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AFC Telford blogger Dan Clark on a brilliant response to the weekend’s defeat with a goalless draw against high-flying York in the Blue Square Bet Premier last night.

See all of the pictures from AFC Telford’s 0-0 draw against York City in the Blue Square Bet Premier at the New Bucks Head last night.

Paul Wiseman of the University of Wolverhampton discusses the state of Children’s Service and how it is having to change in the wake of funding cuts and job losses.

AFC Telford United produced one of their performances of the season but could not find a goal as they dominated against promotion-chasing York City.

Opening times could be slashed at Telford’s nine libraries to save more than £330,000, it emerged this afternoon.

A 68-year-old woman who was admitted to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital with a fractured hip died nearly three weeks later from an overdose of paracetamol, an inquest has heard.

Kraft Foods is to cut 200 jobs under plans which include a £50 million investment in its chocolate and biscuit manufacturing, the firm said today.

The idea came to him when he was just a boy. Ray Hulse was sitting in the dining room at boarding school, eating a sandwich, when he marvelled at the magic of Christmas. “I remember thinking it was a special time,” he says. “I wanted it to last forever.”

An appeal lodged by developers behind plans to transform a garden centre in Newport into a supermarket will be heard in March. London-based developer David Brierley has made the appeal.

Closing a local information point in Telford is likely to save the borough council £22,000 a year.

Newport businessman and former parish councillor Peter Searles has died, aged 77.

A pupil has been taken to hospital after jumping off a first floor balcony at William Brookes School in Much Wenlock, it has emerged today.

A pensioner was left frightened and shaken after he was attacked and grabbed round the throat in an attempted robbery outside a block of flats in Shrewsbury, police said today.

Tourists visiting parts of Mid Wales are struggling to reach their destination on time because of traffic congestion in Newtown, it has been claimed.

An interim postmaster was today installed at a village post office counter which closed suddenly three weeks ago. Post Office officials today confirmed the counter at Clee Hill Stores has reopened.

We’re not thinking about revenge. That is the measured response of York City boss Gary Mills as he prepares to bring his side to AFC Telford United tonight.

Plans to expand a village school look set to go ahead after the project won backing from council officials.

Rating: ***** I don’t take any notice of TripAdvisor, writes Rex Key. And you don’t have to take notice of what I write.

Forget socks and smellies, make a DIY enthusiast happy with a gift they'll find useful all year round.

A central plank of the big European dream – a common currency for supposedly merged economies – has turned out to be a misconceived disaster which now lies in tatters.

Rating: **** It’s more than a decade since Shropshire announced itself to the world as being a centre for gastronomic excellence, writes Andy Richardson.

Grateful Mick McCarthy today revealed he’d have used one of his managerial lives had Wolves lost to Sunderland on Sunday.

Shrewsbury Town’s hot form in November has seen boss Graham Turner nominated for the League Two manager of the month award.

Shropshire Council’s bid to save £85 million by 2015 is hitting ordinary people and town and parish councils across the county hard, a meeting heard.

A dedicated Scout leader has been made an Honorary Freeman of Ellesmere after nearly 50 years’ service.

Boss Andy Sinton has urged AFC Telford United not to be in awe of high-flying York City as they look to get back on track tonight.

Is this Shropshire’s longest serving Santa Claus? Ray Hulse is in his 49th year of donning the red suit. He was just 18 when he first entertained children as Father Christmas.

A scout hut has been demolished after the failure of a four-year campaign to raise £20,000 to save it.

It’s time to deck the halls with boughs of holly – and dig out your Christmas lights. And this year, we want YOU to send us pictures of your festive decorations.

Raiders have targeted three units at an industrial estate in Telford leaving one fed-up trader threatening to sell-up.