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One of the most recognisable cricketers in the history of Australian cricket is heading to Shropshire during the Ashes summer.

Shrewsbury’s Alex Blofield is on course for his Shropshire Minor Counties debut this weekend.

The heatwave warning alert was raised from level two to level three today as Britain gets set for more baking temperatures.

Manager Paul Simpson today admitted he can’t consider Chris Humphrey for first team duty at Shrewsbury Town – until the winger commits his long-term future to the club.

Tens of thousands of trees will be felled to make way for windfarms in Powys, it has been claimed.

A former judge who lived and worked in Shropshire has died, aged 87.

Assistant boss Mike Davies believes The New Saints can finally buck the trend by securing long overdue success on the European stage.

A last-ditch attempt is being made to save three bus routes. Horrocks, which runs the services from Bishop’s Castle, said that it had done all it could but the services did not pay.

Proposals to turn a patch of land in a south Shropshire town into a village green will go before an independent barrister.

Southampton midfielder Andrew Surman became the second player in two days to sign for Wolves and immediately signalled ‘fan power’ as a key factor.

A man was taken to hospital after a car thought to have been travelling the wrong way on a dual carriageway slip-road in Telford collided head-on with another vehicle.

Top high street fashion store H&M is set to open in Shrewsbury’s former Woolworths store this autumn, it was announced today.

Murdered Shropshire teenager Kirstie Foster is to be remembered this month at the national Riding for the Disabled Association championships.

The Shropshire bodyguard who gained a unique insight into the life of tragic superstar Michael Jackson today revealed what life was like with the King of Pop.

The career of former England under-21 midfielder Andrew Surman – Wolves’ second signing in a week.

Residents from a Telford housing estate staged a “hands around the Dolphin” stunt to mark the closure of their much-loved pub which has played a leading community role for nearly 40 years.

Eight new cases of swine flu were confirmed in Shropshire today, including a pupil at a Wellington primary school.

The Star Gardens campaign has been launched with the aim of encouraging a new generation of Shropshire citizens to grow fruit, vegetables and flowers.

LETTER: Mr Emyr Davies wonders why call centres always seem to be staffed by “immigrants”, and wonders if this amounts to “discrimination of (sic) indigenous Britishers” (Star Letters, June 24).

Ben Bentley and family were happy campers at Butlins in Minehead.