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Shrewsbury Town today landed an FA Cup jackpot after their first round clash at Newport County was selected for live television coverage.

Captain Ian Sharps today saluted “an entire team effort” for Shrewsbury Town re-discovering their defensive resolve – but urged them to be more patient when visiting teams ‘park the bus.’

More than 800 people have signed a petition against a controversial housing development which opponents fear could spark widespread flooding in the centre of Wem.

Man-of-the-moment Courtney Pitt has urged AFC Telford to use their FA Cup exploits as a launchpad to climb the Blue Square Bet Premier table.

More than 150 homes and businesses were left without electricity in parts of rural Shropshire when an overhead power line was damaged.

Stephen Hunt today urged Wolves fans to be patient in Sunday’s huge clash against Wigan.

It was supposed to be a night of ghouls and frights – but this spectacular rainbow illuminating the county’s sky paints a rather different picture.

New assistant coach Tom Watkins will bring his GB Under-20s side to Shropshire for a warm-up game against Telford Tigers, ahead of the national team’s World Championship campaign in Germany.

Motorists who have been parking for free at a private Ellesmere car park for more than 20 years could be banned from doing so from next year.

Shropshire Young Apprentice hopeful Hayley Forrester made child’s play of a baby product design task as her team romped to victory on the hit show.

A former Netto supermarket which shut its doors in Shrewsbury is to reopen as an Asda just around the corner from one of the company’s existing stores, bosses said today.

Two of Shropshire’s top junior athletes will be recognised tomorrow night.

Controversial proposals to build more than 100 homes in Broseley might now be passed after developers promised to build affordable properties, campaigners fear.

A north Shropshire school could be extended under plans unveiled by education bosses.

There are some animals that will forever be the bane of gardeners' lives - rabbits that munch like locusts through plants, moles which decimate bowling green lawns, squirrels digging up bulbs and stealing bird food and huge pigeons which strip leafy veg.

Schoolchildren could be handed free tickets for Oswestry’s Christmas ice rink, it has emerged.

More than 50 years after it was first called for, and seven months after construction work finally began, a topping-out ceremony was held on the roof of Shropshire’s £46 million NHS mental health centre.

Rating **** Neil Thomas enjoys a family meal down the local – and he didn’t have to go far.

Rating: **** Afternoon TV addict Andy Richardson hot foots it for a fine meal at the Mytton and Mermaid.

It is no use Mr Huhne saying it should be easier for people to find different tariffs for energy.