Developers have praised the efforts of firefighters after they saved an historic building in Telford from destruction.

The number of people who have died in house fires in Shropshire this year is the highest since records began.

Officers investigating a fatal house fire in Telford are not treating the blaze as suspicious, police today said.

A £100,000 skate park looks set to be built in Donnington, Telford, making it the first of its kind in the county.

A woman believed to be in her 50s has died and a man in his 30s was injured in a house fire in Telford.

The Little Theatre in Donnington will perform its latest extravaganza of excerpts from popular operettas and opera, Top of the Ops, from November 3 to November 5.

TWO HUNDRED jobs will be created in a huge expansion by Shropshire dairy Nom, it was announced today.

Crushed cars, bodies strewn across the road and victims screaming for help – this was the daunting task facing emergency services at a multiple car crash in Telford last night.

A teenager was left with head injuries after being assaulted by a gang of men wielding a steel baton in Telford.

A woman claimed £38,000 in benefits by pretending to be a single mum, a court has heard.

Two people have been taken to hospital in Telford after a crash in Donnington.

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An alleged member of a child sex ring in Telford picked up two schoolgirls and told them they would have to do “something sexual” to get a lift home, a court heard.

A car hit a lamppost before ploughing through a wall in a Shropshire street, also hitting a telephone exchange and cutting off residents’ phone lines.

A Shropshire resident has blasted Severn Trent Water after the utility giant told locals to be “frugal” with their water usage.

A 35-YEAR-OLD man who suffered serious head injuries when he was struck by a van while out running with his dog in Telford has died in hospital, police said today.

A power cut left nearly 1,500 homes and businesses in Telford without electricity today. People in Wellington, Arleston, Donnington, Broseley, Doseley and Horsehay reported problems.

A Shropshire restaurant has been fined thousands of pounds after passing two cheap spirits off as the genuine brand.

Supermarket staff are killing trade for businesses in an area of Telford by parking their vehicles in customer spaces, it is claimed today.

Shropshire couple Richard Cosgrove and Jenny Webb had to use a Government-led scheme to help buy their first home after struggling to find a lender willing to give them a mortgage they could easily afford.

Telford’s Netto store has closed but is to reopen next month as a Morrisons supermarket, it was revealed today. The Donnington store is believed to have closed on Saturday.

Shropshire’s chances of producing a national schoolboy boxing champion have been halved after three fighters from Donnington – the only Shropshire club in the competition – tumbled from the title race.

An 81-year-old Shropshire woman died of a broken heart just two weeks after her husband of nearly 60 years passed away, her niece claimed today.

A Shropshire couple are celebrating their first step on the property ladder after moving into a new home through a local housing scheme which allows them to buy a part share in the home.

A car was destroyed and another was damaged in a suspected arson attack in Telford.

Thousands of people enjoyed Shropshire’s biggest bonfire party as they turned out to watch the sky lit up by colourful fireworks.

The final few pallets were today being placed on top of one of Shropshire’s biggest bonfires which is expected to pull in more than 10,000 people to the event this weekend.

One of the oldest civil service clubs in Shropshire – Coddon Sports and Social Club in Donnington – is to close next year, it was revealed today.

A prolific Telford burglar wanted by police after going on the run has been caught following a tip-off from a member of the public, officers said today.

One of Shropshire’s largest annual bonfires is under threat because organisers do not have enough pallets to burn at the event, they said today.