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Jailed: Driver, 71, caused death of pub landlady and friend when he parked in motorway 'fast lane'

Jailed: Driver, 71, caused death of pub landlady and friend when he parked in motorway 'fast lane'

Welshpool | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Bin lorry crew dumps burning load in lay-by near Oswestry

Bin lorry crew dumps burning load in lay-by near Oswestry

St Martins | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Rail operators in open letter apology for delayed and cancelled trains

Rail operators in open letter apology for delayed and cancelled trains

Transport | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Crews tackle fire at Whitchurch commercial property

Crews tackle fire at Whitchurch commercial property

Whitchurch | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Warning for residents after two Telford streets suffer three burglaries

Warning for residents after two Telford streets suffer three burglaries

Madeley | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Could Shropshire MP Owen Paterson hold the key to Brexit deal?

Could Shropshire MP Owen Paterson hold the key to Brexit deal?

North Shropshire | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Jailed: Driver with no licence led police on 50mph chase through Shrewsbury

Jailed: Driver with no licence led police on 50mph chase through Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Comic Jim urges Gus to end his Newport protest on veterans' issues

Comic Jim urges Gus to end his Newport protest on veterans' issues

Newport | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Shadow soldiers that helped raise funds for war memorials snapped in Ludlow

Shadow soldiers that helped raise funds for war memorials snapped in Ludlow

Ludlow | Last updated: 4 hours ago

Former Montgomeryshire MP Lembit keen for Estonian parliament bid

Former Montgomeryshire MP Lembit keen for Estonian parliament bid

Mid Wales | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Featured

Officially at risk: More of Shropshire's historic buildings added to register

Our region is home to more than its fair share of historic and fine buildings, but many are considered ‘at risk’. Thom Kennedy reports.

News | Last updated: Nov 8, 2018

Shrewsbury MP Daniel Kawczynski warns Welsh farmers could be better off after Brexit

Shrewsbury MP Daniel Kawczynski warns Welsh farmers could be better off after Brexit

Shrewsbury | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Newtown among 15 rail stations to benefit from millions in improvement money

Newtown among 15 rail stations to benefit from millions in improvement money

Newtown | Last updated: 10 hours ago

Shropshire Union Canal work to restore damaged waterway well on track

Shropshire Union Canal work to restore damaged waterway well on track

Transport | Last updated: 10 hours ago

Plan for 60 Shropshire village homes rejected over road safety concerns

Plan for 60 Shropshire village homes rejected over road safety concerns

Property | Last updated: 7 hours ago

Powys County Council given three years to save £41m

Powys County Council given three years to save £41m

Mid Wales | Last updated: 10 hours ago

Bridgnorth school set to close its sixth form

Bridgnorth school set to close its sixth form

Bridgnorth | Last updated: 7 hours ago

Wem wounding charge denied by three men

Wem wounding charge denied by three men

Wem | Last updated: 7 hours ago

Fire team at deadly Mid Wales blaze honoured

Fire team at deadly Mid Wales blaze honoured

Mid Wales | Last updated: 10 hours ago

Top stories

Another bid to legalise 3,000sq ft warehouse near Oswestry

Another bid to legalise 3,000sq ft warehouse near Oswestry

Mid Wales | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Memorial project for Ellesmere founder of Save the Children nets £21,000 grant

Memorial project for Ellesmere founder of Save the Children nets £21,000 grant

Ellesmere | Last updated: 10 hours ago

Golf club members come together to support Wellington's YMCA

Golf club members come together to support Wellington's YMCA

Wellington | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Police advisory panel is ‘too white’ - claim

Police advisory panel is ‘too white’ - claim

Mid Wales | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Shropshire Star comment: To splurge is to help our own

Shropshire Star comment: To splurge is to help our own

Opinions | Last updated: 6 hours ago

How to beat retailers on Black Friday treats

How to beat retailers on Black Friday treats

Business | Last updated: 4 hours ago

Telford school performs for London crowd at Royal Albert Hall

Telford school performs for London crowd at Royal Albert Hall

Homepage | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Closing library ‘is not a done deal’

Closing library ‘is not a done deal’

Welshpool | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Campaigners defend shooting ban

Campaigners defend shooting ban

Homepage | Last updated: 5 hours ago

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Featured

Blueprint for the future of Shrewsbury is revealed

After more than a year in the making, the final draft of the Big Shrewsbury Town Plan has been revealed.

