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A man suffered serious facial injuries after being involved in a fight in a Telford nightclub. The victim had his jaw broken in two places when he was attacked during the “altercation”.

Patience got its reward as AFC Telford United snatched a late winner at Gainsborough – but only after their old injury curse struck again.

Whatever Shrewsbury Town’s campaign has in store over the coming nine months, it is unlikely this draw with Chesterfield will be highlighted as a defining moment come May.

A 75-year-old woman on a motability scooter was robbed of more than £500 as she shopped in Wellington.

Four people, including two from Shropshire, escaped after their light aircraft crashed on Guernsey and burst into flames.

So there will be no repeat of their famous success in 1983.

Defender Dean Holden believes Shrewsbury Town have the attacking players to be successful this season – if they can start accumulating clean sheets.

Pictures from Eastlands as Wolves go down fighting to a one-goal defeat at moneybags Manchester City.

A reveller leaving the V Festival at Weston Park was threatened with a spanner and taken on a terrifying drive to a cashpoint  after accepting a lift from a man waiting outside the gates.

Emmanuel Adebayor’s blistering first-half effort proved enough to earn victory for Manchester City on his home debut.

Wolves are preparing for a £2.5m transfer windfall as Manchester City finally close in on former Molineux defender Joleon Lescott.

Midfielder Jon Adams will be out for up to three weeks after becoming AFC Telford United’s latest injury victim at bogey ground Gainsborough.

Today’s Shropshire Star news bulletin includes details of how a county home was nearly destroyed by a lorry’s 20-tonne load – plus more footage from the Weston Park V-Festival clean-up.

Bus passengers are celebrating after a south Shropshire route was saved at the eleventh hour.

Shrewsbury Town Football Club announcer Ryan Jervis was silenced for the first time in 32 years when the public address system packed in.

Road checks have been stepped up in Powys in a bid to stop rogue traders operating in the county.

Pictures taken after a 20-tonne piece of machinery fell off a lorry and into a Shropshire house.

A 20-tonne piece of machinery fell off the back of a lorry and smashed into the side of a house in Shropshire.

The big clean-up was under way today as thousands of festival-goers departed Weston Park.

Bosses of Oswestry timber firm Richard Burbidge today confirmed the company has bought an industrial estate at Chirk – but dispelled fears it is planning to move out of Shropshire.

A blaze tore  through a stable block at a Shropshire farm sending flames shooting 20ft into the air.

A traditional coaching inn in Market Drayton has been sold to a “local business family” for about £200,000. The Corbet Arms Inn, High Street, was sold by estate agents Pooks.

Shrewsbury’s business chamber is set to discuss the issue of charity collectors for the first time amid concerns that they are driving shoppers away from the town centre.

Council planning bosses who “lost” several objections to a controversial planning application for a 40-bedroom motel and cafe may have made the same mistake before, it has been claimed.

The family of a Shropshire schoolgirl who died in a motorway crash have paid tribute to a “happy, keen musician”.

Highlights from Shrewsbury Town’s 1-1 result at home against Chesterfield on Saturday, August 22.

Did we catch you on our Star Cam at V Festival over the weekend? Take a look at our picture gallery!

Highlights from AFC Telford United’s 1-0 win away to Gainsborough Trinity.

A Shropshire man who was seriously hurt when he plunged 20ft through a town hall trapdoor today said he is well on the road to recovery.

Ah, New York. They don’t call it the BIG Apple for nothing, you know, says David Burrows.