Midcounties Co-op was today celebrating an "excellent" set of half year figures as profits soared after it had bought 150 new stores and launched one of the nation's first "Co-operative Motors" dealerships in the Black Country.
Local lad Del Olaoye - yet to play this season - has now been told he must undergo an operation on his ankle and could be out for months.
A Shropshire woman seriously hurt in a motorway coach crash was expected to undergo further surgery today. A Shropshire woman seriously hurt in a motorway coach crash was expected to undergo further surgery today. The 45-year-old, from Church Stretton, suffered a dislocated elbow, dislocated shoulder and facial injuries when the National Express coach she was travelling on overturned near Newport Pagnell in Buckinghamshire. The coach clipped a kerb, hit a lamppost and tree and overturned as it entered Newport Pagnell services on the M1 on Monday, en route from Birmingham to Stansted Airport in Essex. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star
Wolves keeper Matt Murray is recovering at home after undergoing surgery to repair his cruciate knee ligament.
Injured striker Justin Marsden was today going under the surgeon's knife in a bid to speed up his return to the AFC Telford United ranks. Injured striker Justin Marsden was today going under the surgeon's knife in a bid to speed up his return to the AFC Telford United ranks. Marsden chipped a bone in his ankle and also snapped a ligament in a challenge that saw him sent off in Saturday's 2-1 win over Gainsborough Trinity. He is likely to be ruled out for at least three months, and is now going for surgery in order to avoid any later complications. Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star
The Co-op today revealed that it is to scrap its traditional "divi" system in the West Midlands and replace it with a new profit-sharing scheme.The Co-op today revealed that it is to scrap its traditional "divi" system in the West Midlands and replace it with a new profit-sharing scheme. It says this will lead to bigger payouts for its 220,000 members across the region. The Midcounties Co-operative, with its headquarters in Walsall and 600 stores and businesses stretching from Shropshire to Oxfordshire, says the new system will also give members a bigger say in how the Co-op is run. Midcounties is launching a new co-operative membership card to replace the old superdividend card. Members collect points as they spend in Midcountries Co-op stores. Read the full story in the Express & Star
More than 150 vehicles were linked to crimes and motoring offences by police during a five-hour operation on a Shropshire road.
AFC Telford United defender Indy Khela is on course to be fit for the start of the Blue Square Northern campaign after surgery to fix his dislocated shoulder. AFC Telford United defender Indy Khela is on course to be fit for the start of the Blue Square Northern campaign after surgery to fix his dislocated shoulder. The 23-year-old made a brave return for the Bucks' successful UniBond League play-off bid, but went under the knife days later. He has had torn ligaments re-attached to the joint in his left shoulder, which he dislocated in the 2-2 draw with Fleetwood in April. "I had the operation on the Thursday after the season finished and I had my first physio appointment on Wednesday," he revealed. Read the full story in the Shropshire Star
A 23-year-old Shrewsbury man says he is enjoying a new lease of life after returning home following a "miracle" life-saving heart and lung transplant.
A Shropshire baby was said to be doing "really well" today after undergoing a life-saving bone marrow transplant.
A Shrewsbury man who is in desperate need of a life-saving heart and lung transplant has tied the knot in style, just days after he left hospital. A Shrewsbury man who is in desperate need of a life-saving heart and lung transplant has tied the knot in style, just days after he left hospital. Ben Hughes married his 19-year-old fiancee, Ayla Louch, on Saturday at the Holy Spirit Church in Sundorne. The 23-year-old bridegroom, from Springfields, returned home only recently from hospital where he had spent two weeks under going treatment for a leg ulcer. Ben was born with congenital heart disease and last year he learned that he would need a new pair of lungs as well as a heart transplant earlier than expected. Read the full story in the Shropshire Star
Daniel Jones has jetted off to Germany to try to solve his mystery groin injury.
The last patient has had her operation at Wolverhampton's landmark Eye Infirmary before it moves to a new home.
Wolves striker Carl Cort is facing three months on the sidelines after undergoing cartilage surgery on his troublesome knee. Wolves striker Carl Cort is facing three months on the sidelines after undergoing cartilage surgery on his troublesome knee. Cort's career has been plagued by knee and hamstring injuries and the 29-year-old, pictured, has been restricted to just 10 senior games so far this season. Boss Mick McCarthy said: "We can only hope that he makes a quick recovery and gets back soon." Read the full story in the Shropshire Star
AFC Telford United captain Steve Pope has suffered another setback in his hopes of making a speedy recovery - with the operation on his snapped cruciate ligaments being postponed.
