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£54 million funding for Shrewsbury's North West Relief Road officially announced

£54 million funding for Shrewsbury's North West Relief Road officially announced

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 15 hours ago

Killer who lived in Shrewsbury sentenced to life for murder and rape of Alesha, 6

Killer who lived in Shrewsbury sentenced to life for murder and rape of Alesha, 6

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 17 hours ago

Family pays tribute as Oswestry A5 crash victim is named

Family pays tribute as Oswestry A5 crash victim is named

Oswestry | Last updated: 14 hours ago

EU set to offer to delay Brexit until May 22

EU set to offer to delay Brexit until May 22

UK News | Last updated: 11 hours ago

Back to school for Zac Oliver after cancer recovery

Back to school for Zac Oliver after cancer recovery

Telford | Last updated: 12 hours ago

Crews tackle fire at Kronospan factory - with video

Crews tackle fire at Kronospan factory - with video

Chirk | Last updated: 15 hours ago

'It DID happen': Owen Paterson hits back over Tube encounter claim

'It DID happen': Owen Paterson hits back over Tube encounter claim

North Shropshire | Last updated: 15 hours ago

Brexit: Majority of Shropshire's MPs now support May's deal

Brexit: Majority of Shropshire's MPs now support May's deal

Politics | Last updated: 17 hours ago

Future Fit: Telford council formally asks Health Secretary to intervene

Future Fit: Telford council formally asks Health Secretary to intervene

Telford | Last updated: 19 hours ago

Whitchurch house fire is being treated as arson

Whitchurch house fire is being treated as arson

Whitchurch | Last updated: 19 hours ago

Featured

Love your Shropshire and Mid Wales? Share your photos in our new Instagram gallery

We’re proud to be part of Shropshire and Mid Wales – and today the Shropshire Star launches a new picture gallery that celebrates the landscapes, events and people that make our region special.

News | Last updated: Feb 10, 2019

Emergency services called to two further Oswestry crashes

Emergency services called to two further Oswestry crashes

Oswestry | Last updated: 17 hours ago

Suspended sentence as Shropshire care home resident not checked after fall

Suspended sentence as Shropshire care home resident not checked after fall

Bridgnorth | Last updated: 21 hours ago

Cars on Ludlow garage forecourt targeted by overnight thieves

Cars on Ludlow garage forecourt targeted by overnight thieves

South Shropshire | Last updated: 19 hours ago

Judicial review into controversial Shropshire fire service plans coming this year

Judicial review into controversial Shropshire fire service plans coming this year

News | Last updated: Mar 21, 2019

May facing Brexit backlash at home as she heads to Brussels to seek more time

May facing Brexit backlash at home as she heads to Brussels to seek more time

UK News | Last updated: 17 hours ago

Talks to be stepped up over 28,000 new Shropshire homes

Talks to be stepped up over 28,000 new Shropshire homes

Ironbridge | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Approved: More than 120 Shropshire recycling banks axed

Approved: More than 120 Shropshire recycling banks axed

Politics | Last updated: 19 hours ago

Severn Valley Railway races ahead and hits viaduct fundraising target

Severn Valley Railway races ahead and hits viaduct fundraising target

Bridgnorth | Last updated: Mar 21, 2019

Top stories

Britain's tallest man drops in on Shropshire schoolchildren - with video

Britain's tallest man drops in on Shropshire schoolchildren - with video

Market Drayton | Last updated: 19 hours ago

Bugs to badgers: Photography winners on show at Ironbridge exhibition

Bugs to badgers: Photography winners on show at Ironbridge exhibition

Ironbridge | Last updated: 21 hours ago

Mother's crusade for life-saving equipment

Mother's crusade for life-saving equipment

Shrewsbury | Last updated: Mar 21, 2019

Rare musical treat at orchestral charity concert

Rare musical treat at orchestral charity concert

Shrewsbury entertainment | Last updated: 21 hours ago

Police appeal after farm thefts

Police appeal after farm thefts

Llanidloes | Last updated: 20 hours ago

City drugs gangs targetting county

City drugs gangs targetting county

Bridgnorth | Last updated: Mar 21, 2019

Jane returns to town with circus

Jane returns to town with circus

Oswestry entertainment | Last updated: Mar 21, 2019

Bridgnorth Rugby Club founder dies aged 88

Bridgnorth Rugby Club founder dies aged 88

Bridgnorth | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Short stay free parking on the way for Newport

Short stay free parking on the way for Newport

Newport | Last updated: 21 hours ago

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Birth of a beacon: Thomas Telford School's controversial origins revealed

To the Ofsted inspectors it is, in their words, "a remarkable school" and "a beacon of excellence" which offers "outstanding teaching."

