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A 300-year-old Chinese vase spotted by chance in a Shropshire home failed to sell when it went under the auctioneer’s hammer.

The chairman of Whitchurch’s Chamber of Trade has called for an urgent review into car parking charges in the town – claiming free car parks are full to bursting while others are empty.

A poppy tin has been stolen from a church in north Shropshire.

Shropshire’s Adrian Gunnell has booked his place at the top table of snooker’s UK Championship.

Thousands of people in rural parts of Shropshire are still struggling along with snail-like broadband speeds despite an £8 million Government grant to upgrade the county’s service, it has been claimed.

People will fall silent across Shropshire and Mid Wales at a number of ceremonies and events to mark Remembrance Sunday this weekend.

A community has been left ‘devastated’ by an arson attack on a church youth campsite in south Shropshire, it has been claimed.

Bosses of a booming Telford company are struggling to fill 30 vacancies despite offering training, advertising and salaries ranging from £12,500 to a possible £60,000.

Key midfielder Nicky Wroe is set to hand Shrewsbury Town a big FA Cup boost by declaring himself fit for Saturday’s testing first round trip to Newport County.

Struggling elecrtricals chain Comet was today sold for just £2 after its owner called time on the loss-making business.

The Stone Roses are being lined up to headline next year’s V Festival at Weston Park, it emerged today.

Boss Andy Sinton today insisted spirits remain high in the AFC Telford United camp – despite the dip in league fortunes.

No patient in Shropshire should have to wait longer than 18 weeks between referral and treatment from April next year thanks to a £3m cash boost.

Celebrity chef James Martin will be headlining next year’s Shrewsbury Flower Show, it was announced today.

Captain Roger Johnson today insisted: “I’m back” – after admitting Wolves’ poor run left a miserable mood in the camp.

David Cameron has condemned the ban on England’s footballers wearing poppies on their kit as ‘outrageous’.

Just days before Remembrance Day, Fifa has given a disgusting slap in the face to all the fallen heroes of this nation who fought for freedom.

Controversial plans to extend the size of Shrewsbury’s Tesco Extra store could hurt independent businesses in nearby towns and villages, the Campaign to Protect Rural England has warned.

An angling club secretary hit out in self defence at two brothers who threatened to kill him at a fishing competition in Telford over money they claimed he owed them, a court heard.

Cash-strapped secondary schools across Mid Wales could work closer together in ‘families’ in a bid to save money, it was revealed today.

The number of top officer jobs at Telford & Wrekin Council is to be slashed by almost half under plans to save £2.1 million a year, it was revealed today.

Health chiefs were today remaining tight-lipped over the future of a closed ward at Whitchurch Hospital.

I’ve decided that if reincarnation does exist, I’m coming back as Alan Yentob, writes Andrew Owen.

A proposed 15m high mobile phone mast that could be put up close to a school in Shrewsbury is not needed in the town, a campaigner has claimed.

An online petition launched to try and stop a planned 20 per cut to the budget of BBC Radio Shropshire has only attracted just under 150 signatures, it was revealed today.

Telford Steam Railway could reopen in time for Christmas – five months after it was forced to close following a serious accident at the site.

A £50,000 fighting fund has been secured to support businesses in Tenbury Wells while the town’s Teme Bridge is closed. The £1 million repairs will take six months to complete.

A residential group has thrown its weight behind the idea of reopening one of Oswestry’s main town centre streets which could help regenerate the area.

This aerial artist’s impression shows how a new £13 million health facility will look when it is created in Shrewsbury.

Innovation Ensemble presented four 20th century French works all composed within a span of 26 years.