The last remaining horse-drawn boat in Shropshire will carry the Olympic torch into the county along Thomas Telford’s Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, it was revealed today.

The Olympic torch will pass through 14 Shropshire towns and villages next year as it makes its way to London for the opening ceremony of the 2012 Games, it was revealed 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.

Around 150,000 Olympics tickets marketed to those in the UK have been snapped up by other European Union residents.

Blog: Seb Coe was an amazing athlete and a deserved Olympic champ. Full stop so far as I’m concerned, writes Shirley Tart.

The Olympic torch unveiled to the world ahead of the 2012 games in London was designed by a former Shropshire art and design student, it has been revealed.

Organisers of the Olympics were today accused of making a farce of ticketing after millions missed out – while others bought tickets without knowing which events they were for.

Shropshire sports fans face an anxious wait to see which, if any, Olympic tickets they have got and how much money they will have to pay.

SHROPSHIRE’S BID for the London 2012 Olympic Torch to stop overnight in the county during its 70-day journey through Great Britain has been snubbed.

The president of Wenlock Olympian Society, Roy Rogers, has died aged 79 after a short illness.

Letter: I note from the reports in the Shropshire Star that a new word has crept into the jargon of the Wenlock Olympic group – “fore-founder”.

Blog: My financial life passed before my eyes. I’d failed to tick the box saying ‘welcome to the cheap seats’ and, suddenly, I was on the verge of commiting £1,500 of Barclays Bank’s money to the London 2012 Olympics…

Blog: Shropshire’s influence on next year’s Olympic Games came to the fore again this week when products manufactured in the United Kingdom were on display at an exhibition in London.