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The Big Chill Eastnor Deer Park words and pictures by James Watkins By James Watkins Around 25,000 people descended on one of the region’s most beautiful parks to chill-ax to music from an all-star cast. The Big Chill Festival lives up to its name by encouraging fans to take it easy while enjoying music from [...]

Police today warned drivers or cyclists could be killed as the theft of manhole covers around a Shropshire town has left roads a “deathtrap”.

A frustrated landlord at a north Shropshire pub has installed a barrier to ensure only customers use his car park. Alan Houlihan runs the Elephant and Castle pub in Shawbury.

Shrewsbury Town kick off the new League Two season against Bradford City tomorrow in front of what is expected to be a bumper opening day crowd.

League of Wales champions The New Saints will travel to Bulgarian big guns CSKA Sofia in the play-off round of the Europa League, it was announced today.

A controversial move to set land aside for a £5 million biomass plant in south Shropshire has prompted a storm of protest.

Preparations were being finalised today for the 125th Oswestry Show.

Boss Andy Sinton is urging AFC Telford United’s new-look squad to give their all in the next week – insisting places in his starting line-up are still up for grabs.

THOUSANDS OF motorists have been stopped on Mid Wales roads as part of a summer drink-drive campaign, police revealed today.

Former Shrewsbury Town striker Grant Holt was today found guilty of a motoring offence. But the footballer failed to appear at magistrates court.

Motorists flouting the law on north Shropshire’s main roads have been targeted in a major police operation.

Wolves aim to be a pain in the grass to their rivals at home this season as they look at extending the Molineux pitch.

The number of motorists breaking the speed limit on the A483 through Pant has fallen by 26 per cent since speed cameras were introduced in the village in November, it was revealed today.

A HONEYCOMB OF tunnels dug under The Wrekin by anti-coal protesters could cave in and seriously injure walkers, it was claimed today.

A motorcyclist from Telford was seriously injured after his bike left a motorway carriageway and ended up on the central reservation. He had medical care at the roadside for an hour.

A Shropshire town was today handed an early Christmas present after a major employer announced the creation of up to 150 jobs.

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

It was an almost perfect day for what the organisers billed as “one of the top five visitor attractions” in Shropshire.

The problem of handling stray and abandoned dogs across Shropshire is costing county taxpayers more than £65,000 a year, according to details released under the Freedom of Information Act.

Letter: Recently, my wife and I were invited to a barbecue and went into Tesco in Madeley to buy some beer and a bottle of wine to give our host.

Blog: For two decades, MPs and staff at the House of Commons have campaigned for a creche in which to park their children during their frequently long hours at the workface.

More than a quarter of all new homes in Shropshire have been built on back gardens in the last three years, official figures reveal today.

A man has been banned from keeping animals for two years after a court heard how the constant barking of his 27 dogs had made the lives of his neighbours “unbearable”.

Half of the callouts over the last two months to people in difficulty in open water in the West Midlands were in Shropshire, ambulance bosses revealed today.

A woman has been condemned to a life standing on one leg because of a rare neurological condition. Joanne Day, of Weston under Lizard, on the Shropshire-Staffordshire border, suffers from dystonia.

The new Welsh Premier League season could be thrown into chaos after referee threatened strike action.

Plans for a £5 million biomass plant in a south Shropshire town have moved a step closer to reality after land was provisionally set aside for the scheme.

Shrewsbury Town manager Graham Turner tells of his side’s chances ahead of the new league campaign.

A SHROPSHIRE MAN whose naked body was found near a canal, sparking a major police investigation, died accidentally, an inquest heard today.

A Shropshire man has unearthed buried treasure made at the Shrewsbury Mint in the 13th century.