Updates from Friday 9 September 2016
Thieves posing as police officers have stolen jewellery and other valuables from a house in Gobowen.
West Mercia Police said they struck at 21:15 on Sunday and searched the house, before driving away in a dark-coloured BMW.
Local Democracy Reporting Service
The Local Democracy Reporting Service in Shropshire's been covering these stories in the past few days:
Image source, Shropshire Fire and Rescue ServiceThe driver of the van is seriously injured in the crash, but no-one on the train is hurt.
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Community spirit and sacrifices by health workers are being praised by a GP for keeping coronavirus-related deaths in Ludlow well below what was expected.
Image source, Shropshire LassDr Catherine Beanland, from Portcullis Surgery, said local medical staff had been forecast 200 deaths due to the town having a large elderly population and a high level of people with long-term illnesses.
But, since the pandemic began, there have been two Covid-19-related deaths and, out of 8,000 people tested, 13 who were positive.
Dr Beanland said she believed it was down to a combination of volunteers allowing elderly people to stay isolated, care homes completely shutting down and the town's community hospital not allowing people home until they tested negative.
"I don't want to say this is a victory because obviously there's an ongoing battle that we've got with the virus but I just wanted to highlight what an enormous sacrifice our carers have done in this area," she added.
A wooden post smashes through the windscreen of the expensive sports model.
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Go Outdoors' owners say they are preparing to call in administrators as the coronavirus pandemic pushes high street retailers to breaking point.
Image source, Go OutdoorsThe chain - specialising in camping equipment, bikes and clothes - employs about 2,400 staff across 67 stores, including Coventry, Birmingham, Shrewsbury, Stoke-on-Trent, Kidderminster and Wolverhampton.
JD Sports, which owns Go Outdoors, said in a statement it had looked at the options for Go and had decided to start the administration process.
The coronavirus pandemic has ramped up pressure on the firm.
A few of the headlines from the Shropshire Star today:
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BBC News
A workshop's been destroyed in a fire this morning in north Shropshire.
Image source, Shropshire Fire and Rescue ServiceFour fire engines were called to the single-storey, wooden building on Sandy Lane, Market Drayton. , external
Fire crews said it took almost two hours to put out and they managed to stop it spreading to another building., external
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Telford and Wrekin Council has said it is "committed to seeing no return to rough sleeping" once the coronavirus pandemic is over.
During lockdown more than 200 people in the borough have been housed or stopped from being evicted and it said it wanted that to continue.
Image source, Getty ImagesMembers of the public in Telford and Wrekin will be asked to report people who are rough sleeping in the borough, so that the council can offer them support.
The local authority says the scheme is aimed at helping people and "not to be critical".
Lucy Fox, 38, appears in court charged with murder and arson with intent to endanger life.
Read MoreA man and woman are questioned on suspicion of causing or allowing the death of the 12-year-old.
Read More"It makes me wonder why we couldn't get this kind of support before," one rough sleeper says.
Read MoreA parole board refuses to release Azhar Ali Mehmood, who poured petrol into the Telford home and set it alight.
Read MoreA Telford taxi driver who murdered his pregnant girlfriend, her sister and their mother in a house fire has had his application for parole denied.
Azhar Ali Mehmood was jailed for life 19 years ago for starting the fire in Leegomery which claimed the lives of Lucy Lowe, Sarah Lowe and Linda Lowe.
Image source, bbcThe Parole Board said it "carefully examined a whole range of evidence, including details of the original case, and any evidence of behaviour change," and made the decision based on the risk his release might cause the public.
Last year a BBC documentary spoke to Mehmood's daughter Tasnim, who was found wrapped in blankets after the fire.
Lucy Fox, 38, is accused of killing Judith Fox, who is missing from her home in Shifnal, Shropshire.
Read MoreThe rain has been continuing to fall around the West Midlands and there's plenty of thick grey cloud about too.
These photos were taken by BBC Weather Watchers in Malvern, Bodenham and Rushbury.
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Image source, Peter StegglesCoincidentally, the firefighters based in Much Wenlock are practising water rescue techniques this week.
They probably weren't expecting to be doing it in heavy rain and thunderstorms in the middle of June.
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Image source, Shropshire Fire and Rescue ServiceWe're starting to see photos of flooded roads and footpaths around the West Midlands.
These pictures were taken by BBC Weather Watchers in Wythall and Lydbury North and the rain is expected to get heavier in southern parts of the region this afternoon.
Image source, Ryan Lewis
Image source, Ken MThe Met Office said some parts of England had nearly 50mm of rainfall over three hours.
Read MoreThis is a photo of the food distribution centre in the Woodside area of Telford which has been helping to feed more than 100 children.
It was set up by Telford and Wrekin Council because children weren't getting the support they would normally get from school breakfast clubs during lockdown.
Sarah, a single mum with seven children, said it had been "a lifeline" and that it was "a relief" that the government had done a u-turn on food vouchers for the summer holidays.
