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Shropshire’s only power station will be forced to close its doors in less than four years because of EU emissions targets, it was claimed today.

About 13,000 tattoo fans from around the world flocked to Shropshire over the weekend for an international body art festival. Tattoo Freeze 2011 was held at the Telford International Centre.

Shropshire’s Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite was laid to rest in his home county at the weekend, in a small and private family ceremony.

Take a look at Josh Bruce’s cheeky first period tip-in as Telford Tigers took an early lead against Milton Keynes Lightning on Sunday night.

The River Severn in Shropshire was on the verge of breaking its banks today after a deluge of heavy rain across the county over the weekend.

A decision by private hire drivers in Telford to jump ship and get their licences from Shropshire could cost the neighbouring authority more than £120,000 a year, it was revealed today.

A masked raider armed with a metal bar attacked a man during a late night attempted robbery at a Shropshire hotel. The man was wearing a balaclava and carrying a pole.

Reviewer’s rating ***** Lisa Bailey takes a chef’s advice and braves the swirling snow for a night out to remember.

Tinseltown’s leading ladies set the bar high for Oscars night as they unleashed a wave of covetable trends and gorgeous gowns to officially launch the awards season in opulent style.

Reviewer’s rating **** Sharon Walters takes up a recommendation and enjoys some plain but good-quality food.

Colin Firth and Ricky Gervais steal the show in a great night for the Brits at the Golden Globe Awards in LA.

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

The historic 100-year-old pipe organ in St Patrick’s Church, Wellington, has been dismantled and taken away, piece by piece, to be given a new lease of life – thanks to “people power”.

Town’s slide down the league table continues following late heartache at Barnet, writes Shrewsbury Town blogger James Pugh.

A former race horse trainer who moved to Wellington on retirement has died in hospital aged 75.

Shrewsbury Town Council is looking to become a “voice for the public” over plans to shake up the county’s two main hospitals and is urging people to direct its stance on the town’s possible loss of paediatric services.

Shocking posters put up of a balaclava-wearing, knife-wielding thug urging people to join a Shropshire Thai boxing club or risk being robbed or sexually assaulted have been condemned by police.

He nobly fronted military parades and marches for five years while providing much-needed morale boosts for hero soldiers based in Shropshire.

Actress Susannah York has died of cancer, six days after her 72nd birthday, and following a career that spanned five decades.

In our Sunday podcast The Shropshire Star’s Ben Bentley chats to our new Business Editor Tom Kennedy about the challanges facing county businesses and the country’s economy in the year ahead.

Spirited Wolves pushed moneybags Manchester City all the way in a seven-goal thriller at Eastlands.

A nurse who wrote to a patient saying “bad girls are better” and asked for her confessions is facing an anxious wait after his disciplinary hearing was adjourned.

AFC Telford United squeezed into the third round of the FA Trophy with a hard-fought win over Eastwood Town.

The recovery begins in the Queensland town of Grantham, known as Australia’s ‘Ground Zero’.

A late defensive mistake cost Shrewsbury Town a first victory of 2011 as Barnet grabbed a dramatic late equaliser.

Managerial survivor Graham Turner has admitted he is perplexed by aspects of the sack race which have blighted his profession since Christmas.

Goalkeeper Ryan Young is ready to put pen to paper on an extended contract at AFC Telford United – after holding boss Andy Sinton to a summer promise.

A return to a four-team Shropshire Senior Cup was welcomed today – by the two new sides to enter the fray next season.

Michael Mancienne has been ruled out of Wolves’ plans for at least another month.

FOUR SHROPSHIRE members of a nationwide organised crime network have admitted their part in a £1.8 million “car clocking” conspiracy more than three years after a series of dawn raids on county garages.