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Thousands of young people in Shropshire will now be able to attend theatrical productions at Oakengates for free from February 2009, as part of a government-funded nationwide scheme.

The Shropshire Star’s monthly mix of fashion, shopping and real-life stories about real county women hits the streets today. In an exclusive preview, acting Women’s Editor Sue Austin meets a woman who made a life-changing decision about her lifestyle and career.

LETTER: The Government have little or no real vision for the future. With the job situation in decline, why don’t they do what the Americans did in the depression of the thirties?

Two years ago Shropshire man Andrew Ray feared he would never hear his wife’s voice again – but a single kiss changed that forever.

Plans for a controversial extension to a Shropshire quarry right next to a county beauty spot have been shown to the public for the first time.

The FTSE 100 ended the day 3.86 per cent higher at 4,209.01, as Barclays shares stormed ahead.

British Airways has admitted it is in line to record an operating loss of £150 million for the current financial year.

Fraud levels have shot up as the credit crunch bites, figures from fraud prevention agency CIFAS show.

AFC Telford United continued their miserable start to the new year with a 1-0 defeat at Fleetwood Town in the Blue Square North.

Transforming Telford helped create more than 270 jobs through new investments and business expansions in the town over the last eight months, a new report reveals.

A leading Shropshire businessman has returned from a work and lecture tour of New Zealand with an agreement for a possible tie-up between universities in Shropshire and Otago.

A Shropshire firm of chartered surveyors has binned paper waste and boosted business by more than £350,000 by taking on the latest internet technology.

It’s great to hear something positive . . . and this week our columnist Emma Suddaby gives us two good news stories for the price of one.

Highlights from Telford’s away game against Fleetwood on Saturday, January 25.

Action from Shrewsbury Town’s win over Darlington at the Prostar Stadium on Saturday, January 24.

The kiss of life had already saved Shropshire mother Emma Ray but a special kiss from her husband Andrew brought her back from the silence of a coma.

British Airways said today it expected to make an operating loss of around £150 million in the year to March 31.

A mechanic has died after an accident at a Shropshire bus depot.

A 38-year-old cycling enthusiast has died in hospital after apparently collapsing on his bike on a road in Shropshire.

The number of new mortgages approved by banks last year halved as financing dried up.

Boss Rob Smith has threatened to “walk away” from AFC Telford United in an astonishing blast at his under-performing squad.

Police have vowed to crack down on people said to be wreaking “mayhem” in north Shropshire market towns. It follows complaints of vandalism and of pensioners being terrorised.

A 98-year-old Tenbury Wells woman has died after a fire swept through her bungalow completely destroying it.

Jobs are expected to be created in Shropshire and Mid Wales over the next two to three years despite fears of a deepening recession.

Telford’s annual wedding exhibition opened today with more than 40 businesses taking part.

Refreshed record signing Grant Holt returns to Shrewsbury Town duty tomorrow night with his sights set on crashing through the 30-goal barrier before the end of the season.

Wolves were today reluctantly preparing to bid farewell to prodigy Mark Davies with Bolton favourites to clinch a deal which could be worth around £2m. 

Full scores from this weekend’s rugby action.

A selection of payphone equipment in Bridgnorth will be saved after several parish councils voted to keep their phone boxes.

Councillors and residents living near the site of a proposed 16.5m phone mast near Market Drayton have called an emergency meeting to discuss the plan.