A family today revealed how they cheated death after escaping as carbon monoxide fumes filled their home.

Four people – including two children – were taken to hospital following a gas leak near Bridgnorth.

Hospital campaigners are urging people to back a campaign to keep maternity and children’s services in Shrewsbury, with less than 900 people coming forward to sign a petition.

Campaigners fighting plans to shake-up services at Shropshire’s two main hospitals in Shrewsbury and Telford today vowed that they would fight for a public inquiry.

Health bosses are on target to cut the number of deaths at Shropshire’s two general hospitals.

Health bosses today said they were on course to hit national targets for the amount of time it takes to treat Shropshire patients after referral from a GP.

The firm which runs parking at Shropshire’s two main hospitals was paid more than £500,000 for its services last year, it was today confirmed.

A teenager who suffered a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain after he was attacked in Market Drayton town centre has been discharged from hospital.

Parking charges at Shropshire’s two main hospitals raised more than £1.3 million last year – sparking fresh calls today for the fees to be axed.

Shropshire has gone almost 15 months without any cases of the superbug MRSA.

A soldier on leave has been hailed as a lifesaver after keeping a woman afloat in the River Severn in Shropshire as he tried to rescue her from drowning.

A patient with a broken neck had to drag himself home after being sent away from the Princess Royal Hospital as ‘just another Friday night drunk’, his wife claimed today.

A five-year-old boy was airlifted to hospital after suffering serious injuries in a head-on crash in Telford.

Health bosses should have done more to try to secure funding to improve the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital instead of pushing ahead with plans to downgrade its services, the town’s MP Daniel Kawczynski claimed today.

Campaigners fighting plans to move services out of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital were dealt a blow today as Health Secretary Andrew Lansley warned alternative proposals would double costs.

More people are being taken to hospital in Shropshire for alcohol-related conditions, new figures show.

Here are the first images of the multi-million pound women and children’s unit planned for Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital.

A pupil has been taken to hospital after jumping off a first floor balcony at William Brookes School in Much Wenlock, it has emerged today.

Shropshire’s two main hospitals are among the 19 worst in the country for high patient death rates, new research has revealed today.

A motorcyclist died today after a crash in Telford which left two other people injured.

A staff nurse stole drugs from the Shropshire hospital where he worked, a hearing has been told.

A 15-year-old boy was knocked unconscious outside a Wellington school when he was hit by a car.

Twenty-eight beds will be lost at Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital next month in a bid to reduce costs and improve performance, it has been revealed.

A family has received a five-figure compensation payout from hospital bosses after a pensioner died following poor treatment at a Shropshire hospital.

Two charity organisations have donated nearly £400,000 in just five months to help buy new equipment at Shropshire’s two main hospitals, it has been revealed.

A £35 million loan is needed to fund the controversial proposed shake-up of hospital services in Shropshire, health chiefs revealed this afternoon.

Casualty departments at Shropshire’s two hospitals experienced their busiest day ever last month, it was revealed today.

A woman fought off a man who grabbed her from behind during a terrifying attack in Bridgnorth in the early hours of today.

Nine patients in Shropshire contracted a new superbug that is resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics following urology treatment at a county hospital, new reports have revealed.

Botched operations, unexpected deaths, and equipment failures are just some of more than 100 serious incidents recorded by health staff across the county, figures revealed today.