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A man was pushed to the ground before being punched and kicked in the face after trying to intervene in a dispute while on a night out in Wellington.

Reviewer’s rating *** Sophie Bignall gives a ringing endorsement for the food served at the popular Six Bells inn.

Thousands of people lined the streets for Shrewsbury’s annual carnival.

Musicians, brass bands and dancers took over the streets of Church Stretton for the second annual Summerfest which attracted well over 1,000 visitors to the town.

Oswestry held their nerve in a thrilling finish at Lichfield to clamber out of the Birmingham League division three relegation zone.

A Telford man dubbed the Pink Panther today claimed he was responsible for a massive smiley pink face which mysteriously appeared on a town roundabout.

Hundreds of people basked in sunshine in Llanfair Caereinion to help celebrate the town’s annual carnival.

Shropshire’s cricketers were today hoping to make early inroads to seize the initiative in their Minor Counties Championship game with Dorset at Bridgnorth.

You know how it is, you’ve had a long and tiring day at work and the only thing you want to do when you get home is crash out on the sofa. Takeaway, anyone? You’ve no need to order food in, though, when there are plenty of tasty free online chicken recipes to be found.

Shrewsbury Town boss Graham Turner is hoping to unveil more Shrewsbury Town signings in the “next seven to 10 days.”

Wolves today unveiled their fourth summer signing with the arrival of Stephen Hunt from Hull for £3m as they stepped up interest in a fifth new face.

England boss Fabio Capello has clamped down on a rebellion in the ranks led by former captain John Terry, it was reported today.

PARKING METERS at a Shropshire supermarket car park have been out of order for three months – and shoppers are now set to enjoy even more free parking.

England fan Pavlos Joseph speaks to a newspaper claiming he wound up in the England dressing room as he was looking for a toilet.

Dozens of angry campaigners today gathered outside a Mid Wales bank to protest at it having its opening hours cut.

Up to £17 million of public funding needs to be found to redevelop Shrewsbury’s Flax Mill, it emerged today.

An 82-year-old man who died in a four-vehicle crash in Mid Wales was from Llanwyddyn.

Pranksters have decorated a Telford traffic island with a huge pink face. Also, a family will see a war memorial in Ironbridge changed htis summer after discovering their relative’s name was spelled incorrectly.

A round-up of the week’s Shropshire Star nostalgia pictures.

Council tax is to be frozen for a year under plans to be outlined in Chancellor George Osborne’s emergency Budget tomorrow.

Sometimes – and I must stress here that it’s not very often (you never know who’s reading) — I disagree with my boss, writes David Burrows.

This week Lea Beven, of Limecastle house shares and lettings, tells a cautionary tale for all the wannabe landlords out there.

Council bosses have today called for people across Telford & Wrekin to put forward major services or policies they want to go under the microscope.

Martin Jones, managing director of family business PH Jones, has been named Business Products and Services Entrepreneur Of The Year.

It’s been confirmed Christine Bleakley will join Adrian Chiles at ITV to host breakfast show GMTV.

It is Shropshire’s annual test of strength and endurance – to carry a barrel to the top of the Wrekin in the quickest time.

Letter: Reference Shropshire Star of June 16, “GCSEs missed for holidays”. I am not impressed by the statement made by the headteacher of students who missed their GCSEs and that the students had wasted two years of study (this is de-motivating).

Letter: There is a minority of Wellington residents who feel at home reciting the Lord’s Prayer in public. Most, however, like me, feel hypocritical but do it, when in a church service, so that they do not offend friends and family.

Almost 200 people were killed or seriously injured across Shropshire and the rest of the West Mercia Police area as a result of collisions involving drink or drugs in the past three years, new figures have revealed.

Shropshire residents have backed the preparations for frontline operations in Afghanistan – despite facing the prospect of disrupted sleep as large helicopters fly overhead in the early hours of the morning.