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After the phenomenal success of her gold selling solo album The Alesha Show and smash hit singles The Boy Does Nothing and Breathe Slow, Alesha Dixon will be taking to the Wulfrun Hall stage this May for the first of only two solo shows she has confirmed.

Building your own home remains cheaper than buying a property, according to self-build expert David Snell. We caught up with him at the National Homebuilding and Renovating Show at the NEC for his top tips on self-builds.

Official statistics out today are set to show the UK is officially in deflation.

Billions of pounds of taxpayers' money is being lost by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) each year through fraud or error, research claims.

A 61-year-old man has been charged with causing the death of a nine-year-old boy from the Shropshire border following a horror road crash.

More than 200 Shropshire families are now schooling their children at home. Are they making the right decision? Ben Bentley visits a county family which has opted out of traditional classroom education.

Ludlow’s proposed £30 million hospital should ideally be built so it can be reached using the town’s park and ride route, according to local residents .

Spiralling concerns over the expansion of windfarms in Montgomeryshire will be tackled in a series of public meetings.

Work to regenerate Shrewsbury’s historic Flax Mill could begin in two years – if funding for the £30 million project can be secured.

It’s funny isn’t it, writes blogger Emma Suddaby how us little people have to abide by the rules or woe betide the consequences, and yet some of the world’s bigger companies seem able to bulldoze through those same rules when it suits them?

The family of a Shropshire man who died after being involved in a collision with a car have made an emotional appeal to find his brother.

Plans to build 150 homes on a site in Shropshire look likely to be given the go-ahead by council planning chiefs.

A 45-year-old woman managed to fight off two teenage muggers when they tried to snatch her bag in Telford.

Unemployment in Mid Wales has hit the highest level for 10 years, figures revealed today. More than 2,100 people in Powys are claiming unemployment benefit.

Lau, Benjamin Taylor and Royksopp are among the latest releases to be reviewed by Andy Richardson.

Wolves have completed the signing of Marlon Harewood on loan from Villa until the end of the season.

A look back at the career of Wolves loan signing Marlon Harewood.

The FTSE 100 pushed towards the 4,000 mark today for the first time since February.

Shropshirestar.com readers can today download a free song to celebrate the release of a new album by American group Grizzly Bear.

Dunfermline Building Society is believed to be in crunch talks over its survival as it struggles with a reported £26 million loss.

AFC Telford United midfielder Jamie Vermiglio is looking forward to pulling on his boots again – after being told his broken back is NOT career ending.

Let’s go for promotion now – that was the determined cry from AFC Telford United today as they look to put their FA Trophy disappointment behind them.

Captain Graham Coughlan today insisted Shrewsbury’s automatic promotion dream remains intact as the League Two run-in gathers pace.

Mick McCarthy insists his Wolves side are still “a million miles away” from promotion despite moving five points clear at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship thanks to their 1-0 victory over struggling Nottingham Forest.

Shrewsbury Rugby Club’s under-17s hopes of national championship glory were dashed as they went down 28-14 at home to Lincoln in the regional semi-finals.

A nine-year-old boy from the Shropshire border who was hit by two cars, one of which failed to stop, has died in hospital.

Up to 140 new jobs could be created in Shrewsbury under multi-million pound plans to transform a town centre car park, it was revealed today.

Doubts were today cast on the value of the £11 million Gem of Tanzania, listed as an asset of collapsed Shifnal firm Wrekin Construction.

A teenager was injured after a tractor towing a trailer jackknifed on a main Telford road this afternoon.

A woman led her four young children to safety after spotting a blaze in the kitchen of their Telford home.