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Bridgnorth High Street evacuated over potential gas leak

Bridgnorth High Street evacuated over potential gas leak

Bridgnorth | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Man, 29, arrested after fatal crash near Telford

Man, 29, arrested after fatal crash near Telford

Telford | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Concerns growing for missing Telford girl, 15

Concerns growing for missing Telford girl, 15

Telford | Last updated: 3 hours ago

WATCH: Raiders smash through hedgerow in stolen van to escape from Telford industrial park

WATCH: Raiders smash through hedgerow in stolen van to escape from Telford industrial park

Telford | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Three people taken to hospital after Shrewsbury crash

Three people taken to hospital after Shrewsbury crash

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Crowdfunding campaign launched to save Shrewsbury Flaxmill's crown

Crowdfunding campaign launched to save Shrewsbury Flaxmill's crown

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 2 hours ago

GP shortage causing headache for Shropshire patients

GP shortage causing headache for Shropshire patients

Health | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Woman cut free after crash near Market Drayton

Woman cut free after crash near Market Drayton

Tern Hill | Last updated: 2 hours ago

'It could have been a child' – mini officer warning sign damaged outside Shifnal school

'It could have been a child' – mini officer warning sign damaged outside Shifnal school

Shifnal | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Cabinet to consider Brexit ‘indicative votes’ to end impasse

Cabinet to consider Brexit ‘indicative votes’ to end impasse

UK News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Featured

Pregnant on the streets: Shropshire couple's life of rough sleeping

Shropshire's homeless people tell their stories amid a rise in the number of rough sleepers.

Features | Last updated: Apr 9, 2019

Major road closures start in Shrewsbury town centre

Major road closures start in Shrewsbury town centre

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 8 hours ago

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling urged to sort out Shropshire roads

Transport Secretary Chris Grayling urged to sort out Shropshire roads

Transport | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Career criminal jailed for Newtown College burglary

Career criminal jailed for Newtown College burglary

Newtown | Last updated: 11 hours ago

Telford sex abuse trial: Court told of 'relationship'

Telford sex abuse trial: Court told of 'relationship'

Telford | Last updated: 8 hours ago

Violent Telford man assaulted partner and kicked her dog

Violent Telford man assaulted partner and kicked her dog

Oakengates | Last updated: 7 hours ago

Outcry over decision to close Shrewsbury nursery

Outcry over decision to close Shrewsbury nursery

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 11 hours ago

Veteran Lawrence, 97, remembers carnage of 'forgotten' battle

Veteran Lawrence, 97, remembers carnage of 'forgotten' battle

Features | Last updated: 11 hours ago

Record numbers head to hospital with obesity problems in Shropshire

Record numbers head to hospital with obesity problems in Shropshire

Health | Last updated: 11 hours ago

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Man spotted hare coursing near Shifnal

Man spotted hare coursing near Shifnal

Shifnal | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Get well rested before the music with glamping at Llanfest

Get well rested before the music with glamping at Llanfest

Llangollen | Last updated: 11 hours ago

Weston Park set to get a rose garden revamp thanks to donations

Weston Park set to get a rose garden revamp thanks to donations

Shifnal | Last updated: 7 hours ago

Solar panels plan for 6,000 Shropshire homes

Solar panels plan for 6,000 Shropshire homes

Politics | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Pair accused of stabbing teen in Telford

Pair accused of stabbing teen in Telford

Telford | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Wrekin MP Mark Pritchard asks about cash to fight 'county lines'

Wrekin MP Mark Pritchard asks about cash to fight 'county lines'

Telford | Last updated: 7 hours ago

Ellesmere Brownies skip with Britain's Got Talent stars

Ellesmere Brownies skip with Britain's Got Talent stars

Ellesmere | Last updated: 7 hours ago

Plea to start work on two Shrewsbury roundabouts

Plea to start work on two Shrewsbury roundabouts

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Shropshire primary school praised for its ambitious leaders

Shropshire primary school praised for its ambitious leaders

Shifnal | Last updated: 6 hours ago

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Featured

Behind enemy lines: When Jeremy Corbyn was spotted in Tory headquarters back in 1971

Labour supporters, make sure you're sitting down.

Politics | Last updated: Apr 12, 2019

Crime

Man, 29, arrested after fatal crash near Telford

Man, 29, arrested after fatal crash near Telford

Telford | Last updated: 3 hours ago

WATCH: Raiders smash through hedgerow in stolen van to escape from Telford industrial park

Telford | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Business

Jaguar Land Rover slumps to £3.6bn loss amid Chinese sales slide

Jaguar Land Rover slumps to £3.6bn loss amid Chinese sales slide

Business | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Find out how you'll soon be able to post your parcel in a postbox

UK News | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Ryanair says profits down more than a quarter

UK News | Last updated: 7 hours ago

Education

Outcry over decision to close Shrewsbury nursery

Outcry over decision to close Shrewsbury nursery

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 11 hours ago

Shropshire primary school praised for its ambitious leaders

Shifnal | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Church Stretton youngsters pitch in for teepee fun

Church Stretton | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Motors

M6 driver has lucky escape as loose HGV wheel bounces into car

M6 driver has lucky escape as loose HGV wheel bounces into car

Motors | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Only seven police forces cut car theft numbers last year

Motors | Last updated: 1 hour ago

JLR suffers pre-tax loss of £3.6bn for year but sees profitability return in last quarter

Motors | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Property

Solar panels plan for 6,000 Shropshire homes

Solar panels plan for 6,000 Shropshire homes

Politics | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Homes planned for old industrial estate in Telford

