The firm has suffered a slowdown in sales and complained about uncertainty over Brexit.

Capt Lou Rudd has returned home after being the first Briton to trek unaided across Antarctica.

James Bond
Sports Producer, BBC Shropshire

Goalkeeper Joel Coleman has ended his loan spell at Shrewsbury Town early, after being recalled by his parent club Huddersfield Town.

He started the season as the team's first choice goalie under John Askey and made 20 appearances for the club, but more recently he has been second choice behind Steve Arnold.

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Shrewsbury are now expected to bring in another goalkeeper to replace him in the squad.

The club has also said striker Lenell John-Lewis has seen a consultant today and it appears he has suffered a serious ACL injury which could keep him out of action for 12 months.

Six teenage boys including a 13-year-old have been arrested in Uttoxeter over a robbery in the town last week.

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Staffordshire Police said all six were taken into custody after officers raided addresses on five streets.

The robbery took place on Church Street on 4 January.

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The chair of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust says he wants further investigation into the higher-than-expected number of patient deaths.

Sir David Nicholson said he was troubled patterns hadn't yet been identified following reviews of 44 deaths - although an issue with respiratory infections had been identified.

The trust, which runs the hospitals in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester, plus the community hospital in Evesham, has recorded higher-than-expected numbers five months in a row.

The fire started in the man's bedroom when a cigarette set fire to bedding, investigators say.

Another seven people have been charged with various offences after the drugs raids in Barrow, Coventry and London this week.

Operation Horizon was started after a number of deaths in the town were linked to heroin and cocaine.

Charges have now been brought against 17 of the 27 arrested so far.

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BBC News Online

The sister of a woman who died in a road crash in Leicestershire on Monday, has said she "didn't have a bad bone in her body".

Leah Ryan, 19, from Tamworth, died when the Fiat 500 she was driving was involved in a crash with a Citroen van on Station Road, Stoney Stanford, at about 12:00.

Ashlea Ryan, 24, said her sister was an "incredibly talented, aspiring makeup artist".

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She said: "It absolutely shatters me to my core, thinking that this is all over.

"I feel heartbroken for her boyfriend Jareth. They were an amazing couple and had a bright future together. He idolised her and she was his queen."

A Gofundme page has been set up to pay for Leah's funeral and has so far raised almost £8,000.

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Shrewsbury town centre saw an increased number of shoppers in December, bucking the national trend, according to figures.

The area's Business Improvement District group, which represents shops in the town, said the number was up by 8.8% on December 2017, but added it might be partly down to heavy snow that month.

Nationally, retail sales were flat in December, as UK businesses experienced their worst Christmas in a decade, according to the British Retail Consortium.

Cerys Edwards died three years ago after a crash in 2006 which left her needing round-the-clock care.

A fatal house fire in Stoke-on-Trent was probably started by a discarded cigarette setting fire to bedding, fire investigators have concluded.

One man died and three needed hospital treatment when the blaze broke out in a flat in the property on London Road at 23:45 yesterday.

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service also said the fire was "confined to one room with some minor smoke and heat damage elsewhere".

Plans for 900 new homes in Worcestershire have been approved.

The development is set to be built at Lower Broadheath, on land to the west of Worcester and north of the A44 Bromyard Road.

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A further development of 1,400 homes and student flats has already been approved nearby in Dines Green and St Johns.

The fatal house fire in Stoke-on-Trent last night isn't thought to have been started deliberately, Staffordshire Police says.

It's been investigating the blaze at the property on London Road alongside the fire service.

In addition to the death of a man, ten people needed medical assessment, with three taken to hospital for further treatment.

The dead man has yet to be formally identified.

Police say the building is a three-storey house that's been converted into flats.

This evening brings a new host to BBC political debate show Question Time, with Fiona Bruce taking over from David Dimbleby.

But through all the change, one thing stays the same - the programme's music, written by Birmingham composer Stanley Myers.

But how does his back catalogue link Bruce to Robert de Niro?

Find out here.

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Nathan Jones speaks of his emotional decision to leave League One club Luton Town and become Stoke City's new manager.

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• Police shut M6 after finding migrants in lorry, external

Models were hired to promote crop sprayers at the UK's biggest agricultural machinery show.

A man has appeared in court over the death of a girl nine years after the car crash that left her paralysed.

Cerys Edwards also suffered brain damage when Antonio Singh Boparan crashed with her parents' car in Sutton Coldfield in 2006. She was 11 months old.

Her death in 2015 was caused by her injuries, post-mortem tests found.

Mr Boparan, 31, appeared at Birmingham Magistrates Court charged with causing death by dangerous driving and was granted unconditional bail ahead of a Birmingham Crown Court appearance set for February 7.

West Midlands mayor Andy Street says the Jaguar Land Rover job cuts announced earlier act as a reminder of the "vital importance to the West Midlands of securing a Brexit deal which allows frictionless trade between the UK and the EU".

But he said he was confident the company would be a "critical part" in the region's future success, and welcomed the announced investment in the Battery Assembly Centre at Hams Hall, North Warwickshire, and Electric Drive Unit at Wolverhampton.