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PM promises cross-party talks after her Brexit plans suffer historic defeat

PM promises cross-party talks after her Brexit plans suffer historic defeat

Politics | Last updated: 2 hours ago

FA Cup: Stoke City 2 Shrewsbury Town 3 - Report and pictures

FA Cup: Stoke City 2 Shrewsbury Town 3 - Report and pictures

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Brexit Live: Labour tables confidence vote after May’s deal defeated

Brexit Live: Labour tables confidence vote after May’s deal defeated

Politics | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Biggest government defeats in House of Commons

Biggest government defeats in House of Commons

Politics | Last updated: 5 hours ago

83 jobs lost as Shropshire plant hire firm goes into administration

83 jobs lost as Shropshire plant hire firm goes into administration

Prees | Last updated: 15 hours ago

Pair released under investigation over Oswestry slash attack

Pair released under investigation over Oswestry slash attack

Oswestry | Last updated: 9 hours ago

Noel Conway makes one final plea on assisted dying law

Noel Conway makes one final plea on assisted dying law

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 17 hours ago

Happy campers! Telford couple swap £500,000 home to travel the world in a camper van

Happy campers! Telford couple swap £500,000 home to travel the world in a camper van

Telford | Last updated: 17 hours ago

Jailed: Market Drayton burglar raided fire-hit luxury house

Jailed: Market Drayton burglar raided fire-hit luxury house

Market Drayton | Last updated: 15 hours ago

Brick put through front door at Telford house

Brick put through front door at Telford house

Telford | Last updated: 15 hours ago

Featured

Shropshire unsung heroes recognised in 2019 New Year's Honours list

A special constable, church warden and long-serving volunteer from Shropshire are among the unsung heroes who have been recognised in the New Year's Honours list.

News | Last updated: Dec 30, 2018

Mixed response from Shropshire and Mid Wales' MPs on May's deal

Mixed response from Shropshire and Mid Wales' MPs on May's deal

Bridgnorth | Last updated: 15 hours ago

Brexit: 'The only person who wanted to do this was David Cameron'

Brexit: 'The only person who wanted to do this was David Cameron'

Politics | Last updated: 14 hours ago

Bulldozers move in on Telford live music venue

Bulldozers move in on Telford live music venue

Telford | Last updated: 16 hours ago

Anger over ‘mess’ at Newport campsite

Anger over ‘mess’ at Newport campsite

Newport | Last updated: 14 hours ago

Brexit Vote: How the day is likely to unfold

Brexit Vote: How the day is likely to unfold

UK News | Last updated: 16 hours ago

Market Drayton FC counts costs as seating vandalised - with video

Market Drayton FC counts costs as seating vandalised - with video

Market Drayton | Last updated: 15 hours ago

No deal means border checks, PM tells North Shropshire MP Owen Paterson

No deal means border checks, PM tells North Shropshire MP Owen Paterson

North Shropshire | Last updated: 16 hours ago

Newport Girls' High School given £40,000 for new science lab

Newport Girls' High School given £40,000 for new science lab

Newport | Last updated: 19 hours ago

Top stories

Hundreds turn out to support new Shifnal action group

Hundreds turn out to support new Shifnal action group

Shifnal | Last updated: 15 hours ago

Visitors get up close to deer at Attingham Park

Visitors get up close to deer at Attingham Park

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 14 hours ago

Jason Francis: Minute's silence for tragic Shropshire sportsman and partner Alice Robinson

Jason Francis: Minute's silence for tragic Shropshire sportsman and partner Alice Robinson

Bridgnorth | Last updated: 14 hours ago

Private firms could 'mishandle' running of Shropshire's urgent treatment centres

Private firms could 'mishandle' running of Shropshire's urgent treatment centres

Telford | Last updated: 16 hours ago

Peter Rhodes on men in women's wards, a non-existent gizmo and smartphones at the pub quiz

Peter Rhodes on men in women's wards, a non-existent gizmo and smartphones at the pub quiz

