A pair of pensioners thwarted a would-be mugger in Telford when the 70-year-old woman beat him off with her umbrella while her husband laid into him with his walking stick.

A pensioner who made a nostalgic visit to his childhood Shropshire home was stunned after being handed a poignant postcard – sent by his late father from the trenches during World War One nearly 100 years ago.

A Shropshire Star sales executive was at the centre of international media attention today after she tied the knot in a wedding costing just £51 from an internet auction site.

Ghost-hunters were spooked by weird noises including a “loud metallic clanging” and a bang when they camped out at a Shropshire library for a paranormal investigation.

A man who got his head stuck in the window of his Shrewsbury home while chatting to his wife needed firefighters to get him out of a tight squeeze.

Making a grab for the title of Shropshire’s weirdest vegetable is this carrot which bears more than a passing resemblance to a hand.

The name of Shropshire is spreading both chills and chuckles around the world thanks to YouTube and an unlikely ambassador for the county – Daffy Duck.

The TUC thinks high heels are “demeaning to women”. Sadly, they didn’t ask Business Editor Amy Bould.

My name is Colin Illingworth, and I’ve never seen Star Wars.

The Prime Minister could be paying a visit to Shropshire after he met a county volunteer.

Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond, who has a passion for blowing up old touring caravans, is being invited to take a break with his family in a luxury caravan holiday home on a five star park in Mid Wales.

LETTER: I always had an inkling that horoscopes and the like were a load of baloney and now I have proof – thanks to the Shropshire Star.