It is great news for Shrewsbury that Debenhams has been lined up as a lead retailer at the heart of its revamped New Riverside shopping centre.

A new motorway link between the M54 and the M6 could be the best news for our local economy in generations.

Why a person or persons unknown should have been motivated to remove a heavy concrete well cover at a farm near Much Wenlock, we shall not know until the culprits are caught.

Now that Shropshire is officially a drought area, the question arises – who should get priority for the water?

John Hales, the Shropshire owner of Neptune Collonges which won a thrilling Grand National in a photo finish, knows more than most about the dangers of racing.

Once it was viewed as one of Britain’s great institutions. Today its reputation lies in tatters. The Royal Mail used to be a source of national pride, an employer with great traditions that cared for its workers and its customers.

Shropshire’s public transport network is hit and miss at the best of times. In the middle of the night, though, it is virtually non-existent.

Managing the UK’s borders ought to be a fairly straightforward business. Officials count the people who leave, record their passport information, and do exactly the same with those who arrive.

Today’s ruling from the European Court of Human Rights, belatedly giving the UK permission to deport controversial Muslim cleric Abu Hamza to face terrorism charges in America, is a long overdue victory for common sense.

In the quiet heart of the Shropshire countryside has been visited a violent crime of the sort more commonly associated with urban gangland environments.

The people who will lose out most in the tax credit changes are not the feral underclass for whom living on benefits is a lifestyle choice, but the people juggling conflicting priorities who go out to work and raise children at the same time.

Slashing the budgets of councils has in the past been like wrestling with an elephant. The job is just too big and too difficult. There is only one winner.