Snooker great John Parrott was in Shropshire to open the second green at Wrockwardine Wood Bowls Club.

A man was hit with his own mountain bike and left unconscious after an attack by two men in Telford.

St Georges laid down an early-season marker in the Furrows Shropshire Premier Bowls League with an eye-catching victory at Wrockwardine Wood.

A pensioner had her handbag snatched as she walked home from a shopping trip in Telford, police said today.

A man fled to safety and firefighters had to rescue his pet cat after a fire broke out today at a flat in Telford.

Detectives were today studying CCTV footage in the hunt for a robber who forced staff at Top Shop newsagents in Wrockwardine Wood, Telford, to hand over cash at knifepoint.

A MASKED ROBBER burst into a Shropshire newsagent’s in broad daylight and forced terrified staff to hand over cash at knifepoint.

An armed robber targeted a Telford newsagents this afternoon, sparking a huge police hunt.

RAIDERS HAVE ransacked the home of a Shropshire coma victim, stealing wedding rings and treasured unseen footage of her son’s nativity play.

The following schools in the Shropshire Star region have been closed due to the weather.

The devastated parents of a Shropshire man who died following a house fire today paid tribute to their “caring” son.

A 62-year-old man who was carried unconscious from a burning house in Shropshire has died. The man was found inside his home after customers in the Red Lion pub in New Road, Telford, noticed smoke billowing from the windows on Sunday.

Wem USC will face St Georges in the final of the Alan Mayhew Trophy after a thrilling night of action in the last four.

Support from around the world has poured in for a Shropshire girl who tried to bleach her ginger hair after being bullied at school.

A Shropshire church is to finally undergo a £150,000 makeover after work was delayed for three months due to planning issues.

Plans for a £2.2 million tennis centre in Telford were revealed today in what could a first of its kind for the town.

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.

Hundreds of talented young athletes from all over the county will race in the annual Shropshire Schools Cross-Country Championships in Oswestry tomorrow.

A medal from the first Olympian Games, a replica of the world’s first steam railway locomotive and a rare hoard of 14th century gold coins are some of the objects that will be used to tell a history of Shropshire.

The winter revolution at St Georges is in full flow – and it could make them the team to fear in this year’s Furrows Shropshire Premier League.

Is this the cheapest breakfast in Shropshire? Landlord Trevor Cadd certainly thinks so. The gaffer at The Fountain, in Wrockwardine Wood, is serving beans, bangers, bacon, egg and toast for a sizzling 98p.

Dog owners in Telford have been warned they will be fined if they let their dogs foul in public places.

Show schedules are now ready for Wrockwardine and District Garden Club’s 20th Summer Show, which takes place at Wrockwardine Village Hall on Saturday, August 8, 2009.

Tension-filled battles are developing at both the top and bottom of the Furrows Shropshire Premier Bowls League.

A major police investigation was launched after a man’s body was discovered by a family friend – who then went to the pub without raising the alarm, an inquest heard.

A lasting memorial to a Shropshire Royal Marine killed by a suspected teenage suicide bomber is being planned by his local council.