About 100 people will be asked to carry the Olympic Torch when it makes its way through Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin at the end of May.

For amateur photographer Ian Wright, 2011 will be forever memorable.

Cabbies in Oswestry today called for the return of the town’s taxi marshals amid concerns that there could be an increase in late-night trouble.

County waste contractor Veolia has performed a U-turn over plans to remove plastic bottle recycling banks from across Shropshire, it was revealed today.

Residents in Oswestry will have to pay an extra £1.53 a year for their town council, despite an 11th- hour bid to spare households any increase.

Shropshire physiotherapist Sarah Partington is preparing to offer medical attention to the world’s top athletes after being recruited for this summer’s Olympic Games.

Five people were taken to hospital following a two-car smash on a Shropshire road.

Ambitious plans to revamp the grounds of a castle near Oswestry have been kick-started with an offer of £5,000 grant funding. Members of Whittington Castle Preservation Trust want to spruce up the area.

Youth leaders in Oswestry are on the hunt for cash to help their vital work continue into the next financial year.

Patients at Oswestry’s Orthopaedic Hospital will soon be getting a different view of life thanks to the League of Friends and Olympic showjumper, Tim Stockdale.

Children across Shropshire will lose their homework clubs at the end of March if money cannot be found to keep them open, it emerged today.

Shropshire athletics star Gemma Weetman won the first national title of 2012 as she struck gold at the England Indoor Combined Events Championships in Sheffield.

The ombudsman has been asked to intervene in a row over controversial plans to build a supermarket, cinema and restaurants on Oswestry’s Smithfield livestock site.

Up to 30 fish worth about £2,000 have been stolen from near Oswestry. Rachel Adams was stunned to discover the koi carp had gone from Maesbrook.

A campaign to cut down on the number of horse riding injuries has been launched by a specialist hospital in Shropshire.

Two new supermarkets in Oswestry would bring benefits to shoppers in terms of lower prices and greater competition, a planning appeal has heard.

McDonald’s and Frankie and Benny’s have been lined up to come to Oswestry as part of the £56 million redevelopment of the town’s Smithfield livestock site, a planning appeal has heard.

Up to 100 jobs could be created in Oswestry if plans to establish a new renewable energy firm in the town go ahead, it was revealed today.

When mother-of-six Georgina Jones was told by her doctor that her extra weight was beginning to damage her liver, she decided enough was enough.

The system of making complaints about mistakes in energy bills, about faulty meters, and other problems with your energy supplier, is working very well – for the energy companies, that is.

Little Chef is to close 67 of its 161 restaurant sites in a move which is expected to lead to the loss of between 500 and 600 jobs, it announced today.

An appeal hearing, looking at arguments for and against whether another multi-million supermarket should be built in Oswestry, has begun today.

Spooky going-ons have been filmed at a castle in Shropshire for a television programme presented by reality TV star Kerry Katona.

Tributes were today flooding in to a 14-year-old cyclist who died after tragic road accident between Oswestry and Welshpool.

Nearly 1,000 people recycled their cardboard in Shrewsbury through a new charity recycling scheme, launched following a controversial decision to scrap kerbside collection.

Traders were today bracing themselves for a drop in takings after major gas works started on one of Oswestry’s busiest roads.

Twenty-two new pitches for travellers costing £1million are to be created on three sites across Shropshire in a move hailed by council bosses as ‘good news’.

A 14-year-old cyclist has died following a collision with a car between Oswestry and Welshpool, police said today.

Two people have been arrested after customers at a number of cafes and restaurants in Shropshire had their mobile phones stolen while enjoying their meals and refreshments.

The decision to site Oswestry’s new multi-million pound supermarket on the town’s Smithfield livestock site was ‘flawed and perverse’, an appeal hearing will be told next week.