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Pictures from Wolves’ disappointing defeat to Preston at Molineux in the Championship.

Police today released CCTV images of the moment a hooded gunman attempted to hold up a Shrewsbury bookmakers.

People tune into awards ceremonies praying for moments like this, writes Shropshire Star movie critic Carl Jones.

Heads of the UK banks met with Gordon Brown this weekend to discuss plans to restart lending.

After a shaky start this morning, the FTSE 100 recovered to rise 26 points led by a rally in financial stocks.

European energy ministers are meeting in Brussels today in an attempt to persuade Russia to resume supplies of natural gas, as the continent's crisis continues.

The taxpayer will own 43.4 per cent of superbank Lloyds TSB and HBOS after few shareholders took up the banks' share offers.

Budget cuts, longer holidays, shorter working weeks or fewer shifts on the factory rota – car manufacturers are quickly adapting to the continuing decline in sales of new vehicles, writes Sharon Walters.  

Gordon Brown will host a summit on unemployment today where business and union leaders will join welfare experts to discuss the government's jobless proposals.

LETTER: At the beginning of October we were told we were to have our refuse collection system changed to fortnightly collection of residual waste in wheelie bins as of then.

Ludlow man Stuart Preece is one of the few remaining expert restorers of priceless historic decorative plastered walls and ceilings – the work of famous artists commissioned hundreds of years ago to adorn some of the finest properties in Britain and abroad.

A third runway at Heathrow Airport would be a white elephant under aircraft emissions are also dealt with a think tank has said today.

Listen to the Shropshire Star’s Sunday Supplement, your weekly guide to the chilly past seven days and the week ahead in the county.

Ben Bentley visits the North Shropshire Friendship Circle, which provides a valuable meeting point and social club.

The sister of a shop assistant who had a gun pointed in her face during a terrifying armed raid at a Shrewsbury bookmakers today said she was coping well despite her ordeal.

A Shropshire woman who was amongst the oldest in Britain has died aged 109.

A major project costing hundreds of thousands of pounds to improve Shrewsbury’s Grade I listed railway station could start early this year.

You may not have noticed, but Wednesday could just have been the day the music died, writes blogger David Burrows.

Three-year-olds in Shropshire are embracing the spirit of Charles Darwin’s bicentenary by nurturing one of his favourite animals – the earth worm.

One of Britain’s foremost anthropologists has spoken about his admiration for Charles Darwin ahead of the 200th anniversary of his birth.  Desmond Morris has written about anthropology and zoology in his 60-year career.

The Darwin year is set to be a true spectacle celebrating 200 years since the birth of Shrewsbury’s most famous son, party organisers have vowed.

Shropshire’s Ted Hankey was today bidding for a place in the BDO World Championship final – and a chance to win the prestigious title for the second time.

Midfielder David Hunt has bid farewell to Shrewsbury Town – with an apology to the fans he leaves behind.

AFC Telford United were today forced to postpone their FA Trophy second round clash with Hayes & Yeading United due to a frozen pitch.

Mick McCarthy has told Wolves fans not to panic – but admits the work he does in the transfer window could be the difference between promotion and staying in the Championship.

More than 25 years after Gandhi swept all before it at the Academy Awards, another British film embedded in Indian culture is poised to conquer the world.

The wedding comedy has become something of a permanent fixture in Hollywood since My Best Friend's Wedding and The Wedding Singer hit screens a decade ago.

The latest foul-mouthed bro-mantic comedy cast in the Judd Apatow mould (Superbad, Step Brothers, Pineapple Express) is a genuinely funny escapade that milks every guffaw from its predictable fish-out-of-water scenario.

In our darkest hours, sometimes it takes just a single glimmer of light to remind us of our moral responsibilities as members of the human race.

Baked to a similar recipe as American Pie, Sex Drive is a filthy-minded, teen comedy about a pair of best friends and their unexpected romantic detours during a road trip in search of physical satisfaction.