Wimbledon champion Andy Murray said he hoped his thrilling victory would encourage a whole new generation of youngsters to go out and pick up a racket.
It was built inside a disused reservoir and attracted a weekly crowd drawn by the spectacle of drivers wrecking cars deliberately.
[gallery] Hednesford Hills Raceway celebrates its 50th anniversary this month. Marion Brennan looks back at its history.
[gallery] Generations of youngsters have been brought up on the tradition of conkers.
Some of the legacy of Olympics and Paralympics gold dust has settled on the shoulders of Andy Murray who has done the business for Britain by becoming the first British man to win a tennis Grand Slam since Fred Perry in 1936.
Vandals smashed windows with concrete and bricks at a string of properties during a wrecking spree on a Telford housing estate in the early hours of today.
A convicted criminal who caused up to £100,000 damage in a wrecking spree at a cemetery on the same day he was released from prison has been jailed for four years.
Churchgoers will have to smash sugar lumps instead of plates at an event in Shrewsbury because of health and safety laws.
Nervously waiting for her colourful pieces to come out of the fiery furnace, Terri-Louise Colledge admits that every day for her feels like Christmas.
