Tech just became a little bit greenerpublished at 16:27 British Summer Time 11 July 2020
A new way to recycle the super strong magnets our gadgets rely on
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Updates from Friday 9 September 2016
Tech just became a little bit greenerpublished at 16:27 British Summer Time 11 July 2020
Hundreds more NHS maternity cases under reviewpublished at 17:00 British Summer Time 10 July 2020
Inquiry into care by NHS trust is now assessing about 1,500 cases, the BBC learns.
Read MoreHuman remains found in 'murdered' mother searchpublished at 14:27 British Summer Time 10 July 2020
Lucy Fox was charged with murdering her mother, Judith, whose body has been missing since June.
Read MoreCouncil-owned shopping centres lose £34m in valuepublished at 17:09 British Summer Time 9 July 2020
Three Shrewsbury shopping centres bought by Shropshire Council for £51m two years ago are now believed to be worth just £17m.
It's another big drop in the value of the Pride Hill, Charles Darwin and Riverside centres, which were believed to be worth £40m last March.
The council bought the three shopping centres believing they would bring in revenue and allow it to transform the look of the town centre.
Hospital food voted best for 14th year out of 15published at 16:36 British Summer Time 9 July 2020
The food at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt hospital has been voted the best in the country for the 14th time in 15 years.
The Care Quality Commission surveyed 77,000 patients, external from 144 NHS trusts between August 2019 and the start of 2020 and asked them to give a score out of 10 for the food.
The Gobowen orthopaedic hospital got a score of 7.9 out of 10.
Image source, RJAHThe hospital also scored 9.6 out of 10 for the choice of food on offer.
Dan Hoggett, Catering Manager, said his team uses "high quality, local and seasonal ingredients where possible, and our menus are agreed in association with the trust’s dietician.”
Council to debate referendum on statue’s removalpublished at 16:18 British Summer Time 9 July 2020
The Clive of India monument has stood in Shrewsbury town centre since 1860.
Read MoreTaxi driver hit and racially abused by passengerpublished at 10:33 British Summer Time 9 July 2020
Amir Sajjad Malik says he was left "screaming in pain" after one of his passengers attacked him.
Read MorePlans for hotel and steak restaurant at roundaboutpublished at 17:55 British Summer Time 8 July 2020
Local Democracy Reporting ServicePlans have been submitted for an 80-bed Premier Inn, a Miller and Carter restaurant and a Costa drive-through on the outskirts of Shrewsbury.
The Battlefield Roundabout site already has a Travelodge, pub, petrol station, Starbucks and Burger King and the planning application estimates up to 97 jobs would be created.
Image source, GoogleThe developer, Maximus Aequus, also wants 222 parking spaces and electric car charging points at the site, which is also close to Shrewsbury's cattle market.
Agents acting for the company said traffic is expected to grow, once Shrewsbury's North West Relief Road is built.
School to change house name in anti-racism stancepublished at 17:26 British Summer Time 8 July 2020
Robert Clive is widely credited with engineering British colonial rule in India in the 18th Century.
Read MoreTaxi driver attacked and left in hospitalpublished at 16:32 British Summer Time 8 July 2020
BBC ShropshireA Telford taxi driver who was beaten up when he picked up passengers in the town in the early hours of Sunday morning said he wanted his attacker jailed.
Amir Sajjad Malik told BBC Radio Shropshire said he was attacked and racially abused after insisting he was paid in advance.
Image source, Amir Sajjad MalikWest Mercia Police said Mr Malik, who is in his 30s had been called to Sorbus Avenue to take three men to Admaston and described the man who attacked him as bald, in his twenties and wearing dark clothing.
Mr Malik said he believed he was attacked because of the colour of his skin.
Your photos: Grey cloud and rain around the regionpublished at 15:56 British Summer Time 8 July 2020
All around the West Midlands we're seeing photos of grey cloud and rain.
These pictures were taken by BBC Weather Watchers in Lower Broadheath, Cardington and Birmingham.
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Image source, TimboFlax mill to open up to tenants for first time in 33 yearspublished at 15:35 British Summer Time 8 July 2020
This autumn, for the first time since 1987, the top four floors of Shrewsbury's historic flax mill will be open to tenants again.
