Fosters add sparkle to county’s must win bid

Foster brothers Ed and Rob are back in the Shropshire fold for the must-win Minor Counties Championship clash at Dorset.


New arrest over attack

Detectives have arrested a third man in connection with a serious sexual assault on two women on a night out in Shropshire.


Business collapse sees 45 jobs lost

More than 45 jobs have been lost with the collapse of a Telford business.


Girl injured in fall from horse

A schoolgirl from south Shropshire has been airlifted to hospital with serious arm and leg injuries after being thrown from a horse.


Flower show set to draw in crowds

Organisers of Shrewsbury’s flower show today spoke of their hopes that this year’s event would be boosted by people choosing to take their holidays in the UK.


Warning of axe threat to shows at town theatre

Performances at one of Wales’s premier theatres could be cancelled amid fears over insurance problems.


Canon’s call over scrap

The next Bishop of Shrewsbury has used his first tour of the county to call for scrap metal dealers to be to be made to check where items being taken to them had come from.


Dambuster team airman, 82, dies

Tribute has been paid to a Shropshire member of the Dambusters RAF squadron who has died at the age of 82.


Speed limit is to be cut after mum’s death

The speed limit looks set to be slashed on a Shropshire road after a mother-of-one died following a car crash. Hairdresser Jodie Kirkham, of Brookfield, Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury, died after the car she was in left the road.


Mystery over the missing post box

A Shrewsbury resident was left bemused today when he went to mail a letter at his local post box, only to find it had disappeared.


Scunthorpe 2 Wolves 4 – in pictures

Pictures from Wolves’ 4-2 pre-season friendly win against Scunthorpe at Glanford Park.


Mother’s horror at finding home raided

A mother-of-three from Telford has spoken of her horror at returning home to find her house had been burgled.


More than 1,000 TV licence dodgers caught

More than 1,000 people across Shropshire were caught watching TV without a licence in the first six months of this year, it was revealed today.


My Uganda diary

Shropshire student Laurence Whitaker spent five months volunteering in Uganda.


Land bid hopes in revamp scheme

A piece of land could be swallowed up to help combat anti-social behaviour as part of multi-million pound plans to redevelop a run-down part of Shrewsbury.


Public talks on county’s future

A public consultation will begin next week to help shape the development of Shropshire over the next 20 years.


Toaster burglar spared jail term

A 31-year-old man who broke into a Bridgnorth family’s home while they were inside and stole a toaster has been spared an immediate prison sentence.


Letter: MPs should speak for the people

Letter: I was amazed to read Lee Brazier’s letter of July 30, which berated our Shropshire MPs for speaking up on behalf of their constituents.


Abraham’s big idea

Three centuries ago Abraham Darby did something which changed the world forever.


Devastated mother’s tribute to son

The devastated family of a south Shropshire teenager who died suddenly have today paid tribute to their “amazing boy”, who will be deeply missed.


Traffic calming works will go

Works to take out controversial traffic calming measures and pave the way for a “significant” regeneration project in Newport High Street are due to get under way tomorrow.


Crew frees baby from car

A baby was rescued by firefighters after becoming locked in a car in Shropshire.


Red Arrows – in pictures

Shropshirestar.com reader Tony Watkin captured some amazing pictures of the Red Arrows during their recent display at RAF Shawbury.


Doubt over flu tragedy

A Shropshire family was today waiting to find out what caused the death of their daughter days after she was diagnosed with swine flu.


Bulletin: Town new boys face the media

Shrewsbury Town’s latest signings faced the media today at the club’s annual press event.


Farm supplies man jailed for drug crop

A 59-year-old man who launched a “hare-brained” scheme to grow hundreds of cannabis plants at his farm supplies business near Oswestry has been jailed for three years.


Stepmum’s petition over death crashes

The stepmother of a schoolboy who died after a hit-and-run crash near the Shropshire border has launched a petition calling on the government to bring in tougher laws.


CCTV pictures of robbers’ ambush

Detectives today released more CCTV images which show masked robbers carrying out a violent raid on a Shropshire jewellery business in which members of staff were ambushed, tied up and beaten.


Rape charge man in court

A 21-year-old man has appeared in court charged with raping an 80-year-old woman as she tended a grave in a Shropshire cemetery.


County bishop named

The Reverend Canon Mark Rylands was today named as the new Bishop of Shrewsbury after his nomination was approved by the Queen.

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