Education | Last updated: Jan 28, 2019

Crime

Man, 82, injured in four-car crash in Shrewsbury

Man, 82, injured in four-car crash in Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 12 hours ago

Killer who lived in Shrewsbury sentenced to life for murder and rape of Alesha, 6

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 17 hours ago

Business

Talks to be stepped up over 28,000 new Shropshire homes

Talks to be stepped up over 28,000 new Shropshire homes

Ironbridge | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Tenpin strikes annual sales success

Business | Last updated: Mar 20, 2019

Kingfisher starts hunt for new boss amid plans for more store closures

UK News | Last updated: Mar 20, 2019

Education

Back to school for Zac Oliver after cancer recovery

Back to school for Zac Oliver after cancer recovery

Telford | Last updated: 12 hours ago

Britain's tallest man drops in on Shropshire schoolchildren - with video

Market Drayton | Last updated: 19 hours ago

School improvements for Powys

Mid Wales | Last updated: Mar 20, 2019

Motors

Brits optimistic about the future of science – but only one in five would own a self-driving car

Brits optimistic about the future of science – but only one in five would own a self-driving car

Motors | Last updated: 12 hours ago

Renault kicks off vehicle-to-grid charging pilot scheme

Motors | Last updated: 14 hours ago

Recognition at last for Ronnie ‘Do you know who I am?’ Pickering

Motors | Last updated: 14 hours ago

Property

Talks to be stepped up over 28,000 new Shropshire homes

Talks to be stepped up over 28,000 new Shropshire homes

Ironbridge | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Anger as hedge netting puts birds at risk in Shropshire

South Shropshire | Last updated: Mar 20, 2019

Shropshire campaign group questions local plan review

Telford | Last updated: Mar 20, 2019

Health

Future Fit: Telford council formally asks Health Secretary to intervene

Future Fit: Telford council formally asks Health Secretary to intervene

Telford | Last updated: 19 hours ago

Mother's crusade for life-saving equipment

Shrewsbury | Last updated: Mar 21, 2019

Hospital closes third ward over norovirus cases

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 21 hours ago

Latest videos

Crews tackle fire at Kronospan factory - with video

Crews tackle fire at Kronospan factory - with video

Chirk | Last updated: 15 hours ago

Shropshire flooding captured in pictures as River Severn levels begin to recede

Shropshire flooding captured in pictures as River Severn levels begin to recede

Bridgnorth | Last updated: Mar 19, 2019

WATCH: Drone footage shows River Severn flooding near Shrewsbury

WATCH: Drone footage shows River Severn flooding near Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury | Last updated: Mar 19, 2019

WATCH: Telford choir sing their hearts out to raise money for charity

WATCH: Telford choir sing their hearts out to raise money for charity

Telford | Last updated: Mar 18, 2019

Latest News

MoD sell-off date for barracks near Market Drayton postponed

MoD sell-off date for barracks near Market Drayton postponed

North Shropshire | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Shropshire hospitals trust hoping to recruit doctors in India and Dubai

Shropshire hospitals trust hoping to recruit doctors in India and Dubai

Shrewsbury | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Beer festival will go ahead in old Shrewsbury church

Beer festival will go ahead in old Shrewsbury church

Shrewsbury | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Council plans to cut speed limit on danger road

Council plans to cut speed limit on danger road

Whitchurch | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

View from the bridge sparked novel idea

View from the bridge sparked novel idea

Ironbridge | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Concert for Age UK

Shrewsbury | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

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Shropshire Star comment: Gambling no longer so hidden

Secret alcoholics are sometimes exposed when the empty bottles are discovered and the questions get asked.

