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Police pursuit across Shropshire and mid Wales after burglars flee store

Police pursuit across Shropshire and mid Wales after burglars flee store

Mid Wales | Last updated: 15 hours ago

John Campion: Car manufacturers must do more to cut thefts

John Campion: Car manufacturers must do more to cut thefts

Motors | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Backing for Telford hotel after food poisoning scare

Backing for Telford hotel after food poisoning scare

Wellington | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Telford's former BHS store to become indoor inflatable theme park

Telford's former BHS store to become indoor inflatable theme park

Telford | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Man found not guilty of Newport pub attack

Man found not guilty of Newport pub attack

Newport | Last updated: 16 hours ago

Tusk and Johnson clash over who will be to blame in case of no-deal Brexit

Tusk and Johnson clash over who will be to blame in case of no-deal Brexit

UK News | Last updated: 15 hours ago

Shrewsbury watering hole in running for title of Britain's best pub

Shrewsbury watering hole in running for title of Britain's best pub

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Duke of York insists he never suspected paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

Duke of York insists he never suspected paedophile Jeffrey Epstein

UK News | Last updated: 14 hours ago

300-year-old coins found in north Shropshire declared treasure

300-year-old coins found in north Shropshire declared treasure

Prees | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Oswestry Balloon Carnival lifts off

Oswestry Balloon Carnival lifts off

Oswestry | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Featured

You're not fit for purpose: Damning message to politicians from disillusioned Star readers

Shropshire Star readers today delivered a damning verdict on the state of politics in Britain.

Politics | Last updated: Aug 19, 2019

Key witness sought following fatal crash

Key witness sought following fatal crash

Welshpool | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Shrewsbury Folk Festival: What's on, where to park, weather forecast and ticket details

Shrewsbury Folk Festival: What's on, where to park, weather forecast and ticket details

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 17 hours ago

Shropshire woman given national award for volunteer work

Shropshire woman given national award for volunteer work

Bishop's Castle | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Get in the picture for Shropshire calendar competition

Get in the picture for Shropshire calendar competition

News | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Telford community centre seeks volunteers

Telford community centre seeks volunteers

Leegomery | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Shrewsbury butcher Bert bids farewell to business after 54 years

Shrewsbury butcher Bert bids farewell to business after 54 years

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Heritage railway extension work on track

Heritage railway extension work on track

Oswestry | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Shropshire care firm sees 150 per cent growth in service in first year

Shropshire care firm sees 150 per cent growth in service in first year

Oswestry | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Top stories

Ambassadors welcoming visitors to Shrewsbury set to return

Ambassadors welcoming visitors to Shrewsbury set to return

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Festival of Imagination: Ironbridge event brings Regatta, duck race, stalls and entertainment

Festival of Imagination: Ironbridge event brings Regatta, duck race, stalls and entertainment

Ironbridge | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Mountain rescuers find man unconscious in tent

Mountain rescuers find man unconscious in tent

Mid Wales | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Four major shops sign leases to remain in Shrewsbury

Four major shops sign leases to remain in Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 16 hours ago

Traction engine to take centre stage at Shrewsbury Steam Rally

Traction engine to take centre stage at Shrewsbury Steam Rally

Shrewsbury entertainment | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Ambulance service resources 'a worry'

Ambulance service resources 'a worry'

Mid Wales | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Telford graveside ceremony honours Great War medic

Telford graveside ceremony honours Great War medic

Oakengates | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Controversial plans for six homes near Bridgnorth to go before committee

Controversial plans for six homes near Bridgnorth to go before committee

Bridgnorth | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Shrewsbury fire crews cut toddler's finger free from bike chain

Shrewsbury fire crews cut toddler's finger free from bike chain

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 23 hours ago

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Featured

My fight for sight: Why Star reporter Nick will never wear contact lenses again

Star reporter Nick Humphreys tells his story of how a bacteria found in a droplet of water ruined his eyesight – and caused him a year of misery.

