A man had to be pulled from a pool at a quarry near Much Wenlock by shocked onlookers after suffering serious leg injuries in a 60ft jump.

The sun shone on Shropshire as Olympic fever brought thousands onto the streets for the torch relay.

Thousands of people were flooding onto the streets of Shropshire this afternoon as the Olympic torch made its first visit to the county.

Superfast broadband is speeding its way towards Wem and Cleobury Mortimer, BT has announced.

The Olympic Torch arrives in Shropshire for the first time tomorrow, when it spends nearly two hours in the south east of the county.

Councillors have backed controversial proposals for three poultry sheds at a farm in south Shropshire, despite concerns over traffic.

One woman and two dogs were cut free from the wreck of a three-car smash on the A49 in south Shropshire.

A new £27 million hospital in south Shropshire has moved a step closer to reality after county health chiefs backed the plans.

Controversial plans to switch off 12,500 street lights after midnight across Shropshire to save £125,000 a year will start next month, it was announced today.

A farm in south Shropshire could produce more than one million chickens for slaughter every year if proposals to build three massive broiler sheds are given the go-ahead.

An iconic hotel in south Shropshire will undergo a £100,000 facelift ahead of the tourist season, its new owners said today.

The devastated family of a 14-year-old killed in a campsite tragedy in Shropshire thought to have been caused by a disposable barbecue have spoken of their ‘unimaginable sadness’ at her death.

An abattoir believed to be the only one in Shropshire which slaughters lambs, pigs and cattle is going into liquidation with the loss of 13 jobs, it has been revealed.

Ludlow’s planned £27 million new hospital was today described as a ‘once in a generation opportunity’ to improve care for people living in south Shropshire.

Leisure chiefs at Shropshire Council were today accused of ‘penny-pinching’ following a decision to exclude three county centres from a free swimming initative introduced in the run-up to the Olympics.

Burglars broke into a house and stole more than £5,000 of antique jewellery, including treasured family heirlooms, from a house in Craven Arms while the owners were on holiday, police said today.

Members of the public have voted overwhelmingly in favour of South Shropshire Furniture Scheme taking charge of the community centre in Craven Arms.

An incredible collection of Mahatma Gandhi artefacts has been auctioned off in south Shropshire for £128,000 with the great man’s iconic spectacles fetching more than £40,000.

Nearly 50 lambs plunged to their death on a farm near Much Wenlock after a concrete well cover was removed in what police this afternoon described as a ‘suspicious incident’.

A shop in Leominster has surrendered its right to sell alcohol after a sting operation by the police discovered that it had sold alcohol to underage children without ID checks.

Desperate attempts are being made by church leaders to save an ancient place of worship in south Shropshire.

A charity in south Shropshire battling to preserve the declining population of hedgehogs has recruited 11,000 members in three decades, it emerged today.

A £25,000 cannabis factory hidden behind a false wall was discovered by police in a raid on a country club near Bridgnorth today.

Police discovered a cannabis factory when they swooped on two houses in a village in south Shropshire.

A bumper crop of damsons and cherries is being used to produce thousands of bottles of gin and vodka on the south Shropshire border which will be sold across the UK, it has been revealed.

Shropshire Grand National hope Le Beau Bai was today withdrawn from Saturday’s Aintree spectacle.

About 1,000 individual pound coins have been stolen after a raid on a house near Ludlow, it has been revealed.

Soggy Shropshire and Mid Wales endured a typical Bank Holiday washout as more than half an inch of rain lashed the region.

Shropshire border trainer Richard Lee is praying for more rain in the build-up to this weekend’s Grand National.

More than 500 historic buildings in Ludlow are at risk of going to rack and ruin because of Government plans to charge VAT on alterations to listed buildings, it was claimed today.