Terminally ill Ben Hughes vowed today to crack straight on with fulfilling his ‘bucket list’ – and will be travelling to London at the weekend just a couple of days after being released from hospital.

Hello Shropshire. Greetings once again from the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital where I continue to receive treatment for pneumonia writes Ben Hughes.

A 24-year-old man needed stitches after he was struck on the head with a bottle in Shrewsbury town centre in an unprovoked attack.

She was born weighing less than a bag of sugar with hands as small as an adult fingernail.

A woman was left unattended on a trolley in a corridor for nearly an hour-and-a-half at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital just days before she died of a brain haemorrhage, it was revealed today.

Two people were injured – one seriously – in a crash which left a road near Shrewsbury closed.

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.

A man died and two other men were injured after a van careered off the A49 in Shropshire and crashed today.

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

With Ben Hughes in intensive care suffering from pneumonia, his wife Ayla provides an update on his condition.

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.

More than 20 men, some armed with pool cues and pint glasses, were involved in a mass brawl at a pub in Shrewsbury which left one man in hospital with head injuries, it was claimed today.

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.

Three people were this afternoon being questioned on suspicion of murder after a 23-year-old man was stabbed in a Shrewsbury park.

Tory MP Daniel Kawczynski today vowed to try to secure another House of Commons debate over a planned £35 million shake-up of Shropshire’s hospital services.

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.

A 20-year-old man needed hospital treatment after a glass was smashed in his face in an unprovoked attack at a pub in Shrewsbury, police said this afternoon.

Players and staff from Shrewsbury Town FC have been bringing some pre-Christmas cheer to children at home and charities abroad by handing out festive gifts.

More than 100 motorcyclists took Christmas presents to children at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and helped raise cash for charity as part of an annual toy run.

A woman escaped serious injury after her car overturned following a two-vehicle smash in Wem.

A care home in Shrewsbury could be sued by the family of a 79-year-old resident who died following a fall while on a walk to the shops to fetch bread.

A 79-year-old pensioner died after falling while walking from her care home to the shops to buy bread – despite staff being told not to take her out without a wheelchair, an inquest heard.

The family of a 68-year-old pensioner who died from a paracetamol overdose three weeks after being admitted to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital with a fractured hip today said they would be pursuing a civil claim against the trust.

A 68-year-old woman died from an overdose of paracetamol three weeks after being admitted to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital with a fractured hip, a coroner ruled this afternoon.

A 68-year-old woman who was admitted to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital with a fractured hip died nearly three weeks later from an overdose of paracetamol, an inquest has heard.

A woman in her 80s is recovering in hospital after she was rescued from the River Severn.

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

A piece of wire was left inside a patient’s chest after an operation at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, it was revealed today.

A caver was rescued in a six-hour operation early today after becoming trapped 300ft underground in a Shropshire mine.