Latest Shropshire and Mid Wales news | Shropshire Star

Coronavirus: Live updates from Shropshire, Mid Wales and beyond as lockdown extension expected

Coronavirus: Live updates from Shropshire, Mid Wales and beyond as lockdown extension expected

Coronavirus | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Lockdown extension expected as daily Covid-19 death toll exceeds 900

Lockdown extension expected as daily Covid-19 death toll exceeds 900

UK News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Shropshire hospitals chief: ‘Let’s work together’ to beat this virus

Shropshire hospitals chief: ‘Let’s work together’ to beat this virus

In-depth | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Six more people die with coronavirus at Shropshire hospitals

Six more people die with coronavirus at Shropshire hospitals

Coronavirus | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Teenager's jaw broken in Telford attack

Teenager's jaw broken in Telford attack

Dawley | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Shropshire hospice bosses welcome emergency funding

Shropshire hospice bosses welcome emergency funding

Mid Wales | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Coronavirus: Support in your area

Shropshire coronavirus: Who is supporting your community and how you can help

Find out what your community is doing to support those affected by coronavirus and how you can help.

Coronavirus | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Shrewsbury Folk Festival postponed due to coronavirus

Shrewsbury Folk Festival postponed due to coronavirus

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Shropshire following social distancing with 85 per cent drop in shop visits

Shropshire following social distancing with 85 per cent drop in shop visits

Coronavirus | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Stop-gap measures to help overdraft and credit card customers will go ahead

Stop-gap measures to help overdraft and credit card customers will go ahead

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Shropshire Knife Angel centre in plan for new sculpture to celebrate NHS staff

Shropshire Knife Angel centre in plan for new sculpture to celebrate NHS staff

Oswestry | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Families say goodbye over Skype and doctors are in tears - Birmingham Covid-19 medic

Families say goodbye over Skype and doctors are in tears - Birmingham Covid-19 medic

Coronavirus | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Peter Rhodes on Belgravia's missing character, a blow for XR and the challenge of tracing contacts

Peter Rhodes on Belgravia's missing character, a blow for XR and the challenge of tracing contacts

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: 6 hours ago

'This is likely to be our final chance': Campaigners in final plea over Oswestry Hillfort homes plan

'This is likely to be our final chance': Campaigners in final plea over Oswestry Hillfort homes plan

Oswestry | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Andy Richardson: Perfecting my wicket at a sticky time

Andy Richardson: Perfecting my wicket at a sticky time

Opinions | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Coronavirus: Bridgnorth nursery open for children of key workers

Coronavirus: Bridgnorth nursery open for children of key workers

Bridgnorth | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Shropshire Star comment: What constitutes a key worker?

Shropshire Star comment: What constitutes a key worker?

Opinions | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Contactless payment system for the isolated

Contactless payment system for the isolated

Mid Wales | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Staff needed for Birmingham's Nightingale Hospital

Staff needed for Birmingham's Nightingale Hospital

Coronavirus | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Top stories

Shropshire riding centre attracts more than £2,500 in donations after closure

Shropshire riding centre attracts more than £2,500 in donations after closure

Oswestry | Last updated: 6 hours ago

English Heritage team member offers sanctuary to sheep

English Heritage team member offers sanctuary to sheep

Telford | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Shropshire firms unite to create cufflinks made from 1961 Jaguar E-Type pistons

Shropshire firms unite to create cufflinks made from 1961 Jaguar E-Type pistons

Bridgnorth | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Pressure mounts as ministers face virus without PM

Pressure mounts as ministers face virus without PM

Coronavirus | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Telford company is on a roll as shelves empty in stores

Telford company is on a roll as shelves empty in stores

Telford | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Art student determined to complete studies

Art student determined to complete studies

Telford | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Message from the Welsh: ‘We do not want you’

Message from the Welsh: ‘We do not want you’

Coronavirus | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Factory donates masks to health service

Factory donates masks to health service

Chirk | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Shifnal teacher nominated for prestigious national award

Shifnal teacher nominated for prestigious national award

Shifnal | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Read more stories

PICTURES AND VIDEO

GALLERY: Drone footage reveals scale of Shropshire flooding

See all the latest flooding photos from across Shropshire where the River Severn has reached near-record levels.

Latest photos | Last updated: Feb 19, 2020

Crime

Teenager's jaw broken in Telford attack

Teenager's jaw broken in Telford attack

Dawley | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Police called out to hundreds of house parties during Covid-19 lockdown

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Two arrested after pair ‘lick hands and contaminate supermarket produce’

UK News | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Business

Stop-gap measures to help overdraft and credit card customers will go ahead

Stop-gap measures to help overdraft and credit card customers will go ahead

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Airbnb halts bookings in UK properties due to Covid-19

UK News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Bank of England to temporarily finance Government Covid-19 spending

UK News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Education

Coronavirus: Bridgnorth nursery open for children of key workers

Coronavirus: Bridgnorth nursery open for children of key workers

Bridgnorth | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Art student determined to complete studies

Telford | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Shifnal teacher nominated for prestigious national award

Shifnal | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Motors

World Car of the Year 2020 winners announced

World Car of the Year 2020 winners announced

Motors | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Jaguar Land Rover deploys 150 additional vehicles to support global coronavirus response effort

Motors | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Manufacturers causing owners ‘undue stress’ over servicing demands during lockdown

Motors | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Property

'This is likely to be our final chance': Campaigners in final plea over Oswestry Hillfort homes plan

'This is likely to be our final chance': Campaigners in final plea over Oswestry Hillfort homes plan

Oswestry | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Telford pub's bid to build homes refused

Telford | Last updated: Apr 7, 2020

Shifnal campaigners respond to food energy plant planning objection

Shifnal | Last updated: Apr 7, 2020

Health

Coronavirus: Live updates from Shropshire, Mid Wales and beyond as lockdown extension expected

Coronavirus: Live updates from Shropshire, Mid Wales and beyond as lockdown extension expected

Coronavirus | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Lockdown extension expected as daily Covid-19 death toll exceeds 900

UK News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Shropshire hospitals chief: ‘Let’s work together’ to beat this virus

In-depth | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Latest videos

Watch: Could robots be the key to killing coronavirus?

