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LIVE UPDATES: 'Danger to life' flood warning remains in Ironbridge as river levels start to drop across county

LIVE UPDATES: 'Danger to life' flood warning remains in Ironbridge as river levels start to drop across county

Ironbridge | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

LIVE UPDATES: Pumps successfully refuelled in battle against Ironbridge flooding

LIVE UPDATES: Pumps successfully refuelled in battle against Ironbridge flooding

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Emergency services prepare for 'worst case scenario' in Ironbridge as residents of two properties refuse to evacuate

Emergency services prepare for 'worst case scenario' in Ironbridge as residents of two properties refuse to evacuate

Ironbridge | Last updated: 2 hours ago

'Your safety, home and possessions are at risk. Act now' - Emergency evacuations as flood barriers appear to buckle at Ironbridge

'Your safety, home and possessions are at risk. Act now' - Emergency evacuations as flood barriers appear to buckle at Ironbridge

Ironbridge | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Shropshire flooding gallery: Latest pictures as flooding chaos continues

Shropshire flooding gallery: Latest pictures as flooding chaos continues

Bridgnorth | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Shrewsbury station back on track after lines deemed safe

Shrewsbury station back on track after lines deemed safe

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 2 hours ago

COMPETITION

Pawtrait Pets: Do you have the purrrr-fect pawtrait of your pet?

We're on the lookout for the most popular pawtrait pet of the year and we want to hear from you.

Competitions | Last updated: Feb 20, 2020

Ironbridge residents counting the cost as 'threat to life' warning stays in place

Ironbridge residents counting the cost as 'threat to life' warning stays in place

Ironbridge | Last updated: 2 hours ago

'It's a ghost town': People urged to support Shrewsbury firms as residents describe 'draining' days of flooding

'It's a ghost town': People urged to support Shrewsbury firms as residents describe 'draining' days of flooding

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 2 hours ago

South Shropshire still on flood alert as snow and ice set to hit Telford, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and more

South Shropshire still on flood alert as snow and ice set to hit Telford, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and more

South Shropshire | Last updated: 2 hours ago

'Secret' Shropshire bar in name change after threat of legal action

'Secret' Shropshire bar in name change after threat of legal action

Oswestry | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Teen locked up for six months for carrying painted-over airgun at Shrewsbury railway station

Teen locked up for six months for carrying painted-over airgun at Shrewsbury railway station

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Law whiz who helped save family's Shropshire home dies

Law whiz who helped save family's Shropshire home dies

Market Drayton | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Bridgnorth rallies together in height of floods

Bridgnorth rallies together in height of floods

Bridgnorth | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Dame Kelly praises Shropshire hospital's veterans' centre news

Dame Kelly praises Shropshire hospital's veterans' centre news

Oswestry | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Appeal launched to restore Shropshire's Great War poet Wilfred Owen's memorial

Appeal launched to restore Shropshire's Great War poet Wilfred Owen's memorial

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Peter Rhodes on forgetting faces, stealing electricity and how coughs, sneezes and dogs spread diseases

Peter Rhodes on forgetting faces, stealing electricity and how coughs, sneezes and dogs spread diseases

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Shropshire flooding: Coracle shed saved in the nick of time

Shropshire flooding: Coracle shed saved in the nick of time

Telford | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Montgomery Canal authority at annual meeting

Montgomery Canal authority at annual meeting

Welshpool | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Top stories

Wolves fans' fears over coronavirus risk ahead of Espanyol clash

Wolves fans' fears over coronavirus risk ahead of Espanyol clash

Health | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Bridgnorth man pledges to cycle length of River Severn just a week after being cancer-free

Bridgnorth man pledges to cycle length of River Severn just a week after being cancer-free

Bridgnorth | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Delight as former Wellington school declared a heritage jewel

Delight as former Wellington school declared a heritage jewel

Features | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Flipping good Shrove Tuesday for Shrewsbury care home residents

Flipping good Shrove Tuesday for Shrewsbury care home residents

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Knights on patrol help village near Market Drayton celebrate history

