A controversial traffic refuge is to be ripped up and removed from the centre of Shrewsbury less than two years after it was installed in a £1.8 million traffic improvement project.

Managers of a Shropshire hospital today reassured patients full body scans were still going ahead as planned, despite the machinery being targeted by metal thieves at the weekend.

People will be given the rare chance to enjoy breathtaking views from the top of one of Shrewsbury’s best-known churches as part of its restoration campaign.

An urgent appeal has been launched by the RSPCA to find foster homes for hundreds of young horses after it was revealed the number in the charity’s care had doubled in the past year.

Manchester City have apologised to rival Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson after striker Carlos Tevez held up a banner goading his former manager. It came as as Shrewsbury’s Joe Hart joined the team’s championship celebrations.

Twenty medical scans at a Shropshire hospital were cancelled after thieves stole electrical cables. Staff at Shropshire Nuffield Hospital in Shrewsbury discovered the mobile scanner’s main cable had been cut and stolen.

Shropshire’s campaign for faster broadband is in danger of stalling after it was revealed that fewer than 10 people in half of the parishes in the county had added their backing.

Plans to clamp down on under-age drinking at five of Shropshire’s public parks have been given £90,000 by the Government.

Following her whirlwind time on Britain’s Got Talent, it was back to the day job for Shropshire’s Zoe Cooper as she returned to her local swimming baths in Shrewsbury.

North Shropshire MP Owen Paterson has vowed to ‘battle on’ with calls for the A5 between Oswestry and Shrewsbury to become fully dual carriageway.

Here is the vision of what could very soon be reality at Shrewsbury’s historic Flax Mill.

About 20 medical scans at a Shropshire hospital had to be cancelled after metal thieves stole electrical cables.

Title-winning Shropshire football star Joe Hart has landed a whopping £250,000 bonus after he helped Manchester City win the Premier League for the first time in the club’s history.

The company in charge of catering at Shrewsbury’s Quarry Swimming Pool has gone into administration. MPM Concession Ltd has been put into voluntary liquidation.

Shropshire swimming sensation Zoe Cooper said today she was waiting for opportunities to flood in following her showstopping appearance with Aquabatique on Britain’s Got Talent.

A lunchtime concert has raised hundreds of pounds for a major restoration project in Shrewsbury.

Hundreds of jobs have either been created or safeguarded by local companies that have won Olympic contracts valued at up to £25 million, it was revealed this afternoon.

A string of top celebs have backed the growing campaign to crown Shropshire’s Zoe Cooper and her synchronised swimming dance act as winners of Britain’s Got Talent.

Six men and a woman have appeared in court after more than £100,000 of cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin and cannabis resin was seized in Shropshire.

Hundreds of Shrewsbury Town fans have signed a petition asking for the former club badge to be reinstated.

About 20 lorries a year are getting stuck under a low bridge in Shrewsbury town centre causing misery for motorists, it was claimed today.

Sierra yankee one, three bravo foxtrot . . . my taxi driving mentor is attempting to reel me into base, adding: “It’s not signposted, but you’ll see about 100 cars with Central Taxis on them so you’ll know you’re in the right place when you get there!”

Ditherington Flax Mill should be a jewel in the crown for Shrewsbury. Instead it has become a millstone around the town’s neck.

More than £460,000 in lottery cash has been awarded to campaigners trying to restore Shrewsbury’s flax mill. The money paves the way for a £12 million project.

Shropshire’s Zoe Cooper and Aquabatique have dramatically booked their place in tomorrow’s Britain’s Got Talent Final and are now just one step away from being crowned winners of the ITV1 talent show.

The Shrewsbury Regatta has been cancelled for the first time in its history after safety concerns were raised over rising water levels.

Four men who appeared before Shrewsbury magistrates charged with assaulting a canoeist were granted conditional bail.

Family and friends of murdered Shrewsbury man Scott Cooke have unveiled a bench in his memory after members of the community clubbed together to pay for the tribute.

Hundreds of people have signed an internet petition calling for improvements to a ‘dangerous’ road in Shrewsbury – and now their pleas will be put to councillors.

I would like to thank all Shropshire Star readers who have taken the time to write letters of encouragement and support for the lobbying we are doing for a direct rail service from Shrewsbury to London.