Newport’s Burton Borough School has held its fourth annual takeover day on Tuesday, with staff standing aside to allow more than 70 students to take their place. The students took on a range of key ...

‘Still Life with Fruit, Bird’s Nest and Insects’ by eminent Dutch flower painter Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750) normally hangs in the library at the National Trust’s Dudmaston Hall, near Bridgnorth. The ...

Daisy Chain in High Street, Newport, launched its closing-down sale today (Tuesday, February 25). It has specialised in all things ladies' fashion, footwear and accessories for the last 18 years. But ...

Paramedics, firefighters and the police rushed to the A41 at Hinstock, near Market Drayton on Sunday morning (March 2). A Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: “At 11.22am on Sunday, ...

Councillors Rachael Tyrrell (Cons) and Paul Thomas (Ind) represent Priorslee and both have repeatedly called for Telford & Wrekin Council to be ‘more robust’ in dealing with persistent bad smells from ...

PCSO in Broseley and Much Wenlock, Malcolm Goddard said West Mercia Police is investigating arson/criminal damage to a pick-up truck and 'scrambler style' motorcycle. Shortly before 10pm on Tuesday ...

The sentencing comes two months after a jury convicted Westwood, 24, of a litany of sex crimes including rape and sexual assault, concerning a girl, boy and three teenage pupils of his drama classes.

With the local plan set to be approved at the full meeting of Telford & Wrekin Council later this week, the Shropshire Star has taken a closer look at the proposals for one of those huge new housing ...

The final few touches are being applied to Whitchurch's new swimming pool and fitness centre ahead of its grand opening to the public next month. Shropshire Council's deputy leader Ian Nellins dived ...

Earlier this month, developers applied for outline planning permission for a plot of land south of the B5069 in the village of St Martins, near Oswestry. The nine-acre plot of agricultural land ...

Primal Instincts opened its new hub in Telford town centre, next to the shopping centre, on Saturday (February 22). Founded in 2023, the organisation prides itself on being "all about helping men" and ...

In early February, it was revealed that Telford had been chosen from a shortlist of towns and cities across the UK to land its own Monopoly board. The public was then invited to send in suggestions ...