A disabled pensioner has vowed she would rather go to court than pay a fine for displaying her parking permit the wrong way around in her son’s car in Oswestry.

A takeaway restaurant in Madeley will be closed for several weeks after a fire caused severe damage to the premises this morning.

An appeal has been launched by a gipsy family against a refusal of planning permission for a travellers’ camp on a site that was formerly a dump near Oswestry.

Plans for a chalet and caravan site on the edge of Gobowen – which have already been partly built – look likely to be refused by council chiefs.

The newly appointed High Sheriff of Shropshire has been honoured for clocking up 50 years of service as a scout leader.

Council chiefs have been warned they could have ‘another Dale Farm fiasco’ on their hands near Oswestry if they do not resolve a planning row quickly.

A speed camera will be sited on the main road through Gobowen after a survey found nearly half of drivers ignored the 30mph limit.

Bosses at Shropshire’s orthopaedic hospital said today they were not planning to make any compulsory redundancies as part of a shake-up of therapy services.

The deadline for members of the public to complete questionnaires on how to spend £1 million of lottery funding has been extended because so few householders have taken part.

Railway ticket offices in Shropshire and mid Wales could close if government plans for unstaffed stations go ahead, it was claimed today.

An elderly woman had £55 of her pension money stolen after a teenager tric-ked his way into her house

A Shropshire animal charity facing a financial crisis believes the recession may be to blame for a huge increase in the number of dogs being abandoned in the county.

Elderly people have been warned to remain vigilant after two pensioners were targeted by con artists in the space of two days in the Oswestry area.

An 84-year-old Gobowen man had cash and watches stolen when he was the target of a distraction burglary.

Campaigners have warned water bosses that a village near Oswestry will face an “environmental health disaster” unless the sewage infrastructure is improved quickly.

Villagers will be starting a community meals on wheels service next month to look after the elderly in their parish

Shropshire youngsters have written to the Prime Minister David Cameron and appealing for his help after their scout hut was ransacked by intruders.

A businesswoman has started work to install an ice skating rink in her £2

A controversial bid to develop a travellers’ camp in a Shropshire village is still to be determined almost 12 months after it was first submitted.

The family of a Shropshire teenager who died after the car he was a passenger in collided with a tree today said they felt let down by the justice system after the driver was jailed for 12-months for causing death by careless driving.

A 21-year-old Shropshire man has been put behind bars for 12 months for causing the death by careless driving of a passenger in his car.

A 21-year-old Shropshire man has admitted causing the death by careless driving of a passenger in his car.

A 21-year-old Gobowen man today admitted causing death by careless driving.

Worried town councillors have called for urgent action over the revamped Meals on Wheels in Shropshire amid concerns following a shake-up of the service.

A pedestrian suffered serious head injuries when he was involved in a collision with a car in Shropshire early today. The man has not yet been named.

Plans have been lodged by Arriva Trains Wales for CCTV cameras and electronic information screens to be installed at Gobowen Railway Station.

Three villages near Oswestry could share the cost of an electronic road sign designed to cut down on speeding traffic.

The £1 million lottery funding for three villages near Oswestry will not be used to replace funding from Shropshire Council or the Government.

A rural part of Shropshire is to receive at least £1 million in lottery funding over the next 15 years.

A Shropshire takeaway has been gutted in a fire in which it was feared staff could be trapped inside.