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Parents and supporters of closure-threatened schools in Shropshire today said they were disgusted and appalled that councillors were refusing to give them more time to save them.

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

Boss Graham Turner today backed his Shrewsbury Town squad to display the inner steel to cope with the unique pressures of the play-offs.

Telford & Wrekin Council is on the lookout for a six-figure-salaried top officer to oversee children’s services, following the publication of a damning national report on child protection.

Pub landlords in Shrewsbury could take extra security measures after several establishments became the target of intruders in a spate of pub burglaries.

A conman has been jailed for three-and-a-half years after scamming an elderly Mid Wales couple out of their £200,000 life-savings.

Wolves boss Mick McCarthy today warned his survival fighters not to go ‘soft’ now they are in the home straight.

Chairman Lee Carter has urged AFC Telford United fans to arrive early for Sunday’s play-off final with Guiseley, admitting: “There may be people locked out.”

Shropshire singing star Melanie Nakhla and her girl band All Angels have been asked to write and compose a new UEFA Champions League theme song, it has been revealed.

Hundreds of campaigners fighting multi-million pound plans which may see hundreds of pylons and a substation built in Mid Wales will march on the Welsh Assembly on May 24.

As the countdown to tomorrow’s trip to Torquay draws to a conclusion, the Shropshire Star today draws a line in the sand on the decision which condemned Shrewsbury Town to the play-offs.

An elderly woman had her purse containing £200 snatched from out of her hands in broad daylight as she walked home through an alleyway after a shopping trip in Oswestry.

Villagers have joined forces in a bid to stamp out the menace of speeding drivers by fighting for a cut in speed limits on a major north Shropshire road.

A factory worker from Shropshire who stabbed a friend to death in a “moment of madness” has lost an appeal against his 20-year minimum jail sentence.

Movie expert Carl Jones takes a look at this week’s big release at local cinemas – Attack the Block.

The Metropolitan Police will bring their particular expertise to the case of missing Madeleine McCann, say the Home Office.

Take a look at the winners from this week’s Shropshire Star Team Golf Championships. The event, which is now in its 45th year, was held at Telford Hotel and Golf Spa.

Take a look inside Shrewsbury’s famous Flax Mill during a recent open day.

More than a dozen streets around Ludlow will be resurfaced this summer as part of a £3.6 million project to repair Shropshire’s frost-damaged roads, highways chiefs revealed today.

A vow by Telford & Wrekin Council’s new Labour rulers to scrap the building of new civic offices will save the authority “tens of millions of pounds”, it was claimed today.

A 21-year-old mother was robbed during a terrifying ordeal when two men threatened her before stealing hundreds of pounds as she walked home with her baby in Bridgnorth.

This Sunday sees the start of Christian Aid Week and this year the charity is highlighting its work helping poor coffee farmers in Nicaragua. Andrew Owen went to see how its money – including thousands of pounds raised in Shropshire – is making a difference.

Shrewsbury pub licensees have been warned to be on their guard after a spate of break-ins.

Part of Welshpool Hospital’s only ward has been closed because of staff sickness, it has emerged. Nine of the 31 beds have been closed but health officials have insisted that the ward is still running smoothly.

A Shrewsbury man found dead in his bedroom died from the effects of the drug GHB, an inquest has heard.

Shropshire councillors today rejected moves to defer a decision to close The Wakeman secondary school in Shrewsbury when they met at Shirehall.

A company behind the proposals which could see hundreds of pylons being built across Shropshire and Mid Wales has warned that saying “no” to the plans was not an option.

Shirehall leaders have been warned that ending subsidies for evening and Sunday bus services in Shropshire will have a “devastating” impact on many people who work at night or on shifts.

A man suffered a broken collar-bone after a heated exchange over a car parking space on a Shropshire retail park, police said today.

Shrewsbury Town will hold their own in League One if they can navigate themselves through the tension-filled play-off campaign which lies ahead.