* My Local Newspaper! * (Shropshire Star)

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Product:	Shropshire Star
Date:	27/02/09 (144 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Covers Most Things , Cheap

Disadvantages: None!

History *

The shropshire star is a shropshire based newspaper which is published Daily.There are two versions of the shropshire star : Oswestry's and Telford.The paper first began in 1964.It's current editor is Sarah Jane Smith. The shropshire Star recieves approx. 19,000 readings per evening.
The Shropshire Star is Printed six days a week with no paper on a sunday.
*Logo*

The shropshire star's logo has a blue background. The shropshire is in a small yellow font , and below it is the word in a large white font in capitals.
*Price *

The shropshire Star costs 35p and is available in most newsagents around shropshire and Powys.
* Features *

The newspaper features both local and national news.
Every Thursday evening , the newspaper features a 'pull out' jobfinding 'booklet' which features over ten pages of job adverts around the area.
Printed each evening on the third page is the evenings television guide.Tv channels with programmes featured include : BBC1 , BBC2 , ITV1 ,CH4 , five , BBC3 , BBC4 ,sky1, E4 and UKtv GOLD.
Russell Grand shares his horoscopes.
*Adverts *

Many local companies advertise within the shropshire star. Some adverts are in colour others printed in black and white.Different adverts take up different amounts of space.Some may take up a whole page , whereas another may only take up a corner.Local events are advertised in the paper which is good , because some of these events , without the shropshire star I would not have known that they were on , therefore it's very good at informing about events around the county.
*Special Offers *

The shropshire Star ocasionally features special offers.A recent offer included " 20p off Mr Brains Pork Faggotts".
*Letters page *

There is a whole page devoted to reader's letters. There are on average twelve readers' letters printed per evening.
*Family Announcments *

Family Announcements include Birthdays , Births , Marriages , Passing Driving Test and deaths. There are many ways in which you can place an advert in the shropshire star : Telephone , Online , Text/SMS , Fax , Post or in person.
*Shropshire Star website *

The newspaper has it's own website. The website address is : www.shropshirestar.com
The website features up-to-date news , travel , lifestyle sections to name a few.The website is updated on a regular basis. Polls are featured on the website.These include subjects such as : " Which film has the greatest soundtrack of all time" and the answers include " purple rain" " A Hard day's night " , " The harder they come" , " pulp fiction" and " The Graduate ".
*Recycle *

The shropshire star is keen on recycling.It has an advert which says " Recycle this paper when you have finished" which I think it's good.

*Competitions *

Competitions are sometimes held within the newspaper.Such prizes include a 'flat screen tv'.You have to collect a certain amount of tokens (one printed in each evening's paper) in order to be able to enter the competition.
* Sport *

Sport news is featured on the back of the paper.There are many coloured photographs of recent sporting events.Such sporting events include Football , Hockey and Horseracing.One thing I like about the sports section is the fact that it includes news on national teams such as Manchester United and Liverpool as well as local teams.
* The Shropshire Star *

I think the Shropshire Star is a highly entertaining newspaper due to it's many different features.There is something for everyone within the newspaper whether it's sport or jobs your interested in.This newspaper is well written and very informative which is why It makes such a a great read!
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Summary: A Great Newspaper!