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Shropshire Star feature writer Tracey O’Sullivan has been to war-torn Uganda to see how the Catholic development aid charity Cafod is helping former soldiers re-integrate into village life.

People across Shropshire will celebrate Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding in style at more than a dozen street parties taking place throughout the county.

Executives of a Shropshire commercial radio station today revealed that they had made an offer to take over the running of BBC Radio Shropshire.

Boss Graham Turner will attempt to strengthen his Shrewsbury Town pack ahead of the final push for promotion.

Crunch talks over the future of league cricket in Shropshire are set to be held before the end of March.

Shrewsbury is to receive a share of a fresh £836,000 Government cash injection to get more people on to their bikes.

Steam trains will run the full length of Shropshire’s Severn Valley Railway for the first time in nearly two months this weekend following £500,000 repair and engineering works.

A Shropshire carnival which is attended by thousands of people a year could be cancelled unless new committee members can be found to help organise the event, it was claimed today.

BRITAIN’S BIGGEST pubs group, Punch Taverns, is to split itself in two and sell thousands of its inns.

Shropshire soldiers serving in Afghanistan have established a boxing club in a bid to end Taliban hopes of recruiting children to their cause.

Angry parents claimed they had been given no reasons why a Shropshire primary school should close and vowed it should “not be sacrificed” to save a secondary if plans to shake up education in a village go-ahead.

Anti-aircraft guns fire above Tripoli as state TV reports a third night of air strikes from coalition forces.

Blog: Today, March 22, is the…Eightieth birthday…Of a true…Acting. Legend.

Letter: What is this government thinking about spending my money on a £17 billion High Speed rail link (HS2) between Birmingham and London?

Letter: As a user of the Shrewsbury Business Park I am concerned that yet another green field space is to be used to build offices to house another potential one thousand people with jobs. With so many brown sites and empty offices around the town one has to question the competence of the planners.

An unforgettable trip – a chance to experience what is happening now in Uganda, a country trying its best to recover from the heartache of 20 years of brutal conflict with the help of generous folk from Shropshire.

Not by a long stretch are they ready to hoist aloft the white flag and surrender their automatic promotion target.

The Blue Square Bet North table will make for very impressive reading if you are an AFC Telford United fan.

Illegal and problem parking in Powys is set to be tackled by the county council from next month.

Almost 800 residents in Cleobury Mortimer have signed a petition calling for parish councillors to free up land for a £1 million medical practice.

A pensioner was beaten with his own walking stick by a gang of robbers who targeted his Shropshire home and fled with jewellery and cash.

A new restaurant could open at a Shrewsbury retail park, if fresh plans get the go-ahead.

Coachloads of campaigners from across Shropshire are expected to march in London this weekend to protest against cuts in public spending and attacks on jobs, services and pensions.

Dublin’s biggest pop-rock band, The Script, enthralled a capacity crowd of revellers at the LG Arena on St Patrick’s night, to bring some Irish cheer to the West Midlands.

Two hundred stolen trees have been found on a housing estate in Mid Wales, the Forestry Commission said today.

Protesters linked arms to form a human chain around a closure threatened maternity ward at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital to show their anger at proposals to reorganise health care in the county.

A Madeley shopkeeper is selling up after more than 20 years because she says she is fed up with the impact of the new Tesco superstore which officially opened a year ago as the centrepiece of a flagship scheme to regenerate the core of the town.

ROB HUGHES: A thoroughly professional performance topped off the week perfectly.

Road users including car, motorcycle and commercial vehicle drivers are being invited to a road safety course organised by the a Telford based advanced motorist group.

Public sector job vacancies in Shropshire are up more than 35 per cent since last year, according to employment statistics.