Player airlifted in injury to neck

A Mid Wales rugby player was airlifted to hospital after injuring his neck during a Welsh League match.


Club aims for Europe

Oswestry could stage European football games in the town if plans for a 3,000-seat stand are approved.


Vehicles show at Weston Park draws crowds

Vehicles of all shapes and sizes were on show as crowds flocked to a stately home on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border for the Midlands Festival of Transport.


Travellers face long delays to get home

People travelling back to Shropshire and Mid Wales could face major delays today as millions head home after the Easter holiday.


Five escape bungalow as fire triggers smoke alarm

A woman and four teenagers fled a Telford bungalow after a blaze in a bedroom.


Play-offs is goal for Nick

Striker Nick Chadwick believes Shrewsbury Town still have the belief to reach the League Two play-offs – and is hoping to help spearhead their quest to reach the top seven.


Stores ‘entrapped’ into illegal sales

Shrewsbury shopkeepers are being deliberately “entrapped” by county Trading Standards officials over the sale of booze and cigarettes to people under 18, a county MP has claimed.


Brown sweats on injury concerns

Top scorer Andy Brown will learn tomorrow whether he can return to play a part in AFC Telford United’s promotion charge.


Campaigners’ bid to create own parishes

A massive consultation exercise is due to be carried out after hundreds of residents in two Telford communities signed petitions calling for independence.


Speed limit through ‘rat run’ area to be slashed

A speed limit is to be cut to 20mph through an area of Shrewsbury amid fears that roads are being used as a “rat run” by speeding motorists.


Man, 38, faces charge of rape

A 38-year-old man was due to appear before magistrates today charged with raping a woman in a village near Shrewsbury.


Thousands to visit railway gala

Steam locomotive The Royal Scot will star in a £100,000 nine-day railway event in Llangollen.


Cash paves way for town manager

Wellington could soon have a town manager again after nearly a year of legal wrangles over who will pay for the post.


Stagnant property market hits town

Almost a quarter of all flats and a fifth of all houses for sale in Shrewsbury have been on the market for at least a year, according to new research.


Injured football fan Ryan feted

A 14-year-old Telford boy was treated like a star after being injured when he was hit in the face by a rock thrown through the window of a football supporters’ coach.


Anti-turbines campaign’s fund nets £80,000

A fighting fund has been set up to help defeat a wind turbine “threat” in a village near Whitchurch. More than £80,000 has been pledged to the campaign.


Bid to ban wild animals in events on council land

Circuses featuring performances by wild animals are set to be banned from performing on land which is owned by Powys County Council.


Relive the Bucks’ Shield penalty drama

Watch the drama of AFC Telford’s Setanta Shield final penalty shoot out against Forest Green.


Drayton home in for Alliance title

Market Drayton Town’s stunning home record continued as they moved a step closer to clinching the Midland Alliance championship.


Concern at authority’s safer school road plans

Road safety measures outside an Oswestry primary school will make a mountain out of a molehill, town councillors have claimed over the plans.


CCTV review in crime fight

A major review of CCTV cameras and other crime-busting measures is to be launched across Shropshire in a bid to clamp down on anti-social behaviour, council bosses have announced.


Biomass concerns still not addressed

Letter: As a director of a local business likely to be affected by the proposed biomass plant in Bishop’s Castle, I, in common with a large number of others still have concerns which so far have not been addressed.


Schoolboy hailed a hero

A Shropshire schoolboy was today hailed a hero after coming to the aid of a man who suffered a serious head injury in a fall.


Mysteries of the unexplained

Big cats, UFOs and the paranormal are always popular subjects on ShropshireStar.com. Find out why in this week’s Sunday Supplement podcast.


Safety plea to A49 drivers

Impatient motorists are jumping red lights and causing huge snarl-ups during major roadworks on Shropshire’s A49.


Arrest after Bucks fan, 14, injured

A teenager has been arrested after a 14-year-old Telford boy was hit in the face by a rock hurled through the window of a football supporters’ coach.


Friends in tribute to Aiden

Friends and colleagues of a Bridgnorth teenager who died when a cave collapsed during a camping trip were due to hold a minute’s silence in memory of the youngster today.


Riding centre in Kirstie’s memory

The grounds of the Shropshire mansion where failed businessman Christopher Foster killed his wife and daughter and then himself could be turned into an equestrian centre for disabled riders.


Property price headache for council

The plunging price of property is causing a £25 million financial headache for Telford & Wrekin Council’s flagship proposals to boost borough towns and help the new railfreight terminal.


Get in the swing with a golfing break

John Gee tees off in the Irish countryside.

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