Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00
Live updates for Shropshire have finished for the day but we'll be back from 08:00 Thursday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather.
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Updates on Wednesday 20 January 2016
News, sport, travel and weather updates to resume at 8:00 on Thursday
Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00
Weather: More freezing temperatures overnightpublished at 17:58
Rebecca Wood
BBC WeatherWe can expect some more freezing temperatures overnight, but it should be cloud-free.
Video: Tonight's main stories on BBC Midlands Todaypublished at 17:55
We've got Midlands Today for you on BBC One from 18:30 and here's a look at some of our main stories this evening.
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End of twitter postVideo: A tour of Bridgnorth house and its "cave"published at 17:48
Andy Giddings
BBC Local LiveBBC TV's Sian Lloyd has been in Bridgnorth today to see the house with the vaulted cave.
The property on Railway Street also has some interesting artwork painted on the walls.
Whitchurch Herald front page: Save our Shropdocpublished at 17:40
More than people in Whitchurch signed a petition in support of the Shropdoc service, external in less than three hours, according to campaigners.
Image source, Whitchurch HeraldFire service says exploding e-cigarette 'very unusual'published at 17:31
Andy Giddings
BBC Local LiveShropshire's fire and rescue service says it's never heard of an e-cigarette exploding before and it's going to contact colleagues around the country to see if they've ever dealt with one.
A man in Telford was taken to hospital this lunchtime, suffering burns to his face, neck and hands, when one blew up in his hands.
Image source, ThinkstockThe fire service said it might get in touch with the manufacturers, to see what might have gone wrong, but wants to see if this was a one-off first.
Video: West Midlands fall in unemployment is welcomedpublished at 17:20
BBC Midlands TodayEmployment Minister Priti Patel has welcomed the news that fewer people in the West Midlands are out of work, according to the latest official figures.
The Office for National Statistics, external said the number of people out of work in the region fell by 8,000 to 157,000 between September and November.
Video: The view from Kintonpublished at 17:07
Adam and VickiEvery week we visit a different part of Shropshire as our "place of the week".
This week, we're in Kinton, but before we spoke to villagers we stopped to admire the scenery
Top stories: Exploding e-cig injures Telford man; council and MP clash over Telford Town Parkpublished at 17:00
Andy Giddings
BBC Local LiveOur top stories this evening:
- Exploding e-cigarette injures Telford man
- Council and MP clash over Telford Town Park visitor centre
- TNS to wear retro blue shirts for cup match
Football: Retro blue shirts for TNS cup gamepublished at 16:52
James Bond
Sports Producer, BBC ShropshireThe New Saints will play in retro blue shirts in Saturday's Welsh League Cup final against Denbigh.
It's the start of a period celebrating the club's links with the old Oswestry Town, leading to an Oswestry reunion event at the end of next month.
Image source, TNSTNS moved from Llansantffraid to Oswestry after the merger of the two sides in 2003, with UEFA approval that a club actually based on English soil could represent Wales in European football.
Date set for Transport Minister's visitpublished at 16:39
Oswestry & Border Counties AdvertizerA transport minister will visit the region in May to look at upgrading a busy road., external
Image source, Oswestry AdvertiserExperimental aircraft going on display at air showpublished at 16:22
The organisers of the RAF Cosford Air Show have announced the latest additions to this year's line-up - three experimental aircraft.
The Bristol 188, Fairey Delta II and Avro 707 (which is currently stored in a hangar, out of public view) were all built in the 1950's and 1960's as Britain was developing jet aircraft.
Image source, Peter Reoch / RAF Cosford Air ShowThe air show is due to take place on 19 June.
Your pictures: Boscobel House in sunshinepublished at 16:06
Allen Cook
BBC Local LiveThis is the English Heritage-run property Boscobel House, external on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border and Matthew Wells has sent me his photograph of it.
Image source, Matthew WellsIf you've got photos of Shropshire you'd like to share with us, you can get in touch through email, Facebook, external or Twitter, external.
Telford teenager's England call-uppublished at 15:50
James Bond
Sports Producer, BBC ShropshireA Telford teenager's been called up for the England Under-18s football squad.
Joe Thomas, who goes to Thomas Telford School and plays for Stafford Rangers, has been chosen for the Centenary Shield side.
It'll face Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland over the next few weeks.
Monty the cat recovers after being caught in snare in Broseleypublished at 15:34
Monty the cat is lucky to be alive, external after being caught in an illegal snare. The seven-year-old went missing for three days before making his way home in Broseley.
Image source, Shropshire StarThe man behind the redevelopment of Shrewsbury's jailpublished at 15:20
Andy Giddings
BBC Local LiveDetailed plans for a big revamp of Shrewsbury's former prison, including turning some into flats, are due to be made public soon - but who is the man behind them?
Trevor Osborne, set up the Trevor Osborne property group in 1973 and specialises in redeveloping historic buildings, like Oxford's former jail (which now contains a hotel).
The Ministry of Justice closed the Dana prison in 2013 and Trevor Osborne bought the building last June. He also owns buildings like the Guildhall in Bristol, Armagh Gaol in Northern Ireland and parts of Porthleven Harbour in Cornwall.
Appointments go ahead as normal at Dawley GP practicepublished at 15:10
Andy Giddings
BBC Local LiveGood news from Dawley's GP practice; appointments are going ahead as planned this afternoon, despite the power cut earlier.
It knocked out their phones and computers earlier, but it all should be working again later this afternoon and staff say they've not been forced to close in the meantime.
Headlines: Telford man injured by exploding e-cig; council and MP clash over Telford Town Parkpublished at 15:03
Andy Giddings
BBC Local LiveTime for another look at our top stories:
- Telford man injured by exploding e-cigarette
- Council and MP clash over Telford Town Park visitor centre
- Man killed in Whitchurch crash named
New man in charge at Oswestry hospitalpublished at 14:49
Andy Giddings
BBC Local LiveThe orthopaedic hospital at Gobowen has appointed a new chief executive.
Mark Brandreth will be leaving the Countess of Chester Hospital to take on the role.
Image source, Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt hospitalThe Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt hospital is being investigated by the health watchdog, Monitor, because of long waiting times and concerns about the accuracy of its performance figures.
And earlier in the month it emerged that hundreds of patients appointment had been delayed by mistake.
Man killed in Whitchurch crash namedpublished at 14:29
Allen Cook
BBC Local LiveA man who died in a crash on the A49 near Whitchurch has been named, external by police.
Image source, GoogleCheshire Police say 32-year-old Andrew Beddows from Nantwich was driving a BMW which left the road on Thursday night and hit a tree near Bradley Green - he died at the scene.
