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The parents of a 13-year-old Shropshire schoolgirl today spoke about how their daughter was left fighting for her life after being struck down by a mystery virus.

Ludlow’s former Woolworths store is expected to reopen as a Spar shop in autumn this year, it has emerged. The supermarket chain is gearing up for the relaunch in September.

What are these strange cigar-shaped lights spotted glowing in the sky above Telford?

Great War veteran Henry Allingham became the world’s oldest man today after the death of the previous holder of the title in Japan, Guinness World Records said.

Urgent action needs to be taken to clamp down on speeding drivers taking a short cut into Whitchurch town centre before someone is seriously injured or killed, a councillor today warned.

New Shirehall leader, Keith Barrow, has stressed the need for cross-party unity to help secure more money for Shropshire schools.

A former Shropshire man described by police as a “ruthless, predatory paedophile” has been convicted of the sustained sexual abuse of a young girl in Jersey.

Shropshire rogue pie-seller Paul Rye transferred £250,000 made through criminal activities into a Canadian bank so he could start a new life abroad, a court heard today.

The Pride of Shropshire Awards was a chance for the county to honour some of its unsung heros.

Shropshire council officials today admitted they made mistakes after a traffic census on the A5 caused six-mile tailbacks and dozens of complaints. Find out more here.

Campaign groups greeted members of the new Shropshire Council with placards and banners urging the authority to throw out plans for a £60 million incinerator on the edge of Shrewsbury.

Shrewsbury Town star striker Grant Holt is set for a quicker-than-expected return to training following summer surgery.

A 61-year-old businessman was today jailed for 22 months and told he must “live with the consequences” of his part in a fatal collision involving a nine-year-old boy from a village near the Shropshire border.

Three town centres in Mid Wales could be transformed if a bid for more than £2 million of EU cash is successful. The bid could boost Llanidloes, Newtown and Welshpool.

A member of the ‘Orange Army’ which left England red-faced will be out to bring a black day for Shrewsbury in the Birmingham League premier division tomorrow.

Nearly 100 jobs have been saved at a Mid Wales factory after a management buyout.

Sharpen up the running – that’s the message for Newport as they attempt to haul themselves away from the foot of Birmingham League division three.

Experience may be key to countering the unique pressures of Shropshire Star Merit finals day.

The Girl Guides will have a celebratory floral display in Oswestry’s Cae Glas Park after all, after town councillors reversed their controversial earlier decision not to help fund the display.

Teina McGarry is the toast of Shropshire, queen of the county’s unsung heroes.

A woman was sexually assaulted walking home late at night in Oswestry.

Highways officials who caused massive tailbacks on one of Shropshire’s busiest roads today told drivers caught up in the chaos: “We’re sorry.”

About 1,500 properties were plunged into darkness by a massive power cut across Telford. Firms on an industrial estate were today forced to use generators as the black-out continued.

We have been promised that the weather is hotting up in time for Wimbledon – and hopefully for those long, school summer holidays, writes Sue Austin

Telford’s International Centre has beaten off tough competition to host one of the UK’s most prestigious snooker events for the third year in a row.

Shropshire Big Brother contestant Freddie Fisher was facing eviction for the second time tonight.

So, the Battle of the Bands’ finals night is upon us. It’s been a long time coming.

A £10 million development of apartments and shops, which has created dozens of jobs in Market Drayton, was being officially opened today.

Children bunked off almost 4.3 million days of school during the autumn term last year as the truancy rate rose, Government figures showed today. Many miss a day of school every week.

Our weekly round-up of the Shropshire Star’s old pictures for the week ending June 19, 2009.