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Space: the final frontier. This is the maiden voyage of a shiny, new Starship Enterprise under the captaincy of director JJ Abrams.

There's no place like home in Coraline, the first ever stop-motion animated feature created in stereoscopic 3D.

Set in the heaving bosom of pre-First World War Paris, Stephen Frears' handsome costume romp draws obvious comparisons with the Oscar-winning Dangerous Liaisons.

A Shropshire army chief has vowed to clear his name after he was arrested and quizzed by military police investigating the way bravery medals were awarded.

AFC Telford’s dream of returning to the top flight of non-league football ended in a 1-0 defeat at Gateshead tonight.

Brave six-year-old Karen Lewis was today thanked by her grandmother for saving her life after picking up vital warning signs that she was having a stroke – because of an advert on TV.

Hundreds of dedicated county football fans today began their journey by coach to the north-east to cheer on AFC Telford United in the Blue Square North play-off final.

A former Shropshire man cleared of trying to blackmail tragic tycoon Christopher Foster is facing jail after admitting a £851,000 banking scam.

The FTSE 100 is on track to start making gains for the year after rising 1.44 per cent to 4,462.09 after a week when the index hit four-month highs.

Up to 300 jobs are to be created at the site of collapsed Shifnal firm Wrekin Construction, which has been sold to a civil engineering company, it was revealed today.

The leader of Telford & Wrekin Council today dismissed calls for an inquiry into why three top officers have left the council in three months as “laughable and a ludicrous waste of time”.

Political leaders on Shropshire Council have been warned not to appear on a TV debate show – in case it sparks a legal challenge.

Up to 30 jobs will be created in Market Drayton after bosses at a national discount giant announced plans to open a store in the town next month.

Contractors carrying out roadworks which are causing chaos in Mid Wales have claimed they are being threatened and verbally abused.

A large quantity of prescription drugs used to treat long-term illnesses have been stolen in a burglary in a Powys town.

Two doorstep conmen targeted a man in his 80s in Mid Wales and stole items from his home.

Defiant Shrewsbury Town today insisted their promotion dream was alive and kicking as they begin preparations for a recovery mission at Bury.

Boss Rob Smith believes AFC Telford United’s “Premier League” supporters can roar their side to promotion in tonight’s Blue Square North play-off final in Gateshead.

Former Shrewsbury allrounder Jack Shantry returns to London Road tomorrow celebrating a potential breakthrough into the First Class game.

Shropshire Flat trainer Mark Brisbourne made himself look a “complete prat” at Chester’s big three day meeting – but he didn’t care one jot.

This week’s Shropshire Star pictures from the past.

More than 1,000 people took part in a survey on how a Shropshire town could improve its shopping experience.

Thirty jobs will be created and 31 extra nursing beds provided in a multi-million pound development at a Shropshire care home.

Shrewsbury Town fans declared their team was down but not out as play-off rivals Bury drew first blood in the battle for promotion from League Two.

A man died today after he was hit by a train in Telford.

Villagers near Whitchurch feared they were being watched when a mysterious van “bristling with cameras” turned up.

More than 130 jobs at two Shropshire companies are today hanging in the balance as the recession continues to squeeze the county’s economy.

A swan suffered a broken wing after it was attacked by a dog as it sat on its nest of eggs on a Shropshire canal.

Carphone Warehouse has announced it is to buy the UK assets of internet provider Tiscali.

Seven giant wind turbines would blight a “unique and valued landscape” on the Shropshire border, a planning appeal has heard.