BBC Radio Shropshire Sport

Shrewsbury Town's FA Cup replay against Liverpool will be played at Anfield next Tuesday.

The two sides drew the original tie 2-2 and the winners have been drawn to face Chelsea in round five.

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The Shrewsbury chief executive Brian Caldwell said they have someone standing by to drive up to Liverpool to collect the tickets as soon as they are printed.

The officer leaned inside the vehicle to speak to the driver, who started to reverse, police say.

BBC Hereford and Worcester

A woman from Bromyard is hoping to educate others about the dangers of hard drugs, after her son died from an overdose on heroin bought online.

Joe Vowles, 26, got the drug from the so-called "dark web".

His mother, Sally, says new ways of buying drugs mean we need to readdress the way we teach young people about them

"There needs to be an awareness of this," she said.

"We don't have seedy alleyways and street corners much anymore, you can actually buy it online and have it delivered by the postman."

The virus has caused more than 100 deaths, spreading across China and to at least 16 other countries

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Shropshire- born author Jack Fairweather's book The Volunteer has won the Costa Book of the Year award for 2019.

The Volunteer profiles Polish resistance fighter Witold Pilecki who infiltrated the Nazi death camp Auschwitz to smuggle out information.

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"I stumbled across this historical figure and wanted to know more," said Mr Fairweather, a former war reporter, earlier this year.

"When he arrived at the camp in 1940, it was a brutal place for political prisoners and he witnessed the steps of the Nazis arriving at the final solution."

City of Wolverhampton Council has secured £390,000 of funding to boost their work in tackling rough sleeping in the city.

It says the money will supplement its existing services for rough sleepers and will provide additional outreach provision, accommodation, support and activities to help keep people of the streets.

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Councillor Peter Bilson, the council deputy leader, said: “We are delighted the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government has recognised the positive work we are doing in the city to tackle the issue of rough sleeping and the extra funding will help support this."

He said the funding will make a "real difference to reducing the number of rough sleepers in the city".

Andrei Stan has been charged with two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

West Midlands Trains has revealed plans to build a new electric train depot, external at the former Bescot freight yard in Wednesbury.

The development is part of the company's £1 billion investment programme and will provide more trains for passengers across its network.

It will also create more than 100 jobs.

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No decisions have been made, and West Midlands Trains is in the very early stages of preparing a planning application, which will be subject to approval from Sandwell Council.

The company is holding its first public meeting about the project on 5 February at the Savoy and Mayfair Rooms, Walsall Football Club, from 18:30 to 20:30.

A youngster from Coventry will be performing at the O2 in London this weekend - in the final of the Teenstar competition.

Rudy McFall, 10, from Coventry said he had been singing for about a year.

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The winner of the competition will get studio time and advice from leading agents and performers.

Rudy said: "I really want to win it because I have put so much time and effort into it.

"I would be really proud of myself for winning."

Earlier we told you Telford's Exotic Zoo has announced it will be closing its doors to the public at its site at Lakeside Plant Centre in Priorslee

The owner, Scott Adams, explained it was because they haven't got the car parking space or toilet facilities to cope with the number of visitors they were getting.

There has been a huge reaction to the announcement on its Facebook page, external.

Louise Mooney said: "Gutted! I tell everyone how amazing it is! I've brought so many different people with us."

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Mandy Pugh added: "Such very sad news.

"I work with people with learning disabilities and we've loved visiting the zoo, seeing the animals and having hands on experiences with them."

While Sonia Leigh said: "Absolutely gutted for all the amazing staff.

"We have had many a lovely day up there and we will really miss you."

Coventry Live

These are some of the latest headlines on Coventry Live:

• New plans for thousands of homes on former green belt in Coventry, external
• Takeaway fined £20,000 for selling a 'nut free' meal that contained nuts, external
• Coventry diet clinic found to be using unlicensed medication

Olympiakos winger Daniel Podence is due to have a medical on Wednesday before completing a £16.6m move to Wolves.

Aston Villa loan Scott Hogan to cross-city rivals Birmingham City after cutting short his stint at Stoke City.

Shawbury United football club is returning home after being given land for a new stadium.

It said the land, owned by Gerard Verdino, is being gifted on a 99-year lease and fundraising is under way to pay for a club house and five pitches.

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Shawbury United have been playing their games in Ludlow because they don't have a pitch in Shawbury, which matches the requirements of the West Midlands Premier League. The club called the gift an "amazing opportunity to secure the future of junior football within Shawbury".

The club has 240 players, playing in both junior and senior leagues.

The M6 exit slip road southbound at junction 10 in Walsall has reopened.

Earlier we reported it was closed following a police incident.

Although there are no details on what that incident was, Highways England said it is now resolved.

There is some ongoing congestion along the A454 Black Country Route from the Keyway junction following the incident.

BBC Hereford and Worcester

Dozens of children with cancer across three counties could stay connected to their classrooms thanks to lottery funding for new robots.

The Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust has been given National Lottery funding, external over five years to pay for 18 AV1 machines in Herefordshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.

They've already funded one of the robots for five-year-old Oscar Saxelby-Lee, who has been getting treatment over the past few months for leukaemia.

The machine went to his school in Worcester and he controlled it from his hospital bed using his iPad to see what was going on while he was being kept in isolation.

The charity said the money could help benefit some 40 school-age children in the three counties who are diagnosed each year with cancer.

Saqib Mahmood, Olly Stone and Craig Overton will be the first recipients of England pace bowling development contracts.

The exit slip road on the M6 southbound at junction 10 for Walsall has been closed due to a police incident.

Central Motorways Policing Group is on scene, says Highways England, but the closure is causing some congestion.

It said there will be more updates later.

Stoke-on-Trent Live

Here are some of the headlines from Stoke-on-Trent Live today:

• 'Let's give her the send off she deserves' - Fundraising funeral appeal after shock death of girl, 2, external
• Parents of girl, 5, with childhood dementia reveal she has forgotten how to say mummy, external
• Taxi driver branded a 'danger to the public', external after being caught with knife in his cab

A police officer was dragged along the ground for around 200ft (64m) by a car in Worcestershire last night, when he tried to question the driver.

West Mercia Police said the officer was responding to reports of two men acting suspiciously on Three Oaks Road in Wythall at around 19:20 and was dragged as he leaned into the vehicle.

The officer was able to jump clear when the car turned around to pick up another man.

He didn't suffer life-threatening or changing injuries, but Ch Insp Edward Hancox said: “It is completely appalling for a police officer to be injured whilst carrying out their duty."