The number of swine flu cases “may have plateaued”, with 110,000 new cases in England last week, the Government said today.

Shropshire’s two main hospitals are planning to use former front-line staff to help them with any big surge in swine flu cases.

Nearly 500 people have used Tamiflu collection points across Shropshire following the opening of the national swine flu line.

LETTER: When someone has been shot in the back four times and had an axe embedded in their skull, you cannot say that swine flu was the cause of death.

Nine Tamiflu collection points have been opened across Shropshire and Telford to help deal with the growing number of suspected swine flu cases.

Shropshire NHS patients who are admitted to hospital with suspected swine flu are being isolated in a private ward – the Apley Ward at Telford’s Princess Royal.

The Government’s national swine flu website collapsed within hours of being switched on after receiving more than nine million visits an hour.

Pharmacies across Shropshire and Mid Wales are running out of thermometers as swine flu sweeps the nation.

We have asked three typical families to keep diaries of their swine flu experiences. Here are the first entries.

Ministers were asked today to consider closing schools this autumn to help curb the number of swine flu infections. It is predicted that cases will soar as the school holidays end.

Health Secretary Andy Burnham today denied that plans for a swine flu advice service had been delayed because of Government in-fighting.

Neil Thomas, James Shaw and Ben Bentley report on this week’s events and look ahead to the forthcoming news in the county.

Parents of children at a Shropshire secondary school have spoken of their concern after being told a pupil had been diagnosed as having suspected swine flu.

Grim estimates of thousands of deaths have been made as the Government confirmed 29 people in the UK have already died after contracting swine flu.

County doctors today issued advice on how to deal with swine flu. See our news bulletin for details.

Shropshire people are being urged to ensure they have a swine flu “friend” ready to help them if they get struck down by the virus.

Cherie Blair has suspected swine flu, it was revealed today. The former Prime Minister’s wife has pulled out of a series of public engagements while she battles the illness.

GPs have seen a rise of almost 50 per cent in the number of people contacting them in the last week fearing that they have swine flu, new figures suggest.

A special look at how the developing swine flu pandemic is affecting Shropshire, including an interview with county medic Dr Andy Inglis, who offers his advice on dealing with the virus.

Both Shropshire and Telford are hotspots for infection from swine flu, Britain’s top GP revealed today – but he urged people across the county not to panic.

Further tests are to take place to determine the causes of death of a six-year-old girl and a GP who both died after contracting swine flu.

A Powys woman has been admitted to hospital after being struck down with swine flu.

The mother of a six-year-old Shropshire boy today said he had tested positive for swine flu as the virus continues to sweep through the county.

Three children from the same family in Telford – including a six-year-old boy – have been struck down by suspected swine flu, it emerged today.

Thousands of letters are going out to the parents of schoolchildren across Shropshire as health chiefs concede defeat in the battle to contain swine flu, it was revealed today.

Health Secretary Andy Burnham today warned swine flu cases could rise to over 100,000 a day by the end of August. The warning came in a Commons statement.

A sports centre in Shrewsbury remained closed today after a member of staff was diagnosed with swine flu.

Parents of youngsters at a Shropshire school where a pupil has contracted swine flu are asking to know why they were not told.

Eight new cases of swine flu were confirmed in Shropshire today, including a pupil at a Wellington primary school.

A third case of swine flu has today been confirmed in Powys.