Broken CCTV cameras on a dark, isolated car park in Ironbridge are to be taken down, council officials said today.

The museum trust which covers the historic Ironbridge Gorge in Telford is to receive a share of a £20 million pot of funding to help boost visitor numbers, it was announced this afternoon.

Plans for a new park and ride service to ease traffic and encourage visitors to the Ironbridge Gorge have been given the go-ahead.

Rating ***** Rex M Key heads out early doors for a meal at Jim and Jane Morrison’s exciting bistro.

More needs to be done to finalise the £20 million funding needed to help stabilise the Ironbridge Gorge, it was claimed today.

Plans for a new park and ride service for the Ironbridge Gorge are being recommended for approval.

Telegraph poles and trees were torn down as high winds with gusts of more than 70mph battered Shropshire and Mid Wales.

An artist from Shropshire will be hoping her work impresses judges after entering it in a BBC series.

It’s definitely old and it is a novel idea – to borrow a historic Shropshire house for a bride and groom’s big day.

The Hampshire district of Hart has been named as the UK’s most desirable location to live, but nowhere in Shropshire made the top 50.

Crowds turned out to enjoy a Victorian Christmas event held in the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage site.

Brave pupils had a busy week exterminating one of Dr Who’s deadliest enemies which gatecrashed their recent Christmas Fair.

The world’s first Christmas card got the stamp of approval from a Shropshire museum as visitors were able to catch a close-up glimpse of the rare artefact.

One of Shropshire’s most successful micro-breweries is up for sale, along with a pub with its own cinema.

Seventy anglers lined the banks of the River Severn at Bridgnorth for the Bridgnorth AS Fur & Feather match at the weekend when the locals were put in the shade.

Andy Richardson pays a visit to the restaurant voted Shropshire’s best on Tripadvisor.

A company is helping to celebrate Shropshire’s Olympic heritage by launching the London 2012 commemorative teddy bear for the Paralympic Games.

For a while, the unthinkable seemed on the cards – that the Olympic torch would pass through Shropshire next summer without paying a visit to Much Wenlock, the spiritual home of the rebirth of the modern Olympics.

Woooo . . . It’s Halloween and there are spooks and spirits about. And in Shropshire, they’re everywhere, writes Toby Neal.

A Shropshire pensioner has written his first book at the age of 80 – a children’s adventure story inspired by his childhood conversations with Ironbridge coracle man Harry Rogers.

More than 100 Young Farmers in Shropshire canoed the length of the River Severn as part of a charity challenge.

Thousands of people enjoyed a free festival for all the family including stilt walkers and historic characters as celebrations took place to mark the 25th anniversary of the Ironbridge Gorge becoming a World Heritage Site.

Searchlights, cameras, action . . . tonight Shropshire’s iconic Iron Bridge will take centre stage as it is transformed in a dazzling display of high-powered lights.

Rating: *** Lou Robson enjoys her dishes at The Golden Ball – but wishes she’d followed her friend’s lead.

More than 1,000 people turned out for the annual Ironbridge Coracle Regatta.

A round-up of this week’s Shropshire Star nostalgia pictures.

Shropshire teddy bear maker Merrythought today defended selling golliwogs on its website and said: “They are an innocent, traditional British toy”.

Bosses at Shropshire’s Severn Valley Railway today said that they had no current plans to extend the heritage line beyond its Bridgnorth station.

Sales of a London 2012 limited edition Olympic teddy bear made by Shropshire company Merrythought have raced past the 1,000 mark – just over a month after they were released for sale.

Shropshire’s Severn Valley Railway could be extended and new stations built under ambitious multi-million pound plans.