Snow fell across Shropshire today as a Siberian blast gripped the region amid warnings the big freeze is on its way and could last well into February.

Two paraglider pilots killed in a mid-air collision above the Shropshire hills died as the result of an accident, an inquest concluded.

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.

Four intrepid fundraisers are taking on their own “I’m a Celebrity”  challenge – including gory bushtucker trials to earn food for the camp and preparing their own meals from scratch.

Shropshire Star feature writer ANDY RICHARDSON is hoping to raise £2,500 for charity on a mammoth cycle ride . . . and get home in one piece.

Picturesque scenes from Shropshire will be shown to a nationwide TV audience after a crew from BBC’s Countryfile arrived in the county today.

Heavy rain and rapidly thawing snow saw the risk of flooding become the latest weather hazard across the country today.

More than 300 hardy souls braved the elements to welcome in 2010 with a fundraising dash across the Long Mynd.

More people are becoming home farmers, keeping chickens, hens and pigs. The Shropshire Smallholders Group has members from all walks of life, from vicars with pigs to hippy-types who want to live a greener life.

One of Shropshire’s most famous beauty spots will benefit from almost £2 million of funding for essential environmental projects over the next decade.

A 49-year-old glider pilot died after his aircraft spun and nosedived into the Long Mynd in the Shropshire Hills, an inquest has heard.

A woman who died after her car plunged more than 100ft down an embankment on a Shropshire hillside was today named by police as Clare Elizabeth Lett, from Herefordshire.

A woman who died after her car plunged more than 100ft down an embankment at a Shropshire beauty spot was believed to be in her 60s and was not from the county.

A woman has died after her car plunged down a steep embankment at a Shropshire beauty spot.

Letter: People are being urged to  jump on a shuttle bus to visit beauty spots, only to find these places sprayed with toxic chemicals.

Our weekly round-up of the Shropshire Star’s nostalgia pictures.

A second paraglider pilot involved in a mid-air crash over a Shropshire hillside has died. Dennis Wray, 66, from Otley, North Yorkshire, has died in hospital from the injuries he suffered.

The brother of a paraglider pilot killed in a mid-air crash in Shropshire today paid tribute to an “adventurous and independent guy”.

A paraglider pilot who was involved in a horrific mid-air crash in which another man died on a Shropshire hillside was in a “comfortable condition” today.

A man died and another was seriously injured following a mid-air collision involving two paragliders in Shropshire.

One man has died and another has been injured in a mid-air collision involving two paragliders in Shropshire.

A post mortem on a glider pilot who crashed his aircraft on a south Shropshire hillside is due to take place tomorrow.

A man has died after suffering serious injuries when the glider he was in crashed on Shropshire’s Long Mynd.