Katie’s out of the jungle

Katie Price, aka Jordan, walks out of the Australian jungle and quits I’m A Celebrity.. Get Me Out of Here! Watch the video here.


Meet our charity worker of the year

Meet Janet Groves, our Charity Worker of the Year.


Hit choir releases fourth album

The multi-platinum selling Fron Male Voice Choir is back with its fourth album, Memory Lane, which was being released today.


Recognise this place?

Shropshire Council has released stunning pictures of Shropshire from the skies, offering a fresh look at  well-known landmarks. Can you tell where this was taken?


Economic guru outlines recovery plans

High-flying economics expert Kate Barker gave an exclusive interview to Amy Bould, which is discussed in this week’s podcast.


Shrewsbury 1 Bury 1

Skipper Graham Coughlan earned Shrewsbury Town a point as he headed an injury-time equaliser at home to Bury.


Stalybridge 1 AFC Telford 1

Gavin Cowan headed home inside the last 10 minutes to earn AFC Telford United an FA Trophy replay.


From Colorado to Ludlow

The latest addition to Ludlow’s thriving arts scene is a real Aladdin’s Cave of unusual objects. And as you might expect, the enterprising duo behind this unique concept have a background as fascinating as the shop itself.


Give refs video help – Simpson

Shrewsbury Town boss Paul Simpson today threw his weight behind the campaign to introduce video technology into football.


Calverhall face D-day on appeal

One of the biggest disputes ever to hit Shropshire bowls will be resolved next week.


Vigil for victim of collision

Hundreds of people are expected to turn out for a vigil to remember the life of a 14-year-old Shrewsbury boy who died after he was hit by a car.


Luke packs punch to ring up revenge

A capacity crowd enjoyed a bumper night of amateur boxing as 14 bouts made up Shrewsbury & Severnside ABC’s latest show.


Man guilty of Black murder

A 22-year-old man has been found guilty of murdering Shropshire pawnbroker George Black.


Scrooge show cast bring festive cheer

Some talented actors are not only treading the boards to bring a Christmas classic to life in Telford but they also turned their hands to promoting festive tipples to really compliment the season.


Fuel poverty hits a third of rural homes

A third of households in villages, hamlets and isolated rural parts of the West Midlands, including Shropshire, are in fuel poverty as they struggle to heat their home during the recession, latest figures show today.


Kitten now back home after visit to the Star

A stray cat which won the hearts of staff at the Shropshire Star’s head office has finally been reunited with his owner following an appeal in the paper.


Pharmacist struck off over drugs use

A Shropshire pharmacy manager, who regularly helped herself to morphine-based medicine at work to ease back pain following a car accident more than 20 years ago, has been struck off.


Wrong-way drivers warned of dangers

A parking attendant was almost knocked down by a motorist driving the wrong way through an historic part of Shrewsbury, it emerged today.


Hygiene case butcher must pay £10,000

A Powys butcher has been ordered to pay more than £10,000 after parts of his shop were found to be unclean. Rikki Lloyd Butchers of Welshpool admitted three food hygiene charges.


Two held on van raid bid

Two people have been arrested over an attempted robbery of a security van outside a Shropshire supermarket in which a man was threatened with a hammer.


Another TV airing for town church

Shrewsbury’s St Chad’s Church is to appear on BBC Songs of Praise tomorrow – for the third time in a little over a year.


School on top form over support project

Staff and pupils are celebrating being top of the class after their Shropshire school was chosen as one of just 60 schools nationwide to spearhead a campaign to help failing schools.


Star brings glamour to annual fundraiser

Telford was the shining town of Shropshire last night when TV star Gabrielle Drake arrived for the annual Tree of Light switch-on.


Emergency services on alert after wettest day

The emergency services were braced today for more heavy rain after England’s wettest day on record claimed the life of a “heroic” policeman.


The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Not since Harry Potter first cast a spell over cinema audiences has a franchise based on a series of best-selling novels been as completely critic-proof as The Twilight Saga.


A Serious Man

If fortune truly favours the brave, it's no surprise that the hen-pecked, mild-mannered mensch at the centre of Joel and Ethan Coen's new black comedy is pummelled senseless by bad luck.


The Informant!

We all want to do the right thing, but few of us ever put ourselves on the line for the sake of a greater good.


Red Lion Hotel, Knighton

Reviewer’s rating *** My husband and I were delighted to find the Red Lion, right opposite the clock tower in the centre of the town, a perfect lunch spot after a lengthy ramble one Saturday.


County people help Children in Need

Organisers were celebrating today after the BBC’s Children in Need appeal raised more than £20 million.


Inventor comes up with superb win for McCain

Shropshire horse racing trainer Donald McCain is toasting a sensational win with little-fancied Inventor at Ascot.

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