Irish eyes were smiling as about 180 Shropshire-based soldiers made an emotional return to the county from a seven-month tour of duty in Afghanistan.

A teenager arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting in Telford has been charged, police said today.

A MAN WAS today being quizzed on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with a drive-by shooting in Telford after armed police swooped on a busy Shropshire road.

A fourth man was today arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting in Telford.

Motorists in north Shropshire faced misery after a major road was forced to close for nearly 10 hours following a lorry fire.

Shropshire soldiers serving in Afghanistan have established a boxing club in a bid to end Taliban hopes of recruiting children to their cause.

Shropshire-based soldiers serving in Afghan-istan will be welcomed back to the county at a homecoming parade in Shrewsbury next month.

The widow of a Shropshire-based soldier killed in Afghanistan wept as she saw her husband repatriated to the UK, a year after losing their baby daughter.

Potential developers of a 40-bedroom motel in north Shropshire now have two sites to choose from after the latest scheme was given the go-ahead by planning officers.

Shropshire-based soldiers deployed in Afghanistan have mounted the largest air assault operation in the history of their regiment since 1945, it was revealed today.

This adorable puppy has been unveiled as the new regimental mascot for Shropshire-based soldiers serving in Afghanistan.

A Shropshire soldier who was killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan was today named as Lance Corporal Stephen McKee.

Controversial plans to create a 40-bedroom motel in north Shropshire will go under the spotlight at a meeting next week.

A parade is to be held to welcome Shropshire-based soldiers back from Afghanistan.

A stash of Taliban weapons has been uncovered by Shropshire-based soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan, defence chiefs have revealed.

An inquest has opened on a 20-year-old Shropshire-based soldier who was killed serving in Afghanistan.

Hundreds of mourners lined the streets of Wootton Bassett as a Shropshire-based soldier who was accidentally killed in Afghanistan by a comrade made his final emotional journey.

The body of a Shropshire-based soldier killed in Afghanistan after being accidentally shot by a comrade was due to be flown back to Britain today.

A Shropshire-based soldier killed in Afghanistan was accidentally shot by a comrade, his family has said.

A Shropshire-based soldier serving in Afghanistan may have been shot dead accidentally as he and a colleague cleaned their rifles.

A Shropshire based soldier from 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment has died in an “operational accident” in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said.

A homecoming parade could be held in Shropshire for soldiers currently serving in Afghanistan.

Campaigners fighting controversial plans which have been approved for a motel in north Shropshire today unveiled their own “mirror image” scheme just yards away from the rival bid.

A Shropshire-based soldier serving in Afghanistan gave life-saving medical treatment to an eight-year-old girl who was shot by the Taliban.

He nobly fronted military parades and marches for five years while providing much-needed morale boosts for hero soldiers based in Shropshire.

Christmas is a time for family, but a group of Shropshire wives will be sitting down to lunch tomorrow while their husbands are fighting a war far from home.

Hundreds of people gathered to pay their respects at the funeral of a Shropshire serviceman who was killed in an explosion in Afghanistan on Remembrance Sunday.

An army wife who organised a show of support in Shropshire for county troops serving in Afghanistan has been left “extremely disappointed” after she was forced to cancel the event.

The asking price for a Shropshire country hotel which went up for sale in February has been slashed by £300,000.

About 300 Shropshire soldiers stormed a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan to wrestle back control of an occupied zone from insurgents, it emerged today.