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Producers of this year’s record-breaking Aladdin Christmas pantomime in Shrewsbury have been re-hired for the next two years, theatre bosses have revealed.

Stewardesses aboard Cebu Pacific Airlines dance along to ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’ during their safety demonstrations. Watch the video.

A Night To Remember: A Christmas Eve short story, by Shifnal author Eddie Main

Work on Ludlow’s new £27 million hospital can now begin after final approval was granted by Shropshire planning chiefs.

The number of people visiting Shrewsbury’s main shopping centre was almost 20 per cent up on the final Saturday before Christmas compared with the same day last year, bosses revealed this afternoon.

Relatives of grandmother Jill Nevitt have suffered ‘untold harm’ as a result of her brutal killing, a judge has told the man who stabbed her to death.

Heavy rain brought misery for drivers this afternoon on what is expected to be the busiest day of the Christmas getaway.

A teenage farm worker has died after apparently falling into a grain silo in Shropshire. The 18-year-old has been named locally as Hugh Jones.

Emmerdale star James Sutton had too much energy to burn, writes Andy Richardson. His mother, Jeanette, put him on the path to a life on the stage.

A former soldier who stabbed to death his ex-partner at their Oswestry home was today starting a 12-year prison sentence as his victim’s family said their lives would never be the same.

It was a seven-year-old girl’s heartfelt plea to Santa for a new dolls’ house as her collection of Sindys had ‘nowhere to live’.

A five-year-old boy was airlifted to hospital after suffering serious injuries in a head-on crash in Telford.

Thieves stole floodlights from outside a church while parishioners were taking part in a Christmas service inside.

Residents in a village near Shifnal are celebrating after a main link road was reopened following nine weeks of repair work.

A network of sewer pipes running beneath Shrewsbury has been named among the worst 20 in the Midlands for blockages, it was revealed today.

A mother of three was today beginning a six-month jail sentence after admitting fleecing taxpayers out of more than £40,000 in benefits she was not entitled to claim.

The Christmas decorations may still be shining brightly but you've well and truly lost your sparkle. Sound familiar?

A 44-year-old man was kicked in the head and knocked unconscious by two men in an unprovoked daylight attack in Shrewsbury, police said today.

Shrewsbury Town boss Graham Turner today threw down the Christmas gauntlet to his promotion-chasing squad by targeting seven points from their three festive games.

AFC Telford United boss Andy Sinton has challenged a midfield stand-in to seize his chance – after losing loan star Jay Smith for the Bucks’ festive double-header with Wrexham.

Karl Henry today admitted Wolves’ position is “not acceptable” and revealed their poor return is making every game hard for the players.

Wary Steve Farmer takes a journey into the unknown when he carries Shropshire hopes into the PDC World Darts Championship tonight.

Shropshire’s Richard Burton – Britain’s most successful point-to-point jockey – has brought the curtain down on his riding career.

In-form Market Drayton Town will hit the training ground tomorrow with boss Jimmy Mullen targeting a Boxing Day bonanza against Lincoln United.

A record-breaking number of finishers helped provide a surge in quality on the 28th annual Telford 10km Road Race.

This week’s collection of nostalgia pictures taken from the pages of the Shropshire Star.

More than 90 per cent of families in Shropshire got their children into the primary school of their choice last year, new figures have shown.

Four senior police officers, including a chief constable and his deputy, are being investigated over claims of misconduct relating to a gangland murder case where a body was found in a country lane on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border.

Shrewsbury Abbey is worth about £3 million a year to the town’s economy, its vicar has said.

Tory MP Daniel Kawczynski today vowed to try to secure another House of Commons debate over a planned £35 million shake-up of Shropshire’s hospital services.