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Public consultation on long-awaited plans to build a bypass for Newtown will take place in September, it was revealed today.

Just over three weeks ago, acclaimed TV psychic Tony Stockwell gave me a personal reading over the telephone, correctly identifying a stranger’s picture as my late father and pinpointing eerily specific details surrounding his death.

The Shropshire’s Star Credit Munch campaign was today given another enormous boost with the support of one of the world’s finest chefs.

Telford Tigers have been boosted by the news that defenceman Daniel Croft has had his suspension reduced on appeal, writes CAROLINE GARBETT.

A “life-saving lottery” to help keep Shropshire’s air ambulance service in the sky has been launched.

Our weekly round-up of the Shropshire Star’s nostalgia pictures includes a group of anglers from 1938, 60s popsters The Amen Corner and a pub picture taken in 1904.

Dozens of concerned residents turned out in force to give their backing to a threatened Mid Wales health council. They are desperate to stop their service from merging.

The FTSE 100 followed its afternoon falls from yesterday on Friday morning – dropping 0.56 per cent in early trading.

Every couple of years, the comedy establishment seemingly anoints two bright young things as guardians of the nation's fickle sense of humour.

Size matters, especially when deciding who to poke fun at, in Steve Carr's politically incorrect, comic spin on Die Hard, set in a New Jersey shopping centre under siege from armed robbers.

Julia Roberts and Clive Owen reunite in the highly anticipated new film from writer/director Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton), set in the high stakes arena of corporate espionage.

The government should have stopped Northern Rock from offering risky 125 per cent mortgages while the bank received emergency loans, a report has found.

Six million Britons fear their home will be repossessed, according to research from Which?.

Eight of the world’s top folk musicians locked themselves away at a Shropshire country house to write a tribute tune in honour of Charles Darwin. What did they produce? Andy Richardson found out.

Signs at Shrewsbury’s new multi-million pound riverside theatre are to be replaced just weeks after being put up because nobody can see them – but the new signs will not be up in time for the royal opening.

York City boss Martin Foyle has a pace plan to accelerate past AFC Telford United into the FA Trophy final at Wembley.

It is a well-known feature on the Shropshire landscape, much loved by dog-walkers, ramblers and even courting couples. But it seems some people just don’t know enough about Lyth Hill.

The FTSE 100 has remained steady, rising 0.31 per cent over the day to close at 3,816.93.

Chris Hudson reviews Telford’s performance against Blyth Spartans. Watch his video report here.

Administrators at Wrekin Construction were today awaiting delivery of a gemstone recorded as an asset of the Shifnal-based company.

Pub landlords in Shropshire could be given rent freezes or helped with their businesses in other ways to get them through the economic downturn.

Two people were forced to flee a Market Drayton pub when a blaze tore through part of the building early today.

A 50-year-old man questioned by detectives in connection with an armed raid on a Shropshire petrol station has been released on bail, police said today.

Telford residents who have transformed a green space on their housing estate into a community wildlife project are in the running for a Pride of Shropshire award.

Shrewsbury full-back Neil Ashton today cranked up the stakes ahead of this weekend’s visit of in-form Morecambe by labelling the clash a “must-win game.”

Boss Rob Smith is backing AFC Telford United to emerge from their miserable March and finish the season on a promotion high.

A mobile chip shop owner claims he is being penalised after complaints over his van being parked outside his home on the Shropshire/Powys border.

A Shropshire councillor has scooped a top award for political campaigning in London.

A 49-year-old care worker has admitted wilfully neglecting a patient at a Shropshire home for adults with learning disabilities.

Chief executive Jez Moxey insists Wolves will be better equipped to deal with the Premier League if they go up now – after hinting Albion haven’t spent enough.