Tracey Higgins
BBC Local Live

The mother of a four-year-old boy from Shrewsbury says his recent liver transplant has been a success. 

Harry Maceachan had the operation six weeks ago, when he received a third of this dad Simon's liver.    

Harry was born with a rare liver disease and had to undergo a second transplant because the first one failed. 

His father Simon was a living donor as no suitable match could be found from the organ donor register. 

Nick Triggle
Health Correspondent

A&E performance in England sank to a new low in February for the second month in a row, official figures show.

Image source, Thinkstock

Hospitals are meant to see 95% of patients in four hours, but just 87.8% were, NHS England data revealed.

That is a drop of nearly one percentage point since January, which was the worst month since the target was introduced in 2004.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

There's now a yellow weather warning in place for rain this afternoon. Showers this afternoon could be heavy and thundery which could lead to standing water, spray and localised flooding.  

It will feel pleasantly warm in the sunshine in between the showers. 

Top temperatures of 12C (54F).

Shropshire Star

Repairs will be carried out to Ludlow’s historic town walls, council chiefs have promised, external, more than three years after a section collapsed.

Image source, Shropshire Star

Joanne Gallacher
Political reporter, BBC Shropshire

The leader of Telford and Wrekin Council Kuldhip Sahota is to step down from the role. 

Mr Sahota is 65 in May and it's understood he feels the time is right for someone else to take over.   

He's been in charge of the Labour group for the past five years and although he's stepping down as leader, it's expected he'll remain a serving councillor. 

The Labour group will hold an AGM, where a new leader will be announced.     

James Bond
Sports Producer, BBC Shropshire

It's exactly 20 years to the day since Shrewsbury Town made their first ever appearance at Wembley. The M6 was a rolling queue of Shropshire buses, and blue and amber was everywhere. 

Shrewsbury didn't lift the Auto Windscreens Shield that afternoon, they were beaten 2-1 by Rotherham.

Tracey Higgins
BBC Local Live

Specialist ambulance staff helped firefighters tackle a large factory fire at Stadco Ltd in Harlescott Lane, Shrewsbury in the early hours of this morning, external.

A hazard response team was sent, because the fire was in a restricted access area, where there were chemicals.

Image source, WMAS

People working at the site were safely evacuated from the building. 

Ambulance Crews were stood down just before 05:00.

Tracey Higgins
BBC Local Live

The top stories in Shropshire this morning: 

- Thousands of jobs could be created at a new rail hub on the Shropshire border 

- Bishop Hooper C of E school in Ashford Carbonell is closed after a veranda collapses 

- Liver transplant operation for four-year-old from Shrewsbury is a success  

Bishop Hooper C of E Primary School in Ashford Carbonell is closed after a veranda collapsed.

The Hereford diocese, which owns the school, says no one was hurt and safety inspections are taking place.

The new building opened in 2011, external.  

Image source, John M

Jennifer Meierhans
BBC News Online

A British tourist who had a heart attack in Thailand has arrived at a hospital in the UK after a fight to find a bed.

Chris Masters, 44, was stranded in a Bangkok hospital until his local NHS in Shropshire could find him a bed.

Image source, Yvonne Masters

He was flown to intensive care at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital on Wednesday, where bosses apologised for the delay due to high demand for beds.

Mr Masters' wife Yvonne thanked doctors and well-wishers for their support.

Tim Page
News Editor, BBC Shropshire

A primary school in south Shropshire is closed for safety inspections on its building after a verandah collapsed. 

The Bishop Hooper school in Ashford Carbonel has been open for five years. The Hereford Diocese, which owns the school, says no-one's been hurt and parents were all informed about the work yesterday.

Ian Perry
BBC Radio Shropshire

Shropshire Council and the waste management company Veolia are reintroducing kerbside cardboard collections later this year. 

Five years ago, the collections were stopped because of the ink and staples in the cardboard meant it could no longer be sent for composting. The change affected about 130,000 homes.

Sam Fleet
Journalist, BBC Shropshire

The top stories in the BBC Shropshire newsroom:

- Thousands of jobs could be created at a new freight depot on the Shropshire / South Staffordshire border

- Health bosses say plans to reorganise Shropshire's health services are on track despite putting off a decision on a key part of the proposals

- Shropshire Council's household waste contractors Veolia say they'll reintroduce kerbside collections of cardboard from October

BBC Weather

Here's Charlie Slater with the latest forecast.

BBC Travel

There are roadworks dotted about the county, also take care on the A4112 in Tenbury Wells. It's been closed because of an accident.

Sam Fleet
Journalist, BBC Shropshire

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