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'When tea leaves and crystal balls decide the nation’s finances' - Your Letters plus a Battle of Britain legend pictured at Weston Park in 1987

Crystal balls, politicians and parrots, and a proposed flag tax - it's time for your views...

Supporting image for story: 'When tea leaves and crystal balls decide the nation’s finances' - Your Letters plus a Battle of Britain legend pictured at Weston Park in 1987

Supporting image for story: 'Will the Bus Bill deliver real change for Shropshire?' - Your Letters and a snow day throwback picture of Bridgnorth kids in 1964

'Will the Bus Bill deliver real change for Shropshire?' - Your Letters and a snow day throwback picture of Bridgnorth kids in 1964

Supporting image for story: Court Reporter Comment: The problem is not trial by jury, the backlog can only by solved by paying for justice which cannot be done on the cheap

Court Reporter Comment: The problem is not trial by jury, the backlog can only by solved by paying for justice which cannot be done on the cheap

Supporting image for story: 'David Lammy is right - modern crime is too complex for juries' - Former West Midlands magistrate explains why court reform is desperately needed

'David Lammy is right - modern crime is too complex for juries' - Former West Midlands magistrate explains why court reform is desperately needed

Supporting image for story: 'Why you should donate to animal rescue shelters this Christmas' - Your Letters and Shrewsbury Town players treated after a cup tie scuffle in a 1930s picture from the archive

'Why you should donate to animal rescue shelters this Christmas' - Your Letters and Shrewsbury Town players treated after a cup tie scuffle in a 1930s picture from the archive

Supporting image for story: Dan Morris: There's a spruce loose aboot this hoose

Dan Morris: There's a spruce loose aboot this hoose

Supporting image for story: Crosstalk: 'What will He say to you?'

Crosstalk: 'What will He say to you?'

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Supporting image for story: 'I'm mourning our lost communities' - Your letters plus three nostalgic pictures from the past in Shropshire and the West Midlands

'I'm mourning our lost communities' - Your letters plus three nostalgic pictures from the past in Shropshire and the West Midlands

Supporting image for story: Shropshire MPs' column - the latest from the county's representatives in Westminster

Shropshire MPs' column - the latest from the county's representatives in Westminster

Supporting image for story: Mark Andrews: MPs contend with an outdated gym, Alf Garnett's mansion tax, and Rachel's troublesome Uncle Terry

Mark Andrews: MPs contend with an outdated gym, Alf Garnett's mansion tax, and Rachel's troublesome Uncle Terry

Supporting image for story: A particularly miserable Budget, lockdown inquiry hindsight and David Cameron's cancer revelation: Toby Neal on politics

A particularly miserable Budget, lockdown inquiry hindsight and David Cameron's cancer revelation: Toby Neal on politics

Supporting image for story: Memories of the old Severn Valley Railway and motorists are fed up! Your letters - plus an old postcard of the number 17 to Wolverhampton stopping at Bridgnorth

Memories of the old Severn Valley Railway and motorists are fed up! Your letters - plus an old postcard of the number 17 to Wolverhampton stopping at Bridgnorth

Supporting image for story: 'The Chancellor's performance is inadequate' - Your Letters plus a 49-ton giant crawls through Wellington in a 1969 picture from the archives

'The Chancellor's performance is inadequate' - Your Letters plus a 49-ton giant crawls through Wellington in a 1969 picture from the archives

Supporting image for story: Star Comment: Time for Government to stop spinning, and get on with sorting out the mess

Star Comment: Time for Government to stop spinning, and get on with sorting out the mess

Supporting image for story: Money Matters: Energy price cap to rise in the new year

Money Matters: Energy price cap to rise in the new year

Supporting image for story: 'We must not pay twice for the same service' - Your Letters and from Welshpool to the Midlands: the milk run of the ’50s in a picture from the archive

'We must not pay twice for the same service' - Your Letters and from Welshpool to the Midlands: the milk run of the ’50s in a picture from the archive

Supporting image for story: Talking Point with Vicky Turrell: 'A stranger’s kindness'

Talking Point with Vicky Turrell: 'A stranger’s kindness'

UK News

Supporting image for story: Kate to stage annual Christmas carol service celebrating love in all forms

Kate to stage annual Christmas carol service celebrating love in all forms

Supporting image for story: Young ‘cautious’ over potential reintroduction of wolves and lynx in the wild

Young ‘cautious’ over potential reintroduction of wolves and lynx in the wild

Supporting image for story: Friendly Yorkshire market town crowned Britain’s happiest place to live

Friendly Yorkshire market town crowned Britain’s happiest place to live

Supporting image for story: Cheese-rolling, ceilidhs and crafts: Call launched for UK ‘living heritage’ list

Cheese-rolling, ceilidhs and crafts: Call launched for UK ‘living heritage’ list

Supporting image for story: UK Government unwilling to support Scottish industry, John Swinney claims

UK Government unwilling to support Scottish industry, John Swinney claims

Supporting image for story: Red squirrel range increases 25% in Highlands following reintroduction project

Red squirrel range increases 25% in Highlands following reintroduction project

Viral News

Supporting image for story: 'Abso-f******-lutely' - Hilarious moment Kelly Osbourne swears live on BBC WM as she declares her support for renaming Birmingham Airport after father Ozzy

'Abso-f******-lutely' - Hilarious moment Kelly Osbourne swears live on BBC WM as she declares her support for renaming Birmingham Airport after father Ozzy

Supporting image for story: Letters to Santa represent ‘magic of Christmas’, Royal Mail elves say

Letters to Santa represent ‘magic of Christmas’, Royal Mail elves say

Supporting image for story: Alex Ferguson backs campaign to fund 150 scholarships for disadvantaged students

Alex Ferguson backs campaign to fund 150 scholarships for disadvantaged students

Supporting image for story: Coca-Cola Christmas Truck Tour 2025: 15 stops planned for milestone anniversary trip across the UK - but will it stop near you?

Coca-Cola Christmas Truck Tour 2025: 15 stops planned for milestone anniversary trip across the UK - but will it stop near you?

Supporting image for story: Fears of another mass internet outage emerge as problems with X, ChatGPT, Bet365, Canva reported

Fears of another mass internet outage emerge as problems with X, ChatGPT, Bet365, Canva reported

Supporting image for story: New tourism project digitises the sounds of Northern Ireland

New tourism project digitises the sounds of Northern Ireland

World News

Supporting image for story: Man charged after arrest connected to January 6 Capitol pipe bombs

Man charged after arrest connected to January 6 Capitol pipe bombs

Supporting image for story: Vatican commission opposes ordination of women as deacons

Vatican commission opposes ordination of women as deacons

Supporting image for story: Man arrested in connection with pipe bombs placed before US Capitol riot

Man arrested in connection with pipe bombs placed before US Capitol riot

Supporting image for story: Former EU foreign policy head quits roles amid fraud investigation

Former EU foreign policy head quits roles amid fraud investigation

Supporting image for story: Decades-old palm trees in Rio de Janeiro flower for the first – and only – time

Decades-old palm trees in Rio de Janeiro flower for the first – and only – time

Supporting image for story: Baby seal waddles into bar in New Zealand

Baby seal waddles into bar in New Zealand