Star comment: Looking at the wider picture of Woolwich attacks
After the horror of the Woolwich attacks come the questions.
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Star comment: Show your support for Shropshire County Show friends
Shropshire is a county with many friends, in the form of the shows and events which contribute so much to the quality of life of Salopians, and the dedicated bands of people who organise them.
Star comment: Right idea, but timing all wrong
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Digital Editions Star comment: Angelina Jolie's action will save lives of others
Oscar-winning A-lister Angelina Jolie has been characteristically brave in making public her decision to undergo a double mastectomy.
Star comment: Brave men are finally recognised
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
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.
Star comment: Struggling NHS under more strain
Shropshire’s health service finds itself dangerously close to the eye of a perfect storm.
Star comment: Let’s hope new service will deliver
What is the Royal Mail for? It is the fundamental question which is thrown sharply into focus by moves which will effectively see a transformation from a people’s service into a private enterprise.
Star comment: Ukip result big shock for Tories
It has been a stunning result for Ukip which will send shockwaves through the ranks of the mainstream parties, but particularly among the Tories.
Star comment: Interest-only mortgages a recipe for financial meltdown
For people desperate to get on the housing ladder who are without great financial means you can see the superficial attractions of an interest-only mortgage.
Star comment: Chance to shape the community
If the analysts are to be believed, tomorrow’s Shropshire elections could attract one of the lowest turnouts in history.
Star comment: Don’t take Shropshire air bases for granted
Just a few miles apart in eastern Shropshire are two huge military bases which for over 70 years have been part of the landscape, economy, and life of the county.
Star comment: Small steps will help with big economy problem
Nobody is cheering very loudly at today’s news that Britain avoided a triple-dip recession, achieving 0.3 per cent growth in GDP in the first three months of this year.
Star comment: It’s a good idea, but will it work?
In theory, it is a sound and sensible idea. Banks are given access to billions of pounds of low-interest money, on the strict condition that they loan it out to small businesses to help them survive this rocky rollercoaster of a recession.
Star comment: Is Lord Hill fighting his last battle?
Is poor Lord Hill fighting his last battle? For nearly 200 years the statue of the great warrior has stood on the top of The Column on the eastern approaches to Shrewsbury.
Star comment: Taking a look at the big picture on economy
Britain may lurch into a triple-dip recession when official figures are announced this week. Or it may not.
Star comment: Right move to save the village pub
To the thousands of motorists who drive past the Stormy Petrel pub on the A41 at Tern Hill, the building has been a sad sight of late.
Star comment: Apathy is root of problem for uncontested Shropshire Council elections
It is, says Darren Hughes of the Electoral Reform Society, a scandal.
Star comment: A day to put politics on the shelf
Today is the day for the arguments to stop, for a hold to be put on the political pointscoring and posturing and, although the hope is likely to prove forlorn, to the protests.