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Shrewsbury Town new boy James Wallace insists he is ready to be thrown into the cut and thrust of League Two football at Dagenham & Redbridge tomorrow – if required.

A new Sainsbury’s supermarket creating 250 jobs is set to be built in Shropshire after the scheme cleared its final hurdle.

Defender Will Salmon has urged AFC Telford United to “beware the wounded animal” at Darlington tomorrow – as captain Shane Killock received international recognition.

A massive festival which will see a flotilla of boats sailing down the River Severn in Shrewsbury to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee next summer could become an annual event, it was claimed today.

Pensioners are being targeted by at least two gangs of ‘travelling criminals’ who have carried out a spate of distraction burglaries in Shropshire in the past few days, police warned today.

The demolition of the house where failed Shropshire businessman Christopher Foster murdered his wife Jill and daughter Kirstie before killing himself has ‘wiped away’ the last memories of the family, his brother said today.

Shrewsbury Town manager Graham Turner has told of his disappointment at last weekend’s draw to Wimbledon – and his caution ahead of the trip to Dagenham & Redbridge.

Mick McCarthy today admitted Sunday’s huge clash against Wigan is one of 12 ‘must-win’ games for Wolves this season.

A member of Whitchurch Town Council with four years’ service has died.

Historic documents shedding light on key moments in Bishop’s Castle from Elizabethan times have been unveiled after nearly 40 years – after the key to their box was found.

The New Saints chase a prized double in the Corbett Sports Welsh Premier when they tackle third placed Llanelli in front of the live TV cameras at Park Hall tomorrow (3.45pm).

Plans to transform a Newport garden centre into a major foodstore were today welcomed by town bosses.

Former Shrewsbury striker Luke Rodgers has made his mark in America’s Major League Soccer play-offs – but has been overshadowed by David Beckham.

Meet Shropshire world record holder Lieutenant Jim Fraser who has entered the Guinness Book of World Records for running the quickest ever half marathon – while wearing a gas mask.

Two Shropshire MPs have held talks with the Government’s housing minister to discuss home shortages in the county.

A Shrewsbury pub which closed two months ago in mysterious circumstances has been put up for sale with a £125,000 price tag.

England international Ashley Chesters is continuing a golden week for Shropshire golf.

Leading jockey Ruby Walsh has been ruled out of the clash of Shropshire’s two up-and-coming National Hunt stars at Bangor-on-Dee on Wednesday.

Neil Bentley and Carlie Swain with another round-up of highlights from this week’s breakfast shows on The Severn.

Take a look at Carl Jones’s view of In Time, which sees human life restricted to 25 years – unless they can buy more time.

Former England cricket captain Graham Gooch OBE has told our video team of his thoughts about the country’s current Test success – as well as his hopes for the future after the match-fixing scandal.

This week’s collection of nostalgia pictures taken from the pages of the Shropshire Star.

I totally agree with the letter by Bob Jenkins (October 27) ‘Shackled by the EU’.

James Garrison and Stuart Dunn discuss AFC Telford and Shrewsbury Town and look ahead to what the weekend could bring.

One man can make a difference in Marc Forster's inspirational true story, based on a screenplay by Jason Keller.

Thanksgiving is one of the major holidays in America, when shops close and families come together around a dinner table laden with turkey and all the trimmings.

In 1971, legendary director Sam Peckinpah sparked a wide-ranging debate about violence in cinema and the depiction of women with his coruscating thriller Straw Dogs, based on the novel The Siege Of Trencher's Farm by Gordon Williams.

New Zealand-born screenwriter Andrew Niccol has consistently conjured dark clouds with his dystopian visions of life in the 21st century and beyond.

Farmers across Shropshire have expressed mixed views after the Government announced it is considering moving the UK’s clocks forward by an hour for a three-year trial period.

A disabled driver has been taken to hospital after a two-car smash in Telford this afternoon which left a main road in Wellington blocked.