Health | Last updated: Jul 9, 2019

Crime

Police pursuit across Shropshire and mid Wales after burglars flee store

Police pursuit across Shropshire and mid Wales after burglars flee store

Mid Wales | Last updated: 15 hours ago

John Campion: Car manufacturers must do more to cut thefts

Motors | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Business

Backing for Telford hotel after food poisoning scare

Backing for Telford hotel after food poisoning scare

Wellington | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Shrewsbury butcher Bert bids farewell to business after 54 years

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Shropshire care firm sees 150 per cent growth in service in first year

Oswestry | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Education

GCSE results: Shropshire students find out their grades

GCSE results: Shropshire students find out their grades

Education | Last updated: Aug 22, 2019

Plans to limit parking in congestion battle outside Shropshire school

Shawbury | Last updated: Aug 22, 2019

Shrewsbury primary school pupils visit care home

Shrewsbury | Last updated: Aug 22, 2019

Motors

John Campion: Car manufacturers must do more to cut thefts

John Campion: Car manufacturers must do more to cut thefts

Motors | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Ultra-rare Porsche Carrera GT and Ferrari 512 BB heading to auction

Motors | Last updated: Aug 23, 2019

Ninety-nine per cent of fuel theft goes unpunished in the UK

Motors | Last updated: Aug 23, 2019

Property

Controversial plans for six homes near Bridgnorth to go before committee

Controversial plans for six homes near Bridgnorth to go before committee

Bridgnorth | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Market Drayton Asda calls for complete redesign of flats scheme over noise complaint fears

Market Drayton | Last updated: Aug 22, 2019

Plans to change buildings into holiday lets and build riding area at farm near Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury | Last updated: Aug 22, 2019

Health

Backing for Telford hotel after food poisoning scare

Backing for Telford hotel after food poisoning scare

Wellington | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Shropshire care firm sees 150 per cent growth in service in first year

Oswestry | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Ambulance service resources 'a worry'

Mid Wales | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Latest videos

GCSE results: Shropshire students find out their grades

GCSE results: Shropshire students find out their grades

Education | Last updated: Aug 22, 2019

'Lucky to be alive': Shrewsbury family's home hit by lightning - with video

'Lucky to be alive': Shrewsbury family's home hit by lightning - with video

Shrewsbury | Last updated: Aug 20, 2019

Mountains of rubbish dumped in Telford woods - with pictures and video

Mountains of rubbish dumped in Telford woods - with pictures and video

Telford | Last updated: Aug 20, 2019

WATCH: 'Sickening' burglars trash three Telford charity shops in one night

WATCH: 'Sickening' burglars trash three Telford charity shops in one night

Telford | Last updated: Aug 17, 2019

Latest News

Police pursuit across Shropshire and mid Wales after burglars flee store

Police pursuit across Shropshire and mid Wales after burglars flee store

Mid Wales | Last updated: 15 hours ago

John Campion: Car manufacturers must do more to cut thefts

John Campion: Car manufacturers must do more to cut thefts

Motors | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Backing for Telford hotel after food poisoning scare

Backing for Telford hotel after food poisoning scare

Wellington | Last updated: 20 hours ago

Telford's former BHS store to become indoor inflatable theme park

Telford's former BHS store to become indoor inflatable theme park

Telford | Last updated: 23 hours ago

Man found not guilty of Newport pub attack

Man found not guilty of Newport pub attack

Newport | Last updated: 16 hours ago

Shrewsbury watering hole in running for title of Britain's best pub

Shrewsbury watering hole in running for title of Britain's best pub

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 23 hours ago

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Politics

Comment: Election plunge would be a bold move for Boris

He's described it as a total no goer, ruled it out completely and said the chances of it happening are next to zero.

