Two Shropshire men told police that they were not part of an alleged £8 million conspiracy to defraud leading music companies, Wolverhampton Crown Court has heard.

Thousands of social housing tenants across Shropshire are facing a rent hike of up to £286-a-year, it was revealed today.

The Mayor of Newport has hit out at the ‘mindless yobs’ who threw a garden bench into the town’s canal.

Rating: *** David Banner takes his children to a family-friendly stop-off on a busy Shropshire route.

Two great-grandparents from Newport have proved they are bang up to date with technology by subscribing to the Shropshire Star’s new iPad app. To download your app with a week of free access, see www.shropshirestar.com/app

A Shropshire man made a total of £97,440 through money laundering, a court has ruled.

Planning chiefs at Telford & Wrekin Council have been criticised after diggers turned up to work on land earmarked for a £21 million supermarket in Newport, but which has not got planning permission.

Britain was celebrating the coronation of King George VI when Arthur and Rose Howes first set eyes on each other.

Up to 50 jobs could be lost at a food factory near Newport, company bosses announced today.

Residents in Newport will see Royal Mail deliveries taking longer than before after the company decided to change the routes for postmen.

A day of events will take place in Newport this year to celebrate St George’s Day, with organisers hoping to attract more than 1,000 people to the town and provide a boost for shops and pubs.

Controversial plans for a huge Sainsbury’s in Newport will not sound the death knell for the town’s High Street, which is currently full of charity shops and hairdressers, a resident claimed today.

Sainsbury’s has clinched a multi-million pound deal to become the operator of a huge proposed store in Newport, which would create 400 jobs, it was revealed today.

A Lithuanian fruit-picker was jailed for eight months this afternoon after causing a head-on smash while trying to overtake a lorry on the brow of a hill on the A41 near Newport.

Newport is being used as a ‘cash cow’ by Telford & Wrekin Council, councillors have claimed.

Campaigners against development plans in Newport have written to Prime Minister David Cameron in the hope of getting him on side in their fight against four big schemes.

Thirty years ago today, Shropshire recorded the lowest temperature ever seen in England as the mercury fell to a staggering -26.1 C (-15F).

A gang sold CDs and DVDs, which should have been scrapped, for profit in a multi-million pound fraud run from Shropshire farms, a court heard this afternoon.

A record-breaking number of entrants and supporters turned out for the fifth annual Newport January Jog.

Hooded thieves climbed on to the roof of Newport Fire Station in an attempt to strip it of lead. Three men were spotted on the roof of the building in Salters Lane, just after 9.30pm yesterday.

A Newport manufacturer has secured a £400,000 contract to supply furniture to two premier hotels at the Olympic site in London.

Only six out of 226 schools in Shropshire have applied for academy status, government education officials said today.

Horses and ponies trotted along Newport’s cobbled streets on Boxing Day in a traditional annual carriage parade by the British Driving Society, formerly the Newport & District Driving Society.

Thousands of people across Shropshire and Mid Wales turned out in their droves to witness traditional Boxing Day hunts.

A Shropshire brewery which renovated a dilapidated Grade II listed pub without permission has been fined after a court heard a historic staircase was ripped out without consent.

Egg producers in Shropshire face a tough year ahead because of increased competition, higher energy prices and a raft of Euro red tape.

Heavy rain brought misery for drivers this afternoon on what is expected to be the busiest day of the Christmas getaway.

Emmerdale star James Sutton had too much energy to burn, writes Andy Richardson. His mother, Jeanette, put him on the path to a life on the stage.

A pioneering new academy for prospective pig farmers is due to open in Shropshire. The Fresh Start Pig Academy is designed for anyone interested in setting up and running a pig farming business.

Thirty hounds went rampaging along the A41 and a Newport housing estate after a huntsman lost control of the dogs.