A Shropshire couple ensure they never miss out on their favourite local newspaper – despite spending part of the year in Canada – by subscribing to the Shropshire Star's iPad app.
The Birmingham office of Colliers International has been appointed by Ocado to secure pop-up promotional space in shopping centres across the UK.
A 25-year-old airman from Telford was one of two British servicemen who were shot dead by members of the Afghan police force in Helmand, the Ministry of Defence said today.
A rogue trader who duped a pensioner into having almost £4,000 worth of work done to his garage has been fined and ordered to pay compensation.
A family from Telford have been reunited with their cat – thanks to the Shropshire Star iPhone app. Subscribing to the app costs £1.49 a week or £3.99 a month. To find out more, visit www.shropshirestar.com/app
An Express & Star reader is enjoying getting all his news via our new app. Warehouse worker Jamie Skelding, 31, had been missing his favourite paper but he now gets all the latest news via the app, which is available for iPad and iPhone users.
Two great-grandparents from Newport have proved they are bang up to date with technology by subscribing to the Shropshire Star's new iPad app. To download your app with a week of free access, see www.shropshirestar.com/app
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A rogue builder who pocketed more than £500,000 while inflicting misery on Midland home owners over seven years has been jailed for 21 months.
A rogue trader who stopped a Shropshire pensioner in the street and pressured her into handing over hundreds of pounds for work that he had never even carried out is being hunted by the police, it emerged today.
Rogue traders preying on vulnerable and elderly people in Shropshire have been warned they will be caught after a county builder was jailed for ripping off pensioners.
Take a look at what Police and Shropshire Council's trading standards department discovered when they took to the streets in north Shropshire.
Residents in Telford are being warned to be on their guard against rogue street sellers after some customers claim they were sold broken televisions and another fake 18 carat gold jewellery, police today said. People in Telford are being warned to be on their guard against rogue street sellers after some customers claim they were sold broken televisions and another fake 18 carat gold jewellery, police today said. Homeowners are being warned by officers after several people were sold flat screen televisions only to bring them home and discover they did not work. The street sellers have told police they were only selling the items for spare parts. Denise Wakefield, spokeswoman for Telford police, said officers had received a number of complaints from members of the public claiming to have been "ripped off" by some street sellers. She said a member of the public complained after he bought an 18 carat gold chain but later realised it was in fact just gold plated.
A cowboy builder from Cannock ruined two family homes, including one belonging to a cancer patient.
Nearly half of pensioners in Shropshire claim to have been targeted by rogue traders on their doorsteps, a survey claimed today. Nearly half of pensioners in Shropshire claim to have been targeted by rogue traders on their doorsteps, a survey claimed today. Four in ten of those surveyed in the county said they had been confronted by tradesmen preying for work. Carried out on behalf of Gas Safe Register, the official body for gas safety, the survey also claimed only two per cent of over 65s in Shropshire thought carrying an ID card was important for a tradesman. Nearly a third — 31 per cent — said they would be happy to hand over cash for a job up front, while 42 per cent said they would not make a fuss over sub-standard work.
