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A Shrewsbury post office saved from the axe following a campaign is now set to close, it was revealed today.

These wacky vegetables grown by Shropshire pensioner Fred Coxill look more like a teddy bear and a jelly baby than two potatoes.

Shropshire schools spent more than £200,000 on supply teachers in 12 months, it has been revealed. The biggest spender was a Shifnal school.

A Shropshire ballroom which has been graced with royalty and world famous musicians and politicians could undergo a major £100,000 restoration.

A Shropshire company is to treble its turnover and take on 25 per cent more staff over the next two years after winning the contract to make London 2012 Olympic toys and mascots.

The final acts for this year’s V Festival were announced today – just three days before the eagerly-awaited event gets under way on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border.

A Shropshire man has been jailed for two years for his part in a robbery which saw a man punched and pushed into woodland before having his mobile phone and bank card taken.

A new visitor centre could be built in Telford Town Park as part of the multi-million pound Southwater development.

An Argentinian pilot cheated death after his plane ripped apart in mid-air during an airshow.

Midfielder Sean McAllister has hailed the early season backing from Shrewsbury Town supporters, declaring: “With you behind us, there’s no stopping us.”

Wolves have reined-in Michael Kightly’s training schedule as they continue to carefully monitor the much-missed winger’s recovery from long-term injury.

Manager Mike Davies believes The New Saints are in good shape as they look to spring a Europa League shock at troubled Bulgarian giants CSKA Sofia tomorrow night.

Goalkeeper Daniel Platt is targeting a starting place in the AFC Telford United team – after making a sensational debut off the substitutes’ bench.

A woman and her two children were forced to flee their Shropshire home by a fierce blaze in which 15 feet high flames destroyed a camper van and spread to a nearby house.

Actress Jenny Seagrove, star of Local Hero, A Woman Of Substance and Judge John Deed, spoke to Shropshirestar.com about her career, her future plans, and her new play, The Country Girl, which runs all week at Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury.

Planes were flying low over parts of south Shropshire today as part of a military training exercise.

M Night Shyamalan is an odd choice to direct a special effects-laden adventure based on the popular Nickelodeon animated TV series, Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Halfway through Jon Turteltaub's fast-paced yarn, the eponymous hero calls upon what little magical knowledge he possesses to command an army of mops to clean his secret hideaway.

Tinker Bell is one of the feistiest heroines in history and now she's back for a third magical adventure in the animated Disney franchise that explores 'Tink's' life before Peter Pan arrived on the scene.

Director Harald Zwart is a brave man, attempting a remake of one of the most fondly cherished films of the 1980s.

It has been more than 25 years since George Peppard chewed on a cigar and uttered the immortal line, 'I love it when a plan comes together!'.

The Rebound has been sitting on a shelf for more than a year and, in truth, that's where it should have stayed.

The toys are back in town as the computer animation wizards at Pixar bid a fond farewell to Woody the cowboy, Buzz Lightyear and their other beloved creations.

Despite years of scientific advancement and technological breakthroughs, many secrets of the human body continue to elude us.

Every night, the dream world provides a temporary and blissful escape from reality.

The tug of war for the affections of Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) reaches a crucial juncture in the latest film based on Stephenie Meyer's best-selling teen romances.

This is the Telford woman who was exposed as a benefits cheat following pictures and posts on internet social networking site Facebook.

A new government white paper could threaten the future of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital by opening the door to privatisation on a scale not seen since the NHS’s inception more than 60 years ago, a county doctor warned today.

The new 9-5 manages to combines looking both modern and very Saab-ish, whilst offering a firmer ride, writes Ian Donaldson.

Vandals are damaging lifebuoys and tossing them into a river in a south Shropshire town with five going missing in two weeks.