A soldier on leave in Shropshire and another man are praised after they enter the River Severn to help a woman in the water.

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Two men praised as ‘life savers’

The home secretary bans an English Defence League march which was to take part through a Shropshire town on Saturday.

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Home secretary bans EDL march

A direct train service linking Wrexham with London via Shropshire is to finish this week, less than three years after it was reinstated.

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Wrexham-London rail link to end

Oscar-nominated British actor Pete Postlethwaite has died in hospital in Shropshire at the age of 64, a spokesman announces.

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Pete Postlethwaite dies aged 64

A farmer in north Shropshire is being treated for a suspected broken neck after being charged at by a heifer.

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Charging cow breaks farmer’s neck