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A Shropshire man has launched a new camapign to honour Shropshire’s war heroes on a special internet site. Toby Neal caught up with him to find out more.

An eagle-eyed Shropshire Star reader sent us this photograph of the Iron Bridge, symbol of the Industrial Revolution, apparently coming apart.

The Enemy return with the April 27 release of a bold new album, Music For The People. That will be preceded by the single, No Time For Tears, on April 13.

After two days of heavy losses the FTSE 100 was up 3.81 per cent today.

Empire of the Sun, Nick Lowe and Jon Byrne come under Andy Richardson’s critical eye in this week’s music reviews.

The long-awaited return of Norwegian duo Röyksopp, aka Svein Berge and Torbjørn Brundtland, is heralded with the single Happy Up Here.

Okay, so they won’t be playing live in Shrewsbury. But Iron Maiden will be doing the next best thing when their film, Iron Maiden: Flight 666, is screened at the town’s Music Hall on April 21.

A grandmother-of-two is beating the economic gloom by selling her north Shropshire home without using an estate agent in a bid to save money.

A Shropshire family desperately searching for one of their relatives who has been missing for more than a week have set up a social networking site in the hope of tracing him.

One of America’s leading groups,The Dave Matthews Band, has chosen Wolverhampton Civic Hall as its only UK gig outside London when it comes over to support Bruce Springsteen at Hyde Park in June.

A £5 million biomass plant in Bishop’s Castle would be “highly unlikely” to affect the air quality, an expert has told a public inquiry in the town today.

Pull your socks up and make a date in your diary – the biggest walking festival in Britain, the Isle of Wight Walking Festival, is back and set to take place from May 9-24.

A Shropshire badminton starlet has that top of the rankings feeling.

Chairman Lee Carter has said that there is “no possibility” of AFC Telford United withdrawing from the Setanta Shield after seeing their northern area final at Barrow abandoned.

Ben Davies today insisted the removal of the captain’s armband will not affect his Shrewsbury Town form in the end-of-season run-in.

A major competition has been launched in Shrewsbury to find the perfect piece of music for the unveiling of Shrewsbury’s giant Quantum Leap sculpture.

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy expressed his “relief, pride and pleasure” after his side’s return to winning ways at Crystal Palace.

Plans for a new taxi rank in the centre of Welshpool have been announced.

Councillors in Machynlleth have pledged to do all they can to replace the town’s tourist information centre.

Students played dead in front of a Telford building to protest about the alleged repression of workers thousands of miles away.

Speed cameras could be installed along a notorious stretch of a Shropshire road where a number of young people have died in crashes.

Consumer confidence rose slightly in February with research suggesting people have become more optimistic about the future of the economy.

A new supermarket along with other shops look likely to be built in a bid to transform the fire-ravaged heart of a Telford parish – ending a wait of nearly four years.

A man charged in connection with a £425,000 raid on a Shropshire bank has appeared in court.

A historic Shrewsbury pub has been put up for sale with leaders behind a £15 million project to restore the town’s old canal saying they are considering putting in a bid for the site.

A suspected gunman was arrested in Shrewsbury town centre after the alarm was raised by a member of the public.

An engineer had to be cut free after trapping his arm in part of a lift at a block of flats in a sheltered accommodation complex in Shrewsbury.

Two pubs which belonged to a national chain have been snapped up by a north Shropshire brewery.

The headquarters of Ukraine's natural gas company Naftogaz have been raided by national service personnel.

A people-power campaign is hoping to save a vital delivery office in north Shropshire – and you can add your voice to the fight here.