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Detectives used CSI-style DNA testing to track down a couple from Shropshire who ran off from an Aberystwyth bed and breakfast without paying the £130 bill.

The housing market in Shropshire is broken with first time buyers and middle income families unable to afford a new home, it was claimed today.

A North Shropshire farm has been sold for more than £3.25 million as the county’s agricultural industry continues to defy the recession.

Parts of Britain were braced for more snow, sleet and hail today as the winter cold snap continues to bite.

Police are hunting a group of youngsters who knocked a 10-year-old boy off his bike and then kicked him in the stomach during an unprovoked attack in Shrewsbury.

A £1.7 million revamp of Shrewsbury’s crematorium is being planned by the new managers, it was revealed this afternoon.

In the 1980s Margaret Thatcher let loose the aspirations of ordinary British people to own their own home.

The combination of tight budgets and the festive season is bringing out the inner Kirstie Allsopp in all of us.

Shrewsbury Town striker Marvin Morgan today insisted he would not be fazed by a barrage of abuse when he returns to former club Aldershot on Saturday.

Boss Andy Sinton has challenged AFC Telford United to re-produce their impressive York performance against the Blue Square Bet Premier’s “lesser” sides.

Thieves stole paintball equipment including two guns, ammunition and clothing worth about £2,500, in a raid on a Market Drayton home, police said today.

Snow showers and storm-force winds of up to 80mph are expected to batter parts of the Midlands from tomorrow, weather experts have warned.

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy today insisted Kevin Doyle is fully fit for Saturday’s Old Trafford showdown and backed his hitman to start firing again.

A 48-year-old man who admitted stealing ladies’ underwear from various washing lines in Welshpool has had his case adjourned for sentencing.

More than 60 civilian jobs will be lost with the closure of part of Copthorne Barracks in Shrewsbury, a Government minister has confirmed.

A new road link between the M54 and both the M6 North and the Toll road is crucial to the economy of Shropshire, it was claimed today.

Five heroic soldiers based at a Shropshire barracks have received medals recognising their bravery during a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan.

A referendum over plans for mass development in Newport would cost each household in the town about £2, it has been revealed.

Welshpool athletics prospect Adele Nicoll had a chance to get some tips from the best when meeting top shot putt coach, American Don Babbitt.

Only about one in 10 hospital trusts know where the food they serve in canteens comes from – but Shropshire’s two main hospitals are bucking the trend by buying British.

A large piece of antique porcelain has stumped police officers after it was left beside a main road in Shropshire.

Problems in Shropshire’s housing market are set to worsen in coming years as the ‘affordability gap’ grows, and the gulf between supply and demand is likely to increase, experts warned today.

Three traditional manually-operated signal boxes on a Shropshire railway line are due to close next year under a multi-million pound modernisation plan by Network Rail.

A rogue trader who stopped a Shropshire pensioner in the street and pressured her into handing over hundreds of pounds for work that he had never even carried out is being hunted by the police, it emerged today.

A black and white Benny Hill-style film has scooped a top award for three schoolboys.

One of the finest Tudor manor houses in Shropshire has been voted as the UK’s top hidden gem at an award ceremony.

Controversial plans for a block of apartments in the centre of Market Drayton have been approved, despite dozens of complaints, letters of objection and a petition.

‘Do you wanna get rocked?’ Def Leppard enquired of the LG Arena and the response was a very clear ‘Hell, yeah!’

I fully support all the hard working public sector workers who are willing to stand up for what is right and fair, and who are now being made out to be villains.

Shropshire expat Mark Ellis discusses immigration in his latest letter from Arizona and says that the issues are just as controversial there, if not more.