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Storm Ali: Trees down and trampoline uprooted as high winds batter Shropshire

Storm Ali: Trees down and trampoline uprooted as high winds batter Shropshire

South Shropshire | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Let’s back Zac - £500,000 campaign to get life-saving treatment for Shropshire four-year-old

Let’s back Zac - £500,000 campaign to get life-saving treatment for Shropshire four-year-old

Ironbridge | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Shirehall refurbishment costs rocket to £24 million - with pictures

Shirehall refurbishment costs rocket to £24 million - with pictures

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Baby boy hit by falling scaffolding in Oswestry

Baby boy hit by falling scaffolding in Oswestry

Oswestry | Last updated: 4 hours ago

Telford footbridge: A442 reopens after six-day closure

Telford footbridge: A442 reopens after six-day closure

Telford | Last updated: 4 hours ago

Bicycle boy, 11, injured in collision with car in Shrewsbury

Bicycle boy, 11, injured in collision with car in Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Shropshire Council looks to close 20 children's centre in bid to save £875,000

Shropshire Council looks to close 20 children's centre in bid to save £875,000

Politics | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Lee Hill: Inquest opens over Telford bus tragedy after 19-year-old killed

Lee Hill: Inquest opens over Telford bus tragedy after 19-year-old killed

Madeley | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Two lorries and a car block M54 near Telford after crash

Two lorries and a car block M54 near Telford after crash

Telford | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Caught on CCTV: Trespassers cause damage to farm buildings near Cleobury Mortimer

Caught on CCTV: Trespassers cause damage to farm buildings near Cleobury Mortimer

Cleobury Mortimer | Last updated: 4 hours ago

Featured

Midlands Air Ambulance: Top-flight charity celebrated as it tops 50,000 vital missions

The life-saving work of a charity which helps people in their greatest times of need is being celebrated this week.

Health | Last updated: Sep 11, 2018

Van damaged in crash near M54 in Telford

Van damaged in crash near M54 in Telford

Telford | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Two Shropshire MPs to address 'alternative Tory Party conference' over Brexit

Two Shropshire MPs to address 'alternative Tory Party conference' over Brexit

Bridgnorth | Last updated: 9 hours ago

Shropshire Council 'does not have money' to reduce speeds to 20mph near schools

Shropshire Council 'does not have money' to reduce speeds to 20mph near schools

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 9 hours ago

Oswestry Facebook trader who sold fake Adidas and Chanel hit with £8,000 fine

Oswestry Facebook trader who sold fake Adidas and Chanel hit with £8,000 fine

Oswestry | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Craven Arms A49 roadworks labelled 'chaos'

Craven Arms A49 roadworks labelled 'chaos'

Craven Arms | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Fundraising drive to secure the future of south Shropshire festival

Fundraising drive to secure the future of south Shropshire festival

South Shropshire | Last updated: 6 hours ago

No more Michelin restaurants as The Checkers hands back its star

No more Michelin restaurants as The Checkers hands back its star

Mid Wales | Last updated: 4 hours ago

Man, 22, denies carrying out string of Bridgnorth burglaries

Man, 22, denies carrying out string of Bridgnorth burglaries

Bridgnorth | Last updated: 9 hours ago

Top stories

£6.8 million contract up for grabs to tackle scourge of drugs in Shropshire

£6.8 million contract up for grabs to tackle scourge of drugs in Shropshire

Politics | Last updated: 9 hours ago

Trio stop off in Bridgnorth on tribute trip from John O’ Groats to Land’s End in memory of tragic friend

Trio stop off in Bridgnorth on tribute trip from John O’ Groats to Land’s End in memory of tragic friend

Bridgnorth | Last updated: 9 hours ago

200,000-bird Shropshire chicken farm recommended for approval

200,000-bird Shropshire chicken farm recommended for approval

South Shropshire | Last updated: 9 hours ago

Charity in call as antidepressant use up across Shropshire

Charity in call as antidepressant use up across Shropshire

Health | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Bishop of Lichfield unveils new chapel doors at Telford's Wrekin College

Bishop of Lichfield unveils new chapel doors at Telford's Wrekin College

Telford | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Loudest man in Newport to take part in town crier competition

Loudest man in Newport to take part in town crier competition

Newport | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Numbers double at Oswestry Market after stalls taken into streets