Knights on patrol help village near Market Drayton celebrate history

Market Drayton | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Restaurant's birthday benefit raises £1,600 for Market Drayton food bank

Restaurant's birthday benefit raises £1,600 for Market Drayton food bank

Market Drayton | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Fundraisers target £15,000 to start environmentally friendly Bridgnorth shop

Fundraisers target £15,000 to start environmentally friendly Bridgnorth shop

Bridgnorth | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Care team celebrates first anniversary with Shifnal party

Care team celebrates first anniversary with Shifnal party

Shifnal | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Shropshire town to get 40 new trees in fundraising scheme

Shropshire town to get 40 new trees in fundraising scheme

Shifnal | Last updated: 2 hours ago

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PICTURES AND VIDEO

GALLERY: Drone footage reveals scale of Shropshire flooding

See all the latest flooding photos from across Shropshire where the River Severn has reached near-record levels.

Latest photos | Last updated: Feb 19, 2020

Crime

Teen locked up for six months for carrying painted-over airgun at Shrewsbury railway station

Teen locked up for six months for carrying painted-over airgun at Shrewsbury railway station

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Boy, 14, appears in court charged with attempted murder after 16-year-old boy stabbed in Telford

Telford | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Appeal over catalytic converter thefts

Telford | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Business

Profits and sales grow for Howdens

Profits and sales grow for Howdens

Business | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Fundraisers target £15,000 to start environmentally friendly Bridgnorth shop

Bridgnorth | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Care team celebrates first anniversary with Shifnal party

Shifnal | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Education

More than £500,000 worth of scholarships awarded to Harper Adams students

More than £500,000 worth of scholarships awarded to Harper Adams students

Newport | Last updated: Feb 25, 2020

'Danger to life' flood warning issued for Ironbridge

Ironbridge | Last updated: Feb 25, 2020

Shropshire university's beef with new meat trends

Newport | Last updated: Feb 24, 2020

Motors

Volkswagen reveals new Golf GTI alongside hybrid and diesel versions

Volkswagen reveals new Golf GTI alongside hybrid and diesel versions

Motors | Last updated: 9 hours ago

Mercedes-AMG GLA 45 S revealed as 415bhp ultra hot crossover

Motors | Last updated: 15 hours ago

Ford to cut dealer network ‘almost in half’ over next five years

Motors | Last updated: 16 hours ago

Property

Residents fear streets could be choked by Oswestry housing development construction traffic

Residents fear streets could be choked by Oswestry housing development construction traffic

Oswestry | Last updated: Feb 22, 2020

House prices dip in Shropshire more than West Midlands average

Shrewsbury | Last updated: Feb 21, 2020

Plans withdrawn to turn 17th century Bridgnorth house into flats after criticism

Bridgnorth | Last updated: Feb 21, 2020

Health

Dame Kelly praises Shropshire hospital's veterans' centre news

Dame Kelly praises Shropshire hospital's veterans' centre news

Oswestry | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Wolves fans' fears over coronavirus risk ahead of Espanyol clash

Health | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Shropshire hospital staff earn long service awards

Oswestry | Last updated: 18 hours ago

Latest videos

'Threat to life' warning for Ironbridge as 40 evacuated amid fears river may reach 'unprecedented' levels

'Threat to life' warning for Ironbridge as 40 evacuated amid fears river may reach 'unprecedented' levels

Ironbridge | Last updated: Feb 26, 2020

Joy and smiles as young Zac Oliver calls time on cancer treatment

Joy and smiles as young Zac Oliver calls time on cancer treatment

Telford | Last updated: Feb 25, 2020

Severe 'danger to life' flooding warning for Shrewsbury as River Severn rises to record levels

Severe 'danger to life' flooding warning for Shrewsbury as River Severn rises to record levels

Shrewsbury | Last updated: Feb 25, 2020

WATCH: First rare hornbill chicks in UK for 13 years hatch at Chester Zoo

WATCH: First rare hornbill chicks in UK for 13 years hatch at Chester Zoo

Entertainment | Last updated: Feb 21, 2020

Voices

What next?