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: 19 hours ago

Pub near Ellesmere to get £25,000 refurb

Pub near Ellesmere to get £25,000 refurb

Ellesmere | Last updated: 14 hours ago

Tuning up for Oswestry Youth Music Festival

Tuning up for Oswestry Youth Music Festival

Oswestry | Last updated: 15 hours ago

Trial for ex-mayor after death crash near Much Wenlock

Trial for ex-mayor after death crash near Much Wenlock

Bridgnorth | Last updated: 15 hours ago

Crowds roll in for Ludlow toy and train fair

Crowds roll in for Ludlow toy and train fair

Ludlow | Last updated: 14 hours ago

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Kindertransport: The Shropshire school with a remarkable history

Amidst the chaos of the Second World War the sight of evacuees roaming in the relative safety of rural Shropshire was not that unusual.

Nostalgia | Last updated: Dec 1, 2018

Crime

Pair released under investigation over Oswestry slash attack

Pair released under investigation over Oswestry slash attack

Oswestry | Last updated: 9 hours ago

Jailed: Market Drayton burglar raided fire-hit luxury house

Market Drayton | Last updated: 15 hours ago

Business

83 jobs lost as Shropshire plant hire firm goes into administration

83 jobs lost as Shropshire plant hire firm goes into administration

Prees | Last updated: 15 hours ago

Lyreco unveils major investment in employees

Telford | Last updated: 19 hours ago

Architects practice casts aside Brexit doubt with £1m of new appointments

Bridgnorth | Last updated: 19 hours ago

Education

Newport Girls' High School given £40,000 for new science lab

Newport Girls' High School given £40,000 for new science lab

Newport | Last updated: 19 hours ago

Newport grammar school’s £2 million bid is rejected

Newport | Last updated: 15 hours ago

Smoothie wins national award

Mid Wales | Last updated: 19 hours ago

Motors

No-deal Brexit could mean British expats have to retake driving tests

No-deal Brexit could mean British expats have to retake driving tests

Motors | Last updated: 7 hours ago

Volkswagen and Ford announce global alliance

Motors | Last updated: 8 hours ago

Volkswagen to produce new range of EVs in America from 2022

Motors | Last updated: 10 hours ago

Property

Hundreds turn out to support new Shifnal action group

Hundreds turn out to support new Shifnal action group

Shifnal | Last updated: 15 hours ago

Big crowds at Much Wenlock housing meeting

Much Wenlock | Last updated: 16 hours ago

Old buildings to be demolished as 13 new Telford homes given green light

Telford | Last updated: Jan 12, 2019

Health

Noel Conway makes one final plea on assisted dying law

Noel Conway makes one final plea on assisted dying law

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 17 hours ago

Private firms could 'mishandle' running of Shropshire's urgent treatment centres

Telford | Last updated: 16 hours ago

Missed appointments cost Shropshire hospitals more than £3 million

Health | Last updated: Jan 14, 2019

Latest videos

Happy campers! Telford couple swap £500,000 home to travel the world in a camper van

Happy campers! Telford couple swap £500,000 home to travel the world in a camper van

Telford | Last updated: 17 hours ago

Brexit: 'The only person who wanted to do this was David Cameron'

Brexit: 'The only person who wanted to do this was David Cameron'

Politics | Last updated: 14 hours ago

Market Drayton FC counts costs as seating vandalised - with video

Market Drayton FC counts costs as seating vandalised - with video

Market Drayton | Last updated: 15 hours ago

WATCH: Telford in the spotlight as children make celebratory film

WATCH: Telford in the spotlight as children make celebratory film

Telford | Last updated: Jan 14, 2019

Latest News

PM promises cross-party talks after her Brexit plans suffer historic defeat

PM promises cross-party talks after her Brexit plans suffer historic defeat

Politics | Last updated: 2 hours ago

FA Cup: Stoke City 2 Shrewsbury Town 3 - Report and pictures

FA Cup: Stoke City 2 Shrewsbury Town 3 - Report and pictures

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Brexit Live: Labour tables confidence vote after May’s deal defeated

Brexit Live: Labour tables confidence vote after May’s deal defeated

Politics | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Theresa May’s Brexit plans go down to historic defeat in Commons

Theresa May’s Brexit plans go down to historic defeat in Commons

Politics | Last updated: 4 hours ago

Biggest government defeats in House of Commons

Biggest government defeats in House of Commons

Politics | Last updated: 5 hours ago

83 jobs lost as Shropshire plant hire firm goes into administration

83 jobs lost as Shropshire plant hire firm goes into administration

Prees | Last updated: 15 hours ago

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Shropshire Star comment: Getting rail back on track

Whither the nation’s railways? Our expensively constructed rail system is a source of acute embarrassment.

