Josh Humphries (ABC) was top of the list on the Monday Affordable open at Boldings Pools, finishing ahead of a tie for second place. Josh scaled 26-7-0 at Ash peg 9 having caught carp to 3lbs on pellet at 12 metres.

Mary Portas says many High Streets are dying. She might be pleasantly surprised if she came to Shropshire.

Opening times could be slashed at Telford’s nine libraries to save more than £330,000, it emerged this afternoon.

One of Shropshire’s most successful micro-breweries is up for sale, along with a pub with its own cinema.

A 22-year-old man who repeatedly punched a terrified 12-week-old puppy in Telford was today facing up to six months in prison.

A 22-year-old man repeatedly punched a terrified 12-week-old puppy in the head to ‘teach the dog a lesson’, a court heard today.

A 32-year-old motorcyclist who died in a three-vehicle smash in Telford was due to be a father for the third time, it emerged this afternoon.

Hundreds of people in Shropshire and Mid Wales  were today joining in the dotty, spotty Children In Need fundraising party by donning fancy dress and taking part in strange stunts.

Shropshire comedian Greg Davies freely admits to being a rubbish teacher. Far too freely, in fact, as he goes as far as to say he positively hated the last two years of his 13 year career.

For more than 140 years, it was at the very core of life in Oakengates but now W Owen has closed for the last time.

The dark nights are here, Christmas is coming, and the crooks are out and about. Over the past few days and weeks there has been a surge of crime across Shropshire, some petty, some not so.

People will fall silent across Shropshire and Mid Wales at a number of ceremonies and events to mark Remembrance Sunday this weekend.

An arson attack on a historic Shropshire building is the latest in a long catalogue of crimes along its street, a building boss claimed today. The attack was on the 1920s Walker Institute.

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

ARSONISTS HAVE destroyed part of an historic building in Telford which is being transformed into luxury flats as part of a multi-million pound project.

Could Shropshire be selling one of the cheapest pints in the UK? Judges from the Good Pub Guide have carried out a survey which reveals a pint of bitter averages £2.87 in the North West, North East and Yorkshire and up to £3.15 in London and the South East.

Nearly 30 traders in Telford today announced plans to shut shops and board up windows ahead of the English Defence League march on Saturday.

A Telford couple described as being “devoted to one another” have celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary.

A caravan was completely destroyed and the outside of a house was badly damaged today after a fire broke out in Shropshire.

An 80-year-old man was punched and kicked by thieves as they attempted to steal his car as he left a Telford pub.

A crisis meeting was held by concerned parents at a Telford primary school following claims dozens of pupils have left over alleged bullying and falling standards.

A Telford man who raped a 16-year-old girl on an industrial estate was today jailed for five years.

British tennis ace Greg Rusedski was today due to officially open the £2.2 million Telford Tennis Centre.

More than £10,000 of computers have been stolen from a Telford school.

Peter Gibbons, who was one of the longest serving councillors in Britain and a leading public figure in the Oakengates area for more than five decades, has died aged 91.

Vandals have trashed the grave of a nine-year-old Shropshire schoolboy who died from a rare childhood cancer, leaving his family devastated.

A Telford manufacturer today announced it was axing 24 jobs with the possibility of further redundancies later this year.

Tributes have been paid to a “popular” 18-year-old girl from the Shropshire border who died in a car crash.

Shropshire’s newest cinema sparkled into life for the first time last night with a dose of vintage Hollywood nostalgia.

Blockbuster movies will be shown on the big screen in Oakengates when the town gets a new independent cinema.