Summary

  • Updates on Monday 13 June 2016

  • News, sport, travel and weather updates to resume at 08:00 on Tuesday

  1. Choulay & Waring loaned to Shrewsburypublished at 14:03 British Summer Time 15 August 2016

    Stoke City forwards George Waring and Moha El Ouriachi Choulay both sign on a six-month loan for Shrewsbury Town.

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  2. Dalian Atkinson: Career in footballpublished at 13:48 British Summer Time 15 August 2016

    Ged Scott
    BBC Sport

    Shropshire-born Atkinson began his career with Ipswich Town, scoring 18 goals before catching the eye of Ron Atkinson at Sheffield Wednesday.

    After making him a £450,000 signing for the Owls in 1989, Big Ron signed him for a second time, taking him to Aston Villa for £1.6m in 1991 - following a season in between at Real Sociedad.

    Dalian ThomasImage source, Getty Images / EMPICS
  3. Fifty years of dumped waste clean-uppublished at 00:11 British Summer Time 15 August 2016

    An appeal is launched to clean up a former scrapyard on the Marches Mosses and to return it to nature.

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  4. Saturday's non-league footballpublished at 11:19 British Summer Time 14 August 2016

    Listen to live BBC radio commentary from Saturday's action in the National League and National League North.

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  5. Coventry City 0-0 Shrewsbury Townpublished at 18:24 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    Coventry and Shrewsbury pick up their first League One points of the season but are both still to find the net.

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  6. Tuesday's non-league footballpublished at 17:41 British Summer Time 13 August 2016

    Listen to live BBC radio commentary from Tuesday's action in the National League and National League North.

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  7. On Midlands Today from 13:30: The Olympics gold huntpublished at 13:28 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    BBC Midlands Today

    On Midlands Today this lunchtime we'll be looking at where the region could win its third and fourth gold medals of the Olympics.

    Adam Peaty with gold medalImage source, Getty Images

    Adam Peaty from Uttoxeter triumphed in the swimming on Monday followed by kayak gold for Joe Clarke from Stone on Wednesday night. 

    So who could be next? We'll be looking at the possible medal chances today on BBC One from 13:30.

  8. Junior doctors strike: Calls for fresh industrial actionpublished at 12:56 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    Junior doctors could hold more strikes across England next month after representatives called on the BMA union to authorise more action in their dispute over new contracts.

     The junior doctors committee (JDC) of the BMA says ministers have failed to address concerns about the contract.

    ProtestImage source, Reuters

    Junior doctors and medical students voted in July to reject a deal on the contract agreed with the BMA.

    Daniel Mortimer, chief executive of NHS Employers, warned industrial action would achieve "little or nothing", but placed "pressure on already stretched teams and services and causes worry, distress and disruption for patients, carers and their families". 

  9. Family search in Peru for missing manpublished at 12:29 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    The family of a Shropshire man missing in Peru have arrived in the country to help search for him.

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  10. Wrexham man died on 20th birthdaypublished at 12:29 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    Police are treating the death of Wrexham man on his 20th birthday as suspicious and are appealing for witnesses.

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  11. Force to probe handling of murdererpublished at 12:28 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    Police from Devon and Cornwall are called in to investigate West Mercia Police's handling of Georgia Williams murderer Jamie Reynolds.

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  12. More direct London rail services hopepublished at 12:28 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    Hopes for more direct train services from Wrexham to London are a step closer, according to MP Ian Lucas.

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  13. Murder probe police search propertypublished at 12:27 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    Police conduct a search at a property as part of an on-going murder investigation.

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  14. Search fund for tourist missing in Perupublished at 12:27 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    The family of a British tourist missing in Peru starts a search and rescue fund.

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  15. Ambulance A&E queues 'alarming'published at 12:24 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    The number of Shropshire patients forced to wait in ambulances outside the A&E department of a Welsh hospital is "alarming" and "unacceptable", say health bosses.

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  16. Missing tourist 'seen by local in Peru'published at 12:24 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    A British tourist missing in Peru was seen by a local shortly after he was reported to have disappeared, a charity says.

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  17. Bus fire blamed on electrical faultpublished at 12:23 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    An electrical fault is blamed for a fire which seriously damaged a bus.

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  18. Poetry read by tourist who died in Perupublished at 12:23 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    A British tourist who died while mountaineering in Peru recorded poetry and left it on his father's computer.

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  19. Man killed in machinery incidentpublished at 12:21 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    A man dies after becoming trapped in machinery at a Wrexham industrial estate, police and firefighters confirm.

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  20. Man, 20, dies after skate park eventpublished at 12:21 British Summer Time 12 August 2016

    Police are investigating the suspicious death of a Wrexham man who attended an event at a skate park in Shropshire.

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