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The Government wants to create a whole new workforce to ensure that people who are long-term unemployed through ill-health are really unfit to work and if they are not will take them off benefits. Why?

Thousands of pupils across Shropshire will be out of their classrooms next week as more schools announce they will be closed for strikes – bringing the total to 64.

A Shirehall debate has been forced on a controversial decision to end kerbside cardboard collections in the county thanks to an e-petition set up by a Shropshire campaigner.

More people than ever before in Shropshire are seeking surgery to deal with their weight problems, it has been revealed.

Shrewsbury Town remain on the League Two promotion trail after a relatively comfortable home victory inflicted a first away defeat of the season on Morecambe.

Ten-man AFC Telford United recorded their first league win since the end of September thanks to a controversial goal by Steve Jones.

November has been one of the mildest in recent memory – but a year ago today the scene was very different as Shropshire was plunged into one of the coldest winters in history.

Birmingham Royal Ballet brought festive magic to the stage in a sensational production of The Nutcracker.

Boss Graham Turner insists he is is happy with his Shrewsbury Town squad – despite missing out on targets on loan deadline day.

Two men have been sentenced to more than six years each in prison after a drive-by shooting at a home in Telford while a mother and her two children sat inside.

A man was killed in a hit and run incident in Shropshire today.

More schools in Shropshire have announced they will close next week as the Government warns trade union laws could be altered to make it more difficult to strike.

AFC Telford United have been warned to plan for life without big-name striker Adam Proudlock for more than two months.

A 49-year-old man involved in an armed siege at his Shropshire home has been given an indefinite prison sentence.

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy today revealed the extent of Dave Edwards’ mental torture during his six months out of football.

A herd of camels in the scorched Arabian desert is being milked using equipment made in the rolling countryside of Shropshire.

Shropshire’s soaring badminton star Jessica Pugh is set to play in her first senior international tournament next week.

Some of Shropshire’s best loved landmarks feature in a new collection of medals which will be unveiled to the public next month.

Hundreds of eager ale drinkers poured into Shrewsbury to sample the wares of Britain’s finest brewers. Doors opened yesterday to the Campaign For Real Ale Beer Festival at the Morris Hall, Bellstone in Shrewsbury.

A potential multi-million pound redevelopment of Shrewsbury’s historic Flax Mill could provide a major boost to the town’s tourism industry, it has been claimed.

The people of Newport have been urged to support local shops – after it was announced one of the town’s independent stores will be closing.

A campaign group has been set up to oppose plans for a new £16 million technology college in Telford, which residents claim would be out of keeping with the rest of the area.

Surprise, surprise, the M6 toll road is failing to ease road congestion (Star, November 22), yet the Government is considering more toll lanes to beat congestion.

More than £3 million is to be ploughed into bringing Telford ice rink up to scratch after plans to privatise it were abandoned.

More than 1,700 domestic abuse incidents have been reported across Shropshire so far this year, police have revealed, a rise of about 100 more than in the same period during 2010.

This is the full list of school closures and partial closures, as announced by Shropshire Council today:

Winds with gusts of more than 40mph are set to hit parts of Shropshire and Mid Wales this weekend, forecasters said today.

Nearly 70 schools across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin will be shut for a day next week as a result of strikes which bosses say will be the worst in the county for decades.

James Garrison and Chris Hudson assess the chances of AFC Telford and Shrewsbury Town this weekend.

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