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Find out what the footballers themselves had to say on Twitter after a weekend of Premier League action in wintry conditions.

Former Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips was refused alcohol at a supermarket in Leominster, it emerged today.

There were ‘unbelievable’ scenes in Welshpool when Sky Sports pundit Chris Kamara came out of retirement to help the struggling side.

Television presenter Richard Madeley learned the power of Twitter – after being met by dozens of fans as he scaled The Wrekin with his sister.

A Shropshire businessman has landed a top job in the world of professional darts – after striking up a conversation with a former player on Twitter.

One of my earliest jobs working at Shropshire Newspapers – and still some of the most fun I’ve had – was standing knee-deep in filthy water while cars got stuck and people still struggled to go about their daily lives.

Download the Shropshire Star’s new app to your iPad or iPhone to get one week of access to our digital newspapers absolutely free. The app’s page turning technology allows readers to view Shropshire and Mid Wales’ favourite paper as it appears on the printed page.

A recently-married man recycled more than he bargained for in Shrewsbury – after losing his wedding ring in a supermarket cardboard bank.

A police helicopter crew was put at risk after being dazzled by beams from a laser pen while it was dealing with two incidents in Telford. Crews were targeted by people shining hand-held lasers.

Drivers will be able use the social media service Twitter to keep up-to-date with Shropshire Council’s gritters should the county see a repeat of last year’s harsh winter.

Comedian Ricky Gervais had a private telephone call with a Shropshire disabled rights campaigner following a Twitter row she had with him over his use of the word ‘mong’ on his page.

Shropshire Council has turned to Twitter as part of a week-long campaign to highlight the services it provides. Follow all of their updates about what council staff are doing on shropshirestar.com

Parents packed Ifton Heath Primary School in St Martins tonight and we covered the meeting LIVE with our Twitter updates. Reporter Sue Austin tweeted live from the meeting from 630pm tonight and you can catch up with all of her updates right here on ShropshireStar.com.

The first of a series of public meetings over the future of nine schools in Shropshire will be held tonight – catch up with the debate as it happened.

Traders have turned to Twitter to help them promote Oswestry Chamber of Commerce’s positive new outlook for the future.

Greater Manchester Police tweets every single 999 call for one day to show variety of incidents officers have to deal with.

As more and more companies use social media when looking to hire new employees, here’s how job-seekers can make the most of their online presences.

For my last Twitter Talk column before heading off to pastures new, I was keen to talk to the man behind Shrewsbury Flower Show’s twitter feed, ahead of this year’s eagerly-anticipated annual event, now in its 123rd year.

When Jan Minihane swapped a high-flying life in London for bringing up two wonderful little boys in Shropshire, she didn’t realise she would become so actively involved with her local branch of the National Childbirth Trust.

This week we’re following the enchanting story of a Shropshire woman’s life between two continents. Maureen Davies from Telford moved to Nanyuki in Kenya last year to care for her husband as he recovered from a life-saving operation.

Deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman has been forced to change the password on her Twitter account after it was hacked, she told MPs today.

Light pollution is a topic that’s gathering worldwide momentum, and in a quiet corner of Shropshire, one man is joining in to campaign against it and recover our dark skies.

A prominent firm of Shropshire architects have just arrived on Twitter, and have been using the site to tweet about worldwide architectural breakthroughs as well as exciting local projects they’re working on.

Until a few years ago, our lively capital city was the only place you could catch a really unusual, international or unreleased film from an exciting independent director. That is, until now…

An Oswestry man is putting Shropshire back on the literary map by staging a week-long festival celebrating his town’s most famous former resident, the First World War poet Wilfred Owen.

From his office in Shrewsbury, Martin Brian Jones, one of the managing directors of the Woodland Stewardship Company, manages a forest in New York State covering 18.5 million acres – larger than all the forest land within the UK.

While most of us might spend our Wednesday evenings snuggled up on the sofa, professional downhill mountain biker Rob Smith heads out under the cover of darkness each week with 40 like-minded souls to tackle some of Shropshire’s most challenging terrains.

With so many of the county’s businesses and individuals now using Twitter, we wanted to give our followers the chance to tell us about the things that make our county so special. And the result? The 2009 Shropshire Star Twitter Awards!

Shrewsbury’s popular @TheatreSevern has joined the Twitter community and staff have been using the site to post events, ticket availability, reviews and information from the stages, the restaurant and the bar.