Shropshire has been told how much it will get to fix potholes next year.

The government has been expanding on the annoucement made in the Chancellor's autumn statement that an extra £3bn would be spent on transport and said the A529 in Shropshire would get a portion of the £175m set aside to deal with the nation's most dangerous roads.

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Shropshire Council will also get £1.3m to spend on potholes in the next financial year, slightly more than the £1m it got this year - Telford and Wrekin will get £250,000, up from the £176,000 it received this year.

There is no news on funding for the proposed link road between the M54 and the M6 Toll road.

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Some cloudy scenes across the county but the sun is coming out in places. 

Here's how it's looking in Norton (top) and Shrewsbury (bottom).

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Parents in Shropshire were fined more than £50,000 over the past academic year, external for taking their children on holiday during term time.

Every year for the last 10 years, Brian Williams from Edgebolton has covered the front of his house and garden in an array of Christmas lights and decorations. 

He does it to raise money for Hope House, which has helped his grandson. 

For a number of weeks he's been busy setting everything up, and over the weekend the big switch-on happened. 

Andrew Hewkin
Newsreader, BBC Shropshire

A woman was taken to hospital after a fire, north of Oswestry, last night. 

Firefighters rescued her from the conservatory of a house in the area between Weston Rhyn and the Gledrid roundabout.

The ink on the paper has only just dried, but Telford & Wrekin have already registered its opposition to the latest NHS blueprint for health in the county.

The authority says it is unhappy with the financial projections in the Sustainability and Transformation Plan, external and disagrees with its conclusion that hospital services need reconfiguring.

Council leader, Shaun Davies, said his authority agreed that more resources need to be put into community health services, claiming most people struggle "just to get a GP appointment in the borough".

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There's another race meeting at Ludlow today. with the course described as good to soft.

There are six races in all, with the first starting at 13:10.

Andy Giddings
BBC Shropshire

Our top stories this lunchtime:

- New health blueprint fails to get backing of Shropshire's local authorities

- Shrewsbury politician misses out on UKIP party leadership

- Six races at Ludlow racecourse

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AFC Telford United are in the draw for the first round of the FA Trophy later today. 

Saturday's qualifying win at Ramsbottom was their second 2-0 success in a row. 

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Assistant manager, Larry Chambers, hopes that stands them in good stead for a good run in the league and the cup.   

UKIP's one-time candidate for the Shrewsbury constituency, Suzanne Evans, has come second in the party's leadership election, collecting 19% of the vote.

The politician, who still owns a house in the town, has congratulated the winner, Paul Nuttall.

A blueprint for healthcare in the county says one of Shropshire's hospitals should specialise in emergency medicine and the other in planned operations.

It's not a new idea, but today's NHS Sustainability Transformation Plan, external is another endorsement of the plans put forward by the Future FIt review, which is due to go to public consultation in the new year.

The plan also proposes a number of measures to allow patients to be seen closer to home, including the idea of having 35,000 outpatient appointments a year carried out via video link.

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BBC Weather presenter

It's going to be a clear, but chilly afternoon, with temperatures not rising above 6C (43F).

Temperatures are forecast to drop below freezing overnight.

The result of the UKIP leadership election will be announced shortly.

One of the candidates is the woman who represented the party in Shrewsbury at the last election, Suzanne Evans.

Andy Giddings
BBC Shropshire

The Environment Agency is back by the weir in Ludlow this morning, to watch salmon attempt to leap it.

If the water levels drop too low, it might have to build a temporary "fish-pass" again, to help them.

A blueprint for the future of health services in Shropshire has been published., external

The Sustainability and Transformation Plan aims to move tens of thousands of appointments from the main hospitals to local community hubs.

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Shropshire's AKA George joined BBC Introducing in Shropshire over the weekend.

He played 2022 live in the studio. 

You can join Sam and Jolon every Saturday from 20:00 for the latest in undiscovered talent in Shropshire. 

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Telford Tigers kept up their winning run with a 6-0 drubbing of Swindon Wildcats, but they immediately bid farewell to netminder Ondrej Raszka.

The English Premier League leaders remain six points clear at the top of the standings, having also beaten Manchester Phoenix 5-2 on Saturday night.

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The news of Raszka’s departure, however, put a dampener on celebrations, after the 26-year-old revealed he had accepted an offer to play in Poland.  

Former Green Party leader, Natalie Bennett, is visiting Shropshire today. 

She'll be visiting farms as a guest of the county's wildlife trust. 

It's part of a mission to find ways of farming crops like maize sustainably, without disturbing animal habitats.  

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BBC Local Live

Here are some of the stories we're looking at this morning:

- A long-awaited blueprint for the reorganisation of health services in Shropshire could be published today

- Shropshire Council is looking into whether it could win a fight to stop homes being built on the edge of Ludlow

- Former Green Party leader, Natalie Bennett, to visit Shropshire today

TNS set a new Welsh Premier record with their win over Airbus. 

Following the 4-0 victory, the Oswestry side have now completed 16 straight wins since the beginning of the season.