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Spending across Shropshire this Christmas has been huge, running into many millions.

See this week’s collection of nostalgia pictures from the pages of the Shropshire Star.

Boss Graham Turner will demand maximum focus as Shrewsbury Town aim to get their Christmas campaign off to a flying start tomorrow.

The number of people going bust in Shropshire has more than tripled over the last decade, shock new figures revealed today.

Shropshire and Mid Wales escaped the worst of the snow today as the first big freeze of the winter arrived.

A former Bridgnorth Town Council worker was today facing a bill of at least £10,000 after losing a claim for unfair dismissal against the authority.

Boss Andy Sinton is keen to see AFC Telford United avoid repeating old mistakes when they make the long trip to Braintree Town tomorrow.

A sawn-off shotgun and ammunition were found after police smashed their way into a house as part of a number of dawn raids across Telford.

Wem’s new town square will be named in honour of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

Pots of gel which trick pigeons into thinking their favourite landing spots are on fire so they won’t nest are now in place in Bridgnorth.

Mick McCarthy today insisted Wolves are over last season’s “bashing” against Stoke after admitting they were “rubbish and hopeless” in the last Staffordshire derby.

A developer has won permission to build 80 houses in a village near Oswestry – despite promising £200,000 less for the community and fewer affordable homes than previously agreed.

Thieves made off with seven huge bags of donated clothing which would have been used to raise much-needed cash for a pre-school group in Telford.

Roy Hodgson insists West Brom have “no interest” in selling midfielder Graham Dorrans who has been linked with a move to Rangers.

A woman sacked by Bridgnorth Town Council for leaking confidential documents to help her then boss was guilty of ‘the grossest possible’ breach of trust, an employment tribunal ruled.

Museum workers faced a Herculean task to get RAF Cosford’s latest aircraft exhibit into its new home. A team of 15 museum technicians and RAF personnel were called into action.

A 24-year-old man has been jailed for two years after setting fire to his girlfriend’s car in Newtown while high on drink and drugs.

Developers today defended plans to create a new convenience store in Baschurch despite a petition signed by more than 750 people against the scheme.

Shropshire sporting legend Sandy Lyle has been inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

More than 30 restaurants, pubs, takeaways and other establishments serving food in Telford have been rated for health and hygiene as part of the council’s Scores on the Doors scheme.

Cygnets brought up in the remains of a castle near Oswestry have been moved to a new home on the banks of the River Severn.

A bid to ban Shropshire councillors from claiming expenses for car journeys of two miles or under has been rejected.

Bosses of a Market Drayton brewery are raising a glass to future success – after adding three new pubs to add to their growing empire.

Shropshire Council has ‘ignored’ public concerns about the scrapping of kerbside cardboard collections, it was claimed today.

Thieves are using the latest technology to take cash from Christmas shoppers, police in Shropshire have warned.

Father Christmas found time in his busy pre-Christmas schedule to drop in to see youngsters at a Shropshire school.

Telford Tigers will be looking to capitalise on Peterborough Phantoms’ personnel problems tomorrow evening after the East Anglia outfit lost influential defenceman Ricky Skene in midweek.

A trainee solicitor from north Shropshire has helped raise more than £600,000 for charity by cycling 400 kilometres across Vietnam and Cambodia.

It's the time of year to revel in plentiful supplies of good food, and thankfully the traditional Christmas menu has plenty of skin-loving properties.

Don’t let claims to sell modern cars as something special blind you. The development of engines has not progressed that much.