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Cafe India, Watling Street

Rating **** Andy Richardson goes for a curry and finds the converstaion is saucy and spicy too!


Stone Roses could play V Festival 2012

The Stone Roses are being lined up to headline next year’s V Festival at Weston Park, it emerged today.


Midland Game Fair at Weston Park

Pictures from the Midland Game Fair held at Weston Park on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border at the weekend.


Call to safeguard future of Rhyn Park School

A parish council says everything should be done to safeguard the future of a nearby secondary school.


Big V Festival clear-up begins at Weston Park

More than 600 volunteer litter pickers from across the country have descended on Weston Park in the wake of the V Festival.


Developer wins fight to install wind mast

Developers have won their battle to install a 230ft wind mast at the site of a controversial windfarm on the Shropshire-Staffordshire border.


Stars shine at V Festival 2011

Around 85,000 people packed into the grounds of Weston Park on the Shropshire-Staffordshire border to see some of the biggest names in music strut their stuff at V Festival 2011.


V Festival 2011 in pictures – the acts

See all of the pictures of the acts that performed at V Festival in Weston Park over the weekend.


80 revellers arrested at V Festival

Nearly 80 people were arrested at this year’s V Festival, police said today.


V Festival 2011 in pictures – the fans

See all of the pictures as fans packed out Weston Park for the 2011 V Festival, featuring Eminem and the Arctic Monkeys.


V Festival fans keen to get party started

About 85,000 fans were looking forward to the biggest party in the UK as V Festival started this afternoon at Weston Park. Fans from across the country have converged on the showground near Shifnal.


Clubs out of tune as V Festival takes toll

The big line-up for the V Festival this weekend might be star-studded – but its popularity means that the same can not be said for many Shropshire sports teams.


Fans descend on Weston Park for V Festival 2011

Thousands of music fans are arriving at Weston Park ahead of the 2011 V Festival.


Brave Lucy and mother off to V Festival

A mother who nursed her daughter through two life-threatening bouts of leukaemia will enjoy a weekend at V Festival, courtesy of the Shropshire Star.


Police safety vow over V Festival at Weston Park

Police chiefs have vowed to make safety the number one priority at this year’s V Festival at Weston Park.


Weston Park turns pink for the Race for Life

The grounds of Weston Park were transformed into a sea of pink as thousands of women turned out to raise money for charity.


All smiles at Weston Park transport festival

Vintage motorcycles were among the attractions as thousands of people took advantage of the weather to enjoy Weston Park’s Midlands Festival of Transport.


Bradford Estate turbines plan fails to win Telford support

Plans for six massive wind turbines, which would be among the tallest in the country if built on an estate on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border, have failed to win the support of council officers in Telford.


Massive wind turbines planned for Bradford Estate

Six massive wind turbines which would be the tallest in the country could be built at an estate on the Shropshire border.


Tickets for V Festival selling fast

Tickets are selling fast for next year’s V Festival at Weston Park on the Shropshire border, organisers said today.


V Festival tickets go on sale

Thousands of tickets for next year’s V Festival at Weston Park went on sale today with music fans across the country trying to snap them up.


First V Festival tickets to go on sale

The first 10,000 tickets for next year’s V Festival at Weston Park, near Shifnal, will go on sale on Thursday.


Weston Park game fair proves a huge crowd-puller

Tens of thousands of visitors flocked to Weston Park on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border for an weekend extravaganza billed as Europe’s top country sports event.


V Festival 2010 really rocked Weston Park

Singing sensations Pixie Lott, Taylor Momsen and Diana Vickers dazzled thousands of festival-goers at this weekend’s V Festival. All three singers wore skimpy, revealing outfits, that were designed to thrill at the event at Weston Park.


V Festival 2010 – the bands

Shropshire Star photographer James Watkins captures the excitement of the V Festival 2010 action at Weston Park this weekend.


V Festival 2010 – the fans

Pictures of fans enjoying the V-Festival 2010 action at Weston Park. See if the Shropshire Star photographers captured you at the big weekend event on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border.


Peter Andre and Shaun Ryder join V festival bill

The final acts for this year’s V Festival were announced today – just three days before the eagerly-awaited event gets under way on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border.


Peter Andre set for V Festival

Singer and TV presenter Peter Andre has been added to the line-up for this month’s V Festival.


Vanessa’s ‘V’ excited to win top Festival prize

V Festival super fan Vanessa Woodhouse is looking forward to the experience of a lifetime after winning a Shropshire Star competition to get access all areas at the annual two-day bash.


V Festival travel – fans told don’t rely on sat navs

Revellers travelling to this year’s V Festival on the Shropshire-Staffordshire border have been warned not to rely on sat navs or internet route maps to get there as police prepare to close roads in a bid to beat jams and traffic chaos.

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