North Shropshire MP and Cabinet minister Owen Paterson has declared his opposition to same-sex marriage in the most significant challenge yet to reform plans backed by the Prime Minister.

With unemployment at its highest rate since 1996, the government’s response to the problem is a scandal.

Shropshire residents will be able to find out exactly which street lights in their area will be switched off overnight through an interactive map launched by council chiefs.

North Shropshire MP Owen Paterson has vowed to ‘battle on’ with calls for the A5 between Oswestry and Shrewsbury to become fully dual carriageway.

Walford and North Shropshire College has recently confirmed the appointment of Lyn Hunter as its lead tutor for new full-time courses in Animal Care starting at its Shipley Campus in September 2012.

Two men who were killed in a horrific car crash in north Shropshire were friends from Hodnet and Market Drayton, it has emerged today.

Police have appealed for the driver of a car to come forward after two men in their 20s were killed in an horrific crash in Shropshire.

Hundreds of children due to start at a new amalgamated school in north Shropshire in September have voted for the new school logo.

Plans to expand a medical centre in north Shropshire have been given the go ahead – ending an eight-year campaign for more health facilties.

A row over a travellers’ site in the Shropshire countryside took a new twist after the occupants applied for planning permission to stay put – despite council bosses serving them with an injunction.

They have bravely done their duty for their country and now the Shropshire town they call home has bestowed on them a top civic honour in return.

A quick-thinking trainee pilot averted a potential disaster in the skies over Shropshire after he spotted an oil leak on a helicopter he was about to fly.

Plans for two windfarms have been given the go ahead in north Shropshire despite objections from local residents.

The River Severn could come close to drying up this summer if Shropshire’s lack of rainfall continues, a waterways expert warned today.

Do you have a Dalek? Dave Saunders, from Ellesmere, has three . . . and is set to help the BBC with the new series of Doctor Who. Ben Bentley reports.

Horse-loving royal Zara Phillips was among the thousands to get a soaking at Shropshire’s Eyton Races.

A drug dealer from Shrewsbury who was on the run has been arrested by police in Whitchurch.

Villages in north Shropshire which came out on top in a contest to be among the first communities in Britain to have superfast broadband could benefit from even faster speeds than originally anticipated, it was claimed today.

It is like a scene from a horror film; Victoria Ratheram was tied to a chair, surrounded by armed, masked men and heavily pregnant. Her young son played neary, thankfully thinking it was all a game.

North Shropshire MP Owen Paterson has had a high-flying start to the year in more ways than one. Among the people he met on recent foreign travels was Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State of the United States.

Potential development sites for almost 1,200 homes and new employment land across north Shropshire have been revealed.

Plans for two wind turbines close to north Shropshire villages have been given the go-ahead by the council, despite huge public opposition to them.

A boy, believed to be 11, was airlifted to hospital after complaining of neck pain following a fall during a rugby tournament in north Shropshire.

Plans for a 119ft wind turbine in a village near Ellesmere have moved a step closer to approval, despite about 100 objections from residents.

Whitchurch has launched a last-minute bid for a slice of £1 million from a new Government scheme fronted by retail guru Mary Portas, it was revealed today.

Shropshire MPs today spoke with one voice over an ‘unfair’ fire service funding settlement after it emerged the county lags way behind other regions.

More than 4,000 homes and businesses in Whitchurch will be able to benefit from super-fast broadband by next spring.

Torchbearers from across Shropshire and Mid Wales today expressed their delight at being invited to carry the Olympic Flame.

Husband and wife Ron and Rachel Bond are proving a perfect double act when it comes to publishing books.

Plans have been revealed for £10,000 of equipment at a play area in Dearnford, near Whitchurch, including climbing frames, logs, tunnels and swings.