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Rating: ***** Cathy Stanworth finds it’s third time lucky as she finally gets a table at this relaxed restaurant.

Rating: *** A Cantonese banquet hits the spot, writes David Banner – but there’s always one who has the steak and chips.

A police helicopter crew was put at risk after being dazzled by beams from a laser pen while it was dealing with two incidents in Telford. Crews were targeted by people shining hand-held lasers.

Match-winner Shane Cansdell-Sherriff today issued a pre-Christmas Shrewsbury Town battle cry, declaring: “We can win the League.”

Boss Andy Sinton insists he is “fed up” with controversial decisions costing AFC Telford United – after a dodgy penalty set the stage for defeat at Braintree.

Frustrated Wolves players and manager Mick McCarthy today blasted the costly decisions which went against them in Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Stoke.

Shropshire’s Steve Farmer was today celebrating causing one of the major upsets of the Ladbrokes World Darts Championship.

Thieves fled empty-handed after an attempted break-in at a shop near Shrewsbury, police said today.

Motorists escaped serious injury in a spate of crashes on icy roads across Shropshire.

Millions of shoppers hit the high street for the busiest shopping weekend of the year – and stores are now preparing for a boom in trade in a six-day spending frenzy before Christmas Day.

All superstar Mariah Carey wants for Christmas is . . . a story in the Shropshire Star, or so it seems. The global singing legend sparked a rush to our website after posting a link to one of our stories on her Facebook page.

Improved surveillance equipment will be installed at Whitchurch Heritage Centre in a bid to curb crime and anti-social behaviour.

Crowds turned out to enjoy a Victorian Christmas event held in the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage site.

A walker has died from head injuries after falling 500ft on a mountain in Snowdonia.

Hundreds of people were in full voice as they helped raise vital cash for charity at Shrewsbury Town Football Club’s annual carol service.

Two men desperately trying to get home to Shropshire for Christmas after a mammoth charity trip are nearing the end of their epic journey.

A picturesque lakeside hotel and golf club set in the valleys on the south Shropshire border is up for sale – with a cool £2.5 million asking price.

Christmas will be even more special for a former soldier who will be spending it at home with his family for the first time since he was severely injured in Afghanistan three years ago.

Yobs are driving across the Shropshire countryside to chase badgers and hares for their dogs to fight and kill, leaving a ‘terrible mess’ in their wake, farmers claimed today.

A family from Shropshire have tasted success at Europe’s largest single display of Hereford cattle.

Staff and children at a primary school in Broseley are celebrating after it received an ‘outstanding’ rating, the highest possible mark, from Ofsted inspectors.

Alex McLeish today angrily reacted to the “conspiracy theory” over Darren Bent’s absence for Villa after the striker went Christmas shopping while his team-mates were beaten by Liverpool.

Watch the video as a runaway, unmanned electric cart ploughed into several people at an American football game, bowling over the winning head coach and others after a Texas high school championship game at the Cowboys Stadium on Saturday night.

See all of the pictures from Shrewsbury Town’s 1-0 win over Macclesfield at the Greenhous Meadow on Saturday.

A good weekend of results see Town close the gap at the top, writes Shrewsbury Town blogger James Pugh.

AFC Telford can play absolutely brilliant football against teams that we really should be getting thrashed by, and losing to teams that will be in the bottom half of the table at the end of the season

See all of the pictures after AFC Telford crashed to a defeat at Cressing Road against Braintree Town on Saturday.

I had a letter from my doctor’s surgery the other day inviting me to go to an asthma clinic to check on my progress writes Dave Burrows.

Whatever happened to Christmas in Shrewsbury town centre?

Rating: ***** It was heartening to see the inclusion of The Checkers in the newest Michelin Guide, writes Andy Richardson.