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Shropshire fire chief warns of cuts damage

Chief fire officer Paul Raymond at the budget cuts press conference at Shropshire Fire and Rescue headquarters in Shrewsbury

Shropshire's fire chief this afternoon warned that services will be damaged by further cuts in the wake of a report calling for extra national savings of £200m per year.

Boiled socks pensioner loses court appeal

A pensioner who was washing his socks on a stove when they boiled over, setting off a fire alarm, has failed in his bid to overturn his conviction for obstructing a fire officer.

Car overturns on the M54

A woman escaped serious injury when her car overturned on the M54 near Wellington this afternoon.