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Education bosses in Powys have come under fire after deciding to close the county’s schools – despite no snow falling.

The Bank of England today cut interest rates from 1.5pc to 1pc – a new record low.

God knows it’s not easy to feel sympathy for anyone with the surname Thatcher, writes blogger Andrew Owen, but this BBC business is getting a bit out of hand.

The US senate has voted to water down the "Buy American" clause in the $900 billion (£620 billion) stimulus bill.

Heavy snowfall paralysed parts of Shropshire today as the county’s worst snow for years wreaked havoc on the roads.

Shropshire woke up to a blanket of snow this morning. Watch our video round-up here.

A woman has died after her car left the road near Oswestry collided with a hedge and overturned. Her car was discovered by police at about 9.15pm yesterday.

A Telford shop owner whose death sparked a police investigation took his own life, a jury has ruled.

House prices in January rose by 1.9 per cent according to the Halifax house price index released today.

Television life coach Pete Cohen is spearheading a move to get a Shropshire market town fit.

Shrewsbury Town could welcome Paul Murray and Shane Cansdell-Sherriff back into their squad for Saturday’s trip to Bournemouth.

Workers at the Lindsey oil refinery have gone back to work after claiming 'victory' in their dispute over foreign workers.

Deutsche Bank has announced an annual loss for the first time in its post-second world war reform history.

Heavy overnight snow has led to school closures across Shropshire.

Royal Bank of Scotland has committed a £3 billion fund for lending to small businesses.

Warren Buffett is to invest three billion Swiss francs (£1.79 billion) in Swiss Re, which has today announced massive writedowns for the last financial year.

Police today renewed an appeal for information about an attempted armed robbery at a Shrewsbury bookmakers.

Police in Telford have issued a warning to residents to remain on their guard against a 40-year-old man who has been given a three-year criminal anti-social behaviour order.

The FTSE 100 slipped one per cent in early trading ahead of the Bank of England's interest rate announcement expected at noon.

LETTER: On Sunday, January 11, we made our weekly trip to Morrisons supermarket, Shrewsbury, as usual.

Refuse collection in Telford will be postponed over the next few days due to the heavy snowfall today.

The Bank of England is set to announce its interest rate decision for February at midday today with a rate cut widely expected.

British consumers are looking at the plus side of the negative housing market and a large number claim they are planning on taking advantages of the falling prices.

Toby Neal takes a walk down memory lane to look at some of Ironbridge’s pubs from years ago.

Miners continued to lift the FTSE 100, which rose 1.54 per cent to close at 4,228.60.

People across Shropshire and Mid Wales were warned of more bad weather to come – including a 24-hour snow shower – as the region woke to sunshine today.

Thousands of school children in Powys have been given tomorrow off because of the threat of heavy snow.

A helicopter from the Shropshire airbase where Prince William is training crashed as it came in to land.

A Shropshire man who taught at several county schools and “touched the lives of everyone he met” has died just days after his 40th birthday.

Armed robbers in balaclavas and sunglasses threatened staff with baseball bats and held a knife to their throats in a terrifying raid on a Telford shop.