Opinions | Last updated: Jan 31, 2019

Opinions

Shropshire Star comment: New twist in Future Fit saga

Shropshire Star comment: New twist in Future Fit saga

Opinions | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Peter Rhodes on Speaker power, a movie for our time and the reader who invented the mobile phone - almost

Peter Rhodes on Speaker power, a movie for our time and the reader who invented the mobile phone - almost

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: Mar 21, 2019

Peter Rhodes on deadly siblings, frozen fliers and black faces in Tudor England

Peter Rhodes on deadly siblings, frozen fliers and black faces in Tudor England

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: Mar 20, 2019

Peter Rhodes on putting your faith in buses, rubbishing the English and what to wear in the air

Peter Rhodes on putting your faith in buses, rubbishing the English and what to wear in the air

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: Mar 19, 2019

Readers' letters

MPs should honour the vote and not follow their personal desires

MPs should honour the vote and not follow their personal desires

Readers' letters | Last updated: 20 hours ago

An idea for public money to help welcome visitors to town

An idea for public money to help welcome visitors to town

Readers' letters | Last updated: Mar 14, 2019

Evolution is science’s way of explaining the diversity of life

Evolution is science’s way of explaining the diversity of life

Readers' letters | Last updated: Mar 13, 2019

Don’t reduce the voting age

Don’t reduce the voting age

Readers' letters | Last updated: Mar 12, 2019

Clever Victorians knew how to make buildings last

Clever Victorians knew how to make buildings last

Readers' letters | Last updated: Mar 11, 2019

Ludicrous claims over the decline of wildlife in the UK

Ludicrous claims over the decline of wildlife in the UK

Readers' letters | Last updated: Mar 7, 2019

UK News

What the papers say – March 22

What the papers say – March 22

UK News | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Charles launches Commonwealth scholarships project with focus on global issues

Charles launches Commonwealth scholarships project with focus on global issues

UK News | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Funerals held for teenagers killed in St Patrick’s Day tragedy

Funerals held for teenagers killed in St Patrick’s Day tragedy

UK News | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Emmeline Pankhurst’s great-granddaughter to collect CBE

Emmeline Pankhurst’s great-granddaughter to collect CBE

UK News | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Brexit: What happens next?

Brexit: What happens next?

UK News | Last updated: 4 hours ago

Theresa May seeks MPs’ support for her deal after delay to Brexit agreed

Theresa May seeks MPs’ support for her deal after delay to Brexit agreed

UK News | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Prime Minister dismisses revoking Article 50 after petition passes two million

Prime Minister dismisses revoking Article 50 after petition passes two million

UK News | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Theresa May acknowledges frustrations of MPs after Brexit speech backlash

Theresa May acknowledges frustrations of MPs after Brexit speech backlash

UK News | Last updated: 5 hours ago

World News

Death toll in China chemical plant explosion rises to 44

Death toll in China chemical plant explosion rises to 44

World News | Last updated: 2 hours ago

New Zealand is broken-hearted but not broken – Al Noor mosque’s imam

New Zealand is broken-hearted but not broken – Al Noor mosque’s imam

World News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Donny and Marie Osmond bring curtain down on 11-year Las Vegas residency

Donny and Marie Osmond bring curtain down on 11-year Las Vegas residency

World News | Last updated: 9 hours ago

Which former US president made a hole-in-one on the golf course?

Which former US president made a hole-in-one on the golf course?

World News | Last updated: 11 hours ago

Death toll from Cyclone Idai surpasses 500 in southern Africa

Death toll from Cyclone Idai surpasses 500 in southern Africa

World News | Last updated: 12 hours ago

Trump: It is time to recognise Israeli control of Golan Heights

Trump: It is time to recognise Israeli control of Golan Heights

World News | Last updated: 12 hours ago

Candy Crush and Mortal Kombat among contenders for Video Game Hall of Fame

Candy Crush and Mortal Kombat among contenders for Video Game Hall of Fame

World News | Last updated: 14 hours ago

Treasures from Tutankhamun’s tomb on display in Paris

Treasures from Tutankhamun’s tomb on display in Paris

World News | Last updated: 15 hours ago

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