Shrewsbury | Last updated: Nov 1, 2018

Crime

Jailed: Driver, 71, caused death of pub landlady and friend when he parked in motorway 'fast lane'

Jailed: Driver, 71, caused death of pub landlady and friend when he parked in motorway 'fast lane'

Welshpool | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Warning for residents after two Telford streets suffer three burglaries

Madeley | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Business

Revenue rockets at Breedon

Revenue rockets at Breedon

Business | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Record sales year for Marston's with World Cup boost

Business | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Another bid to legalise 3,000sq ft warehouse near Oswestry

Mid Wales | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Education

Bridgnorth school set to close its sixth form

Bridgnorth school set to close its sixth form

Bridgnorth | Last updated: 7 hours ago

Telford school performs for London crowd at Royal Albert Hall

Homepage | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Newport school choir prepares for New York tour

Newport | Last updated: 10 hours ago

Motors

Car cloning in London up 50 per cent in just one year

Car cloning in London up 50 per cent in just one year

Motors | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Mini John Cooper Works GP set for 2020 production

Motors | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Car thefts hit six-year high in 2017

Motors | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Property

Plan for 60 Shropshire village homes rejected over road safety concerns

Plan for 60 Shropshire village homes rejected over road safety concerns

Property | Last updated: 7 hours ago

New retirement village proposed for Wellington to house hundreds of pensioners

Wellington | Last updated: Nov 20, 2018

Controversial 29-home Shrewsbury plan is increased to 40

Shrewsbury | Last updated: Nov 19, 2018

Health

Shropshire marathon runner to teach lifesaving techniques for charity

Shropshire marathon runner to teach lifesaving techniques for charity

Health | Last updated: 10 hours ago

Old phone boxes transformed into life-saving equipment in the Shropshire Hills

South Shropshire | Last updated: 6 hours ago

MP Owen Paterson thanks hospital team with tour of Downing Street

Oswestry | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Latest videos

Watch and vote: Which is your favourite Christmas TV advert?

Watch and vote: Which is your favourite Christmas TV advert?

Entertainment | Last updated: 4 hours ago

Jackal armoured vehicle arrives in Shropshire

Jackal armoured vehicle arrives in Shropshire

Dawley | Last updated: Nov 20, 2018

Film made by Telford pupils takes festival circuit by storm - watch it here

Film made by Telford pupils takes festival circuit by storm - watch it here

Telford | Last updated: Nov 20, 2018

Croeso i your Welsh-lingo playgroup . . . in Oswestry, England - with video

Croeso i your Welsh-lingo playgroup . . . in Oswestry, England - with video

Oswestry | Last updated: Nov 17, 2018

Latest News

Jailed: Driver, 71, caused death of pub landlady and friend when he parked in motorway 'fast lane'

Jailed: Driver, 71, caused death of pub landlady and friend when he parked in motorway 'fast lane'

Welshpool | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Tory MPs use PMQs to demand Theresa May renegotiates her Brexit deal

Tory MPs use PMQs to demand Theresa May renegotiates her Brexit deal

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Revenue rockets at Breedon

Revenue rockets at Breedon

Business | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Bin lorry crew dumps burning load in lay-by near Oswestry

Bin lorry crew dumps burning load in lay-by near Oswestry

St Martins | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Rail operators in open letter apology for delayed and cancelled trains

Rail operators in open letter apology for delayed and cancelled trains

Transport | Last updated: 5 hours ago

Crews tackle fire at Whitchurch commercial property

Crews tackle fire at Whitchurch commercial property

Whitchurch | Last updated: 5 hours ago

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Featured

'The victim lives in constant fear' - Calls for action over control abuse

A domestic violence campaigner wants more support for victims of “coercive control” after it emerged that only 16 per cent of people arrested for the offence are charged.

