A well balanced local newspaper that covers politics, events, opinion and regular feature supplements. The publisher (Midland News Association) boasts that you only need one newspaper a day to keep you in the picture of events locally and nationally - The Shropshire Star. There are several variations for the main population centres, such as Telford, Shrewsbury, Oswestry & Mid Wales. Feature supplements cover topics such as business, fashion, farming, motoring and education are sometimes not particularly critical, possibly because they are used to attract advertising revenue. The Letters page is always varied and of local interest, with only ...  Read the complete review

The Shropshire star is my local evening paper, and covers the whole of Shropshire and mid wales,printing eight editions a day, six days a week. It's first every copy went on sale back in 1964, and since then has kept Shropshire residents up to date with all the local, national, and international news. It was the first ever evening newspaper in Europe to be printed by web-offset, right up to the present day, with the introduction of the electronic newspaper, vast investment in new technology has helped to provide readers and advertisers with products second to none. Each day averages around 223,000 readers, which is just over half the population of adults in ...  Read the complete review

The Shropshire Star is Shropshire's evening newspaper, it also covers Mid Wales. There are varying editions depending on what area of Shropshire (or Mid Wales) you live in. It is published 6 days a week - Monday to Saturday. It is easy to spot in the shops as it has a cyan (blue) masthead. The newspaper covers local (Shropshire & Mid Wales) stories as well as national news. The Shropshire Star also publishes death notices, classified ads, jobs and sports news. If you are on the look out for a new job then Thursday is the day to buy the Shropshire Star as it is job night, you will find many pages listing job adverts. Entertainment ...  Read the complete review