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A man suffered serious facial injuries after being hit repeatedly in the face with a crowbar in broad daylight as he left a shop in a north Shropshire village, police said today.

Welshpool Air Show has been axed this year because of a lack of cash to bring the Red Arrows display team to the event.

Parents and governors at a closure-threatened Shropshire school have vowed to keep it open -  even if it means creating an independent free school.

A Shropshire food producer is flying the flag for the county in the USA where its sales of cheese have grown 12 per cent in the last year, it emerged today.

Taxi drivers in Shropshire today revealed plans to surround a council building in the latest protest at a shake up of licensing laws in the county.

More than 6,000 people have signed a petition calling on Government officials to re-instate a roundabout in Newtown. It will now be handed over to Welsh Assembly officials next month.

Consultants have spoken publicly for the first time of their “grave concerns” over plans to downgrade women’s and children’s services at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

Health services in Shropshire are already improving thanks to a county wide consultation on the future its two main hospitals, according to the chief executive of the NHS trust.

The Prince of Wales (two homes, Bentley, Aston Martin, 140 staff and Duchy of Cornwall) says he wants to see a shift away from the consumer society to make it “cool to use less stuff.” To his credit, he uses only a tiny amount of common sense.

Wolves owner Steve Morgan today predicted the new Molineux will be graced by the next Robbie Keane and Joleon Lescott as he tipped a ‘golden generation’ of home-grown stars to emerge.

Watch all the highlights from Telford Tigers’ midweek clash with Sheffield Steeldogs in the EPL.

Mass celebrations in Egypt as Hosni Mubarak steps down as president. Fireworks, flares and flag waving mark a new beginning.

World leaders David Cameron, Barack Obama and Angela Merkel react to Hosni Mubarak stepping down as Egyptian president.

Letter: I have been astonished to learn the Stoke Heath prison is to have the young offenders removed from its site due to the Youth Justice Board cancelling its contract with the jail.

Letter: The latest farce in the story of public finance of privatisation is the decision to increase rail fares in order to deter the public from catching a train. The rise is not so much to increase profit but to deter usage.

The brother of Amrit Kaur Ubhi today said his father had failed to answer why he had murdered his defenceless and harmless sister.

Telford man Gurmeet Singh Ubhi was a popular face in the Sikh community but at home he was a violent, angry man who strangled his daughter.

The boyfriend of murder victim Amrit Kaur Ubhi today spoke about his love and dreams of spending the rest of his life with her.

Prince William and Kate Middleton have given their royal seal of approval to a giant pork pie cooked at a Shropshire shop – as a British brewery announced that it is creating a unique drink to mark their wedding.

A teenager was hit over the head by a masked attacker in Whitchurch, police said today.

A £400,000 grant for a south Shropshire town could be used for a range of schemes including supporting a £1.35 million heritage project, introducing new accommodation for cyclists and walkers and starting up training for chefs, it has emerged.

Residents’ fears that the town of Llanfyllin is receiving a “second class ambulance service” will be put to 999 service chiefs at a meeting next week.

Parents, teachers, staff and governors of a closure-threatened primary school in Powys are being urged to attend a public meeting on Tuesday.

Dancing On Ice contestant Chloe Madeley is injured ahead of Sunday’s show.

Sharon Walter reviews the Nissan Juke – a car to get you noticed and make you feel proud.

Blog – So the mystery behind the graffiti plastered on the roof of a replica Roman villa while it was being built at Wroxeter has finally been solved.

A Shropshire headteacher today criticised the Government’s plans to introduce a new English Baccalaureate qualification.

The Shropshire Star’s movie expert Carl Jones takes a look at the latest big releases to hit big screens in the county, including True Grit, Gnomeo & Juliet and Inspector Drake.

A Telford father was today found guilty of murdering his 24-year-old daughter at their family home.

Projects in Shrewsbury that have been placed on a £30 million hit-list for the axe, including plans to improve the Shrewsbury West End road, could be saved thanks to a rescue bid.