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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: '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: '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: 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: '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

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Supporting image for story: 'Why aren’t supermarket profits part of the food price debate?' - Your Letters plus a Buccaneer bomber’s journey to its new home in an iconic picture from 1993

'Why aren’t supermarket profits part of the food price debate?' - Your Letters plus a Buccaneer bomber’s journey to its new home in an iconic picture from 1993

Supporting image for story: 'Highways departments should be experts in traffic management yet they consistently get things wrong' - Your Letters plus the aqueduct destined for Ironbridge… almost, in a 1969 picture from the archive

'Highways departments should be experts in traffic management yet they consistently get things wrong' - Your Letters plus the aqueduct destined for Ironbridge… almost, in a 1969 picture from the archive

Supporting image for story: 'Have our values become politically incorrect?” - Your Letters plus a hydro-glider hits the Severn… and the Iron Bridge, in a 1923 picture

'Have our values become politically incorrect?” - Your Letters plus a hydro-glider hits the Severn… and the Iron Bridge, in a 1923 picture

Supporting image for story: 'A response to claims Christmas isn’t a Christian holiday' - Your Letters plus before the flood barriers, a peaceful view of the Severn in 1965

'A response to claims Christmas isn’t a Christian holiday' - Your Letters plus before the flood barriers, a peaceful view of the Severn in 1965

Supporting image for story: 'Community care – where has it gone?' - Your Letters plus a bridge across the Severn spells the end for Arley’s ferry, in a 1959 picture from the archives

'Community care – where has it gone?' - Your Letters plus a bridge across the Severn spells the end for Arley’s ferry, in a 1959 picture from the archives

Supporting image for story: 'We have had to suffer the myth of Beeb's impartiality for decades' - Your Letters plus a glimpse of flood-hit Bridgnorth in a 1968 picture from the archives

'We have had to suffer the myth of Beeb's impartiality for decades' - Your Letters plus a glimpse of flood-hit Bridgnorth in a 1968 picture from the archives

Supporting image for story: 'Why reaching the £100m MS research target matters more than ever” - Your Letters and royal reflections on the Severn in a 1979 picture from the archive

'Why reaching the £100m MS research target matters more than ever” - Your Letters and royal reflections on the Severn in a 1979 picture from the archive

Supporting image for story: 'Stuck on red: Shopper condemns traffic woes in Shrewsbury town centre' - Your Letters and before it became a country park… do you remember these holiday chalets? In our picture from the archive

'Stuck on red: Shopper condemns traffic woes in Shrewsbury town centre' - Your Letters and before it became a country park… do you remember these holiday chalets? In our picture from the archive

Supporting image for story: 'Call for West Midlands velodrome to support growing community activities' - Your Letters and a picture of the Royal Oak crossroads captured in 1972

'Call for West Midlands velodrome to support growing community activities' - Your Letters and a picture of the Royal Oak crossroads captured in 1972

Supporting image for story: 'We cannot and should not have to suffer this level of incompetence' - Your Letters plus 1957 Church Stretton Carnival remembered through rare photo

'We cannot and should not have to suffer this level of incompetence' - Your Letters plus 1957 Church Stretton Carnival remembered through rare photo

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