Six months ago, many of these mums were just watching their kids play.

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It’s not too late to enter this year’s FA People’s Cup – the deadline to sign up is midnight on Sunday. 

Entry is completely FREE, there are categories for everyone AND you can enter either as a team or an individual player. 

Find out all the details here.

One of the contenders to lead Britain's biggest trade union is in Birmingham today.

Len McCluskey, the current leader of Unite, is being challenged by the union's West Midlands representative, Gerard Coyne., external

On his visit Mr McCluskey is due to visit Cadburys to meet with union members and shop stewards.

Nominations close today for the post of the union's general secretary.  

James Bond
Sports Producer, BBC Shropshire

Shrewsbury Town's recent good run came to an end against Peterborough on Tuesday night, but they will be looking to bounce back at home to AFC Wimbledon tomorrow.

Manager Paul Hurst is also looking for more players to chip in with goals and midfielder Gary Deegan is hoping to discover his shooting-boots.

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AFC Telford United have revealed the winner of their fan-vote to choose next season's home shirt.

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Shropshire’s troubled health organisation has named its new chief officer., external

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Marcus Willis has made it through to the final of the Pro-Series event in Shrewsbury.

The Warwick player beat Slovakia's Filip Horansky 6-3, 6-4 and will now face either Germany's Oscar Otte or Jonathan Mridha from Sweden.

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After the death of one of the men, letters telling the story of soldiers' love have come to light.

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Britain's Marcus Willis has taken the first set in his semi-final at the Pro-Series event in Shrewsbury.

The Warwick-based is playing Slovakia's Filip Horansky.

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An elderly man who died after being hit by a car in Powys is named by police as 97-year-old Richard Wood.

Tracey Higgins
BBC Local Live

A Shropshire group are hoping to raise awareness about LGBT people in care.  

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SAND - which stands for Safe Ageing, No Discrimination - offers training and advice to care homes to help make sure older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transexual people are included and accepted by the whole community, as well as offered appropriate personalised care.

Tracey Higgins
BBC Local Live

Almost one in three children across Shropshire are failing to reach expected standards in literacy and numeracy by the time they reach school, according to a leading national charity.

The number rises to almost half, for children from deprived families and girls fare much better than boys. 

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The charity Save The Children wants greater investment in early years teaching and support for nurseries.

Jerome Finnigan from Save the Children says Shropshire's figures are in line with the rest of the country.   

Faith Page
Reporter, BBC Shropshire

BT wants to rip out the workings and either remove or hand over responsibility for the 214 telephone boxes - because of extremely low use. 

Following a consultation with towns and villages, Shropshire Council is now recommending that 113 remain in use due to rural isolation, poor mobile phone coverage and the phone being near an accident blackspot. 

It says it's happy for another 60 to be removed altogether and 23 adopted by communities where they will be turned into defibrillator kiosks. 

BT has said it will only disconnect a phone box if there are no objections and it is also be consulting on the future of 37 phone boxes in the Telford area.

Stuart Dunn
Shrewsbury Town commentator, BBC Shropshire

Marcus Willis, the last remaining British player in the Aegon GB Pro-Series men's tournament at The Shrewsbury Club, faces a busy day today.

As well as his semi-final clash, he's also through to the doubles final to be played later in the day.

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A grandmother's death has become the latest to be linked to a fire at a former Army depot in Telford, external that showered homes and gardens for miles around with toxic asbestos dust.

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BBC Weather Watchers

Some beautiful sunrises across Shropshire this morning. Don't forget if you've got any great pictures you'd like to share with the rest of Shropshire you can email them or send them to BBC Weather Watchers  

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James Bond
Sports Producer, BBC Shropshire

Paul Hurst is insisting Shrewsbury Town are not a one-man team.

Freddie Ladapo should be back to face Wimbledon tomorrow, after missing Town's midweek defeat at Peterborough with a tweaked hamstring.

Ladapo's been making the headlines with his recent goals, but the Town manager says Shrewsbury have a strong all-round squad. 

Tracey Higgins
BBC Local Live

Plans to change school catchment areas in parts of Telford are to be tweaked. 

The council's pushing ahead with plans which will make Telford Priory the usual school for children in Muxton.

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But, after protests from parents, the council's now said it'll continue free transport to Burton Borough school in Newport for existing pupils. 

And, although it says the walking route to Telford Priory is safe, it'll look at improvements to cycling and walking routes.

Shropshire Star

Six people have been banned from pubs in Oswestry , externalas part of a crackdown in which landlords are being armed with drug-detecting wipes.

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Tracey Higgins
BBC Local Live

A decision on the building of a Lidl supermarket alongside Shrewsbury Town Football club, has been deferred for a second time.  

The sticking point is the community pitch, where the superstore would be located. 

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The football club's chief executive Brian Caldwell says he's disappointed.

There's a warning that crash for cash claims are costing the car insurance industry, so ultimately drivers, hundreds of millions of pounds a year. 

Police in Telford have had several reports in the last few weeks about potential incidents in Lilleshall, Dawley and Madeley.   

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