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It's tricky to find a staple British food that hasn't been given a trendy new look these days.

A boxing night descended into a mass brawl involving dozens of people at a hotel in Shrewsbury, leaving two police officers injured as they battled to bring it under control.

A teenager has died after being struck by a train near the Shropshire/Welsh border.

Drinkers causing trouble in Oswestry could be banned from the town’s pubs over Christmas. Landlords said they would take a tough stance against troublemakers.

More than 70 beds will be axed at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital under changes announced by health chiefs.

Glamour model-turned-author Katie Price will be visiting Telford tomorrow after rescheduling a cancelled book signing event.

Freshly baked bread will be back on the menu in Wem next week when a new operator takes over at the town’s former TO Williams store, it emerged today.

House building in Shropshire has plummeted by 64 per cent over the past six years, a new report has revealed.

A Shropshire woman has avoided an immediate jail term after claiming about £37,000 in benefits by pretending to be a single mother, a court has heard.

Blue Square South side Chelmsford stand between AFC Telford United and a first ever appearance in the second round of the FA Cup.

Ever wonder what happens to your bills once they pass through the shredder?

Shrewsbury Town boss Graham Turner has stepped up his search for loan reinforcements – and has not ruled out a new face before Saturday’s trip to Dagenham.

Take a look at all the goals from AFC Telford United’s clash with Gainsborough in the FA Cup Fourth Qualifying Round.

Wolves today suffered a blow after top scorer Steven Fletcher was ruled out of Sunday’s big clash against Wigan.

Take a look at all the highlights from Telford Tigers’ clash with Swindon Wildcats in the English Premier League.

A Shropshire show by former Brookside actor Dean Sullivan has been given a plug on national radio by EastEnders star Barbara Windsor.

It already promises to be the most fabulous royal jubilee in our lifetime, locally, nationally and internationally, writes Shirley Tart. A reign lasting for 60 eventful years through so many changing scenes, should be celebrated and enjoyed by as many of us as possible.

Professor Kit Field of the University of Wolverhampton asks whether media coverage of education devalues the experiences of pupils and whether more positive programming is required:

It didn’t take long for the Bandit to steal my motorcycling heart: just a few miles with this latest 1,250cc model from the Suzuki gang was enough writes John Griffiths.

A poll by breakdown cover firm, GEM Motoring Assist reveals that more than 60 per cent of UK drivers believe it should be compulsory to restrain dogs in cars when driving.

A passenger plane has crash landed at Warsaw Airport after the wheels failed to drop. None of the 230 people on board were injured.

On a recent visit to town with my wife, who has a blue badge DLA due to her health, I parked the car at the rear of Wilkinsons, well within the permitted time and with the blue badge clearly displayed.

This is the first glimpse of how a new multi-million pound development in Telford including an 11-screen cinema, hotel and restaurants will look.

A Shropshire MP today suggested the Libyan people be given a referendum on whether they would like the exiled prince of Libya restored to the throne to head a constitutional monarchy.

The £3 million Bishop Hooper School in Ashford Carbonell, near Ludlow, officially opened today – with staff describing the occasion as an ‘amazing day’.

This 300-year-old Chinese vase, which was spotted by chance sitting on the dining room floor of a Shropshire home, with its owners having no idea of its value, could fetch £500,000 when it goes under the auctioneer’s hammer.

It may have been Halloween, but the village of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, near Oswestry, was decked out for Christmas as it welcomed time-traveller David Tennant.

A former mayor of a Shropshire market town today said she now believed she was wrong when she successfully fought to remove car parking charges.

Planning officials have been urged to take their time and get it right in making today’s decision on plans to build a 1,000 cow dairy unit near Welshpool.

As an exercise in the banal, futile, and pointless, the new “happiness survey” being championed by David Cameron will take some beating.