Everyone has seen the footage, the moment which brought the world’s showpiece sporting event to Britain’s shores.

With its long-established links to the foundation of the Olympic Games, 2012 is going to be a very big year for Much Wenlock.

A school in a historic Shropshire town is now at the forefront of 21st century education, its headteacher said today.

British Olympic heroine Ann Packer is in Shropshire today to officially mark the start of London 2012 celebrations in the county.

A teenage Much Wenlock ice hockey star will be among the official torch bearers when the 2012 Olympic flame passes through Shropshire next summer.

Torrential rain failed to put off Christmas shoppers in Shropshire as traders reported business was booming – with hopes for more of the same today.

A teenage farm worker has died after apparently falling into a grain silo in Shropshire. The 18-year-old has been named locally as Hugh Jones.

Residents at a Shropshire nursing home will be able to instantly contact relatives abroad after being trained to use cutting edge technology.

A pupil has been taken to hospital after jumping off a first floor balcony at William Brookes School in Much Wenlock, it has emerged today.

Much Wenlock will have a synthetic ice rink as part of its annual Christmas Fair.

A unique blueprint created by the people of Much Wenlock as part of a UK trial has been officially launched. The town is one of 17 places in Britain which is trialling major reforms to the planning system.

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

Nearly 50 men screened for prostate cancer in a record-breaking event in Bridgnorth last month had possible signs of the disease in their blood, according to an analysis of the results.

The man who thought up the Olympics would have been amazed. Dr William Penney Brookes could not have imaged that his idea for a community sporting event would have led to the creation of the Olympic Games.

Shropshire will reap a £7.8 million Olympics windfall as tourists flock to the area because of its links to the games, officials say – with an extra 68,000 people expected to stay in the county.

The Duke of Gloucester will officially unveil the newly-restored Hopton Castle in Shropshire at a ceremony, it has been revealed. He will arrive at the castle, near Craven Arms, by helicopter on December 1.

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.

A couple who set up their own upholstery business are cashing in on the recession as home-owners favour restoring furniture instead of throwing it away.

A new guide map is in the pipeline for Much Wenlock as it prepares to welcome thousands of extra visitors in the run-up to the London Olympics.

A road was partially blocked when a vehicle crashed off the carriageway into a hedge near Much Wenlock today.

More parking could be provided to cater for the thousands of extra tourists expected to flock to Much Wenlock in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Shropshire was today in line for a jobs boost after councillors backed proposals for a multi-million pound care village in Newport and a nursing home announced expansion plans.

Police are cracking down on motorists speeding on a country road amid calls for calming measures near homes.

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

Determined Quatt are refusing to throw in the towel as they plot a late charge for unlikely glory in the Marston’s Shropshire Premier League.

Campaigners who travelled to London in a bid to save one of Shropshire’s oldest primary schools from the axe are expecting to hear its fate by the beginning of next month.

Councillors are being urged to back calls made by campaigning residents for action to stop speeding motorists from using a “dangerous” route into Much Wenlock as a rat run.

Letter: I was shocked to read that someone I have known for several years was attacked on The Wrekin by a cyclist.

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

A Government minister responsible for delivering the London 2012 Games has praised Shropshire’s role in Britain’s Olympic heritage after visiting the 125th Wenlock Olympian Games.