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A 15-year-old boy was threatened with a knife after arranging on Facebook to meet another youth in Wellington to buy a motorbike, police said.

Political correspondent John Hipwood looks back at a riveting year in the nation’s history and sets 20 questions. See how many you can get.

Christmas is a time for family, but a group of Shropshire wives will be sitting down to lunch tomorrow while their husbands are fighting a war far from home.

Fresh hopes were today raised for hundreds of workers under threat of losing their jobs at a Shropshire factory after it emerged a third potential buyer has stepped forward.

Such is the charm and appeal of a sofa that it is rarely preferable to substitute one for stand alone chairs and however unusual your living space may be you will be very unlucky if you are unable to find a sofa that will suit it.

Neil Bentley and Carlie Swain with a special Christmas podcast of the Severn radio breakfast show.

The number of Telford & Wrekin councillors could be slashed in a bid to save the authority hundreds of thousands of pounds a year. Council bosses are to investigate if they can cut the number of councillors from 54 to 40.

Shropshire author Eddie Main, from Shifnal, brings us his traditional Christmas Eve story — a soldier ventures into the Stretton Hills to keep a promise.

A Shropshire woman has been reunited with her bridesmaid after nearly 50 years following an appeal in the Shropshire Star to help to find her.

A Shropshire postman has joined forces with a county vicar to clear a backlog of undelivered mail.

A Shropshire soldier who suffered devastating injuries while stationed in Afghanistan will feature on the Christmas special of Location, Location, Location.

A Shropshire family was forced to melt snow in their bath and use it to flush the toilet and to cook their dinner after pipes in their kitchen froze in the bitterly cold weather.

Shropshire is to get a share of a £21 million Government grant to help councils across the UK to protect communities against flooding.

Police have appealed for information about a pizza bought by Joanna Yeates just before she disappeared.

Another collection of photos from the snow in Shropshire, taken by Shropshire Star photographers and readers.

Dutchman Benjamin van den Broek has been ruled out of Shrewsbury Town’s Christmas programme – after undergoing knee surgery.

Staff at a Shropshire aeronautical factory have been told more than 40 jobs could be axed – just days before Christmas.

AFC Telford United are preparing to unveil a special Christmas present for their fans – by securing popular club captain Shane Killock on an extended contract.

Wolves today insisted they are “optimistic” their Boxing Day clash against Wigan will go ahead, despite the Arctic conditions.

Shropshire cricket ace Adam Shantry heads Down Under tonight to continue the comeback he hopes will end the “the year from hell”.

Hopes of Shropshire hosting a major First Class cricket clash have been dashed. Glamorgan had been in talks with Oswestry officials about staging next August’s Clydesdale Bank 40 fixture against Somerset at Morda Road.

Christmas shoppers were hitting Shropshire’s High Streets today as consumers scrambled to make their last-minute festive purchases.

Shropshire Council leaders have agreed £9.6 million worth of budget savings which will see public toilets owned by the authority closed across the county and the cost of school meals rise.

Shropshire health chiefs today urged residents to carry on calling NHS Direct despite fears the service across the country was reaching “breaking point” with calls nationally rocketing by 50 per cent.

Tenbury Wells has received an early Christmas present after nearly £700,000 was awarded to secure the future of the town’s crumbling grade II listed cinema.

A £50,000 reward has been offered to help catch masked raiders who stole jewellery from the Shropshire border home of the founder of Phones 4U.

This little cat had to be rescued by firefighters in Shropshire who were forced to drill through a wall after her head got stuck in a pipe.

Too many of us stick with the same old shabby bed for years on end, oblivious to the detrimental effects this may be having on the quality of our sleep. Invest in a new one, and restless nights will be a thing of the past.

Another selection of reader big freeze photos from the Shropshire Star.

It was a story which caused a sensation in Edwardian England, writes Toby Neal. Ultimately Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, was on the case, and top politicians were dragged in.