Shropshire flooding: As clean up begins, so do the vital questions

As storms sweep across the country, as rivers rise and families flee their drenched homes, one question is on everybody’s lips – what is going to be done about it?

Environment | Last updated: Feb 19, 2020

Opinions

Peter Rhodes on forgetting faces, stealing electricity and how coughs, sneezes and dogs spread diseases

Peter Rhodes on forgetting faces, stealing electricity and how coughs, sneezes and dogs spread diseases

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Peter Rhodes on the decline of coal, the NHS at work and a peek inside a beating heart

Peter Rhodes on the decline of coal, the NHS at work and a peek inside a beating heart

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: Feb 26, 2020

Shropshire Star comment: Still plenty to be happy about in Britain

Shropshire Star comment: Still plenty to be happy about in Britain

Opinions | Last updated: Feb 25, 2020

Peter Rhodes on a tingling sensation, a French charmer and a new book on the Midlands' forgotten prison camps

Peter Rhodes on a tingling sensation, a French charmer and a new book on the Midlands' forgotten prison camps

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: Feb 25, 2020

Readers' letters

Letter: Tackling flooding should be priority

Letter: Tackling flooding should be priority

Readers' letters | Last updated: Feb 24, 2020

Letter: We all have to do our bit tackling global warming

Letter: We all have to do our bit tackling global warming

Readers' letters | Last updated: Feb 17, 2020

Letter: UK should impose sanctions in light of shocking acts

Letter: UK should impose sanctions in light of shocking acts

Readers' letters | Last updated: Feb 14, 2020

Letter: Tourism plan for county disjointed

Letter: Tourism plan for county disjointed

Readers' letters | Last updated: Feb 14, 2020

Letter: Serious error of judgment by MP

Letter: Serious error of judgment by MP

Readers' letters | Last updated: Feb 13, 2020

Letter: Greater efficiency back in the day

Letter: Greater efficiency back in the day

Readers' letters | Last updated: Feb 12, 2020

UK News

Reckitt Benckiser says Dettol demand driven higher by coronavirus

Reckitt Benckiser says Dettol demand driven higher by coronavirus

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Gambling site Mr Green hit with £3m penalty package

Gambling site Mr Green hit with £3m penalty package

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

National Express buses to become emission free in 10 years

National Express buses to become emission free in 10 years

UK News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

What the papers say – February 27

What the papers say – February 27

UK News | Last updated: 4 hours ago

41% of Britons would put money aside for space travel in near future – survey

41% of Britons would put money aside for space travel in near future – survey

UK News | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Key questions in fight over Heathrow Airport expansion

Key questions in fight over Heathrow Airport expansion

UK News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Sir Keir Starmer promises ‘attack unit that lays bare every Tory failure’

Sir Keir Starmer promises ‘attack unit that lays bare every Tory failure’

UK News | Last updated: 5 hours ago

UK sets out its stall for post-Brexit EU trade talks

UK sets out its stall for post-Brexit EU trade talks

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

World News

Saudi Arabia bars entry to Islam’s holiest sites over Covid-19 fears

Saudi Arabia bars entry to Islam’s holiest sites over Covid-19 fears

World News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Coronavirus sees US-South Korea military drills postponed

Coronavirus sees US-South Korea military drills postponed

World News | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Trump says US ‘very, very ready’ to handle coronavirus as outbreak grows

Trump says US ‘very, very ready’ to handle coronavirus as outbreak grows

World News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Gunman kills five at US brewing giant

Gunman kills five at US brewing giant

World News | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Multiple people killed in shooting at US brewing giant

Multiple people killed in shooting at US brewing giant

World News | Last updated: 9 hours ago

Italy seeks help as coronavirus cases surge past 400

Italy seeks help as coronavirus cases surge past 400

World News | Last updated: 10 hours ago

Placido Domingo axed from show after sexual misconduct claims

Placido Domingo axed from show after sexual misconduct claims

World News | Last updated: 13 hours ago

Egypt holds full-honours military funeral for former president Hosni Mubarak

Egypt holds full-honours military funeral for former president Hosni Mubarak

World News | Last updated: 16 hours ago

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