Updates from Friday 9 September 2016
We had an impressive full moon last night and depending on where you were, it seems it appeared in a range of colours.
To a BBC Weather Watcher in Telford it appeared to be bright orange, but in Coventry it was photographed in a more traditional white, while in Admaston it went for the beige look.
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Image source, Country CorfTelford exports the UK's highest proportion of goods to the EU, a study suggests.
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A community group has raised the £200,000 it needs to buy a hill in south Shropshire.
Norbury Hill lies between the Long Mynd and the Stiperstones and the Middle Marches Community Land Trust wanted to bring it in to public ownership, so it can be properly protected.
Image source, Richard KeymerThe trust said it planned to allow sheep to continue grazing there, but also hoped to encourage wildflowers to return, along with insects and butterflies.
The tests were prompted by a spate of cases linked to the unnamed home in Whitchurch.
Read MoreRadbrook Primary School in Shrewsbury has closed for 14 days, after five confirmed cases of coronavirus.
Shropshire’s Director of Public Health, Rachel Robinson, said the risk of the infection being passed on was "very low" and the school is now being cleaned.
Image source, GoogleMore than 300 pupils are believed to be affected.
Head teacher Katie Linnel said contact tracing started when the first case was confirmed.
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A fast-tracking service to test pupils for covid symptoms at the Haberdashers' Adams grammar school in Newport has been stopped, because it can't cope with the demand.
Children have been told they'll no longer get tested through the school and the scheme will be for staff only.
Image source, GoogleThe 25-year-old victim was found by police officers in cardiac arrest and died at the scene.
Read MoreShrewsbury's on-loan Wolves goalkeeper Matija Sarkic and defender Ryan Sears face up to three months with injury.
Read MoreOne of the main routes through Ironbridge is going to reopen to vehicles at the weekends.
The Wharfage had been made into a pedestrian and cycle zone to help with social distancing over the summer.
Image source, GoogleA number of traders have opposed the reopening of the road and say it will be bad for their businesses.
A prison and young offenders institution highlighted for poor levels of self-harm has seen big improvements, a new report has shown.
A review by the Independent Monitoring Board of Stoke Heath prison and YOI, near Market Drayton, found the number of cases of self-harm had fallen from 425 last year to 328 this year.
It also said there had also been no suicides or deaths in custody this year, while levels of violence were low, compared with similar institutions.
The report, external particularly praised the "experienced staff" as well as "strong direction and leadership" from senior managers.
The report however, highlighted prisoners' struggles to get a job after being released and blamed a lack of government funding for low rates of meaningful activity while in custody.
Police were called to a house in Telford and found more than six people at the property.
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Dan Hardeman of Telford is the millionth young person to be supported by the Prince's Trust.
Read MoreNorbury Hill has an asking price of about £200,000 and goes to sealed bids on Wednesday.
Read MorePlymouth extend their unbeaten League One start with a home draw against Shrewsbury, still seeking their first win after three league games.
Read MoreJenny Nelson and Nick Barratt decided on Tuesday to bring forward their wedding by two weeks.
Read MoreThe venue, in Stafford Park, was in breach of Covid-19 legislation, police said.
Read MoreLeague One club Shrewsbury Town sign experienced former Sheffield United striker Leon Clarke on a one-year deal.
Read MoreThe CEO of Telford's Southwater Events Group believes the government has unfairly left the hospitality and events industry out of its Job Support Scheme.
Tom Gray, who's business includes the Telford International Centre, said the sector was worth about £70bn to the UK economy and added: "We were not an industry that was struggling, we were booming."
Image source, LDRSUnder the chancellor's scheme.employees must be in ''viable jobs" to benefit from the scheme. Those in industries currently closed - such as those in the entertainment industry - may lose out as there isn't any work.
Mr Gray said he'd already had to let his casual staff go and there have been "significant other redundancies to full time staff".
But without further help, he warned more job losses are likely.
On Wednesday, the NEC Group in Birmingham warned job losses were inevitable.
Raven Meadows in Shrewsbury is temporarily closed to traffic and pedestrians because of glass falling from the shopping centre.
West Mercia Police said it would remain shut until the area could be made safe.
Image source, West Mercia PoliceShropshire Fire and Rescue Service said it was using a ladder to make the window on the Darwin Centre safe.