Opinions | Last updated: Jan 2, 2019

Opinions

Peter Rhodes on men in women's wards, a non-existent gizmo and smartphones at the pub quiz

Peter Rhodes on men in women's wards, a non-existent gizmo and smartphones at the pub quiz

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: 19 hours ago

Shropshire Star comment: Cameron’s action was a disgrace

Shropshire Star comment: Cameron’s action was a disgrace

Opinions | Last updated: 15 hours ago

Peter Rhodes on a curious sign, D-Day for Brexit and a gift for the late Bob Monkhouse

Peter Rhodes on a curious sign, D-Day for Brexit and a gift for the late Bob Monkhouse

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: Jan 14, 2019

Shropshire Star comment: Pupils pay price of sickness

Shropshire Star comment: Pupils pay price of sickness

Opinions | Last updated: Jan 14, 2019

Readers' letters

EU will not survive the next five years without our input

EU will not survive the next five years without our input

Readers' letters | Last updated: 15 hours ago

A few points on whether we should go to the polls again

A few points on whether we should go to the polls again

Readers' letters | Last updated: Jan 14, 2019

Tragic death reminds us all of the plight of the homeless

Tragic death reminds us all of the plight of the homeless

Readers' letters | Last updated: Jan 11, 2019

Vegan bus advert does not offend, it just aims to educate

Vegan bus advert does not offend, it just aims to educate

Readers' letters | Last updated: Jan 10, 2019

Defending my right to believe and express religious views

Defending my right to believe and express religious views

Readers' letters | Last updated: Jan 9, 2019

Let’s not have 20 years of talks

Let’s not have 20 years of talks

Readers' letters | Last updated: Jan 8, 2019

UK News

May battling on two fronts after major Brexit defeat

May battling on two fronts after major Brexit defeat

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Temperatures set to dip following unusually mild weather

Temperatures set to dip following unusually mild weather

UK News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Wales has highest imprisonment rate in Western Europe

Wales has highest imprisonment rate in Western Europe

UK News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Crumbling tenements at ‘condition cliff-edge’, MSPs warned

Crumbling tenements at ‘condition cliff-edge’, MSPs warned

UK News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Specialist training to boost number of women in engineering

Specialist training to boost number of women in engineering

UK News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Scottish college lecturers go on strike in pay dispute

Scottish college lecturers go on strike in pay dispute

UK News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

New technique to boost liver transplant numbers described as ‘game changer’

New technique to boost liver transplant numbers described as ‘game changer’

UK News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Little festive cheer for retailers after worst December on record

Scottish Retail Sales Monitor figures show food sales were up by 1.3% but non-food sales declined 2.8% compared to the previous year.

UK News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

World News

Rihanna sues father over use of their last name for business

Rihanna sues father over use of their last name for business

World News | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Al- Shabab extremists attack hotel in Nairobi

Al- Shabab extremists attack hotel in Nairobi

World News | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Toddler unhurt after tumbling from the back seat of a moving car

Toddler unhurt after tumbling from the back seat of a moving car

World News | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Trump nominee for attorney general asserts his independence

Trump nominee for attorney general asserts his independence

World News | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Chocolate spill creates sweet mess on Arizona highway

Chocolate spill creates sweet mess on Arizona highway

World News | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Chocolate spill creates sweet mess on Arizona highway

Chocolate spill creates sweet mess on Arizona highway

World News | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Witnesses report seeing bodies after gunmen attack Nairobi hotel complex

Witnesses report seeing bodies after gunmen attack Nairobi hotel complex

World News | Last updated: 7 hours ago

Saudi teenager says she wants to work for freedom for women

Saudi teenager says she wants to work for freedom for women

World News | Last updated: 8 hours ago

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