Historic England has spent more than £20m on the restoration of the 220-year-old building and said it would offer a "unique work space for businesses and individuals".
Later in the year, Historic England also plans to find an operator for a cafe inside the building.
Image source, Historic EnglandThe flax mill is the worlds' first iron-framed building and the techniques used in building it later enabled the construction of the first skyscrapers.
For years, it was named the heritage building most "at risk" by Historic England.
The organisation, then known as English Heritage, bought it in 2005 and has been carrying out renovation with the help of money from the National Lottery.
Image source, Historic EnglandHistoric England said it is also looking for developers willing to build homes on the surrounding land and to "invest in the development of the remaining historic buildings."
Murder victim, 25, named by policepublished at 13:49 British Summer Time 8 July 2020
George Loveridge died at a house in Wellington on Saturday morning.
Read MoreSchool renames house after BLM protestspublished at 12:59 British Summer Time 8 July 2020
BBC ShropshireThe name of one of the four houses at the Habadasher's Adams' Grammar School in Newport is being changed, following the Black Lives Matter protests.
Clive House was named after Robert Clive, the Shropshire-born Major General who played a leading role in establishing British colonial rule in India.
Image source, GoogleThe school has decided to change the name after consulting staff, past and current pupils and parents.
It received more than 800 responses and head teacher Gary Hickey said the renaming would contribute, "in a small but useful way, to recognising the injustices inflicted on ethnic minority communities."
A new name will be chosen in the autumn and the school has also committed to teaching more black history.
Image source, Getty ImagesShropshire Council will discuss the possible removal of Clive of India's statue from Shrewsbury Square at a meeting a week tomorrow.
Second attempt to hold Comic Con abandonedpublished at 09:13 British Summer Time 8 July 2020
The Wales Comic Con event, due to be held at Telford International Centre next month, has been cancelled because of coronavirus.
A statement from the organiser said existing ticket holders will automatically be transferred to a new date next year and details would be announced soon.
It was originally planned for April, with guests including Val Kilmer, John Barrowman and the cast of the sci-fi series Firefly.
The event has previously been held in Wrexham, but moved to Telford's International Centre because it needed a bigger venue.
Furniture store customers given promise by new ownerspublished at 14:41 British Summer Time 7 July 2020
BBC ShropshireCustomers who had orders with the Alan Ward furniture chain before it went into liquidation have been told they will have them fulfilled by the new owners.
More than 100 people based in Shropshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire were told they had lost their jobs when the company went out of business. They are still waiting to hear whether they will be taken on by Birmingham-based Cousins.
Image source, GoogleAlan Ward started in Shrewsbury in 1970 and expanded to have stores in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Winsford and Chester.
Murder charge after death of man at propertypublished at 13:34 British Summer Time 7 July 2020
The accused is due in court on Wednesday following the unnamed man's death at the weekend.
Read MoreMan charged with murderpublished at 11:33 British Summer Time 7 July 2020
BreakingA 29-year-old man from Telford has been charged with murder following the death of a man on Charlton Street in Wellington on Saturday.
A 27-year-old woman arrested in connection has been released on bail as inquiries continue.
Military Police move delayedpublished at 10:54 British Summer Time 7 July 2020
Plans to sell part of the Donnington Ministry of Defence base in Telford have been put back at least two years.
Parsons Barracks has been earmarked for disposal and its occupants, the Royal Military Police, were expected to move to Stafford this year.
Image source, GoogleThe date for the move has been changed to 2022.
Non-league club fold due to Covid-19 impactpublished at 15:14 British Summer Time 6 July 2020
BBC Radio Shropshire SportA prominent Shropshire non-league football club has gone out of business due after losing income due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on its season.
FC Oswestry Town played in Division One of the Northwest Counties League and shared TNS's Park Hall ground.
Image source, GoogleThey were heading for promotion to the North West Counties League premier division when the season was stopped and then declared null and void.
The manager's resigned, and the team said it was not financially viable, external to continue given the lost income.
