Wem, England News

A WOMAN lay dead in her home for two months before anyone noticed she'd passed away.

Hot favourites Market Drayton Town today blew the Shropshire Challenge Cup wide open - by withdrawing from the competition.

Five wartime airmen who died when their bomber crashed into a Shropshire hillside have been commemorated with the unveiling of a memorial in a small, simple ceremony.

Staff and pupils are celebrating being top of the class after their Shropshire school was chosen as one of just 60 schools nationwide to spearhead a campaign to help failing schools.

A Shropshire radio presenter says he has had "the best Christmas present he could wish for" after his wife, GMTV weathergirl Clare Nasir, gave birth to a baby daughter.

Tribute to Crosfield triumph 'organiser' Shropshire's John Nash and Dennis Lewis proudly hold the County Championship trophy, after beating Yorkshire at Meole Brace Bob Moss has paid a glowing tribute to his fellow Shropshire selector Dennis Lewis - the man who 'organised' the county's first Crosfield Cup triumph in 35 years.

Drivers are being urged to wait at a level crossing in Shropshire where scores of motorists have been caught on CCTV jumping the lights.

Ghouls, ghosts and things that go bump in the night a ' but where? And have you encountered them? We're trying to create the definitive ghost map of Shropshire, but we need your help.

Family and friends of a teenager killed in a horrific crash on a Shropshire road gathered to say their goodbyes to him.

A Shropshire father-of-two who caused the death of his friend while almost three times over the legal limit was today jailed for four years.

The family of a 17-year-old who died in a horrific crash on a Shropshire road have paid tribute to the popular teenager, who they said was "loved by everybody". Matthew Connor Latham-Jones, from Penley, near Wrexham, died in the early hours of Saturday after the car he was a passenger in crashed into a house in Sleap, near Wem.

A teenager who died when a car he was travelling in left the road and crashed into a Shropshire house has been named.

THE family of a teenager killed in a tragic road accident have paid tribute to their "gentle giant". Matthew Latham-Jones, 17, from Penley was the rear-seat passenger in a car which crashed in to a house near Wem, Shrewsbury, during the early hours of Saturday.

A TEENAGER has died in a horrific crash. The young man, believed to be aged 17 and a student at the Maelor School Penley, near Wrexham, was a passenger in a car which smashed into a cottage near Wem, Shropshire.

A car passenger has died and three other people were taken to hospital after the vehicle crashed into a house beside a country road in Shropshire.

A public inquiry on plans to allow discount supermarket giant Aldi to open a new store in Whitchurch is to be held next month, it emerged today.

A blaze involving an estimated 2,000 tonnes of waste rubber which broke out at a Shropshire industrial estate more than two weeks ago is finally out.

THE parents of a young Erbistock man who died in a motorcyle accident have spoken of their devastation at his loss.

The company behind a scheme to build 36 homes at the site of a historic Shropshire mill has gone into liquidation, it was revealed today.

Thousands of leaflets are being distributed to households in Wem following a huge fire at a nearby industrial estate.