Shropshire Star
The Shropshire Star is an evening newspaper published in several editions and sold across the county of Shropshire and neighbouring parts of Mid-Wales. It covers both the major towns of Shrewsbury and Telford, smaller towns around the county and their surrounding villages, as well as most of northern Powys and southern Denbighshire across the Welsh border.
It’s published by Shropshire Newspapers, a division of Wolverhampton-based Midland News Association. It boasts a history of technological innovation, starting from its launch in 1964 when it became the first evening newspaper in Europe to be printed by web-offset. (It took over from the Shropshire edition of the Express & Star.)
It comes out in no fewer than seven editions every day from Monday to Friday:
- Midday – the early edition
- Oswestry – for North West Shropshire and the Llangollen area)
- Mid Wales – for Welshpool (Y Trallwng) and Newtown
- North – for Whitchurch and Market Drayton
- South – for Ludlow, Church Stretton, Bishop’s Castle, Clun, Tenbury Wells and Much Wenlock
- Shrewsbury – also for the surrounding villages
- Last – the final edition for Telford, Newport, Shifnal and Albrighton
An edition for Bridgnorth, covering south-eastern Shropshire, has been dropped. On the other hand, the Saturday edition is a bumper Weekend edition.
It’s also available online as an e-edition by paid subscription.
Midland News Association introduced a part-paywall on the Shropshire Star‘s website on 4 April 2011, under which photo galleries, match analysis and real-time traffic and travel information would be available only on the premium website and via an iPhone/iPad app. Edited highlights of breaking news stories remained free. The move also affected the Star‘s sister paper, the Express & Star.
- Website:
- http://www.shropshirestar.com/
- Mobile:
- http://m.shropshirestar.com/
- Address:
- Shropshire Star
Ketley
TELFORD
TF1 5HU
- Tel:
- 01952 242424
- Fax:
- 01952 254605
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