Crime | Last updated: Nov 30, 2017

Opinions

Shropshire Star comment: To splurge is to help our own

Shropshire Star comment: To splurge is to help our own

Opinions | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Peter Rhodes on stress in the workplace, poverty Down Under and that offensive Father Ted

Peter Rhodes on stress in the workplace, poverty Down Under and that offensive Father Ted

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: 10 hours ago

Peter Rhodes on a better deal from Brussels, the problem with trees and how good intentions can turn bad

Peter Rhodes on a better deal from Brussels, the problem with trees and how good intentions can turn bad

Peter Rhodes | Last updated: Nov 20, 2018

Shropshire Star comment: Let’s grab offers of such help

Shropshire Star comment: Let’s grab offers of such help

Opinions | Last updated: Nov 19, 2018

Readers' letters

Remember we should all be allowed to express our opinions

Remember we should all be allowed to express our opinions

Readers' letters | Last updated: 6 hours ago

Letter: No justification for the continued culling of badgers or other wildlife

Letter: No justification for the continued culling of badgers or other wildlife

Readers' letters | Last updated: Nov 20, 2018

High hopes as we enter the final negotiations over our withdrawal

High hopes as we enter the final negotiations over our withdrawal

Readers' letters | Last updated: Nov 19, 2018

Where has all the money pot gone?

Where has all the money pot gone?

Readers' letters | Last updated: Nov 16, 2018

Such despondency over future

Such despondency over future

Readers' letters | Last updated: Nov 14, 2018

Private firms exploit NHS

Private firms exploit NHS

Readers' letters | Last updated: Nov 13, 2018

UK News

Tributes paid to coal site protester killed fighting Islamic State

Tributes paid to coal site protester killed fighting Islamic State

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

‘Reason prevails’ as Russian fails to become Interpol president

‘Reason prevails’ as Russian fails to become Interpol president

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Police find no evidence of criminality in Lockerbie bombing investigation

Police find no evidence of criminality in Lockerbie bombing investigation

UK News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

Monument unveiled to 14-year-old Croke Park Bloody Sunday victim

Monument unveiled to 14-year-old Croke Park Bloody Sunday victim

UK News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Two jailed for smuggling migrants to UK in ‘extremely unsuitable’ boat

Two jailed for smuggling migrants to UK in ‘extremely unsuitable’ boat

UK News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

MP calls for major review of jury system for rape cases

MP calls for major review of jury system for rape cases

UK News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Judge rejects calls for public inquiry into undercover policing in Scotland

Judge rejects calls for public inquiry into undercover policing in Scotland

UK News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

Conmen have tried to claim more than £630,000 meant for Grenfell survivors

Conmen have tried to claim more than £630,000 meant for Grenfell survivors

UK News | Last updated: 1 hour ago

World News

Trump thanks Saudis after defying calls to punish prince

Trump thanks Saudis after defying calls to punish prince

World News | Last updated: Less than an hour ago

EU warns Italy over possible legal action amid budget eurozone rules breach

EU warns Italy over possible legal action amid budget eurozone rules breach

World News | Last updated: 2 hours ago

Interpol elects South Korean as president in blow to Russia

Interpol elects South Korean as president in blow to Russia

World News | Last updated: 3 hours ago

Trump defies calls to punish Saudi crown prince for Khashoggi death

Trump defies calls to punish Saudi crown prince for Khashoggi death

World News | Last updated: 4 hours ago

Taliban deny involvement in Kabul bombing

Taliban deny involvement in Kabul bombing

World News | Last updated: 4 hours ago

Trump provides written responses to Mueller questions

Trump provides written responses to Mueller questions

World News | Last updated: 5 hours ago

‘Bali Nine’ drug smuggler released from Indonesian jail after nearly 14 years

‘Bali Nine’ drug smuggler released from Indonesian jail after nearly 14 years

World News | Last updated: 5 hours ago

No ill will behind ‘public hanging’ remark, claims under-fire senator

No ill will behind ‘public hanging’ remark, claims under-fire senator

World News | Last updated: 6 hours ago

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