Numbers double at Oswestry Market after stalls taken into streets

Oswestry | Last updated: 9 hours ago

Telford man in court after 71 cannabis plants found at house

Telford man in court after 71 cannabis plants found at house

Telford | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Telford MP Lucy Allan to confront Arriva Trains bosses over rail chaos

Telford MP Lucy Allan to confront Arriva Trains bosses over rail chaos

Telford | Last updated: 9 hours ago

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Featured

The saga of the £80k TNS grant: How Shropshire Council errors meant repayments were never chased up

The circumstances surrounding Shropshire Council’s controversial £80,000 grant to TNS football club are today laid bare.

Politics | Last updated: Jul 30, 2018

Crime

Caught on CCTV: Trespassers cause damage to farm buildings near Cleobury Mortimer

Caught on CCTV: Trespassers cause damage to farm buildings near Cleobury Mortimer

Cleobury Mortimer | Last updated: 4 hours ago

Oswestry Facebook trader who sold fake Adidas and Chanel hit with £8,000 fine

Oswestry | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Business

Revenue growth on course for major Telford employer Babcock

Revenue growth on course for major Telford employer Babcock

Telford | Last updated: 7 hours ago

US-China trade war represents opportunity for UK SMEs

Business | Last updated: Sep 18, 2018

Building contractor makes key appointment to spearhead continuing growth

Oswestry | Last updated: Sep 18, 2018

Education

New super school for Llanfyllin

Llanfyllin | Last updated: 9 hours ago

Bishop of Lichfield unveils new chapel doors at Telford's Wrekin College

Telford | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Transport costs dropped for post-16 students in Powys

Mid Wales | Last updated: 9 hours ago

Delight as work on new school begins

Welshpool | Last updated: Sep 18, 2018

The wonder of Shropshire cheese

In-depth | Last updated: Sep 18, 2018

Motors

Renault shows the future of deliveries with EZ-PRO concept

Renault shows the future of deliveries with EZ-PRO concept

Motors | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Nissan reaches for the stars with Navara Dark Sky Concept

Motors | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Experts criticise new Suzuki Jimny over safety

Motors | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Property

New Shrewsbury court building nearing completion

New Shrewsbury court building nearing completion

Shrewsbury | Last updated: Sep 17, 2018

Is it time to tear up the planning red tape?

Telford | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Ironbridge Power Station summit called over future of iconic site

Ironbridge | Last updated: Sep 14, 2018

Health

Let’s back Zac - £500,000 campaign to get life-saving treatment for Shropshire four-year-old

Let’s back Zac - £500,000 campaign to get life-saving treatment for Shropshire four-year-old

Ironbridge | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

£6.8 million contract up for grabs to tackle scourge of drugs in Shropshire

Politics | Last updated: 9 hours ago

Charity in call as antidepressant use up across Shropshire

Health | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Latest videos

Funding plea by Telford fencer Alex for Commonwealth competition in Australia – with video

Funding plea by Telford fencer Alex for Commonwealth competition in Australia – with video

Wellington | Last updated: Sep 18, 2018

Frustration as Shrewsbury Pride Hill revamp rumbles on - with video

Frustration as Shrewsbury Pride Hill revamp rumbles on - with video

Shrewsbury | Last updated: Sep 17, 2018

Country life celebrated at Midland Game Fair - video and pictures

Country life celebrated at Midland Game Fair - video and pictures

Attractions | Last updated: Sep 16, 2018

Severn Hospice opens Shropshire's largest charity shop in Shrewsbury - with video and pictures

Severn Hospice opens Shropshire's largest charity shop in Shrewsbury - with video and pictures

Shrewsbury | Last updated: Sep 14, 2018

Latest News

Storm Ali: Trees down and trampoline uprooted as high winds batter Shropshire

Storm Ali: Trees down and trampoline uprooted as high winds batter Shropshire

South Shropshire | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Let’s back Zac - £500,000 campaign to get life-saving treatment for Shropshire four-year-old

Let’s back Zac - £500,000 campaign to get life-saving treatment for Shropshire four-year-old

Ironbridge | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Armed police in Mid Wales estate

Mid Wales | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Shirehall refurbishment costs rocket to £24 million - with pictures

Shirehall refurbishment costs rocket to £24 million - with pictures

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Baby boy hit by falling scaffolding in Oswestry

Baby boy hit by falling scaffolding in Oswestry

Oswestry | Last updated: 4 hours ago

Telford footbridge: A442 reopens after six-day closure

Telford footbridge: A442 reopens after six-day closure

Telford | Last updated: 4 hours ago

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Voices

Featured

'The victim lives in constant fear' - Calls for action over control abuse

A domestic violence campaigner wants more support for victims of “coercive control” after it emerged that only 16 per cent of people arrested for the offence are charged.

