Andy Giddings
BBC Shropshire

Our headlines this evening:

- NHS review body asked to do more work on hospitals reorganisation proposals

- Investigators reveal firearm recovered following death near Church Stretton

- Shrewsbury Town look for FA Cup replay win

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Baby Kate died when she was six hours old. Her parents say nobody else should need to wait as long as they did for answers.

A trail of 10 giant nutcracker statues has been set up around Shrewsbury town centre, with visitors challenged to find them all.

Each of the 6ft 5in (196cm) high models has its own name and they've been hidden in a number of locations, including shops.

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The Shrewsbury Business Improvement District, which represents companies in the town, is hoping it will get people exploring places they haven't been before.

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Last night's vote to put Shropshire's hospital reorganisation on hold was made on geographical lines.

The six members of the Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group at the meeting all voted to take the recommendations forward to public consultation, while the six members of the Telford Clinical Commissioning Group all voted against.

The proposals, drawn up by the NHS Future Fit review body, suggest having just one centre for emergency medicine in the county, in Shrewsbury.

They have been unpopular with some people in Telford, who don't want the town's A&E department downgraded.

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The deadline has passed for people wanting to buy shares in AFC Telford United.

The club was selling them at £100 each and hasn't yet said how many people applied to buy one, or if anyone has asked to buy large numbers.

The club was also hoping the share-issue might attract investors and said talks have been ongoing, but it placed a limit on the number of shares any one individual could hold, so that nobody could hold more than a 20% stake.

It plans to make an announcement later today, or tomorrow.

Andy Giddings
BBC Shropshire

Our headlines this afternoon:

- Health review body asked to think again about hospital proposals

- MP calls for knife angel to go on display in Trafalgar Square

- Shrewsbury Town travel to Fleetwood for FA Cup replay

Shrewsbury Town's assistant manager Chris Doig wants the team to prove that Saturday's win over Millwall wasn't a blip.

The 1-0 victory followed a run of four games without a win.

Tonight's match is an FA Cup replay, so won't help Shrewsbury's league position, but he said that winning needs to become a habit.

The MP for North Shropshire says he wants to see the Shropshire knife angel installed on the empty fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square.

Owen Paterson said he also wanted to congratulate the makers of the statue, built out of knives surrendered to the police to raise awareness of knife crime.

The fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square has been used to feature the work of a number of artists.

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

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Andy Giddings
BBC Shropshire

The photos of the Christmas party held on the Shropshire to Birmingham train this morning have prompted a few comments on our Facebook page, external.

Neville Stephens was very impressed, writing: "Lovely idea - I wish I had been on that train today. Happy Christmas."

Jennifer Powell added: "Why can't everyone be like this!"

And it's prompted more stories about friendship groups which started on trains. 

Corrina Jones wrote: "My friend made a group of friends in his his journey into Telford centre every day and they ended up having nights out and hanging out together."  

Health bosses refuse to back plans to downgrade A&E services in Telford in favour of one emergency and trauma department based in Shrewsbury.

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It's been foggy in parts of Shropshire this morning, and we've been seeing a few photos of it, sent in by BBC Weather Watchers in the south of the county.

These ones were taken near Ludlow (top) and Church Stretton (below).

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Following the decision by health commissioners not to move forward with plans to reorganise Shropshire's hospitals, the matter has been put back in the hands of the Future Fit, external review team which made the original recommendations.

The Shropshire and Telford Clinical Commissioning Groups said they wanted to wait for "more work" to be carried out and for an independent review of the process which led to the recommendations.

The head of the Future Fit review promised last week that an independent review "will be held within the current timetable".

But, "more work" will probably mean a shift in the timetable and that public consultation won't start early in the new year.

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Andy Giddings
BBC Shropshire

Our headlines this lunchtime:

- Hospitals review on hold to allow more work to be carried out

- Bishop's Castle church awarded £10,000

- Telford fans wait for news of investors as share-issue deadline looms

St John the Baptist church in Bishop's Castle has been given a £10,000 National Churches Trust Community Grant, external.

The money will be spent on a project to install a kitchen, servery and toilets.

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The National Churches Trust says the building is a large one, but the lack of basic facilities for older people and people with disabilities has been a problem.

Kay Crewdson
BBC weather presenter

It's going to be a cloudy, rainy afternoon across Shropshire, with some fog in places.