Video: Telford Titans v Whitley Warriors

Watch exclusive video highlights of Telford Titans’ clash with Whitley Warriors in the English National League.


Find my missing son – mother

The mother of a Shropshire teenager who vanished more than a week ago today issued a desperate plea – help me find my son.


Tributes to tragic McFall family

The stunned friends and business associates of the McFalls today paid tribute to the tragic Shropshire family.


999 crew tackles blaze at quarry

Firefighters battled a blaze involving 30 tonnes of material used to make road surfaces at a quarry near Shrewsbury.


Sentence in drugs case

A Telford man has given a 40-week suspended jail sentence for allowing a house he rented to be used to grow cannabis with a street value of more than £420,000.


Students’ silence in memory of Frankie

More than 1,000 youngsters at an Oswestry school took part in a minute’s silence to pay tribute to their former head girl Frankie McFall.


£2m tennis centre plan revealed

Plans for a £2.2 million tennis centre in Telford were revealed today in what could a first of its kind for the town.


McFall ‘was in middle of expanding’ florist trade

Oswestry father Hugh McFall was in the midst of expanding his business when he killed his wife and daughter, according to fellow traders.


Fears for future of business school

Plans have been drawn up by the University of Wolverhampton to move its business school from the Telford campus.


Smith to pit wits against his hero Little

Boss Rob Smith goes up against one of his football heroes tonight as AFC Telford United play host to Brian Little’s Gainsborough Trinity.


M&S still keen on new food store scheme

Retailer Marks & Spencer said today it was still interested in creating a Simply Food store in Shrewsbury.


Debate date for schools proposal

An emergency debate on secondary school education in Powys will take place on Thursday.


Di’s back after a break

Former Beacon Radio breakfast show presenter Di Jean-Paul has returned to the airwaves after a two-year break with a new job on Telford FM and The Severn.


Hopes residents will now feel safer

A new £20,000 CCTV camera is to be installed to help stamp out anti-social behaviour in a Shrewsbury trouble-spot and help residents and traders feel safer.


Burglar-hit Cineworld open

A Shrewsbury cinema which was hit by burglars has reopened to moviegoers.


Floral tributes laid by friends of businessman

Floral tributes have been laid at the entrance to the Shropshire business park where the body of Hugh McFall was found by police.


Special Juve trip for TNS assistant

The New Saints’ assistant manager Mike Davies has jetted-off to Juventus in Turin as part of a special coaching scheme.


Town is hoping to be streets ahead

It has been dubbed as one of the prettiest, quintessentially English streets in the whole of Shropshire. Now Broad Street in Ludlow could be crowned the best in England.


Fresh robes for deputy mayor

Ludlow’s deputy mayor is to get new robes – because he says his existing ones smell.


Hopes high at Ludlow

Ludlow racecourse officials are hoping it is fourth time lucky tomorrow.


Liam closing in on title

Shropshire boxing hope Liam Davies is two victories away from becoming an English champion.


Blast-affected traders plan protest

Shropshire traders are planning to take to the streets with placards in a protest over loss of business following the Shrewsbury blast.


Pub shut again as licensee sought

A north Shropshire pub has closed its doors just a couple of months after reopening, it was confirmed today.


Appeal launch for memorial

A fundraising appeal has been launched to help pay for improvements to the war memorial in Wem.


Family’s closure as body found

The family of an elderly man who went missing from his home on the north Shropshire border more than five months ago has been left distressed by the discovery of his body but say it has given them some closure.


Call for action over web use by criminals

Families of violent crime victims are set to meet politicians and Facebook executives this week to urge action over prisoners posting messages online from inside their cells.


Letter: We need to look again at county schools

Letter: The problem of surplus school places in Shropshire is back on the front page (Shropshire Star Feb 2)


Letter: Hunt is using trunk roads

Letter: The hunt community appears to be taking to the county’s trunk roads in pursuit of its quarry.


Employer’s tribute to Susan McFall

Susan McFall’s employers today paid tribute to her as a popular member of staff.


West Mid bosses in permit bid

Hopes of staging a revamped West Mid Show this summer today moved a step closer after bosses applied for a new premises licence.

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