Rating: **** Cathy Stanworth visits a new star on the dining circuit.

This is where Peter Morris used to quaff Vimto. And where Vimto, amongst other things, is now being quaffed once again.

A charity fundraiser from Shropshire continued his year-long challenge climbing The Wrekin by carrying a set of skis to the top of the hill.

Campaigners were this afternoon evicted from the site of a massive new mine in Telford after defying UK Coal bosses for 18 months.

A Shropshire businessman is hoping to stem the tide of rural pub closures by transforming a village pub from a wreck to a showplace – and all in time for Christmas.

A Shropshire village pub is set to gain a new lease of life after being granted permission to build a restaurant and accommodation.

A fun day with a difference was on offer in the shadow of The Wrekin when protesters fighting plans to mine coal at the beauty spot threw open their camp to the public.

Coal bosses today revealed legal papers are being prepared to evict protesters camping near a Shropshire beauty spot earmarked for mining.

Controversial plans to mine 900,000 tonnes of coal in the shadow of The Wrekin came under the national spotlight on the BBC radio show Any Questions, writes Simon Hardy

Strictly Come Dancing star John Sergeant and former government minister Tony Benn are on the panel as BBC Radio 4′s ever-popular Any Questions? show is broadcast live from Shropshire tonight.

Protestors fighting plans to mine coal in the shadow of The Wrekin today defended their tactic of digging tunnels at the site.

Letter: Telford and Wrekin regeneration chief Councillor Eric Carter will be bitterly disappointed his plan to rejoin Bridgnorth to Ironbridge via an extended Severn Valley Railway has run out of steam.

Are you straight or gay? That was the question posed to a stunned Shropshire grandmother as she took part in a “bizarre” survey by a housing trust canvassing tenants and landlords for their opinions on cleaning and maintenance.

Environmental activists fighting plans to mine coal in the shadow of The Wrekin have now added to the facilities at their makeshift camp – a new kitchen.

Green campaigners have moved into secret tunnels under The Wrekin, claiming they are putting their lives on the line to defend the beauty spot from developers, it was revealed today.

A lone protester today attempted to block what she thought was a coal lorry from entering a site earmarked for an opencast mine in Telford – but picked on the wrong vehicle.

Taxpayers in Shropshire have been left footing a bill of £350,000 in legal fees and charges stemming from a failed council bid to stop an open cast mine being built in the shadow of The Wrekin.

People living near the site of a planned opencast mine in Shropshire are to bombard coal bosses with a list of demands to safeguard their quality of life.

Controversial proposals to open cast mine 900,000 tonnes of coal in the shadow of The Wrekin have been allowed by a Government minister, it was announced today.

A Shropshire parish council has set up an online petition on a Government web- site urging Communities Secretary John Denham to reject plans for a giant opencast coal mine in Telford.

A decision on a controversial planning application to mine 900,000 tonnes of coal at a Shropshire landmark is to be revealed earlier than expected.

A community campaigner fighting plans for an opencast coal mine in Telford claimed supporters of the scheme would have “blood on their hands” if the scheme was finally given the go-ahead.

An expert witness for Telford & Wrekin Council has admitted that public health fears play no part in its fight against a proposed opencast coal mine close to The Wrekin.

Telford & Wrekin’s two MPs put aside their political differences today to speak out against plans for opencast mining close to Shropshire’s most visited beauty spot.

Telford’s image as a modern, clean town, surrounded by countryside, would be wrecked by an opencast coal mine in an area of outstanding natural beauty, it was claimed today.

The people of Telford are overwhelmingly opposed to an opencast coal mine, with residents united in their fear mining would harm their health and wreck their lives, it was claimed today.

Campaigners will today spell out their fears to a public inquiry that thousands of Telford children could suffer from asthma caused by fallout from a proposed opencast coal mine.

Residents fighting UK Coal’s plan to create an opencast mine close to The Wrekin are gearing up for their big day tomorrow.

The future of the Little Wenlock Wheeze, which attracts 80 runners every year, has been thrown into jeopardy by a proposed opencast coal mine, organisers say.

MP Mark Pritchard today announced he would be giving evidence in person at a public inquiry in a bid to stop an opencast coal mine near The Wrekin.