Computer glitches left post offices across the country unable to process transactions for up to three hours today leaving some customers unable to draw their pensions and benefits.

The owners of a shooting range in Shropshire have lost a legal battle for compensation after claiming an overzealous Health and Safety inspector intimidated them into carrying out an unnecessary reconstruction of their site.

A gang sold CDs and DVDs, which should have been scrapped, for profit in a multi-million pound fraud run from Shropshire farms, a court heard this afternoon.

Eight new cardboard recycling banks are to be set up around Shropshire following the end of kerbside recycling collections, it has been announced.

The woman saved in a dramatic mine rescue in Shropshire suffered a similar accident five years ago, it has been revealed.

The dramatic mine rescue of a woman trapped 300ft underground should not affect the number of people coming to the site for caving, the man who co-ordinated the rescue mission said today.

A caver was rescued in a six-hour operation early today after becoming trapped 300ft underground in a Shropshire mine.

The 11-year-old grandson of a Shropshire woman who was killed in a tragic accident this year is to climb Mount Snowdon in her memory.

More than 50 firefighters from across two counties tackled a huge barn blaze involving up to 500 tonnes of hay and machinery at a farm on the Shropshire border.

Woooo . . . It’s Halloween and there are spooks and spirits about. And in Shropshire, they’re everywhere, writes Toby Neal.

The value of a Shropshire dairy will fall by £20 million when it sheds hundreds of staff, it has been revealed.

Discussions are taking place to discover whether employees at a Shropshire desserts factory that is preparing to axe 350 jobs could be found new positions in the county if possible.

The takeover of Uniq – which has announced 350 job losses at a Shropshire dairy – by Irish food company Greencore is almost complete, bosses said today.

Union chiefs today admitted they face an uphill battle to save the jobs of 350 staff being made redundant at a Shropshire dessert factory.

Union officials were today due to hold crunch talks with bosses at the Uniq dairy over its plans to axe 350 jobs.

The dairy which is laying off 350 Minsterley workers is to be taken over by a Irish company, it was confirmed today.

Union officials today said they planned to have “urgent” talks with bosses at a Shropshire dairy firm which has announced it plans to shed 350 jobs.

DAIRY FIRM Uniq is to shed 350 jobs at its Shropshire site, it announced today. The company says it is closing production of its loss-making Everyday Desserts line at Minsterley.

An SOS call has gone out for more people to sign up as retained firefighters at a station near Shrewsbury.

Uniq Desserts is to close the yoghurt manufacturing part of its Shropshire plant  – putting about 50 jobs under threat.

A Shropshire dessert factory has confirmed up to 85 management and production roles are at risk due to the loss of a significant amount of sales.

THE FUTURE of a Shropshire dessert factory which employs more than 700 staff looks secure following a review.

A Shropshire subpostmaster today claimed he was being forced to make staff redundant and close the village shop section of his business after seeing customer numbers plummet in the last 18 months

A number of bus services running between Shrewsbury and Minsterley are to be axed following a review of travel operations in the area. The Friday and Saturday night services on the 552 Arriva route will be cut on January 2.

One of the best bowlers outside the Furrows Shropshire Premier League has moved a step closer to having a crack at it.

Gritting salt is to be diluted in a desperate attempt to eke out supplies as the Arctic conditions maintain their stranglehold on Shropshire, it was revealed today.

Most schools in Shropshire are back to normal after the recent snowfall.

A Shropshire man who threatened his ex-girlfriend on Facebook that he would be “the next Raoul Moat” after she ended their relationship has been jailed for 14 months.

Plans to create 12 business units and 13 homes at a former Shropshire bus depot have been approved following a public inquiry.

Shropshire tourist attractions will be throwing their doors open for free this weekend as part of the national Heritage Open Days scheme.