A man chased his neighbours with a three-and-a-half foot long snake during an altercation in Telford – terrifying a group of children and leaving one youngster hyperventilating, a court heard.

Police swooped on 11 properties across Telford, including four businesses, and seized a haul of stolen goods worth tens of thousands of pounds.

More than 800 people applied for just 30 jobs at a Telford firm which had struggled to fill the posts for almost a year.

A 32-year-old motorcyclist who died in a three-vehicle smash in Telford was due to be a father for the third time, it emerged this afternoon.

A 51-year-old man who suffered serious head and facial injuries after being attacked in a Telford street by a gang of eight men and women is stable in hospital.

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A 51-year-old man suffered serious head and facial injuries after being attacked in a Telford street by a gang of eight men and women.

An Australian cricketer who played in Telford for three years has died after a long battle with a brain tumour.

One member of bowls’ “Shropshire six” will have a trial run on the host green of the All England Finals – the night before the national showpiece begins.

Sun-seekers in Shropshire were forced to ditch the sun cream and grab an umbrella as the hottest day of the year in the county gave way to heavy rain and flash flooding in areas.

Newport maintained their impressive start to the Furrows Shropshire Premier Bowls League after putting St Georges to the sword last night.

A SHOCKING REPORT today revealed the full harrowing conditions vulnerable residents suffered at a Telford care home – with some left unwashed for two months.

St Georges have been handed a triple boost in their quest to usurp Castlefields as the premier bowls side in Shropshire.

Detectives investigating the death of a Telford man whose body was found at a landfill site today appealed for a witness to get in touch.

Two women and a man from Telford today denied murdering a father-of-three, whose body was found on Granville rubbish tip.

David Beckham has two and Paris Hilton has been snapped with one in her handbag – and when Shropshire woman Lisa Turk became the owner of a cuddly micro-pig she was assured it would stay small enough to be a house pet.

The prized title of the kings of Shropshire cricket will be up for grabs this weekend.

A mystery thief calling himself the “Pimpernel” who stole a picture from the gents’ toilet of a county pub before e-mailing the owners with ransom demands has said he wants more cash – after reading an appeal in the Shropshire Star.

A 31-year-old man has been arrested after a bundle of personal mail belonging to 15 homes in Telford was stolen from a postman’s pouch.

A bundle of personal mail belonging to 15 homes in Shropshire has been stolen, police said today.

St Georges were today coming back down to earth – after clinching a nail-biting County Cup victory over defiant Ford.

The battle for survival in the Furrows Shropshire Premier Bowls League is hotting up with nine points separating the bottom four teams after last night’s action.

A 24-hour “grey guard” has been set up in a Telford estate after residents claimed they had been terrorised by yobs for weeks.

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Firefighters have spent much of the last 24 hours tackling a blaze at a tyre depot in north Shropshire. Also, the latest on a body found at a rubbish tip on Telford.

Police officers who arrested a Shropshire man moments before he collapsed and died took “appropriate action” when they detained him, police watchdog chiefs have revealed.

A Telford teenager was pushed to the ground and kicked in the head during a robbery as he walked along a town path.

A nine-year-old Shropshire boy was left in agony and told he could be scarred for life after getting a henna tattoo on holiday in Gran Canaria.

Council pothole busters are ignoring a crater-riddled road in Telford despite repeated calls to carry out repairs, it was claimed today.

A neighbour and close friend of retired Shropshire lorry driver Ted Corbett today spoke of her shock when he knocked on her door and told her he had killed his brother.