The life story of Shropshire’s former Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite has gone straight into the top 10 of a book chart after being released by one of the UK’s biggest publishers.

A “living” sculpture may be created in memory of Shropshire’s Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite at his birthplace.

Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite revealed the loves and losses of his colourful life in an autobiography completed before he died in January.

The incredible life story of Shropshire’s Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite will be told in full for the first time in his autobiography.

Arts venues across south Shropshire will pay tribute to much-loved actor Pete Postlethwaite, who died earlier this year, with special screenings of his film Brassed Off.

Double Oscar winners Daniel Day-Lewis and Kevin Spacey were joined at a memorial in London to actor Pete Postlethwaite by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, his wife, son and daughter and a group of locals from Shropshire.

Double Oscar winner Daniel Day Lewis and double Oscar nominee Julie Walters were this afternoon due to lead mourners paying tribute to Shropshire actor Pete Postlethwaite.

Shropshire actor Pete Postlethwaite was today nominated for a posthumous Bafta award for one of his final screen roles.

Shropshire’s Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite was laid to rest in his home county at the weekend, in a small and private family ceremony.

Letter: It is very sad to learn of the passing of the wonderful Pete Postlethwaite at only 64.

A series of public tributes are planned to Shropshire’s Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite, who died on Sunday, aged 64, following a battle with cancer.

Family life and a home in Shropshire were at the centre of actor Pete Postlethwaite’s life, according to his friend Andy Richardson.

The life and career of Pete Postlethwaite, a man described by Steven Spielberg as ‘the greatest actor in the world’.

Shropshire’s Oscar-nominated Hollywood star Pete Postlethwaite today joined the nation’s leading actors and actresses in condemning moves to scrap the UK Film Council.

A major online campaign to persuade the BBC to screen a film starring Shropshire’s Oscar-nominated actor Pete Postlethwaite on TV has won support from viewers across the UK.

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Music lovers in Shropshire had a treat when Oscar nominee Pete Postlethwaite made a surprise appearance as band conductor at the opening concert of the 50th Ludlow Festival at St Laurence’s church.

A Bafta-winning director from Shropshire could be Hollywood-bound after being wooed by some of the world’s biggest film studios.