A section of Telford’s busiest road was shut off this morning after an eight-car pile-up caused traffic chaos.

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.

Thieves made off with seven huge bags of donated clothing which would have been used to raise much-needed cash for a pre-school group in Telford.

Burglars stole thousands of pounds worth of gadgets and sped off in a high-powered sports car after breaking into a Telford home and stealing the keys.

A round-up of this week’s Shropshire Star nostalgia pictures.

A 20-year-old Telford man who raped a woman three times after dragging her into undergrowth near a freight rail line was today locked up indefinitely.

A Shropshire man today claimed his cat was savaged by dogs on a county housing estate – the second pet he has lost in the last 12 months.

A Shropshire mother today claimed she was being forced to live in her bedroom with her eight-month-old child – after alleging that builders ripped up her house and left without finishing the job.

More than 1,000 homes in Telford were left either without water or with limited supplies last night due to a burst water main.

These three Shropshire girls caused heads to turn when they were given the fairytale treatment and taken to their school’s leaving party by horse and carriage.

Shropshire Paralympics hero Debbie Brennan-Johnson has hit out at the benefits system after being refused income support “for not being British”.

A TELFORD MAN and his 22-year-old girlfriend have admitted their part in the killing of a father-of-three whose body was dumped in a wheelie bin before being discovered at a Shropshire rubbish tip.

A 28-YEAR-OLD Telford woman today admitted murdering a father-of-three whose body was found on a Shropshire rubbish tip.

A TELFORD TEENAGER was today found guilty of raping a woman after grabbing her from behind in broad daylight and dragging her through undergrowth.

The alleged victim of a rape attack in Telford had injuries to her face, neck, arm and back when she was examined by a police doctor, a court heard today.

A man accused of raping a woman in Telford admitted to police he regularly walked home close to where the attack happened, a court has heard.

Mobile phone records cast doubt on whether a man accused of raping a woman in Shropshire woods could have been at the scene at the time of the attack, a court heard.

A Shropshire man accused of grabbing a woman from behind before dragging her through undergrowth and raping her was spoken to by police 24 hours after the offence, a court heard.

A woman dragged through undergrowth and raped in woods by a railway line in Telford called her ex-boyfriend for help moments after the attack, a court heard.

A WOMAN WHO was raped by a stranger as she walked home from work in Telford was found by a passer-by in a distressed state, a court today heard.

A rapist told his screaming victim he had been “told to do this by someone” as he attacked her near Randlay Woods in Telford, a court has heard.

A Shropshire teenager grabbed a terrified woman from behind in broad daylight before forcing her into undergrowth and raping her, a court today heard.