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Star comment: Right idea, but timing all wrong

A man leaves a Comet store on its final day of trading.

Sadly, the reaction from shoppers says it all. They are not the least bit surprised at today’s news that plans to create a sparkling new £150 million shopping centre in the heart of Shrewsbury have hit a potentially fatal stumbling block.

Star comment: Small step in the right direction

With town centre traders needing all the help they can get, the 15 minutes free parking being brought in by Shropshire Council from Monday is a small gesture which takes a step in the right direction.

Being on the roads is just driving me a little crazy

Lisa Williams

It’s that age old argument, women are the worst drivers. Well according to the Driving Standards Agency which released some crazy figures recently stating us ladies made more mistakes in our tests than men. Whatever.

Star comment: Brave men are finally recognised

Ivan Hall, on the left, with a fellow apprentice whose name he only recalls as 'Rogers' on the quayside in Santos, Brazil, in 1940

The Dambusters squadron, whose daring and audacious raids during World War Two are often cited as the very essence of British bravery and ingenuity, will be quite rightly showered with plaudits this week.

Star comment: Pitfalls of payment by results

Ministers visit to Pentonville prison

The new proposals from the Government to ensure offenders are supervised for at least a year after they have been freed from prison is being billed as a payment-by-results initiative.

Shirley Tart: Our Queen deserves a medal

The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, attends the rededication of the newly refurbished Temple Church organ during Choral Evensong at Temple Church, London. She will deliver her Queen’s Speech today.

Who on earth would want her job? A day after making headlines by announcing she will not be attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting this year, the Queen was today centre stage again as the Government lays out its plans for the year ahead.