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A former Shropshire woman has been forced from her newly refurbished home just three months after the birth of her child after the building succumbed to the Australian floods.

A 46-year-old man was punched and thrown to the ground by three other men outside a cash point in Shifnal, police said today.

Flooding today continued to bring disruption to residents and travellers in parts of Mid Wales after more heavy rain fell overnight adding to the floodwater from burst rivers.

Bumper sales of Aga and Rangemaster cookers led to a good year for the cooking range manufacturer.

A man in his 30s suffered a broken leg and head injuries after being hit by a car in Church Stretton.

A £500,000 improvement scheme on the Severn Valley Railway has brought services to a halt for the next month.

A national fashion retailer is opening a store in Whitchurch in a move which could create up to 10 jobs.

A Channel Four series, due to start next week, will replicate ancient building processes at Wroxeter Roman City. Take a look at the finished product with our video.

Controversial plans to cut down six trees in Market Drayton town centre have been backed by councillors after complaints from residents they are blocking light and affecting TV signals.

Singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding, from the Shropshire border, continued her meteoric rise to fame when she was nominated for Brit Awards in two categories.

As the Autosport International racing car show returns to the NEC this weekend, Todd Nash finds out whether it lives up to the billing.

The Green Hornet, the debut action hero outing for Seth Rogen, is reviewed by Shropshire Star film reviewer Carl Jones in this week’s podcast.

Blog: A rather flushed Daniel Kawczynski burst into the Members’ Lobby in the House of Commons on Tuesday, explaining his ruddy visage on the fact that he had just cycled to Westminster on one of Boris’s bicycles.

In the first of a new property series, we look at living in Ludlow and all the information you need about moving to this small market town.

Shropshire expat Matthew Robertson has posted this remarkable footage of flooding in Brisbane.

Neil Bentley and Carlie Swain with the latest podcast from Shropshire’s the Severn radio breakfast show. There’s a lot on the menu this week. (Menu. Breakfast. Geddit? Oh, please yourselves…)

A floods rescuer describes the valiant self-sacrifice of a 13-year-old Australian boy who gave his life to save his younger brother.

British actor Colin Firth has been honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Tributes have been paid to a “popular” 18-year-old girl from the Shropshire border who died in a car crash.

A firefighter has been jailed for life after being convicted of murder after he attacked a man at a wedding party near the south Shropshire border.

A top Shropshire poetry festival is set for a bright future after organisers secured thousands of pounds worth of funding.

Four soccer fans have been banned by club authorities from all AFC Telford United home games after ground trouble which broke out at recent matches.

Oswestry Town Council has increased all-day parking charges on its town centre car parks by £1, amid fears a larger rise would have hit workers hard.

Education chiefs in Telford today explained why a borough school earmarked for a complete rebuild would instead be transformed into a university technical college.

Oswestry will be the next place in Shropshire to get super-fast broadband, BT bosses revealed today.

SHROPSHIRE FAMILIES caught up in the devastating Australian floods today spoke of the horror as water swept through the city of Brisbane.

A man who caused a head-on collision in Mid Wales in which a pregnant woman was seriously hurt and lost her unborn baby, has been jailed.

Campaigners and business leaders today gave a mixed reaction to news that plans for a £100 million north-west relief road in the county town are to be abandoned.

Schools in Powys could be forced to take Welsh lamb off their St David’s Day dinner menu this year, because of it being too expensive – and replace it with cheaper pork.

A Shropshire exhibition centre will be buzzing this weekend when an international tattoo festival returns bigger, better and longer than before.