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Police were today continuing to search for an elderly man who went missing from his home in a village near Market Drayton earlier this week.

Shrewsbury Town were today fearing they could lose striker Omer Riza for the next two months of the campaign.

Captain Stuart Whitehead is on course to return to AFC Telford United fray tomorrow – as the Bucks aim to kick-start their Blue Square North campaign at Gainsborough.

Wolves are boosted by the return of striker Kevin Doyle and central defender Christophe Berra for tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League trip to Manchester City.

Thousands of revellers heading to the V Festival at Weston Park caused traffic misery today – with tailbacks of up to 11 miles reported before the gates had even opened.

Our resident film critic Carl Jones takes a look at some of the films showing at cinema screens this weekend, including a sneak peak Quentin Tarantino’s controversial new film with Brad Pitt.

A major scheme to renovate a south Shropshire church will go ahead after nearly £330,000 was pledged towards the work.

A four-year-old boy diagnosed as having suspected swine flu but who actually had tonsillitis may have had his life saved by a campaign highlighted in the Shropshire Star.

A Shrewsbury nightclub at the centre of a murder investigation is responsible for a tenth of all night-time crime inside the town’s river loop over the past four years, police figures have revealed.

A woman was pulled to the ground and stamped on a number of times as a thief tried to wrestle her handbag from her grip in Shrewsbury.

A Shropshire police officer whose bid to get back to grassroots policing failed when no-one turned up to two community sessions has had more success in his latest efforts.

A Shropshire school is bucking the trend amid national concern that not enough young people are studying the sciences.

Ever fancied having a bit more space to entertain friends and family? Well we’ve tracked down five of the best Shropshire homes on the market which each have unique features that make them superb for guests and gatherings, from an Irish pub to a cinema!

Next month the new Discovery 4 and Range Rover Sport will be in Shropshire showrooms.

Letter: New information obtained by the Countryside Alliance has shown not even 10 Downing Street can tell how much of food served at the Prime Ministers official residence is British.

The landlord of a Shropshire pub is feeling ale and hearty after his beer achieved the rare feat of winning top marks twice in a row in a nationwide quality assurance scheme.

Our weekly round-up of the Shropshire Star’s nostalgia pictures.

Sarcasm is no longer the lowest form of wit - that dubious honour is now reserved for the Wayans brothers and their idiotic brand of big-screen lampoonery, which began with the Scary Movie series and reaches a creative nadir with Dance Flick.

We all remember the one that got away: the seemingly perfect first crush, who never knew how we felt because we lacked the courage to tell them.

Following a foray into sci-fi horror with Planet Terror, his contribution to the ill-fated Grindhouse double-bill, writer-director Robert Rodriguez returns to more family-friendly fare with a colour-saturated adventure reminiscent of his Spy Kids films.

Honda has recently teamed up with BCTV, the UK’s leading green volunteering charity, to promote environmental activities happening near you. BTCV makes a significant impact on the UK and International environment by inspiring 300,000 people to look after more than 50,000 places.

In the first of a regular new feature, David Burrows and Simon Alton turn their hand to the art of home brewing.

Four people were trapped in their cars this afternoon after a serious road traffic collision near Oswestry.

A man who raped a woman as she walked through Telford may have approached another woman in the same location just days before the attack.

With plums and damsons coming into season now, it’s the perfect time to put your culinary skills to the test. Raw, baked, stewed and poached are just some of the ways you can take advantage of this year’s bumper plum crop.

Watch Chris Hudson’s video review of AFC Telford United’s 2-2 draw with Hinckley in the Blue Square North, including footage of all the goals and major incidents.

Kelvin Langmead has admitted Shrewsbury Town must restore pride quickly as they bid to recover from their dramatic Dagenham demise.

Chairman Lee Carter today lambasted the “farcical” sacking culture in British football ahead of AFC Telford United’s trip to managerless Gainsborough Trinity on Saturday.

Shrewsbury Cricket Club are hoping to roll back the years with a bumper crowd cheering them on in their ECB National Knockout semi-final against Chester-le-Street, writes CHRIS HUDSON.

Wolves are in talks with Stoke about signing midfielder Amdy Faye – as they sold Elliott Bennett to Brighton.