'Why aren’t we using driving skills to get young people into work?' - Your Letters and a festive flashback to a Coalbrookdale Christmas in 1947Plus
'Charity highlights free support services for those struggling at Christmas' - Your Letters plus a festive flashback to 1966 in a picture from the archivePlus
Legendary columnist Peter Rhodes writes his last words for the Star, after 40 years of keeping readers informed and entertained. Here are his reasons why
The clock is now ticking for one of the most significant planning proposals facing the Powys area in a generation - politician says
'Monroe Doctrine echoes in Trump’s approach to Europe, says reader' - Your Letters plus a Bridgnorth family’s festive table in a 1944 picture from the archivePlus
'Why transport investment must reach beyond the West Midlands' - Your Letters plus an archive snapshot of Father Christmas bringing cheer to Shrewsbury in 1955Plus
Reader slams energy companies for ‘bleeding customers dry' - Your Letters and when December snow brought festive scenes to Bradshaws nurseries in 2017Plus
'Handwriting decline in West Midland schools is real, measurable, and alarming' - damning assessment from education expertPlus
'Old roadman critiques highway maintenance and planning' - Your Letters and a historic snapshot from 1965 of the rare craft of stone-settingPlus
'The rising danger from unlawful E-scooter use' - Your Letters plus a 1925 Royal Enfield takes to the road again in a 1976 picture from the archivePlus
'Anger over traffic scheme at Shrewsbury railway station' - Your Letters plus a 1964 throwback picture following an epic 250-mile canoe tripPlus
'Honoured': Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire looks back on her year representing the King - and forward to the festive season
'Government failing NHS as hospitals face winter crisis' - Your Letters and Albrighton FC lift the Wellington League first division trophy in a 1963 picture from the archivePlus
'O Come, O Come… but where has Christmas gone?' - Your Letters and Shrewsbury dentist Samuel Blain remembered in a 1950s picture from the archivePlus
Looking back at the original M54 fifty years on and how it became one of Britain's most troublesome motorwaysPlus
'Hard work, not handouts, helped us build a life' - Your Letters and miners at Highley Colliery in the 1960s in a picture from the archivePlus
Mark Andrews: Why my combi boiler was a mistake, and John Major only has himself to blame about Brexit
'Are today’s youth too safe?' - Your Letters and find out who won the local 1974 Nurse of the Year area final in our picture from the archivePlus
'When tea leaves and crystal balls decide the nation’s finances' - Your Letters plus a Battle of Britain legend pictured at Weston Park in 1987Plus
'Will the Bus Bill deliver real change for Shropshire?' - Your Letters and a snow day throwback picture of Bridgnorth kids in 1964Plus
Court Reporter Comment: The problem is not trial by jury, the backlog can only by solved by paying for justice which cannot be done on the cheap
'David Lammy is right - modern crime is too complex for juries' - Former West Midlands magistrate explains why court reform is desperately neededPlus
'Why you should donate to animal rescue shelters this Christmas' - Your Letters and Shrewsbury Town players treated after a cup tie scuffle in a 1930s picture from the archivePlus
'I'm mourning our lost communities' - Your letters plus three nostalgic pictures from the past in Shropshire and the West MidlandsPlus
Mark Andrews: MPs contend with an outdated gym, Alf Garnett's mansion tax, and Rachel's troublesome Uncle Terry
A particularly miserable Budget, lockdown inquiry hindsight and David Cameron's cancer revelation: Toby Neal on politicsPlus
Memories of the old Severn Valley Railway and motorists are fed up! Your letters - plus an old postcard of the number 17 to Wolverhampton stopping at Bridgnorth
'The Chancellor's performance is inadequate' - Your Letters plus a 49-ton giant crawls through Wellington in a 1969 picture from the archivesPlus
'We must not pay twice for the same service' - Your Letters and from Welshpool to the Midlands: the milk run of the ’50s in a picture from the archivePlus
Balancing the national books must not come at expense of council services or farming industry – Powys Council Chairman