Almost 100 nursery places and 17 jobs are under threat unless a nursery in Telford can raise £100,000.

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 Shropshire woman has avoided an immediate jail term after claiming about £37,000 in benefits by pretending to be a single mother, a court has heard.

A 12-year-old boy was taken to hospital after a dog attacked him in a Telford park.

A man was robbed and threatened with a baseball bat by two masked men as he delivered pizzas in Telford in the early hours of today.

A woman was punched to the ground and repeatedly kicked in an attempted robbery in Telford.

An alleged member of a child sex ring in Telford picked up two schoolgirls and told them they would have to do “something sexual” to get a lift home, a court heard.

A Shropshire family told today how their summer holiday plans were in ruins following the collapse of tour operator Holidays 4 U.

Two Telford roads will be shut for up to three weeks as part of a £7 million scheme to improve the borough.

A Shropshire teenager has become one of only nine people in the UK to be invited to a prestigious YouTube convention in a five-star Los Angeles hotel.

A man has been found guilty of causing the death of a cyclist by driving dangerously on a dual carriageway in Telford.

A Telford golfer will captain the England team at this summer’s disabled golfing World Team Cup.

A robber pushed a Telford shopkeeper to the floor before snatching a bag containing more than £1,000 in cash.

Traffic was brought to a standstill in Telford this morning after a rush-hour smash caused delays of up to an hour.

THIEVES STOLE a £10,000 haul of cigarettes during a raid at a Telford supermarket in the early hours of today.

Former servicemen from Shropshire who say they were exposed to radiation during nuclear testing are hoping a Supreme Court challenge could clear the way for them to finally receive damages.

Thieves stole property worth more than £7,000, including a car, at a raid on a house in Telford while the owners were asleep upstairs.

A 37-YEAR-OLD Shropshire woman who lost a newborn baby just two years ago has died weeks after giving birth to a healthy son on Christmas Day.

A Shropshire man who shot a drug dealer has been warned he faces a “substantial” jail sentence after being found guilty by a jury of attempted murder.

A 24-year-old Shropshire woman who stole a mobile phone containing a man’s final text messages from his dead son has been jailed for 18 months at Shrewsbury Crown Court.

Students in Shropshire were celebrating today after another record-breaking year for GCSE results.

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

Motorists staged a sit-in at a Telford garage in protest at clamping charges. Also, one Shropshire woman has 37 flgas on her home ahead of tonight’s big England match.

Angry drivers blockaded a Shropshire service station demanding an end to unpopular car clamping fees.

Shropshire schoolgirl Robyn Galtrey Matthews was rightly proud of her beautiful hip-length hair.

Reviewer’s rating *** James Shaw was slightly disappointed with his carvery meal at The Dun Cow in Trench, but feels venue could be a winner.

A Catholic school in Shropshire has been issued with a “notice to improve” after receiving a damning report from Ofsted inspectors who gave it the lowest possible mark.

A Telford man was shot in the arm with a sawn-off shotgun during a row over an illegal prescription drugs deal, it was alleged in court today.

Two people were due to appear before magistrates in Telford today charged with attempted murder.

Why is it that when you report a driver parked on the pavement or on a very bad bend in Trench it is just ignored by the police?