Telford | Last updated: May 17, 2019

Opinion wanted on Shropshire homes proposal

Bridgnorth | Last updated: May 17, 2019

Health

GP shortage causing headache for Shropshire patients

GP shortage causing headache for Shropshire patients

Health | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Record numbers head to hospital with obesity problems in Shropshire

Health | Last updated: 11 hours ago

Shrewsbury | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Latest videos

WATCH: Raiders smash through hedgerow in stolen van to escape from Telford industrial park

WATCH: Raiders smash through hedgerow in stolen van to escape from Telford industrial park

Telford | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Shropshire Council declares climate emergency as campaigners gather- with video and pictures

Shropshire Council declares climate emergency as campaigners gather- with video and pictures

Shrewsbury | Last updated: May 16, 2019

WATCH: Bridgnorth drummer buzzing after taking Britain's Got Talent by storm

WATCH: Bridgnorth drummer buzzing after taking Britain's Got Talent by storm

Bridgnorth | Last updated: May 15, 2019

Staff afraid to come into work after thieves raid Shrewsbury restaurant - with CCTV footage

Staff afraid to come into work after thieves raid Shrewsbury restaurant - with CCTV footage

Shrewsbury | Last updated: May 13, 2019

Latest News

Bridgnorth High Street evacuated over potential gas leak

Bridgnorth High Street evacuated over potential gas leak

Bridgnorth | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Jaguar Land Rover slumps to £3.6bn loss amid Chinese sales slide

Jaguar Land Rover slumps to £3.6bn loss amid Chinese sales slide

Business | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Man, 29, arrested after fatal crash near Telford

Man, 29, arrested after fatal crash near Telford

Telford | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Concerns growing for missing Telford girl, 15

Concerns growing for missing Telford girl, 15

Telford | Last updated: 3 hours ago

WATCH: Raiders smash through hedgerow in stolen van to escape from Telford industrial park

WATCH: Raiders smash through hedgerow in stolen van to escape from Telford industrial park

Telford | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Three people taken to hospital after Shrewsbury crash

Three people taken to hospital after Shrewsbury crash

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 3 hours ago

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Shropshire Star comment: Recovery of aircraft a victory

The story behind the recovery of one of the most important aircraft of the Second World War is truly remarkable.

Opinions | Last updated: May 1, 2019

Opinions

Shropshire Star comment: Alarm bells ringing on dip in GPs

Shropshire Star comment: Alarm bells ringing on dip in GPs

Opinions | Last updated: 8 hours ago

Dr Mary McCarthy: Investment in IT crucial for NHS

Dr Mary McCarthy: Investment in IT crucial for NHS

Dr Mary McCarthy | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Peter Rhodes on an election to reward honesty, rhubarb in your gin and a reader's rude limerick

Peter Rhodes on an election to reward honesty, rhubarb in your gin and a reader's rude limerick

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: 11 hours ago

Peter Rhodes on dodgy Durrells, an ITV sacrifice and the holiday that keeps on giving

Peter Rhodes on dodgy Durrells, an ITV sacrifice and the holiday that keeps on giving

Opinions | Last updated: May 17, 2019

Readers' letters

Peter needs to do some homework

Peter needs to do some homework

Readers' letters | Last updated: 8 hours ago

The importance of talking more openly about death

The importance of talking more openly about death

Readers' letters | Last updated: May 16, 2019

This threat affects everyone

This threat affects everyone

Readers' letters | Last updated: May 14, 2019

We seem to get the loose change

We seem to get the loose change

Readers' letters | Last updated: May 13, 2019

Huge projects need much more thought

Huge projects need much more thought

Readers' letters | Last updated: May 10, 2019

Animals must be protected as well

Animals must be protected as well

Readers' letters | Last updated: May 9, 2019

UK News

Ex-JLS star Oritse Williams denies behaving like ‘sexual predator’

Ex-JLS star Oritse Williams denies behaving like ‘sexual predator’

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Decriminalise prostitution, urges Royal College of Nursing

Decriminalise prostitution, urges Royal College of Nursing

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Brexit could make UK a ‘gangsters’ paradise’

Brexit could make UK a ‘gangsters’ paradise’

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Ecuador confirms search of Julian Assange’s belongings in embassy

Ecuador confirms search of Julian Assange’s belongings in embassy

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Bradley accused of delaying tactics over compensation payments for abuse victims

Bradley accused of delaying tactics over compensation payments for abuse victims

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Brothers tell of being ‘dragged from under bed’ during Ballymurphy violence

Brothers tell of being ‘dragged from under bed’ during Ballymurphy violence

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Xbox boss urges games industry to improve safety for players

Xbox boss urges games industry to improve safety for players

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Man jailed for life over murder outside bar

Man jailed for life over murder outside bar

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

World News

Ukraine’s new president hits out at corruption as he takes power

Ukraine’s new president hits out at corruption as he takes power

World News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Eiffel Tower closed after visitor tries to scale it

Eiffel Tower closed after visitor tries to scale it

World News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Ford announces thousands of white collar job losses

Ford announces thousands of white collar job losses

World News | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Swine fever outbreak in China prompts pork price hikes

Swine fever outbreak in China prompts pork price hikes

World News | Last updated: 4 hours ago

Former South Africa president Jacob Zuma in court in ‘corruption’ case

Former South Africa president Jacob Zuma in court in ‘corruption’ case

World News | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Kamala Harris puts gender pay equality at heart of pitch for White House

Kamala Harris puts gender pay equality at heart of pitch for White House

World News | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Jailed Catalan separatists allowed to collect credentials at Spanish parliament

Jailed Catalan separatists allowed to collect credentials at Spanish parliament

World News | Last updated: 4 hours ago

Talks continue but solution elusive for Sudan’s generals and protesters

Talks continue but solution elusive for Sudan’s generals and protesters

World News | Last updated: 6 hours ago

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