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A Market Drayton brewing company has extended its empire by purchasing its 14th public house.

Watch the trailer for new Ricky Gervais film The Invention of Lying.

Letter: The comments of R Richards in his “Pub is the big loser” (Letters, June 27) only underlines the lack of understanding that many people have about the declining pub industry.

Telford businessman Steve Holding was celebrating today after the company he started as a small agricultural-based business in 1985 scooped the top honour at the Shropshire Business Awards.

The Food Enterprise Centre on Battlefield Enterprise Park in Shrewsbury was today officially open for business after the first tenants took possession of their unit.

Business chiefs today called on the Government to ensure banks were lending to businesses following a report which shows the UK’s battered financial services sector may be on a “gradual path to recovery”.

AFC Telford United will this week open talks with prospective left-back targets following the shock departure of new ‘signing’ Rhys Meynell.

Shrewsbury Town manager Paul Simpson today revealed his excitement about the prospect of seeing a fully fit Omer Riza in his squad.

Wolves could be due a seven-figure windfall if Joleon Lescott’s £15m-plus transfer to Manchester City goes through.

Roger Federer admitted it was “staggering” to win a record 15th Grand Slam title in just 25 events after his epic victory over Andy Roddick on Centre Court.

Shropshire’s bowlers stormed into the semi-finals of the Endsleigh British County Championship in superb style.

Carl Jones looks at the big stories making the Shropshire Star headlines today in our video newscast from the Ketley HQ.

A post-mortem has been carried out on a body that was pulled from the River Severn in Shrewsbury, police said today.

The family of a young Telford boy seriously injured when he was hit by a car today thanked everyone involved in the efforts to save the youngster’s life.

The Government’s “cash for bangers” car-scrappage scheme is slowing the decline in new vehicle sales, figures out today revealed.

A Telford man died when his motorbike was involved in a collision with a car on a road in Cheshire.

Montgomeryshire MP Lembit Opik has been spotted out on the town with former Wonderbra girl Katie Green.

Shropshire has a key role to play in helping the West Midlands recover from the recession, businesses in the county have been told.

Hundreds of people turned out to see Coronation Street favourite Ashley Peacock swop his butchers for the deli counter at a Shropshire supermarket.

The sudden closure of a north Shropshire coach company may leave scores of elderly and lonely people unable to go on day trips, organisers have warned.

Olympic gold medallist Tessa Sanderson was the guest of honour at a family fun day in Telford which attracted more than 200 disabled children and their families.

Umbrellas were expected to be going up across Shropshire this week with showers sweeping in to mark an end to the mini-heatwave.

A Shropshire golfer has bagged his first ever hole in one at the grand old age of 83 – and the feat was made even more impressive because Ron Murray has only got one arm.

More than 500 former servicemen and women and their families were at RAF Shawbury yesterday for a Veterans’ Day celebration.

Dozens of residents of a village near Whitchurch will join forces tomorrow night in a bid to revive their village shop.

A team of specially trained RSPCA inspectors were drafted in to carry out a potentially perilous rescue operation – to save a duck stuck in a culvert in Ironbridge.

A woman had to be cut out of a car by firefighters after two cars collided in a Mid Wales village.

A top Canadian artist has been lined up to support musician Jools Holland for a concert in Shrewsbury on Friday.

It was a night for county firms to celebrate success in a climate of economic downturn, and everyone played their part in making it a night to remember – even retiring Shropshire Star managing director, Colin Spicer.

Photos from the Shropshire Business Awards 2009.