So, we can’t play football, says Ben Bentley. What are we good at?

Former paratrooper Glynne Medlicott, 87, from Shrewsbury, has received France’s highest military honour.

BEN BENTLEY looks at the controversial issue of taking pupils out of school during term time for holidays.

One day, about a fortnight ago, the residents of the Lady Forester Community Nursing Home in Much Wenlock were told that the home was in all probability going to be closed.

The name Tom Cleeland might not mean much even in the county of Shropshire. But under his alias, The Cool Commentator, he is, amongst the painfully hip out on the streets of New York, a bit of a cyber-guru.

Shropshire’s top visitor attraction, The Blists Hill Victorian Town, could be in line for a £100,000 windfall – with a little help from its friends. Amy Bould reports.

Eight-year-old Madison Evans is a natural at doing the mini-mum thing. And as she organises her extended family at her home in Telford, her brother Reece, 11, plays the joker, doing his utmost to make the whole household laugh.

Common sense has prevailed and now our first coalition government since 1945 has to work together for the good of the nation. John Hipwood looks at the task ahead.

Ben Bentley learns how to be a butler.

The Shropshire Star has linked up with Ron Cope of Horsehay to bring you extracts from the dramatic first-hand account of his late father, Cyril Cope, who was a torpedoman on the destroyer HMS Hardy in the First Battle of Narvik, which took place 70 years ago. In this final extract, Cyril tells of his [...]

Shropshire teenagers say the media’s demonisation of youths is bad for everyone.

Preparations are under way for a host of events across the region this summer guaranteed to warm the hearts of fun-seekers.