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The Dalton Nuclear Institute’s Andrew Sherry on the situation at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant.

Prince William has visited the worst-hit parts of Christchurch, meeting the rescue team and firefighters that rescued many survivors.

This week’s Shropshire Star nostalgia pictures gallery.

A best-selling Shropshire author is taking readers into the days of drama and intrigue of ancient Rome in the first in a new series of books.

Letter: In the 1980s the Conservatives closed many coal mines and ripped the heart out of mining villages, leaving communities destroyed.

Letter: A recent article in the Star refers to the Shop in the Loop team wishing to extract money from Sainsbury’s so that they can promote the Shop in the Loop experience in return for planning.

Letter: I think most of us believe there are many things wrong with our country that need to be addressed by our Government, like sorting out the deficit left by Labour, controlling immigration, enforcing the rule of law in our land, care for the sick and elderly and many more.

Telford is to get a huge multi-screen cinema as part of the town’s £250 million Southwater development.

Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls asked Shropshire residents to help shape the new Labour manifesto during a visit to the county today.

John Hales is hoping for a Cheltenham deluge as he chases a golden moment for Shropshire racing tomorrow.

A Mid Wales couple have lost a bitter court battle with their neighbours, who claimed their crowing cockerels were keeping them up at night.

A Shropshire park which underwent a £320,000 transformation has been trashed by “mindless idiots” who caused more than £1,000 of damage.

Shrewsbury town centre shop owners will lose out on thousands of pounds worth of trade if transport chiefs push ahead with plans to axe Sunday and evening bus services, campaigners claimed today.

Shirehall leaders have approved a provisional plan which sets out Shropshire’s transport objectives and policies for the next 15 years.

New measures delivered by Royal Mail will see final postal collections brought forward by up to two hours within a three-mile radius of Shrewsbury town centre.

The Government has today bowed to pressure from Shropshire farmers and made a partial U-turn on plans to ban non-EU sheep shearers entering Britain to work.

Oswestry’s newly-revitalised Chamber of Commerce will do all it can to promote the town and boost its economy, members have said.

An MP has written to a council expressing her concerns after a herd of cows was shot dead in front of residents after they escaped from a field near Oswestry.

Follow the Maesbury Primary School consultation meeting as it happened with live updates from the Shropshire Star.

A pedestrian bridge should be built across the A49 to help people access Ludlow’s new £27 million hospital, it has been claimed.

SHROPSHIRE TAXPAYERS were today left with a bill of more than £4,000 after Lib Dem councillors failed to secure a Shirehall debate on the county’s planned hospital shake-up.

Birds have always flocked to Shropshire and Mid Wales – but are they our feathered friends or a noisy nuisance?

TOO MANY primary schools in Shropshire offer just a “satisfactory” education and are failing to improve, school inspectors say.

A Shropshire woman has died two weeks after hitting her head in a fall while on holiday in New Zealand.

Helicopters water-bomb Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear plant.

Home grown midfielder Steve Leslie was today temporarily heading out of Shrewsbury Town – to join League Two rivals Hereford on loan.

Hundreds of hard-up motorists are continuing to put themselves at risk by failing to take their cars in for their annual services — because they cannot afford the cost, according to bosses at Shropshire garages.

A public inquiry to decide the fate of a controversial proposed £60 million incinerator in Shrewsbury is expected to last 12 days, officials said today.

Assistant manager Darren Read today set the bar high for AFC Telford United’s promotion run-in, declaring: “Forget the play-offs, we’re in it to win it!”

Wolves midfielder David Edwards has set his sights on returning to action at the beginning of April for the final six games of the campaign.