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  1. A person stands with folded arms at the entrance to a warehouse, with shelving, pallets and industrial equipment visible behind them.

  2. Shrewsbury kept McMahon-Brown's involvement secret

    Kian McMahon-Brown celebrates scoring for Shrewsbury Town. He is wearing an amber shirt with royal blue shorts and has both arms out to his side.Getty Images

    Kian McMahon-Brown was player of the year in 2025-26 for Burnley's under-21 side after scoring 11 goals

    Shrewsbury Town head coach Gavin Cowan says they had to keep Kian McMahon-Brown's inclusion in the squad for Saturday's League Two game at Grimsby Town a secret to try and surprise their hosts.

    The 18-year-old started for Salop after being allowed back from international duty with the Republic of Ireland's Under-21 squad.

    McMahon-Brown, who is with Town on loan from Championship club Burnley, scored Shrewsbury's second goal in their 3-1 win against the Mariners as Cowan's side stretched their unbeaten run to four games.

    He since has returned to the Ireland camp as they prepare for their next Uefa Under-21 Championship qualifier against England in Cork on Tuesday.

    Cowan said a lot of work had been done trying to get the teenager to play at the weekend.

    "His performance probably indicates the reason why I've been on the phone half the week and it's credit to the set-up at the Republic of Ireland," Cowan told BBC Radio Shropshire.

    "Jim Crawford, the manager there, has been really accommodating.

    "He will go back now until Thursday but it's great for him to send him and but one we had to keep under wraps.

    "We just want to go into every game with every 1% and we just felt if we could keep that under wraps then you know wouldn't allow them to plan so much."

    McMahon-Brown has yet to break into the Clarets first team and is taking his first steps in senior football with Shrewsbury.

    Cowan said he still has lots of improving to do but has already shown he has a good level of maturity for someone so young.

    "When you just see him at the end there to make the decision to go into the corner off his own back [and kill time] just shows the level of professionalism he has," he added.

    "He's looking for an opportunity in senior football and it's up to him to take it.

    "There's much more he could be doing better. I've definitely got plans to keep improving him and keep developing him. He's definitely not the finished article.

    "But he was able to capitalise on that big moment - that's the quality he has."

  3. Micky Moore in a navy coat, light blue shirt and blue and yellow tie.

  4. An old-fashioned horse and cart with one horse and four wheels being driven down a paved street in front of some old-fashioned shop fronts

  5. A woman with brown hair tied back and a pink T-shirt is smiling and holding a baby, who is staring at the camera. The baby is wearing an orange top. They are sat on a grey sofa in a lounge.

  6. A large plume of thick black and grey smoke rises into a clear blue sky from behind an industrial-style building in Wolverhampton, with the smoke towering above nearby rooftops and visible from a roadside in the foreground.

  7. Someone is driving a kart, which is flying in the air over a ramp. There are spectators watching behind barriers. The kart it partly green and blue and is decorated with two eyes on the front. The man is wearing purple, green and white.

  8. A black cab orange light atop a vehicle can be seen close up in this image. The word taxi is in black on the area including the orange light.

  9. Large orange pumpkins growing in a vegetable patch on a bright sunny day.

  10. A small green dome on an area of grass with trees behind it

  11. A white church with gold-topped towers, surrounded by a scattering of trees

  12. A man with grey hair and a grey jumper in a large room with a black framed motorcycle behind him

  13. Three images. On the left Matt Hudson-Smith is pictured wearing red robes and a mayoral chain around his neck. In the middle Katie Frimston is holding a red carpet access pass. She has long blonde hair and is holding the lead of a doberman dog. In the third image Nev Trotter can be seen swimming in the Channel, he has a white swimming hat on and is eating from a blue plastic container.

  14. A woman with long wavy hair smiles at the camera. She is standing to the side of a yellow wall with a bright picture on it. There is a glass door behind her.

  15. Anderson exit may free up room for signing - Cowan

    Shrewsbury Town head coach Gavin Cowan points and shouts instructions from the touchline during a game. He is wearing a dark three-quarter zip top.Shutterstock

    Gavin Cowan has won 10, drawn six and lost 14 of his 30 games in charge of Shrewsbury Town

    Shrewsbury Town head coach Gavin Cowan says the departure of Tom Anderson to Carlisle on loan this week has potentially freed up some funds to add to the squad.

    Anderson dropped into the National League in the search for regular football and will be with Carlisle until January.

    Cowan said he was "gutted" to see the defender leave, adding the door to a return to the Salop first team will always be open.

    "It's an absolute brilliant signing for them. If he comes back in I'll be I'll be over the moon because he is one class act," he told BBC Radio Shropshire.

    "I did inherit three centre-halves who are very similar. That's tough to facilitate and Tom unfortunately experienced the brunt of that.

    "There's other areas of the club that we need to make sure that are intact and that's above my pay grade but I have to trust what we're doing is right.

    "We want to add [to the squad] whether it's now or in the window and we have to prepare ourselves for that and that's that's what this is part of."

    Cowan said anyone who does come in will have to be "part of a bigger plan for either now or January" adding he is constantly "knocking on the door" and revealing the club were negotiating with striker Tom Eaves before he joined Gillingham.

    "I've also got a lot of belief with the players we've got and I do feel like it takes a bit of time - players can't just be dropped into our formation, our way of playing, they need to learn it," Cowan added.

    "So these lads here are learning every day, every week, every month. I'm really excited about the team getting better and better each week."

    Shrewsbury are unbeaten in their last three games in League Two and go to sixth-placed Grimsby Town on Saturday (15:00 BST).

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  17. A dark-haired man wearing a blue short and high vis vest, standing in front of a white lorry with a red trailer. "Dulson Training" can be read on the front of the lorry.

  18. A woman with shoulder length blonde hair wearing large sunglasses. She is smiling at the camera

  19. A woman with dark hair stands in front of four mascots. She is smiling and has glasses on.

  20. Three women in fancy dress on a charity challenge

  21. Two men with brown hair and facial hair stand behind pub bar taps with bottles on shelves behind them.

  22. A band performs on stage, including brass players and an accordion player. They are all wearing hats, with the men in Oktoberfest-style outfits and one woman seen wearing a blue floral dress. They have music stands and sheet music in front of them.

  23. Emma with her son Bert, who's holding his hands up. She is smiling and has her hair tied back, wearing a blue and white striped shirt.