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Sir David Attenborough speaks to the Star about the bicentenary of the birth of Shropshire’s most famous son, Charles Darwin. 

A Danny Carey-Bertram goal proved decisive as AFC Telford United sealed a place in the quarter-finals of the FA Trophy with a famous victory at Kettering this afternoon.

Three men suffered head and facial injuries, including a slash wound, during brawls in Wellington today.

The Miss Shropshire beauty competition has been revived this year . . . but who was the first ever winner, and what has happened to the champions of yesteryear? Toby Neal has been investigating.

Kevin McIntyre has vowed to fight back from injury to play a part in Shrewsbury Town’s promotion push before the end of the season.

A former Shropshire businessman, who is believed to have blasted his partner with a shotgun before turning it on himself, feared a relationship break-up and financial ruin, it was claimed today.

Shropshire was facing the calm before the storm today as weather experts predicted a big freeze across the country.

The West Mercia Police helicopter was scrambled to Telford twice within a matter of hours during the night.

A new Major Investigation Unit, dealing with serious crimes like murder, is to open in Shropshire, it was revealed today.

The Crown Prosecution Service dropped a motoring prosecution against Sir Ranulph Fiennes after he employed the lawyer known as Mr Loophole, it has emerged.

A sizeable away contingent were following AFC Telford United to Kettering today for their high noon FA Trophy clash.

Shrewsbury councillors are facing a laptop and equipment amnesty as they are are told to hand back their privileged items ahead of the arrival of the new unitary council.

The boss of Telford’s big Denso factory says he is delighted that the Earl of Wessex will be visiting the plant.

Bosses at YouTube today warned users of the site that their accounts would be deleted if they frequently post inappropriate videos.

Passengers had a lucky escape when a bus was in collision with a car on one of Telford’s busiest roads today.

Wolves were today poised to complete the signing of Hearts captain Christophe Berra after the defender was given permission to talk to the Coca-Cola Championship leaders.

A major four-month project to resurface one of Shropshire’s main roads and upgrade its drainage system is to start on Monday.

An Australian woman whose great-great-grandfather was a convict transported Down Under from a Shropshire village used poetry to trace her Salopian family history.

A former Shropshire businessman who was killed in a shooting tragedy at his home led a flamboyant millionaire lifestyle which saw him become “lord” of a tiny county hamlet.

Police have warned landlords along the north Shropshire border to be on the lookout for tenants who rent rural properties to use as cannabis farms.

Sandy Lyle shrugged off Ryder Cup heartache to send his congratulations to Shropshire & Herefordshire’s history-makers.

The Government has asked mediators to intervene in the bitter row over the use of foreign workers on construction projects in an attempt to halt an outbreak of wildcat strikes across the country.

Former England fast bowler Devon Malcolm is backing the nation’s cricketers to shrug aside their off-field troubles and get back to winning ways when the three-Test series in the West Indies starts next week.

Police in stab-proof vests boarded a train in Shrewsbury after an officer thought he had spotted a missing person.

GM Telford Tigers bosses have denied reports they have signed Canadian forward Ryan Caicco from IC Epinal in France.

Up to 60 lambs are believed to have been stolen by sheep rustlers from a field near Bridgnorth.

A coalition of organisations has been formed to ensure the survival of Oswestry town centre and fight proposals for three out-of-town supermarkets.

Nearly 130 people were killed or seriously injured on roads across Powys in just nine months last year – with a total of 24 people dying on roads in the Dyfed Powys area.

Friends and relatives of a mechanic who was killed after an accident at Oswestry bus depot have been invited to wear their favourite football shirt when they attend his funeral.

A controversial mobile phone mast which sparked a campaign by residents and councillors in Telford to get it removed is due to be up and running in March.