Updates from Monday 9 March to Sunday 15 March
Here are three stories from the Shropshire Star today:
We're forecast more light rain, but it's going to stay warm, with temperatures up to 15C (59F) in parts of the West Midlands.
The rain is expected to clear by the evening and tomorrow is likely to be dry.
But after that we're due another week of rain.
But officers' representatives are concerned the roles of police and paramedics are becoming blurred.
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Read MoreWorcestershire County Council said the cases have not been traced back to international travel.
Read MoreReece Cox was killed after stepping in to help when a gang began attacking another man, police say.
Read MoreFootage released by police shows an attack on Reece Cox who tried to help another man also being hurt.
Read MoreThe partner of Lance Shingler, who served in Iraq, pays tribute to him as an inquest begins.
Read MoreSir Mo Farah will look to book his place for Tokyo 2020 at the British Athletics 10,000m Championships next month.
The four-time Olympic champion is making his return to the 10,000m - after winning his sixth world title in 2017.
The first two athletes in the men's trial event who hold an Olympic qualifying standard will automatically qualify for this summer's Games with Team GB.
Image source, Getty ImagesFarah will be joined in the 12-strong team at the University of Birmingham on 5 June by Marc Scott, Eilish McColgan and Jessica Judd.
Team leader Rob Denmark said: "We will be looking to achieve the highest possible placing in both the men's and women's team standings and we are confident that the athletes selected can deliver successful results on home soil."
Last week, we told you how a number of people were injured in an incident where shots were fired in a Walsall street, after a crash involving two cars.
West Midlands Police have now said a 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and is currently being questioned.
Four others arrested in connection with the incident have been released on bail.
A man aged 20, and 34-year-old woman, who were injured are still in hospital in a stable condition.
Det Insp Chris Fox said: "We remain determined to fully understand what happened that day and who was responsible."
BBC Radio Shropshire
Unpaid rent from businesses and shops to two councils in Shropshire has increased during the pandemic to more than £2m.
Image source, Getty ImagesShropshire Council has seen its losses in the area rise from £27,939 in 2019-20 to £1.6m the year after, with shops accounting for £1.4m of the total.
For Telford & Wrekin Council, the figure has risen from £278,000 in rent outstanding to more than £500,000.
Shropshire Council said it would take action where appropriate to get the debts paid.
Researchers discover that some lawn-mowers are capable of delivering life-threatening injuries.
Read MorePC Benjamin Monk's trial hears he allegedly fired a Taser at Dalian Atkinson three times.
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Birmingham Live
Here are some of the headlines from the Birmingham Live website:
Witnesses are being urged to come forward after an elderly lady was assaulted and robbed.
The 80-year-old was attacked on Chapel Walk in Bromsgrove after leaving the HSBC bank on 13 April.
Her handbag and some cash was stolen, and the woman suffered serious injuries and needed hospital treatment.
West Mercia Police has released a CCTV image of a man it wishes to speak to following the attack.
Image source, West Mercia PoliceQuote MessageWe would like to speak to the man in the CCTV image as we believe he may be able to help with our ongoing investigation and would also ask that anyone passing by the location of incident who may have dash-cam footage to also please get in touch."
PC Richard Longfils
Here are some of the stories on the Shropshire Star website today:
An "unstable structure" at the scene of a fire at an abandoned recycling plant is unsafe for crews to enter completely, the fire service says, external.
Image source, @SFRS_cjacksonMore than 70 firefighters were involved at the height of the blaze at Greenway Polymers, Ketley, Telford, on 26 April.
There was still burning waste inside, station manager in Shrewsbury Craig Jackson, said.
"We need to go into the building in sections in a safe way to bring the waste out, put it into... bays and then treat it with a wetting agent to make sure that the fire is fully extinguished," he said.
"It's unsafe for the firefighters to enter and also demolition crews. But that is why it's gonna [sic] take some time to gradually work through the building and process the waste."
Telford Conservative MP Lucy Allan, writing on Facebook, has said the fire was "deeply shocking".
She added: "The long-term impact on Telford is huge: our natural environment, air, water, health, schools - the multi million cost of the clean up, which could take several years."
Ofsted cannot conduct an impartial review into allegations of sex abuse in schools, a teaching union says.
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Business Reporter
Domestic abuse victims will be able to use "safe spaces" in nearly 300 TSB branches to get specialist support, the bank has said.
People will be able to get help as lockdown restrictions ease, TSB said.
Image source, Laura DodsworthThe scheme has been trialled in branches in Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Shropshire.
The initiative, run by domestic abuse charity Hestia, is already in place in more than 5,300 pharmacies across the country.