Opinions | Last updated: Jul 20, 2019

Opinions

Shropshire Star comment: Game plan has to face final hurdle

Shropshire Star comment: Game plan has to face final hurdle

Opinions | Last updated: Aug 23, 2019

Peter Rhodes on entire moggies, silent bikes and the curious case of the wild cat and the pensioner

Peter Rhodes on entire moggies, silent bikes and the curious case of the wild cat and the pensioner

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: Aug 23, 2019

Shropshire Star comment: Probe into HS2 project is far too late

Shropshire Star comment: Probe into HS2 project is far too late

Opinions | Last updated: Aug 22, 2019

Peter Rhodes on middle-class drug abusers, a biblical life-span and good news as the glaciers melt

Peter Rhodes on middle-class drug abusers, a biblical life-span and good news as the glaciers melt

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: Aug 22, 2019

Readers' letters

Current system is unsustainable

Current system is unsustainable

Readers' letters | Last updated: Aug 23, 2019

Joint solutions work best

Joint solutions work best

Readers' letters | Last updated: Aug 22, 2019

Tackle problem of crime at its source

Tackle problem of crime at its source

Readers' letters | Last updated: Aug 21, 2019

Whole of the country should unite as one

Whole of the country should unite as one

Readers' letters | Last updated: Aug 20, 2019

Tired of being told that I voted wrong

Tired of being told that I voted wrong

Readers' letters | Last updated: Aug 19, 2019

The day of reckoning will soon be upon us

The day of reckoning will soon be upon us

Readers' letters | Last updated: Aug 16, 2019

UK News

British Airways told to ‘sort out mess’ after error over flight cancellations

British Airways told to ‘sort out mess’ after error over flight cancellations

UK News | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Boris Johnson ‘preparing to cut fuel duty’

Boris Johnson ‘preparing to cut fuel duty’

UK News | Last updated: 3 hours ago

$Tremor measuring 2.1 on Richter scale recorded at UK fracking site$

Tremor measuring 2.1 on Richter scale recorded at UK fracking site

UK News | Last updated: 3 hours ago

What the papers say – August 25

What the papers say – August 25

UK News | Last updated: 5 hours ago

UK set for more sunshine and hotter temperatures over bank holiday weekend

UK set for more sunshine and hotter temperatures over bank holiday weekend

UK News | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Government ‘could be forced to publish assessments of Brexit impact’

Government ‘could be forced to publish assessments of Brexit impact’

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Crime chief urges automatic jail time for criminals who attack police officers

Crime chief urges automatic jail time for criminals who attack police officers

UK News | Last updated: 5 hours ago

From pork pies to shower trays – US trade rules Boris Johnson wants changed

From pork pies to shower trays – US trade rules Boris Johnson wants changed

UK News | Last updated: 7 hours ago

World News

Newlyweds killed in crash minutes after tying the knot

Newlyweds killed in crash minutes after tying the knot

World News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Lightning strike at US golf event leaves six injured

Lightning strike at US golf event leaves six injured

World News | Last updated: 6 hours ago

US state of Virginia marks 400th anniversary of slave ship arrival

US state of Virginia marks 400th anniversary of slave ship arrival

World News | Last updated: 10 hours ago

French police use water cannon on G7 protesters

French police use water cannon on G7 protesters

World News | Last updated: 11 hours ago

Brazilian military begins operations to fight Amazon fires

Brazilian military begins operations to fight Amazon fires

World News | Last updated: 11 hours ago

Hong Kong police fire tear gas at demonstrators amid chaotic scenes

Hong Kong police fire tear gas at demonstrators amid chaotic scenes

World News | Last updated: 16 hours ago

Illinois patient’s death may be first in US tied to vaping

Illinois patient’s death may be first in US tied to vaping

World News | Last updated: 19 hours ago

Economic storm clouds hover over Trump and global leaders at G7 summit

Economic storm clouds hover over Trump and global leaders at G7 summit

World News | Last updated: 8 hours ago

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