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A brown, white and ginger cat sat in front of a fake Christmas fire scene alongside a pink cat basket filled with toys and treats and a white cat basket fillled with toys

Meowy Christmas - a cat's Christmas without owners

Meet the people in Shropshire bringing fun to cats spending Christmas away from home.

A white sign with Idsall School and Sixth form and an image of a tree on it and a green playing field behind it

School rapidly improving after criticisms - Ofsted

Ofsted say significant progress is being made with pupil behaviour and in the school's leadership.

A woman with short brown hair and black framed glasses in a blue jacket and blouse standing in front of a fence with a leaf-covered field behind it

'One hell of a journey to turn school around'

Idsall School has been making changes since being rated inadequate by Ofsted in September 2022.

An aerial view of a derelict white building with severe roof damage, boarded windows and security fencing at the entrance.

Derelict listed building hotel development refused

It included converting a Grade II listed house and building a 46-bedroom hotel block.

Two big church bells with their clappers underneath with a grey sky behind them

Church chimes complaint 'not due to bell-ringing'

Bell-ringers in Shifnal take Facebook to tell people the late night chimes are due to a clock.

The entrance gateway to Idsall school with a metal gate in the middle of a drive and two green signs on either side

Progress at 'inadequate' school but still work to do

Idsall School has been in special measures since Ofsted graded it inadequate in 2022.

A mug shot of Oliver Barber. He has brown hair and a large facial injury to his left cheek

Man jailed for drink-drive crash which killed friend

William Hubbard, 19, was a backseat passenger in the BMW, and died at the scene.

Dozens of people on motorbikes line up on a road. They are dressed in black and wearing black helmets.

Thousands to support charity motorbike convoy

The event was cancelled in April, due to wet weather and unsafe road conditions.

A lit-up model of a caribou in the foreground among the crowd at Camp Bestival

Camp Bestival day three in pictures

Thousands flock to Camp Bestival on Saturday as more big names take to the stage.