Summary

  • Hospitals chief exec says A&E review will be back on track in weeks

  • Motorcyclist knocked off bike by Christmas lights stretched across road

  • Shrewsbury Town manager wants to improve disciplinary record

  • Updates from Thursday 15 December

  1. Firm to make 37-tonne beach vehiclespublished at 20:31 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2016

    Seven vehicles weighing 37 tonnes that can tow rescue boats up steep beaches will be made in Powys for the RNLI.

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  2. Shrewsbury Town 2-0 Bristol Roverspublished at 18:58 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2016

    Louis Dodds scores his third goal in three as Shrewsbury beat Bristol Rovers to climb off the bottom of League One.

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  3. Saturday's non-league footballpublished at 10:59 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2016

    Follow live BBC local radio commentary from Saturday's action in the National League and National League North.

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  4. Your last-minute Christmas shopping tipspublished at 01:07 Greenwich Mean Time 17 December 2016

    With less than a week to go until Christmas many of us will be panic-buying gifts. Here are some tips to make it less stressful.

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  5. Three things you wanted to knowpublished at 19:16 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2016

    All week you have been using Your Questions to ask about the West Midlands. Here are some of our answers.

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  6. Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2016

    We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Monday.

  7. Weather: Light cloud overnight and tomorrowpublished at 17:59 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2016

    Rebecca Wood
    BBC Weather

    We're forecast light cloud overnight and the weekend is looking dry and cloudy.

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    Rebecca Wood with the West Midlands weather forecast.

  8. On Midlands Today from 18:30: City prison disturbancepublished at 17:51 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2016

    Nicola Beckford
    Reporter, BBC Midlands Today

    On Midlands Today this evening we'll have the latest on a disturbance at HMP Birmingham. 

    Emergency vehicles outside prisonImage source, PA

    Trouble flared earlier today and has spread to four wings of the prison. 

    We'll have the latest from 18:30 on BBC One.

  9. Bedroom fire in Newportpublished at 17:47 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2016

    Faith Page
    Reporter, BBC Shropshire

    There's been a house fire in Newport this afternoon. 

    Crews were called to Beechfields Way to find a bedroom alight. 

    There are no reports of any injuries.

    Fire engine
  10. Gobowen church holds Christmas tree festivalpublished at 17:35 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2016

    All Saints Church in Gobowen has opened its Christmas tree festival today, with around 50 of them on display.

    They've been created by all sorts of local groups - the ones pictured below were made (from left to right) by The Mothers Union, Men with Sheds and Maesbury Metals.

    Three treesImage source, All Saints Church
  11. Thousands to vote at new Shrewsbury polling stationspublished at 17:24 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2016

    Shrewsbury Chronicle

    More than 4,500 people will vote at new polling stations in Shrewsbury after three venues were moved., external

    Ballot Box
  12. Severn Valley Railway asks for help in furnishing Bridgnorth stationpublished at 17:10 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2016

    The Severn Valley Railway is asking for help, external in furnishing its Bridgnorth station.

    It's produced a list of authentic items it would like to collect, including 12 upholstered office chairs, a waiting room table and two cast iron umbrella stands.

    Severn Valley Railway Bridgnorth stationImage source, Google

    The railway is in the process of improving the station with an extension to the station house, at a cost of £5m.

  13. Headlines: Hospital review delay 'will be brief'; motorcyclist knocked off bike by Christmas lights; search for railway furnishingspublished at 16:59 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2016

    Andy Giddings
    BBC Shropshire

    Our headlines this evening:

    - Hospital chief executive says review of services will be back on track in matter of weeks

    - Motorcyclist knocked off bike by Christmas lights stretched across the road

    - Severn Valley Railway asks for help in furnishing Bridgnorth station

  14. Passengers promised a 'bright, inviting' bus stationpublished at 16:56 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2016

    Telford's bus station is being brought up to date and the manager of the shopping centre says it will become modern, bright and inviting as a result.

    Glyn Morrow added that the current bus station is old, outdated and not customer-friendly.

    Work on bus station

    The work should be complete in nine months' time and will involve the partial demolition of the existing building.

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    They'll step off into a modern, fit for purpose bus terminal, with a manned ticket office and customer toilets."

    Glyn Morrow, Telford Town Centre manager

  15. Motorcyclist knocked off bike by Christmas lightspublished at 16:44 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2016

    Andy Giddings
    BBC Shropshire

    A motorcyclist has been knocked off his bike in Oswestry by Christmas lights stretched across the road.

    The police say it happened on Station Road at 17:00 yesterday and the rider fell, hurting his arm, but escaped serious injury because he was travelling at low speed.

    They are looking for three people seen nearby at the time of the incident.

  16. Ice hockey: Charity 'teddy toss' planned for Pirates gamepublished at 16:34 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2016

    Andy Giddings
    BBC Shropshire

    The Telford Tigers are asking fans to bring teddy bears to the match against Hull Pirates tomorrow and throw them on to the ice when the first goal is scored.

    It's a tradition which comes from the NHL, where teams like the Vancouver Giants (pictured below) can collect thousands, but hasn't been done in Telford for around a decade.

    Teddy toss in VancouverImage source, Getty Images

    The Tigers are asking for the bears to be new and wrapped in plastic bags and says they will all be donated to Hope House and the Princess Royal Hospital.

  17. Hospitals chief exec says delay to health review will be briefpublished at 16:11 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2016

    The delay to reorganisation of Shropshire's hospitals will be a brief one - according to the chief executive of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust.

    The process, which had been due to go to public consultation early in the new year, has been on hold after health commissioners said they wanted more work done on the plans.

    But Simon Wright has tweeted this afternoon to say that it will go ahead once a review has been carried out by the Clinical Commissioning Groups and that he expects this to be a matter of weeks.

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  18. Oswestry A5 roundabout work criticisedpublished at 15:52 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2016

    Oswestry and Borders Chronicle

    Money being spent on improving the busy Gledrid roundabout, near Oswestry, should instead be used to dual the A5, it has been claimed., external

  19. Your photos: Light cloud and sunshine around the countypublished at 15:32 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2016

    BBC Weather Watchers

    We've had some good weather this afternoon and some lovely photos of winter sunshine from the BBC Weather Watchers.

    These pictures were taken in Newport (top) and Oswestry (bottom).

    Sun over NewportImage source, Tay
    OswestryImage source, Bingoswestry
  20. Travel: Accident shuts A41 at Hinstockpublished at 15:14 Greenwich Mean Time 16 December 2016

    BBC Travel

    An accident has closed the A41 in both directions at Hinstock near the A529 Chester Road junction.