Twelve people have been arrested in a series of raids across Shropshire and the West Midlands by detectives investigating a £500,000 drugs gang.

Unemployment has fallen by more than three per cent across Shropshire and to its lowest rate since 2011.

Shropshire’s two biggest councils are at loggerheads over changes to school holidays – leaving working parents facing a childcare nightmare.

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Shropshire MEP Liz Lynne is to quit her post after more than 12 years representing the West Midlands.

A man in his 20s was left with a crushed hand after becoming trapped in farm equipment near Whitchurch

A Shropshire museum which marks the county's inspiration for the modern Olympic Games has been awarded a grant of more than £500,000 to overhaul it