Andy Giddings
BBC Local Live

Our top stories this lunchtime:

- Sex abuse suspect priest Father Ernest Sands found dead

- Appeal to find missing Shropshire man in Peru tops £27,000

- Shropshire groundsman wins League One award

Great Britain's Ice Hockey team needed overtime to beat Estonia at the World Championships in Zagreb.

The side, which includes two Telford Tigers players in the squad, was denied late on by a strike from another Tiger - Estonia's Andrei Makrov (pictured), who tied the game at 3-3.

Image source, Steve Brodie

But a goal from Robert Dowd was enough for GB to record their second win of the tournament.  

BBC Sport

Shrewsbury Town's head groundsman, Richard Barnett, has been named League One "groundsman of the season" by the Football League, external.

The judging was done by referees, visiting managers and the Sports Turf Research Institute.

Image source, Getty Images

Shrewsbury Town's Chief Executive Brian Caldwell told the club's official website, external they'd received a lot of compliments from opposing teams, despite the wet winter.

Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather

We should have a clear afternoon and some sunshine.

A Roman Catholic priest arrested on suspicion of child sexual abuse has been found dead on the day he was due to report to police.

Father Ernest Sands, 67, was found dead on 11 April, it has emerged.

Fr Sands, who lived in Oswestry, was arrested last year by Lancashire Police on suspicion of sexually abusing five boys at a Catholic seminary.

A Lancashire Police spokesman said the death was not suspicious and his alleged victims had been informed.

Andy Giddings
BBC Local Live

It looks like there are two pots of gold to be found in Bridgnorth.

This photo was sent in by James Griffiths and if you've got pictures you'd like to share with us, you can email them or share via Facebook, external or Twitter, external.

Image source, James Griffiths

Andrew Hewkin
Newsreader, BBC Shropshire

A Government-appointed planning inspector has ruled that a controversial plan to build homes on the edge of Wellington should go ahead, against the wishes of Telford and Wrekin council and people living nearby. 

It means the proposal, near the cricket club off Haygate Road, now has outline permission, although the maximum number of homes has been restricted to 290 instead of the original 330.

Telford and Wrekin Council is considering what, if anything, to do next.

One of the county's footballing greats is being commemorated in the village where he grew up. 

Hitchens Way, on a new housing estate in Highley, remembers the former Aston Villa and Inter Milan player Gerry Hitchens (pictured with the ball), who also scored five goals for England in the 1962 World Cup. 

Image source, Getty Images

Hitchens, who started out as a miner down the pits, died after a charity match in 1983 at the age of 48.

Andy Giddings
BBC Local Live

The sister of Harry Greaves, the Shropshire man missing in Peru, says "today will be a critical day" in the search.

Ellen Greaves says a yellow tent, spotted in a mountainous area, is almost certainly not his and the family say they need the authorities over there to take a bigger role.

Image source, Greaves family

Ms Greaves said they'd paid £10,000 for a helicopter to spend four hours looking for him and now they want to spend another £25,000 to have it up for a whole day today.

An donations page, external has been set up online, to fund the search and it has so far raised £23,000.

BBC Sport

Shrewsbury Town need vital points in their fight for League one survival. 

They're at home to Sheffield United tonight. 

Image source, Empics

Club captain Nathaniel Knight-Percival says the more support they get, the better. 

Michele Paduano
Health correspondent

A shortage of carers in rural parts of Shropshire means a man is having to go into a care home, separating him from his wife.

Roger Breece, 76, from Market Drayton, had a stroke 13 years ago and his home has been specially adapted. 

The care company says it's struggling to recruit people to work for them. 

Carlie Swain
BBC Local Live

Our top stories this morning:

- Missing Shropshire tourist 'seen by local in Peru'

- Controversial plans to build around 300 homes on the edge of Wellington have been approved

- Telford MP Lucy Allan to lead teenage pregnancy debate in Westminster

How has Shrewsbury become home to some of the biggest names in the British comics industry?

The town recently hosted the Cartoon Festival, but it's also home to the likes of Charlie Adlard - one of the artists behind the internationally successful series, The Walking Dead. 

Image source, Charlie Adlard

Robbie Morrison, who worked on 2000 AD and co-created Nikolai Dante with Simon Fraser, is also based in Shrewsbury.  

Morrison's partner Deborah Tate, who met him when she worked for Marvel in London, is another of the town's cartoon mafia.  

This week we are featuring the stories of some of the Shropshire people running the London marathon.

Squadron Leader Adrian Vine from RAF Shawbury is taking part to raise money for Dementia UK, because his father suffered from the condition for several years before passing away two years ago.

He has run the London marathon once before, in 2009.

Image source, Adrian Vine

Shropshire Star

More than 300 new homes will be built on a beauty spot in Telford after a Government planning inspector backed plans despite a fierce battle by residents to protect it from development., external

BBC Midlands Today

Relatives of Shropshire man Harry Greaves, who's gone missing in Peru, say the search area has been narrowed. 

They're following up a reported sighting of the 29-year-old in the mountains last Friday. A tent similar to his, external has also been spotted. 

Harry, who's from Bronygarth near Oswestry, told friends he was going to spend his birthday hiking on a mountain, more than a week ago.

His family has flown to Peru to help with the search, including cousin Lucy Greaves. 

Carlie Swain
BBC Local Live

Here are some of the stories we're looking at this morning:

- Reported sightings in Peru as search for Harry Greaves continues

- Shropshire man is having to move into a care home because not enough carers can be recruited

- Councillor accuses road-workers of being rude and sexist

BBC Weather

A chilly start but sunny spells by the afternoon. Sara Blizzard has the forecast.

BBC Travel

Traffic is moving well across the county, just some roadworks to be aware of in Edgmond.

Temporary traffic lights are in place on the B5062 between Flatt Road and Marsh Road. 

Carlie Swain
BBC Local Live

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