Andy Giddings
BBC Shropshire

Barney Cansdale got in touch through Your Questions on the BBC website to ask "Why are there lots of unusual street names in Shrewsbury?" and he gives the examples of Bear Steps, Fish Street and Grope Lane.

Local historian Keith Pybus said he believes it could be because the town retains a lot of old alleys and whilst the names of larger roads were renamed for big historical events and important people, the smaller ones preserved their medieval names.

Another local historian, David Trumper, told us that the town once had more of these medieval names, such as Ox Lane, Corvisors Row and Pig Hill, but they have either been re-named or absorbed into other streets.

And in case you're interested, he also explained that Bear Steps was named after the Bear Inn pub, which used to be there, Fish Street was named after an open air fish market and Grope Lane got its name because it's where the local prostitutes used to gather - use your imagination on that one.

A British women's formation skydiving team has told how indoor training tunnels has help bolster the profile of their sport.

The quartet of women make up the NFTO team, which stands for Not For The Ordinary, and must come top in the forthcoming British Skydiving Championships to qualify for the world championships next year.

They train at the Twinwoods Adventure wind turbine in Bedfordshire, the site of an old science research facility.

Anna Hicks, from Shropshire, Vana Parker, from Berkshire, Cath Anderson, from Nottinghamshire, and Debbie Lamsley, from Surrey, primarily self fund their team.

Between them, they've completed more than 14,000 jumps.

"I think [the sport] is getting more well-known especially with the big tunnels around," says Ms Anderson.

"It's really nice because people can watch it happening in front of them, when it happens in the sky it's harder to see."

BBC Business News

The chancellor Philip Hammond has unveiled his first budget today . 

He's announced an extra £2bn for social care services in England, help for firms hit by business rate rises and plans to increase national insurance for self-employed people.

Image source, HOC

You can get a full picture of the budget and analysis of its impact on the BBC website here:

• Budget Live: Rolling text and video coverage
• At-a-glance summary: Budget key points
• What the Budget means for you
• Analysis: 'Spreadsheet Phil's' cautionary tale
• 10 charts that show what’s gone wrong with social care

Telford Journal

A year of working on the reorganisation of hospital services in Shropshire has cost about £700,000, a health official has said., external

Ian Perry
BBC Radio Shropshire

A group of eastern European entrepreneurs have been visiting Shropshire today.

They've been invited over by the Department for International trade and have been in Telford, talking to business people here.

Twelve companies came over for the visit and they've been given advice on how to relocate to the UK.

Andy Giddings
BBC Shropshire

A Tamworth man has been charged with wounding with intent and possessing a knife in a public place. 

It follows an incident on Monday evening in which a 47-year-old man was stabbed at a house in Telford. 

The 24-year-old is due before Telford Magistrates today.

Bridgnorth Journal

A man has been arrested on suspicion of assault causing grievous bodily harm , external , after the incident which happened on February 26.

BBC Weather Watchers

It's starting to cloud over now, but we had more blue sky this morning and it was captured by the BBC Weather Watchers.

This photo was taken near Oakengates.

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A Shropshire woman who was killed during World War One 100 years ago this week was said at the time to have "given her life in the service of Serbia".

Newspaper accounts from the time said the grave of Katherine Harley, at the Allied cemetery in Salonika, was hung with the Serbian flag and a Father Blagoyevitch from a town which is in modern-day Macedonia delivered a speech thanking her for her service.

Image source, Neil Evans

Mrs Harley was killed by enemy shelling while working at a hospital in Monastir and was praised by Father Blagoyevitch coming to help Serbian women and children when she could have stayed at home in comfort.

Andy Giddings
BBC Shropshire

Telford Tigers forward, Doug Clarkson, says he wants to entertain the fans in their remaining league games this season - before the playoffs get underway.

After wrapping up the title with games to spare, the team is looking for new motivation over the next fortnight - the 6ft5in (1.95m) player says pleasing the fans with good hockey is as good a motivation as any.

Image source, Steve Brodie

Clarkson has scored 77 points in 49 games this season (that includes assists) and is close to scoring 50 goals for the season - his physical style has also been popular with the supporters.

Whitchurch Herald

A four-year-old girl has been dubbed a "superhero" after making the phone call which saved her mum's life., external

Image source, Whitchurch Herald

Two people suffered stab wounds and one woman had a head injury.

BBC Sport

A former Shropshire county cricketer, who now captains Albrighton Cricket Club, is complaining that larger teams are taking all the best players from smaller sides like his.

Adam Shimmons, who has spent time playing for Shifnal and Wroxeter, says the bigger teams are adding third, fourth and even fifth teams, leading to what he describes as a "real shortage of players" for the smaller village sides.

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Shimmons says Albrighton lost nearly all of its first team this year though players moving to other clubs and away from the area.

Tracey Higgins
BBC Local Live

An oak tree in Shropshire is believed to be the second largest in England. 

The Lydham Oak, in the grounds of Lydham Manor near Bishop's Castle, has a circumference of 43ft (13m) and is hundreds of years old.

Image source, Aljos Farjon

A Woodland Trust survey suggests that England has about 3,500 ancient oaks, more than the rest of Europe put together.

Alex Seftel
Journalist, BBC Shropshire

People with high cholesterol can be screened under a new programme being launched in Shropshire to prevent heart disease. 

Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is a genetic condition which can cause strokes or heart attacks if left untreated.  

Image source, Science Photo Library

David Collings, from Mold in north Wales, has the condition and had a heart attack at the age of 43. 

Telford Journal

Police are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist was left with a broken arm and leg, external in a crash in Telford.

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The ambulance service says a middle-aged woman with a stab wound to the chest and a middle-aged man with multiple stab injuries have both been flown to a major trauma centre after the incident in Bomere Heath this morning.

An elderly woman who was found in the property near the Co-op store in the village has a serious head injury and was driven to a trauma unit.

The police say they aren't looking for anyone else in connection with the attacks.

James Bond
Sports Producer, BBC Shropshire

Shrewsbury Town have announced a profit of nearly £1.25m for the past financial year, boosted by last season's successful FA Cup run, and the sale Ryan Woods and Connor Goldson. 

The club admits it was an exceptional year, but the money will help them invest in a number of projects, the main one being the ongoing development of the training ground at Sundorne.

Tracey Higgins
BBC Local Live

The only Shropshire woman killed in action during World War One will be remembered this afternoon. 

Katherine Harley, from Condover, died 100 years ago this week - she was a suffragette who joined a hospital unit at the age of 61.

Two years later she was killed by an enemy shell in a town in what is now Macedonia.  

Image source, Neil Evans

She's the only woman among 1,600 buried at a war cemetery in Salonika. 

Her name will be read out at St Chad's Church in Shrewsbury at 17:00 today. 

Tim Page
News Editor, BBC Shropshire

Three people have been injured, two of them stabbed, at a village near Shrewsbury. 

The police cordoned-off the Co-op in Bomere Heath, and a home in nearby Sefton Drive. 

Police say a woman suffered stab wounds to the chest and ribs - a man was also found with stab wounds at the house, and another woman with head injuries.