A 23-year-old man and a 16-year-old girl had to be rescued from the upper floor of a Telford block of flats after a fire broke out following what police suspect may be an arson attack.

Half of the callouts over the last two months to people in difficulty in open water in the West Midlands were in Shropshire, ambulance bosses revealed today.

Two motorists had to be cut free from the wreckage of their vehicles following a collision on a main road in north Shropshire.

An open letter to NHS bosses in the West Midlands claims that spending £10,000 on a research project to find out how what makes leaders “cool” is morally and ethically wrong.

A former Shropshire ambulance worker has launched a website to expose what he feels is an appalling waste of NHS money on a research project to find out what makes a leader “cool”.

West Midlands Ambulance Service today defended spending £10,000 on a project to find out what makes a leader “cool”, after it was condemned on a union website.

A woman has died and four others were injured following a two-car smash close to the Shropshire/Staffordshire border.

Motorists suffered rush-hour delays when a lorry jack-knifed after colliding with a car causing chaos. Drivers had to be diverted through narrow streets.

A cyclist was taken to hospital suffering from serious head injuries and a suspected broken leg today after he was in collision with a car while riding at a roundabout in Telford.

Three people were taken to hospital today after two smashes on roads in the region.

A bus carrying Shrewsbury Town players back from a match was involved in a collision with a car on the M6, the manager said today.

Motorists faced delays when a car was severely damaged by fire on a main road into Shrewsbury.

Ambulance response targets in Shropshire have been met only once in 10 months, a report to county health chiefs has revealed.

A lorry overturned and slid into a ditch on a Shropshire road after the driver said he had to take evasive action to avoid a crash with an overtaking vehicle.

Attacks on ambulance staff across Shropshire and the West Midlands are among the highest in the country, shock figures have shown today.

The Ambulance service in Shropshire is facing an unprecedented 85 per cent increase in emergency 999 calls in less than two years.

A teenager was today airlifted to hospital with head injuries after a car collided with a tractor in Shropshire.

The West Midlands Ambulance Trust, which treats patients in Shropshire, is failing people with asthma by the way patients are monitored and treated, campaigners have claimed today.

A principled decision to resign from his job with the county ambulance service opened up a whole new career for a hobby photographer.

A motorcyclist died after crawling his way to a roadside near Market Drayton after his bike veered off the road into a field, police said today.

A man has died after being electrocuted at a showground on the Powys border.

A man and a woman, both believed to be in their 60s, were injured after the motorcycle they were riding collided with a car in Shropshire.

A pregnant woman was treated for smoke inhalation after a blaze broke out at a Telford home today.

Tourists and paramedics battled for four hours to rescue a holidaymaker who got stuck in a bog after falling and breaking her ankle near a Mid Wales beauty spot.

A 78-year-old man has died after suffering multiple injuries in a two-vehicle smash on a Shropshire road.

Ambulances crews across Shropshire and the West Midlands have rejected a move to install CCTV cameras in their vehicles to help protect them against violence and abuse.

A paraglider died despite a battle to revive him after he plummeted more than 100ft and crashed into a hillside on the Shropshire-Wales border.

A Shropshire couple say they had a lucky escape after a car left the road and collided with their house.

A cyclist died after he was struck by a train at a railway level crossing in Shropshire. It happened in Eyton Lane, Baschurch, shortly before 9pm yesterday.

The number of Shropshire fire, police and ambulance officers who have been suspended from their posts during the past year is 21, it was revealed today.