Reviewer’s rating *** James Shaw was slightly disappointed with his carvery meal at The Dun Cow in Trench, but feels venue could be a winner.

A Catholic school in Shropshire has been issued with a “notice to improve” after receiving a damning report from Ofsted inspectors who gave it the lowest possible mark.

A Telford man was shot in the arm with a sawn-off shotgun during a row over an illegal prescription drugs deal, it was alleged in court today.

Two people were due to appear before magistrates in Telford today charged with attempted murder.

Why is it that when you report a driver parked on the pavement or on a very bad bend in Trench it is just ignored by the police?

More than 30 students have been excluded from a Shropshire school for smoking, verbally abusing teachers and disrupting classes in the wake of a government inspection which branded it “inadequate”.

More people have come forward in Shropshire who have been approached by a conman posing as an Army officer to trick them out of cash by asking them to give money for a soldier’s coffin.

A bogus Army captain is targeting vulnerable Shropshire pensioners by asking for cash to go towards a coffin for a soldier killed in Iraq, police said today.

Stepping through the door of Pepper’s Balti Restaurant in Trench, Telford during a recent Friday night the place was packed, and I don’t mean just full, I mean packed to the rafters with diners occupying every single available table.

A pair of pensioners thwarted a would-be mugger in Telford when the 70-year-old woman beat him off with her umbrella while her husband laid into him with his walking stick.

A pensioner who made a nostalgic visit to his childhood Shropshire home was stunned after being handed a poignant postcard – sent by his late father from the trenches during World War One nearly 100 years ago.

Dog owners in Telford have been warned they will be fined if they let their dogs foul in public places.

Former Shropshire war hero Harry Patch, the last survivor of the First World War to fight in the trenches and Britain’s oldest man, died today.

Police came under fire today after punters leaving the sale room at Telford Motor Auctions discovered they had slapped £30 parking tickets on dozens of cars.

Former Shropshire resident Helen Carter tells how her new life in Mexico has been affected by the swine flu outbreak.

Reviewer’s rating **** Pre-conceptions can sometimes be a terrible thing. Take my thoughts on The Bridge, at Trench, Telford, for example, writes James Shaw.

A lasting memorial to a Shropshire Royal Marine killed by a suspected teenage suicide bomber is being planned by his local council.