Only Fools and Horses star John Challis will join campaigners next week for a celebration of their successful bid to save a south Shropshire school from closure.

Community groups are being given the chance to help mark Principality Building Society’s 150th anniversary.

Shropshire’s Blists Hill Victorian Town is leading the race to scoop a £100,000 prize to invest in its charitable work – but it still needs your support.

Arley Arboretum is a fabulous place to visit throughout the year.

Hikers are being invited to join a seven-mile walk this weekend to take in the beauties of the Stiperstones ridge between Church Stretton and Montgomery.

Watch all the action from the final of the Shropshire Star Battle of the Bands final, held at Theatre Severn in Shrewsbury.

Indie rockers The Jackdaws have been crowned Shropshire Star Battle of the Bands Champions of 2009.

Shropshire group The Jackdaws have been declared the winners of this year’s Shropshire Star Battle of the Bands. Watch them in action here, and read the full story of their success in today’s Shropshire Star.

So, the Battle of the Bands’ finals night is upon us. It’s been a long time coming.

The five unsigned bands who will fight it out for prizes in the final of the Shropshire Star Battle of the Bands 2009 have been unveiled.

After spending the best part of two years perfecting their art and playing countless gigs around the Shropshire area, Decadence in Berlin decided to record their first demo, and in March 2009 they recorded 3 tracks with Ben Millington of NewBreed fame at the Smash Rooms, Ketley.

Wooden Boy are fresh out of Leeders farm studios (www.leedersfarm.co.uk), where they have been working with Andy Blackburn, and Nick Brine (oasis, The Darkness, The Stone Gods) on there highly anticipated debut E.P.