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A Shropshire town is set to have its name go whizzing by at up to 1,000mph as part of an attempt to break the land speed record.

Carl Jones on the new Harry Potter epic, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1. Is it a Harry Houdini or a Paul Daniels? Find out here.

A LEADING SHROPSHIRE respite care provider which helps hundreds of elderly and vulnerable people in their own homes will be axed next year.

Two unwanted “customers” have taken up residence on the shop floor of a Shropshire supermarket.

Watch highlights from Telford Tigers’ trip to Slough Jets in the English Premier League. Thanks to Slough Jets TV for the footage. For more information, go to www.sloughjets.co.uk.

Arsonists could put lives in danger by starting fires on a Shrewsbury estate, a fire officer warned today.

National pub chain JD Wetherspoon wants to open a new bar in Welshpool creating up to a dozen jobs, it was revealed today.

Blog: Bet Lord Young wishes he’d kept his mouth shut. But I’d put an equal bet on the fact that he was only saying what he thought was true, writes Business Editor Amy Bould.

Neil Bentley and Carlie Swain bring you the best bits from this week’s breakfast shows on The Severn.

Telly Talk: Finally and about time too. Reports this week have surfaced that bosses at Daybreak, or Daybroken as we now like to affectionately call it, are to ask viewers what they think.

Telly Talk: Roland Rat and Kevin, Zig and Zag, Dangermouse and Penfold. Even Ant and Dec. Well now we have Linny and Lemmy and what a great pairing.

Harry Potter mania was sweeping through Shropshire today as the latest film in the hit series opened at county cinemas.

Blog: It was another of those “Who’s that with Philip Dunne?” moments on Tuesday evening as a picture of the Shropshire MP flashed up on our television screens.

Blog: Judging by the amount of coverage of the Royal engagement in the Canadian media, the country, as a whole, is certainly fascinated by the Royal Family.

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

Families with ferrets in Welshpool are being urged to ask the town council before using them to control rabbits at a problem playing field.

Actors Eric Richard and Jonathan Ansell talk about Lark Rise to Candleford, the theatrical adaptation of Flora Thompson’s much-loved book, which is being performed all this week at Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn.

A Country property? With views? Is it accessible, yet peaceful? And with land? A property that truly ticks all the boxes on Homes of the Week.

Letter: Councillor Liz Parsons’s letter (November 8) defending the Shropshire Council’s employment of a diversity officer illustrates perfectly the attitude of local government towards the cost of employing extra staff.

Letter: Who in their right mind would build a post office or a police station or a library or a village hall, a bank, building society, pharmacy, dentist or an opticians out of town?

Letter: To D Taylor (Letters, November 4). You may not credit it, but the crossing you complain about wasn’t meant to assist pedestrians to cross Smithfield Road (hold your breath for a moment, this is true).

A unique Shropshire-made teddy bear is up for grabs next week to raise cash for Help For Heroes.

Engineers were today investigating why one of Shropshire’s most familiar night-time sights has mysteriously vanished.

A lucky youngster will get the chance to turn on Welshpool’s Christmas lights this year, it was revealed today.

Two men were arrested by police today on suspicion of possessing drugs after officers swooped on a Telford home.

A new one-way system in Welshpool will not be in operation until the new year, it was revealed today.

Immigration officers raided an award-winning Indian restaurant in Mid Wales, ordering diners to leave before quizzing staff.

Up to £50 million is needed to tackle flooding along the River Severn in Shropshire to safeguard county homes and businesses, an MP claimed today.

Plans to build 20 affordable homes in Telford have moved a step closer to fruition after councillors granted outline planning permission for the scheme.

An inquest today opened on a Shropshire teenager who died after collapsing on playing fields during a PE lesson.