A blaze causing a hole in the roof of a house, a jailed love rival and positive news for a little boy - the week's news in quotes
It's been a week of fires, controversy and also uplifting news. Shropshirestar.com takes a look at the week's events through the words of those who made the news.
"You just do not expect your accounts manager to do that to you. She was clearly enjoying the high life at the companys expense."
Elizabeth Anne Powell was this week jailed after she stole money amounting to £116,000 over a 10-year period from Morland Utilities based at Halesfield, in Telford.
The 58-year-old, who admitted three counts of theft last month, was sentenced to over four years at Stafford Crown Court.
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The entire roof of the property was destroyed. At one stage the firefighters had to move away from the property when it was feared the structure could collapse.
More than 30 firefighters were forced to retreat from a burning house in Trefonen, near Oswestry this week amid fears it would collapse.
Fortunately the woman who lived inside the house got out of the blazing building unharmed after the fire broke out.
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"Had the best news ever today, Jack has found a 10 out of 10 match for his bone marrow transplant."
The family of six-year-old Jack Edwards, from Cleobury Mortimer, this week announced that a match for a transplant that is hoped may save his life has been found.
At Lacon Childe School last week where hundreds turned out to be tested to see if they would be a suitable bone marrow donor for Jack.
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You allowed this dispute in which you were completely in the wrong to escalate to this level where you were making serious threats to kill and trying to set fire to the house. It was only by chance the paper didnt land on something that could have sparked it and led to catastrophic consequences."
Telford man Christopher Brooks was jailed this week for four years after pushing a flaming paper through the letterbox of a love rival.
Victim Keiron Thomas and his family were asleep upstairs at the time on July 1 last year – and only the smoke alarm going off prevented "catastrophic consequences", Shrewsbury Crown Court heard.
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