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.

Rating *** The Ironbridge Gorge provides the perfect backdrop for a pleasant lunchtime visit to pretty pub, writes Andy Richardson.

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

Shropshire cooker manufacturer Aga has seen a fall in revenues in the first half of the year as slack consumer spending took hold.

An international feel will light up the 34th running of the Ironbridge Race tomorrow night.

Up to 40 races at this year’s Ironbridge Regatta had to be cancelled after the River Severn suddenly rose by 4ft on what was the hottest day of the year so far.

The Government has pledged to spend £50 million on tackling the problem of land slippage and instability at the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site.

The bill to combat land slippage and instability at Shropshire’s World Heritage Site is in excess of £80 million, Telford MP David Wright was due to tell ministers today.

Is this the face of Abraham Darby secretly hidden in the structure of Shropshire’s world-famous Iron Bridge?

A huge display of working Meccano models was on show in Shropshire, including a giant Westland Wessex air sea rescue helicopter.