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A Welshpool athlete has come home from the Welsh Junior Championships with an impressive clutch of medals – and a new national record.

A Shropshire estate agents boss who took legal action against ParkRight after they accused his firm of committing fraud by photocopying permits is toasting victory.

Queen of the ice – that’s Telford Ice Skating Club’s Brianne Jones after collecting gold at the Cardiff Open.  

A man has been arrested on suspicion of selling counterfeit goods in Wem after the town’s CCTV system picked up suspicious activity.

An 85-year-old woman whose wartime fiance was killed when his bomber plunged into a Shropshire hillside has ensured that his memory is honoured on the 65th anniversary of the tragedy tomorrow.

Ben Bentley is quids in and sitting comfortably after picking up tips on how best to drive a hard bargain in these tough times.

Going to the cinema tonight? Let Shropshire Star film critic Carl Jones advise you whether or not you should invest in The Pink Panther 2, the latest offering from Steve Martin.

It’s St Valentine’s day today and love is all around – especially at the West Midlands Safari Park, where zoo keeper Lawrence Bates has a rather large admirer. Andy Richardson investigates.

LETTER: The Labour Party has sold out the British working class in favour of a globalized financial federal Europe, with the silent backing of the trade unions.

Reviewer’s rating: *** Andy Richardson has a troubled time dining out at a busy pub.

Reviewer’s rating: ***** Sharon Walters enjoys a superb dining experience at La Bécasse in Ludlow and gets to look behind the scenes.

Retailers are desperate to sell their wares and with the economic downturn haggling is suddenly a weapon to be used in the battle to bag a bargain. Strolling into a shop or a market, looking a vendor in the eye and naming your price has never been more effective, says Shropshire Star feature writer Ben [...]

Fresh fears for the banking sector weighed on the FTSE 100 this afternoon, taking the index 21 points lower.

HBOS made losses of £10 billion before tax over 2008, Lloyds Banking Group has revealed.

The razor-sharp intellects of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple would struggle to unravel The Curious Case Of The Completely Pointless Sequel.

While The Pink Panther 2 leaves us caterwauling for mercy this week, Hotel For Dogs turns out to be a decidedly finer pedigree of comedy, adapted from the book by Lois Duncan.

What is this crazy, mixed-up world coming to when a group of promiscuous, bong-smoking college kids can't spend a weekend at a waterside retreat with a grisly past, without running into a machete-wielding psychopath? When the retreat happens to be Camp Crystal Lake, the psychopath is Jason Voorhees and the new camp owners are money-grabbing filmmakers who have already revamped The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Amityville Horror and The Hitcher, the odds don't look good.

The Spanish sun evidently proved a tonic for Woody Allen.

In the early hours of March 9, 1997, Christopher 'Biggie' Wallace aka rapper The Notorious B.

A Shropshire worker has been sacked for putting up a poster at his workplace calling for British jobs to be saved.

House prices in January fell by 1.4 per cent, a fall of 12.2 per cent from the same month last year.

British rock heavyweights Def Leppard and Whitesnake have been added to this year’s three-day Download Festival bill, as tickets went on sale this morning.

Northern Rock shareholders have lost a judicial review into compensation following the nationalisation of the lender.

A man from Loggerheads, near Market Drayton, was today convicted of murdering his wife by trapping her in a house fire.

Manager Paul Simpson today urged Shrewsbury Town to have “no regrets” in pursuit of their promotion dream as they prepare to embark on a crucial week in their campaign.

Shropshire residents struggling to cope with the recession have amassed £15 million of debt, it was revealed today.

Shropshire’s fire chief today announced that he will step down after four years in the job – on the day his service was praised as one of the best in the country.

Hundreds of people flooded into Shrewsbury to take part in celebrations to mark the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin. Events were held throughout yesterday to help people learn more about the Shrewsbury-born scientist.

Government officials were urged today to call in plans for a £60 million incinerator proposed for the outskirts of Shrewsbury amid strong concerns about the project.

Boss Rob Smith has backed his watertight AFC Telford United defence to cope with the loss of two key figures for tomorrow’s Blue Square North trip to Workington.