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Couch potatoes in Shropshire who are failing to keep fit and active are costing the county’s health services more than £7 million a year, new figures show.

The Serious Fraud Office has launched an inquiry into the UK arm of US insurer AIG.

A motorist ploughed into a house in Shropshire while other drivers were left spinning down an ice-covered hill after freezing temperatures caused havoc on the roads.

Shrewsbury marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin today. See our video here.

Two men were hurt during an explosion at a farm in Powys.

REVIEW: When hundreds of thousands of Take That fans see the nation’s favourite boy band later this year, they’d be advised to get along early, advises Andy Richardson.  

Gordon Brown has defended the appointment of Sir James Crosby as deputy chairman of the Financial Services Authority.

This year's Budget will take place on April 22nd, chancellor Alistair Darling has announced.

Long-awaited repairs to an historic Shropshire bridge look finally set to begin next year – 15 years after it was assessed as “weak”.

Controversial plans for hunting kennels for up to 80 dogs in a village near Whitchurch have been given the go-ahead – for the second time. The plan is for kennels for the North Shropshire Hunt in Whixall.

Japanese electronics group Pioneer has said it is to stop making flat-screen televisions, with up to 10,000 jobs expected to go as a result.

BT experienced an 81 per cent drop in pre-tax profits in the final three months of last year, it has been revealed.

A mother has branded a Shropshire driver who left her 10-year-old son dying in the road “selfish” and a “coward”.

About 40 firefighters spent three hours tackling a blaze which ripped through a Shropshire mansion.

Work is to be carried out to stabilise a former Shropshire quarry after it caused two landslides in just one week on a county road.

Staff who were made redundant when Newport’s Woolworths closed its doors have got jobs in the new B&M Bargains store which has replaced it.  

The pound has slumped against the dollar again after Bank of England chairman Mervyn King said monetary easing measures could be taken soon.

Fire service bosses are refusing to tell their own authority members why a number of control room staff at Shropshire’s fire headquarters have been suspended.

Ben Herd steps back into the Shrewsbury Town spotlight this weekend determined to make up for lost time and help play a part in reigniting the promotion dream.

St Leonards Church in Bridgnorth provides a spectacular backdrop at the start of the boys year 10 and 11 race in the Shropshire Schools Cross-Country championships.

Striker Danny Carey-Bertram believes the fierce competition in the AFC Telford United forward line could prove the key to promotion.

Shropshire Star Assistant Editor Carl Jones was in Jamaica to witness the England cricket team’s embarrassing defeat against the West Indies last week. On the eve of the second Test, he believes it’s time for wholesale changes.

Mortgage lending fell sharply in 2008 and is at the lowest level since 1974, according to lenders.

The world was today marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin, who was born in Shrewsbury on this day in 1809.

Events marking the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth have already begun in Shrewsbury, with a multimedia animation currently lighting up the town’s Market Hall, and will continue well into November.

The ups and downs of training for a marathon were brought home to me in so many ways this week, writes blogger Sue Austin.

The City watchdog has admitted it knew there were problems with HBOS as early as 2002.

Grammy-winning superstar Lenny Kravitz  is to appear at Wolverhampton Civic Hall this summer on his European tour.

Wolverhampton is set to play host to two of the biggest reggae legends in the world, when Maxi Priest and Beres Hammond play at the Civic Hall in April.

Spanish champions Real Madrid have retained their place at the top of Deloitte's list of the richest clubs in the world, ahead of Manchester United.