Malfunction club night success for Ben Hill, 16

A Shropshire teenager has turned entrepreneur in a bid to provide nights out for young clubbers across the county.


Madeley Mall work may mean jobs go

Refurbishment work on a Shropshire shopping centre could force businesses to close and people to lose their jobs, it was claimed today.


Trainee doctors plan for Ludlow’s new health complex

Trainee doctors could be brought to Ludlow to work at the town’s planned £27 million health complex, it was revealed today.


This week’s pictures from the past – February 19

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


For holidays, Cyprus has got the lot

Whether it’s relaxing in the Mediterranean watching the sun set or adrenalin-pumping sports action you are after, Cyprus is one of the holiday destinations to visit.


Letter: Should you be a Christian on the census?

Letter: I would like to encourage readers to think carefully about the question on religion in the census.


Summer date for Shrewsbury incinerator public inquiry

A public inquiry to decide on controversial plans to build a £60 million incinerator in Shrewsbury will take place in the summer, it was revealed today.


Shrewsbury Amateur Boxing Club in Albrighton Hall show

Shrewsbury Amateur Boxing Club light-heavyweight Sam Adjepong was in devastating form at the club’s show at the Mercure Albrighton Hall Hotel.


Fears over changes to Shropshire Council planning powers

Officers in the corridors of Shirehall are to be given extra powers to deal with planning applications behind closed doors – leading to fears objections and petitions on contentious issues will be ignored.


Oswestry groups call for town manager

Oswestry campaign groups have called for a town manager and more support for local businesses in a wishlist to Shropshire Council.


Shropshire man finds lost watch after nearly 60 years

Shropshire man Barry Peplow spent much of the 1950s playing football with his friends on a county green.


Wellington street could lose Philip Larkin link

A street in Wellington honouring poet Philip Larkin – who described his time in the town as the “most unhappy of his life” – could be axed unless residents vote to keep it.


Burrowing badgers blamed for Bucknell road problems

Burrowing badgers have forced the closure of a road near the south Shropshire border after a large hole appeared in the carriageway.


Success for Shropshire table tennis star Damien Nicholls

Shropshire’s top table tennis star has made an even bigger mark on the national stage after ripping up the formbook.


MP Kawczynski in telephone bust-up with hospitals chairman

Shrewsbury MP Daniel Kawczynski today claimed he had a heated telephone bust-up with the chairman of the Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Hospital Trust, Dr John Davies.


Photographer joins Shrewsbury’s past and present

These incredible pictures are the latest offering from a county photographer who is taking people back in time by providing them with privileged glimpses into Shropshire’s past.


Skier Abby Clifford passes her big university test

An up-and-coming Shropshire skier was the ‘Best of British’ at the World University Winter Games.


Ludlow St Laurence’s Church housing plans approved

Controversial plans for five luxury homes in the shadow of Ludlow’s St Laurence’s Church have today been given the go-ahead.


Shrewsbury maternity unit ceiling ‘near collapse’

Shrewsbury’s maternity unit is a “time bomb” waiting to go off, Shropshire’s top NHS boss has claimed.


Telford’s Trench Lock in gas leak scare

Homes and businesses were evacuated and roads closed today after a big gas leak on a building site in Telford. A police cordon was put in place and traffic diverted away from the area.


Shrewsbury’s County Court will close in September

Shrewsbury County Court is to close in September, it was revealed today.


Classic car day at Severn Valley Railway

The Severn Valley Railway, in Bridgnorth, is holding a classic car day on Saturday from 10am to 4.30pm at their Bridgnorth and Highley stations.


Four are banned from south Shropshire pubs

Four people have been banned from pubs across rural parts of south Shropshire after a fight broke out in a bar on New Year’s Eve.


Police vow to patrol at Shifnal Primary School

Police are to increase patrols around a Shropshire school after furious parents claimed irresponsible drivers were mounting pavements, forcing children to jump out of the way of oncoming cars.


Vandals risked causing Market Drayton explosion

Vandals could have caused a killer explosion after breaking into a Market Drayton shop and cutting the gas and water pipes, police warned today.


1,200 oppose Tesco’s Whitchurch plans

Campaigners fighting Tesco’s plans for a new out-of-town store in Whitchurch have collected about 1,200 names on a petition.


Pledge over Powys 999 service

Ambulance bosses have given a commitment to improving the 999 service provided in Llanfyllin after concerns were raised over coverage in the town.


Fuel prices forcing families out, says Glyn Davies MP

Families and businesses are being driven out of sparsely populated rural areas such as Powys because of soaring fuel prices, an MP has said.


Telford teenagers in hospital with stab wounds

Two teenagers were taken to hospital after being found with stab wounds at a house in Telford.


White Lies thrill Birmingham’s HMV Institute

Love was in the air when indie troopers White Lies descended on the West Midlands

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