Allen Cook
BBC News

A cafe's been flooded for the fourth time in four months as flash floods hit Shropshire.

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Heavy rain on Sunday saw Dale End Cafe in Ironbridge, still recovering from floods earlier this year, suffer further.

Owner Chris Harrison praised , externalthe local community for their help as the waters rose again.

Elsewhere in the county, two people had to be rescued from a car stuck in flood water in Allscott, Telford,, external and several homes in the area were flooded, the fire service said.

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While a lane on the A5 between Emstrey and Preston Island was shut by police, external for a time on Sunday with surface water making driving conditions "difficult and dangerous".

The Met Office said, external Shawbury, near Shrewsbury, saw the most rain of anywhere in the UK on Sunday with 31mm.

The moment Rita Kenyon sees her three grandchildren for the first time in weeks is caught on camera.

BBC Weather Watchers

Here are some more photos from our BBC Weather Watchers today - Littleacorns in Southam, Warwickshire, Ken M in Lydbury North, Shropshire and Bookworm in Hay-on-Wye:

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BBC Shropshire

People in Ludlow are being urged to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement by clapping on their doorsteps this evening.

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A demonstration was planned to take place in the town but the local council said it couldn't give permission for more than six people to gather due to social distancing rules.

The local authority said it supported other ways of demonstrating such as putting a Black Lives Matter poster in windows. , external

A Facebook page has been set up asking people to show their support on their doorsteps today at 18:30 and one of the organisers, Ashleigh Cadet, says she's glad people are talking about the issue.

"It's definitely taking off which is fantastic because, for me, that means there's discussions going on. Some people are using it as part of their homeschooling lessons, I couldn't ask for any more than that, it is about education."

An annual charity ride and festival raising money for the Midlands Air Ambulance has been postponed until 2021.

Organisers of the Bike4Life event had already postponed it from April due to the pandemic, but now say they haven't been able to find a replacement date this year. , external

They also say the current state of the economy means they couldn't be sure firms would be able to attend so they're now looking to agree a new date for 2021.

The event sees bikers ride to RAF Cosford, Shropshire, where the air ambulance has a base, for the festival.

Shropshire Star

A few of the stories on the Shropshire Star website today:

• Socially-distanced seating areas planned for pedestrianised Shrewsbury town centre, external
• Ironbridge park and ride makes way for new drive-through coronavirus testing facility, external
• 100mph A49 police chase ends dramatically on Shrewsbury roundabout, external

A girl has suffered "potentially serious injuries" after coming of her bike in Church Stretton this morning.

West Midlands Ambulance Service said it was called to Sandford Avenue at 08:30 and took her to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham for trauma care.

Signs are being painted on pavements and roads around Telford, to prepare for the reopening of shops on Monday.

Signs are also being attached to lamp posts, to remind people about the 2m social distancing rule.

Image source, Telford and Wrekin Council

Image source, Telford and Wrekin Council

BBC Weather Watchers

If it's not already raining where you are, the chances are it soon will be.

We're seeing lots of threatening grey cloud from the BBC Weather Watchers today, including these photos taken near Church Stretton, Leek and Upton upon Severn.

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Two Shrewsbury town centre streets will be pedestrianised when shops open on Monday, to help people maintain a safe distance from one another.

Diversions are being set up to keep both High Street and Shoplatch clear of traffic, and it's being done on a trial basis under special powers granted to local councils.

The closures will be in place between 11:00 and 18:00.

The leader of Shrewsbury Town Council, Alan Mosley, said that while "One of Shrewsbury’s charms is its narrow streets and medieval road layout", more space was neded to help people visit in safety.

BBC Shropshire

New Street in Shrewsbury has become one-way from today, to make room for a new cycle lane and to make it safer for pedestrians.

A temporary traffic order means vehicles will no longer be able to travel westbound down the road, in the Frankwell to Radbrook direction.

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BBC Shropshire

A Shrewsbury secondary school is going to continue teaching after one of its pupils tested positive for Covid-19, but it will be thoroughly cleaned.

The student, who last attended Belvidere School on 4 June, was asymptomatic at the time and all parents have been sent an email to inform them.

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The school is continuing to accept the children of key workers and still intends to open to Year 10 pupils next week, after taking advice from Public Health England.

A council says it could only assume illegal fly-tipping had been responsible.

BBC Weather Watchers

It's been another overcast day and there's some rain to come, looking at the clouds in these photos.

They were taken by BBC Weather Watchers in Rushbury and Bromyard.

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BBC Midlands Today

The Severn Valley Railway has said it expects to lose £6m in revenue this year - three-quarters of its income.

It had already seen a 75% drop in passenger numbers because of the February floods and said it needed £4,5m to pay for essential works.

An emergency appeal by the railway had raised £750,000 by 4 June, and it said its immediate future had been secured as a result.

After thousands of people signed a petition calling for Shrewsbury's statue of Clive of India to be removed, a rival petition has now been set up calling for the figure to stay where it is.

Launched through change.org, the petition, set up by Emma Dolphin, and signed so far by more than 2,300 people says "Removing statues does not change history nor help us learn from it

"Shrewsbury and Shropshire has been influenced by the actions of Robert Clive whether we condone all of his actions or not."

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It comes after Shropshire Council agreed to discuss the statue's removal at its next full council meeting.

A drive-in music festival, external in Shrewsbury has got the go-ahead, with the relaxation of lockdown restrictions.

There will be three live bands on stage and people will park at the West Mid Showground, tune in to a radio station playing the music and party in their cars.

Tickets have to be bought in advance and alcohol won't be allowed at the event, but people will be allowed to get out their cars to go to the toilet.

The organisers are billing it as "the safe way to party in 2020".

Calls to remove the statue of Clive of India in Shrewsbury will be discussed at the next Shropshire Council meeting, the leader of the local authority has promised.

More than 5,000 people have signed two petitions, saying they want it to go, after a statue of the slave trader, Edward Colston, was pulled down in Bristol.

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Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey was a key figure in the East India Company, which controlled the Bengal region if India.

And changes the company made to taxes and agricultural policies are said to have led to the Bengal Famine of 1770, where, in certain areas, up to a third of the population died.

But historian Dr Manu Sehgal told the BBC, "you don't explain things better by destroying them."

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More than 400 people have commented on the story about the Clive of India statue in Shrewsbury on the BBC Midlands Facebook page.

There are calls to have it removed, because of his activities with the East India Company, following the removal of the Edward Colston statue in Bristol.

But many of the comments have opposed this and Valerie Bradley wrote: "This is getting ridiculous. It's part of our heritage and history. The past is the past."

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And Zoe Durnin added: "You cannot just erase our history. No some parts of it we are not proud of because it was different times and some things that we did as humans were awful, but It should stay there to show how far we’ve come and we should learn from it."

And Ollie Good suggested: "Surely the best thing to do with these statues, and the most financially viable, is to re-plaque them. Let people know the good and bad traits whilst keeping the reason why the statue was erected in the first place."

More than 5,000 people have signed two petitions to remove Shrewsbury's Clive of India statue, following Black Lives Matter protests across the UK.

Campaigners say the statue embodies racism. You can read about Clive's history and more on the row here.

A sum of 1,000 verified signatures is enough for Shropshire Council to consider the proposal, but councillor Andy Boddington has argued that the statue should remain, saying "If we remove the physical evidence of our sometimes brutal history, there is a danger that our past will be buried".

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The former leader of neighbouring Telford and Wrekin Council, Kuldip Sahota, who was born in India and had a business in Shrewsbury for 20 years, said when friends came to visit they felt uncomfortable with the statue. He wants it gone.