Watch: Could robots be the key to killing coronavirus?

Coronavirus | Last updated: 19 hours ago

Telford council leader lifts lid on 'surreal' coronavirus challenges and hails 'fantastic' team effort

Telford council leader lifts lid on 'surreal' coronavirus challenges and hails 'fantastic' team effort

Telford | Last updated: Apr 7, 2020

Watch: Telford's Exotic Zoo owner teams up with music teacher for coronavirus message in song

Watch: Telford's Exotic Zoo owner teams up with music teacher for coronavirus message in song

Telford | Last updated: Apr 7, 2020

'They're putting everyone at risk': Shrewsbury residents told to grow up after 'street party'

'They're putting everyone at risk': Shrewsbury residents told to grow up after 'street party'

Harlescott | Last updated: Apr 7, 2020

Voices

What next?

Shropshire flooding: As clean up begins, so do the vital questions

As storms sweep across the country, as rivers rise and families flee their drenched homes, one question is on everybody’s lips – what is going to be done about it?

Environment | Last updated: Feb 19, 2020

Opinions

Peter Rhodes on Belgravia's missing character, a blow for XR and the challenge of tracing contacts

Peter Rhodes on Belgravia's missing character, a blow for XR and the challenge of tracing contacts

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Andy Richardson: Perfecting my wicket at a sticky time

Andy Richardson: Perfecting my wicket at a sticky time

Opinions | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Shropshire Star comment: What constitutes a key worker?

Shropshire Star comment: What constitutes a key worker?

Opinions | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Peter Rhodes on crystal balls, religious mania and why plenty of old folk make a country better

Peter Rhodes on crystal balls, religious mania and why plenty of old folk make a country better

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: Apr 8, 2020

Readers' letters

LETTER: Be responsible for health

LETTER: Be responsible for health

Readers' letters | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Letter: Please buy British to support country

Letter: Please buy British to support country

Readers' letters | Last updated: Apr 8, 2020

LETTER: Praise due to every key worker

LETTER: Praise due to every key worker

Readers' letters | Last updated: Apr 7, 2020

Letter: Here to support most vulnerable society members

Letter: Here to support most vulnerable society members

Readers' letters | Last updated: Apr 6, 2020

LETTER: Be careful with your pets in lockdown

LETTER: Be careful with your pets in lockdown

Readers' letters | Last updated: Apr 3, 2020

Letter: Winning lottery is a more likely bet

Letter: Winning lottery is a more likely bet

Readers' letters | Last updated: Apr 2, 2020

UK News

Charities call on supermarkets to support ‘extremely vulnerable’ people

Charities call on supermarkets to support ‘extremely vulnerable’ people

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Most people scrap Easter getaway plans but some still head to tourist resorts

Most people scrap Easter getaway plans but some still head to tourist resorts

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Queen says ‘service to others’ has been centre of her life in Maundy letter

Queen says ‘service to others’ has been centre of her life in Maundy letter

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Mayor loses job over Prime Minister ‘deserves this’ Covid-19 comment

Mayor loses job over Prime Minister ‘deserves this’ Covid-19 comment

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Majority of Britons support forming national unity government to tackle crisis

Majority of Britons support forming national unity government to tackle crisis

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Nearly three in 10 firms cut jobs in face of pandemic

Nearly three in 10 firms cut jobs in face of pandemic

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Police ‘days away’ from checking shopping trolleys as lockdown rules flouted

Police ‘days away’ from checking shopping trolleys as lockdown rules flouted

UK News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Lockdown extension expected as daily Covid-19 death toll exceeds 900

Lockdown extension expected as daily Covid-19 death toll exceeds 900

UK News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

World News

Nations warn against Easter travel and gatherings as new virus surges emerge

Nations warn against Easter travel and gatherings as new virus surges emerge

World News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Home deliveries of alcohol keep Dubai economy ticking over during lockdown

Home deliveries of alcohol keep Dubai economy ticking over during lockdown

World News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

US-Russian crew blast off for space station after strict quarantine

US-Russian crew blast off for space station after strict quarantine

World News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Iran’s supreme leader hints at ban on mass gatherings during Ramadan

Iran’s supreme leader hints at ban on mass gatherings during Ramadan

World News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Italian survivor, 103, prescribes courage and faith as antidotes to Covid-19

Italian survivor, 103, prescribes courage and faith as antidotes to Covid-19

World News | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Spikes and hot spots in Japan and India as world looks to flatten Covid-19 curve

Spikes and hot spots in Japan and India as world looks to flatten Covid-19 curve

World News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Police question crew members of ship linked to Australia’s Covid-19 outbreak

Police question crew members of ship linked to Australia’s Covid-19 outbreak

World News | Last updated: 4 hours ago

Joe Biden ready to go head to head with Donald Trump in duel for the White House

Joe Biden ready to go head to head with Donald Trump in duel for the White House

World News | Last updated: 4 hours ago

Services