Crime | Last updated: Nov 30, 2017

Opinions

Shropshire Star comment: Joined-up thinking is necessary

Shropshire Star comment: Joined-up thinking is necessary

Opinions | Last updated: 9 hours ago

Peter Rhodes on Serena's rage, how to make Brexit work and the real reason the Beetle is doomed

Peter Rhodes on Serena's rage, how to make Brexit work and the real reason the Beetle is doomed

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: 9 hours ago

Shropshire Star comment: A message well worth listening to

Shropshire Star comment: A message well worth listening to

Opinions | Last updated: Sep 18, 2018

Peter Rhodes on helping Wonga's customers, cars with green number plates and cars without spare wheels

Peter Rhodes on helping Wonga's customers, cars with green number plates and cars without spare wheels

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: Sep 18, 2018

Readers' letters

This is a step too far from council

This is a step too far from council

Readers' letters | Last updated: 9 hours ago

Pope is not the embodiment of St Francis, but the antithesis

Pope is not the embodiment of St Francis, but the antithesis

Readers' letters | Last updated: Sep 18, 2018

Can’t handle simple offences – can we deal with serious crimes?

Can’t handle simple offences – can we deal with serious crimes?

Readers' letters | Last updated: Sep 17, 2018

Message of real love required

Message of real love required

Readers' letters | Last updated: Sep 14, 2018

Let’s do our best to protect economy and help vulnerable

Let’s do our best to protect economy and help vulnerable

Readers' letters | Last updated: Sep 13, 2018

Parents should take responsibility for the health of their children

Parents should take responsibility for the health of their children

Readers' letters | Last updated: Sep 12, 2018

UK News

$Cuadrilla gets go-ahead to frack second well at Lancashire site$

Cuadrilla gets go-ahead to frack second well at Lancashire site

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Woman dies after caravan blown off cliff as Storm Ali strikes with 92mph gusts

Woman dies after caravan blown off cliff as Storm Ali strikes with 92mph gusts

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Gang jailed over supplying £1.72m of drugs

Gang jailed over supplying £1.72m of drugs

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Lady Gabriella Windsor to marry

Lady Gabriella Windsor to marry

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

EU chief tells Theresa May her Brexit plan needs to be ‘reworked’

EU chief tells Theresa May her Brexit plan needs to be ‘reworked’

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Pensioner-attack police dog had bitten 10 people previously, inquest told

Pensioner-attack police dog had bitten 10 people previously, inquest told

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Education adviser says concerns have been addressed on P1 tests

Education adviser says concerns have been addressed on P1 tests

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Patients’ lives ‘to be transformed’ by NHS genomic testing

Patients’ lives ‘to be transformed’ by NHS genomic testing

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

World News

Rape trial starts of man at centre of Nobel scandal

Rape trial starts of man at centre of Nobel scandal

World News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Macron’s former aide quizzed by French senate

Macron’s former aide quizzed by French senate

World News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

EU rules Luxembourg did not give selective tax deal to McDonald’s

EU rules Luxembourg did not give selective tax deal to McDonald’s

World News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

UN warns time running out to prevent Yemen famine

UN warns time running out to prevent Yemen famine

World News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

India bans instant divorce by Muslim men

India bans instant divorce by Muslim men

World News | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Pakistan court frees former prime minister Nawaz Sharif

Pakistan court frees former prime minister Nawaz Sharif

World News | Last updated: 3 hours ago

North Korea agrees to dismantle main nuclear site if US reciprocates

North Korea agrees to dismantle main nuclear site if US reciprocates

World News | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Danish bank CEO quits amid money laundering scandal

Danish bank CEO quits amid money laundering scandal

World News | Last updated: 4 hours ago

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