today.

A Shrewsbury primary school has been placed in special measures following a damning report from Ofsted. Inspectors said Harlescott Junior School provided ‘inadequate education’.

A service to celebrate the life of horse trainer Donald ‘Ginger’ McCain was due to be held in Liverpool today.

Salt mountains are sitting in Shropshire’s council depots as chiefs at both councils revealed today they had ordered thousands of tonnes in the event of a big freeze striking for the third successive year.

David Cameron was today facing a fresh backbench revolt by Conservative MPs over rising fuel prices.

For more than 140 years, it was at the very core of life in Oakengates but now W Owen has closed for the last time.

A 57-year-old diabetic man was robbed of vital medication when he was set upon by a group of men in Telford.

A primary school near Oswestry was attacked by arsonists who set light to a pile of cardboard which had been left near the building to be saved for use in model-making classes.

Welshpool’s controversial one-way system could be ‘tweaked’ after fears were raised over the safety of motorists and pedestrians, the chairman of a committee looking into it has said.

Shropshire Young Apprentice contender Hayley Forrester was dragged back into the boardroom after tasting defeat for the first time on the hit BBC show last night – but narrowly avoided being told ‘you’re fired’ by Lord Sugar.

Almost 10 per cent more people are out of work across Shropshire today compared with this time last year, it has been revealed.

When most go to bed at night, they may well imagine that somewhere out in the waters around our shores that there would be at least one or more British warship flying the flag and keeping an eye on possible dangers to our national security, as this has been the norm for as long as [...]

Council bosses in Powys will prepare their own strategy to prevent flooding misery in Mid Wales, it has emerged.

A Mid Wales teenager denied the murder of a four-month-old baby when he appeared in court.

The dark nights are here, Christmas is coming, and the crooks are out and about. Over the past few days and weeks there has been a surge of crime across Shropshire, some petty, some not so.

Whitchurch Civic Centre is growing in popularity despite the recession, new figures have revealed.

There are 66 people chasing every council property in Shrewsbury, it was claimed today.

A driver died when his car crashed into a tree after veering off a notorious stretch of road near Gnosall.

Shropshire Council is investigating a number of allegations of fraud among its staff, it has been revealed.

Watch video highlights of AFC Telford United’s exit from the FA Cup at the hands of Chelmsford City.

The Royal Navy has test fired cruise missiles in the Gulf of Mexico as HMS Astute completes its first firing test.

Kate Moore, an Australian woman whose father is from Shropshire has arrived in his home town of Shrewsbury and blogs here for the first time about why she’s made the 12,000km journey.

Every trader in Oswestry town centre is being urged to stay open later on Friday evenings next month in a bid to create a festive retail bonanza.

Volunteers have hailed their first street pastors operation a ‘tremendous’ success after helping dozens of revellers in Shrewsbury town centre.

There’s a perception around the world that the average US citizen owns a gun . . . or several guns, writes former Shropshire man Mark Ellis from his new home in Arizona.

Two yobs hurled a shopping trolley off a bridge on to the M54 near Telford smashing into two cars and a lorry. The trolley bounced off the lorry before crashing into the front of a car carrying six terrified adults.

West Mercia Police have launched an inquiry into how the Shropshire businessman who shot dead his family at Osbaston House, near Oswestry, was allowed to keep an arsenal of weapons after threatening to kill his accountant.

Skipper Ian Sharps today urged Shrewsbury Town to cash in on a home draw and reach the glamour stages of the FA Cup for the first time in eight years.

Up to 100 spectators were involved in brawl at a cage fighting event in Shrewsbury, police said today.