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  1. A street with a number of people on the pavement behind blue and white police tape

  2. A man with short brown hair and a short beard with a black and gold sign behind him

  3. The side of a burnt house with a timber-framed roof

  4. Photo of Gareth Jones looking at the camera with a slight smile. He is wearing a dark-blue polo shirt under a black hooded sweatshirt and is standing beside a car. The car has a black roof sign reading "Stop & Go Learn for Life", with a large red "L" next to it. It is a sunny day.

  5. There is a woman with light brown hair. She has a light brown running top and a white and blue medal with the word 'Finisher'. She is stood in a garden with footballs to her left and right and a brown fence and overgrown trees behind her.

  6. Robbie Savage in a white t-shirt waving to supporters

  7. Two women who are standing next to a mannequin that is wearing a pink, sequin dress with a v-cut neck. The woman on the left is wearing a white dress with black tights and a black cardigan. The woman on the right is wearing a blue cardigan with dark trousers and a pink top. The entrance to a library is in the background. Both women are smiling.

  8. A woman with short grey hair is wearing glasses and a blue and cream blouse and a navy cardigan. The background is blurred but she is standing on the pavement next to a road junction.

  9. Close of a white corner flag with the Shrewsbury Town club badge on it in a blue circle with back circumference.

  10. McMahon-Brown grateful for Salop return

    Kian McMahon-Brown during a training session for the Republic of Ireland Under-21 side. He is wearing a bright green track top.Getty Images

    Kian McMahon-Brown has won his two caps for the Republic of Ireland Under-21 side against Croatia and Qatar

    Shrewsbury Town forward Kian McMahon-Brown has said he was grateful to the Republic of Ireland Under-21 set-up for allowing him to play for Salop on Saturday and is hoping he can return the favour against England on Tuesday.

    The teenager has won two caps for his country and is targeting a third in their meeting with Lee Carsley's European Under-21 champions in Cork in their final qualifier for next year's tournament.

    McMahon-Brown was given permission to leave the Ireland camp and play in Town's 3-1 win at Grimsby in League Two - something Shrewsbury wanted to keep quiet to surprise their hosts.

    The 18-year-old responded by scoring his second goal for Salop in his fifth appearance of the season.

    "It's always nice to go away and represent your country, so it was nice to go away, and thankfully they let me come back and play - and I got myself on the scoresheet again," McMahon-Brown told BBC Radio Shropshire.

    The Republic of Ireland are currently second to England in their group and level on points with Slovakia, who take on Andorra.

    With only the group winners and best-placed second team automatically qualifying, with the rest of the runners-up going into the play-offs, McMahon-Brown said he knows what an important occasion is ahead of him.

    "Obviously we've got a massive game against England. Hopefully we can get a result and get ourselves in the play-offs," the Burnley loanee said.

    "Any team you play when representing your country it's always nice but obviously it means more when it's England."

    McMahon-Brown will return to Shrewsbury on Thursday in preparation for Saturday's home game against Exeter City.

    His spell with Town is his first in senior football and he said he is learning a lot so far.

    "It's going well. But it's always about the next game and we've got a big one on Saturday.

    "There's still a long way to go and I've got a lot more to offer."

  11. A man standing in a field behind a small hot air balloon basket. The man is smiling and holding on a rope above his head which is attached to the bottom of the balloon. He is wearing a navy, long sleeve jacket and a navy cap. There are two vans in the background, a red one on the right, which has one of its back doors open and a dark blue van is pictured from the side on the left.

  12. There is a man with a brown hair that is shaved and brown short facial hair. He is wearing a black tracksuit top with a Nike logo on his right and the Paris Saint-Germain academy on his right. He is stood on a grass pitch in front of players warming up for training.

  13. David Maddison stands in an area of wild plants, with large trees behind him. He has brown hair lifted up into a quiff. He is wearing a black zip-up jacket with a white tshirt underneath.

  14. Picture of a newborn baby's naked feet, which are crossed at the ankle. There is a plastic identification tag on one ankle and is laying on a white cotton sheet.

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

  16. 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 to 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."

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

  18. 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

  19. 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.

  20. 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.

  21. 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.

  22. 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.

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

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