Plans to completely overhaul schools across Telford & Wrekin Council may have survived a Government axe but they have still had to be trimmed, it was revealed today.

The Wrekin Housing Trust was celebrating today after being shortlisted in a prestigious business awards scheme.

Wrekin MP Mark Pritchard today led calls for a full investigation into how the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall came to be embroiled in the protest which escalated in the wake of a Commons vote to treble tuition fees.

Gritting salt is to be diluted in a desperate attempt to eke out supplies as the Arctic conditions maintain their stranglehold on Shropshire, it was revealed today.

Micro-pigs are the latest must-have pet for the rich and famous, including most notably the Beckhams. But Shropshire MP Mark Pritchard said they were not suitable for the home and instead should be kept on a farm – or eaten.

A Telford retail park has been sold to a new owner in a £42 million deal.

The Wrekin Housing Trust is helping its tenants with housing-related issues by offering a series of information days and events this month.

Letter: In reply to “Toilet block at beauty spot to be demolished”, (Star, October 19).

Romantic couples across Shropshire are flocking to tie the knot tomorrow on what will be the hottest wedding date of the year – 10/10/10.

A fun day with a difference was on offer in the shadow of The Wrekin when protesters fighting plans to mine coal at the beauty spot threw open their camp to the public.

Coal bosses today revealed legal papers are being prepared to evict protesters camping near a Shropshire beauty spot earmarked for mining.

Telford & Wrekin Council’s leader today guaranteed the future of speed cameras installed at the site of fatal accidents across the borough.

Controversial plans to mine 900,000 tonnes of coal in the shadow of The Wrekin came under the national spotlight on the BBC radio show Any Questions.

Protestors fighting plans to mine coal in the shadow of The Wrekin today defended their tactic of digging tunnels at the site.

Nearly a dozen campaigners fighting a decision to mine 900,000 tonnes of coal near the Wrekin have sailed down the River Severn with a protest banner.

Problems with overcrowding on trains in Shropshire which has seen one service being dubbed the “sardine express” looks unlikely to be sorted out before 2015, it was revealed today.

Green campaigners have moved into secret tunnels under The Wrekin, claiming they are putting their lives on the line to defend the beauty spot from developers, it was revealed today.

The Conservatives today ousted Lembit Opik from his Montgomeryshire seat and maintained their stranglehold on Shropshire.

The Conservatives maintained their stranglehold on Shropshire with the county once again a sea of blue today – except for Telford.

Wrekin candidates had mixed views about Gordon Brown’s bigot gaffe, with Tory Mark Pritchard saying the Prime Minister was in denial about a legitimate public concern, but Labour’s Paul Kalinauckas saying he was only human.

A former Shropshire MP who rose to national prominence during the Suez Crisis of the 1950s has died at the age of 88.

Former Shropshire Lib Dem election candidate David Murray, who is facing a complaint of sexual abuse, today claimed he was innocent.

Council pothole busters are ignoring a crater-riddled road in Telford despite repeated calls to carry out repairs, it was claimed today.

Shropshire’s health service is still left with nearly 30,000 doses of the swine flu jab, it was revealed today. But the vaccination programme will continue across the county until September.

We’ve known it for years but now it’s finally official. Shropshire is the country’s kindest county – and we love living in our towns and villages.

Shropshire’s crumbling roads are in such a poor state that it could take at least nine years to fix them, it was revealed today.

A tounf-up of Shropshire Star nostalgia pictures for the week ending Saturday, March 20.

A man who climbed The Wrekin every day for a month on his way to work has raised hundreds of pounds for charity.

The gap between house prices in Shropshire is dramatically increasing – with the average cost of a property rising across the county but falling in Telford & Wrekin.

Sunday’s snow was mostly all gone by lunchtime – but that was plenty of time for you to take pictures and email them to us.