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Ian Wilkinson celebrated victory in his first ever Newport Nocturne – before revealing he would have been forced out of the race if it wasn’t for a rival squad’s generosity.

A car was destroyed in an apparent arson attack in Market Drayton.

The big news in the property world this week is the Landlord & Letting Show in London which takes place towards the end of this week writes Lea Beven.

Shropshire Star readers are being invited to vote for their favourite picture – and help one lucky photographer to win a £150 prize.

Planning chiefs in Powys have just weeks to make a decision on plans to transform a Mid Wales gipsy site or it could lose up to £1 million of funding.

Blog: Wayne Rooney will play in Switzerland tonight and we’ll all pay for it. I am no football fan so I really don’t care about whether he’s the best and I’m actually not going to say whether or not Coleen should leave him.

Controversial plans for a referendum to change Britain’s voting system could help extremists like the BNP get elected, a Shropshire MP has warned as the move cleared its first hurdle in the Commons.

Crimebusting CCTV cameras are set to be installed at a vandal-hit recreation ground in Welshpool as council bosses crackdown on anti-social behaviour.

Shropshire taxpayers will not have to pay for fines and costs after plans for a multi-million pound incinerator in the town were rejected, a response under the Freedom of Information Act has revealed.

A Shropshire GP is earning more than £300,000 a year from the NHS, health bosses have confirmed. The figure has been described as “astronomical” by a doctors’ leader in the county.

Rare colour home movie footage has been released of the damage caused by the German bombing of London in WWII.

Letter: Judging by the exam results, British youngsters are getting more intelligent every year. This is most gratifying but I’m afraid I have some nagging doubts.

Shropshire aluminium firm Novelis has announced plans to close its Bridgnorth factory, which employs more than 300 people. 

The final steps of a Shropshire teenager, who died in a mystery shed fire, are to be re-traced in a bid to unlock the answers to his death.

Down to 10 men for the second week running, the Saints succumbed to their title adversaries in a hard-fought Welsh Premier affair at Stebonheath Park, writes JOHN BRIDGWATER.

Joyriders have been driving cars over the pitch at Oswestry’s Cricket Club, police said today and they warned those responsible they risked having their vehicles seized.

Campaigners trying to save a Shropshire landmark who were told they had lost out to another bidder today said they had not given up the fight to keep it in public hands.

Campaigners fighting plans for five luxury homes in the shadow of an 800-year-old south Shropshire church have warned they will pursue their case to a judicial review if necessary.

Two red cards – one for throwing a punch – two penalties, one of them superbly saved, and a good half dozen assorted bookings, writes TERRY MORRIS.

Watch video highlights of AFC Telford United’s clash with Blyth Spartans in the Blue Square Bet North. Footage courtesy of Brooklands Video.

Super Shrewsbury have hit top spot in the Birmingham League premier division – with just one game remaining.

A woman suffered a serious sexual assault when she took shelter from the rain after getting off a bus near to the Aldi store in Donnington, Telford, police said today.

Tony Blair today cancelled a high-profile signing session of his new memoir in central London amid concerns over planned protests.

The Shrewsbury International Street Theatre Festival has been hailed another great success after thousands of people watched an eclectic roster of performers.

Blog: Back to business today at Westminster with MPs returning to the Commons after a shorter-than-normal summer recess, writes John Hipwood. There’s no time for slouching under the Coalition Government, you know.

Town councillors in Oakengates have labelled the area’s public toilets a ‘no-go zone’ after 35 drug needles were found there in the last month.

In a fantastic week for Town we moved to the top of the league, were giant-killers in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy and bagged £500,000, writes Shrewsbury Town blogger James Pugh.

A 62-YEAR-OLD man was today fighting for his life in hospital after being carried unconscious from a burning house in Shropshire.