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Young people account for more than a third of deaths on Shropshire’s roads, according to official figures.

Problems with puddles could soon be a thing of the past thanks to a £1.1 million scheme to improve the streets of Wellington.

A barbershop singer from Telford has proved he can hit the high notes by winning the manager of the month award in the Shropshire Star’s fantasy football game, writes Chris Leggett.

The chairman of Shrewsbury’s Business Chamber has paid tribute to the town’s traders for their support and hard work in battling through the disastrous impact of the recession.

The Taxi, a Christmas story from Shropshire author Eddie Main.

Father Christmas today vowed the defy Lord Mandelson’s recommendation that his service be opened up to increased competition. “I’ve been doing this for a very long time,” he said. “I’ve got brand loyalty behind me.”

Letter: The Labour Government’s pre-Budget report is a statement which is to let the country know what they intend to do to correct the financial crisis they allowed to happen.

Letter: Barclays has plans to take away the cash machine in Albrighton.

Shropshire health expert Dr Kevin Lewis is optimistic he can tackle the obesity problem and persuade us to adopt healthier lifestyles.

Former Telford defender Neil Howarth is relishing a return to the Football League – as first-team coach at Cheltenham.

Revellers in Shropshire are being urged to make sure they can get home after celebrating New Year as private hire drivers were meeting today to vote on strike action.

Intruders stole a bag containing the ashes of a householder’s wife in a raid on a Telford home. An appeal was today made for the bag taken in the burglary in Red Lake to be returned.

Experienced defender Dean Holden is eyeing a Shrewsbury Town Christmas revival after admitting: “We have let everyone down since Staines.”

The freezing weather has allowed people to see Shropshire and Mid Wales in all its glory as frost and ice transforms the region into a winter wonderland.

What a difference a year makes! Just 12 months ago, Telford Tigers were sitting comfortably in a play-off slot, having hit the top of the English Premier League a few weeks before.

AFC Telford United are targeting a bumper 2,5000 crowd for their Boxing Day derby with Stafford Rangers, writes JAMES GARRISON.

Scores of people are expected to flock to Church Stretton on Christmas Eve for the town’s annual Carols in the Square.

Councillors have said they are disappointed that a crackdown on more than 30 boozing troublespots in Oswestry had still not been introduced – nearly a year after it was approved.

People being held in the cells at Shrewsbury police station will be unable to escape the fact that it “pays to come clean”.

A father from the Shropshire/Staffordshire border who turned sleuth to help catch his daughter’s killer has been awarded £8,000 by a judge to compensate him for his expenses and loss of time.

A woman who died when her motorcycle was involved in a collision in Mid Wales has been named.

A search of the River Severn today entered a third day as police continued to try to find a Telford man who went missing after his brother was found dead at their home.

An off-duty American police officer has been disciplined after pulling a gun during a snowball fight. Watch the report here.

Despite a traumatic finish, Market Drayton Town have still enjoyed the greatest year in their short history.

Bosses behind plans for a controversial £60 million incinerator in Shrewsbury today vowed they would not import waste from outside the county to burn.

More than £100,000 worth of jewellery has been stolen during a raid on a Shropshire antiques centre.

Letter: If global warming is really a problem for the future of the world matched only, according to Mr Attenborough, by overpopulation, then a child tax would seem appropriate.

UFO investigators claim to have captured video evidence of a strange triangular shaped craft with pulsing lights flying in the skies above a Shropshire landmark.

A world-renowned Shropshire tourist attraction has seen the largest growth in visitor numbers in 20 years, it was revealed today.

About 50 people were forced to leave their homes as a fire involving a chip pan in a fourth floor flat started in Telford early today.