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Updates on Friday 20 January 2017
James Bond
Sports Producer, BBC Shropshire
Telford Tigers are away to Peterborough tonight, in the semi-final first leg of the English Premier League Cup.
Image source, Steve BrodiePeterborough has proved to be a bit of a bogey side for Tigers this season, winning three of their four previous meetings, against the league leaders.
A car has crashed into an 12-tonne pile of rubble which has been dumped on a road near Tibberton.
Telford and Wrekin Council says it appears to have been fly-tipped early this morning and it is now clearing up the mess.
Image source, Telford and Wrekin CouncilThe authority said it was a "significant crash" and called the person who dumped the waste was "really reckless".
Andy Giddings
BBC Shropshire
Our headlines this lunchtime:
- Car crashes into 12 tonnes of rubble dumped on road near Tibberton
- Shropshire Council says no guarantees Shrewsbury relief road will be built
- Shrewsbury School to set up new primary school in Hong Kong
The NHS trust bit off more than it could chew when it asked if it could delay its payments.
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BBC Shropshire
A reader got in touch through Your Questions section of the BBC website to ask "What public resources are available to aid in genealogical research of families local to Shropshire pre-1600s?"
Shropshire archives holds the records for the whole county (including Telford) and Shropshire Council said this could be difficult because there are no parish registers before 1538.
Image source, ThinkstockShropshire Council has produced a series of online guides, external, including one giving advice on how to research early family history and also publishes a physical "family history guide" which lists the different types of records it holds.
The authority also suggested that the Shropshire Family History Society has a help desk at its archives on Castle Gates in Shrewsbury.
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
It's going to be another cloudy afternoon across Shropshire, with temperatures reaching no higher than 8C (46F).
Charlie Slater with the day's West Midland weather forecast.
James Bond
Sports Producer, BBC Shropshire
Shrewsbury Town Manager Paul Hurst insists he'll have no hesitation in starting his new loan signing in the first team.
Tyler Roberts is only 18, but comes highly rated from West Brom.
Image source, Shrewsbury TownHe's previously been on loan at Town's League-One rivals Oxford - so isn't worried about what playing with Shrewsbury might bring.
Quote MessagePhysically demanding, obviously coming from under 23s football and you're going into the men's game it's a lot more physical and the tempo is a lot quicker. I think I'm definitely ready."
Tyler Roberts, Shrewsbury Town new loan signing
Sean Fogarty
Producer, BBC Shropshire
Shrewsbury School has been selected by the Hong Kong Education Bureau to build a new primary school in the city, aimed at the ex-pat community.
Image source, Getty ImagesHong Kong has a shortage of international school places, especially at primary level, and this new school will cater for children between the ages of three and 11 and is due to open in 2018.
Shrewsbury already has a school in Bangkok.
The League of Friends has stepped in to provide support for a hospital , externalafter it emerged salads and sandwiches were not being offered to patients.
Image source, Shropshire StarLast time around, the relief road plan was planned join the Churncote Roundabout (between A5/A458) with Battlefield Roundabout (to the North East), completing the ring road around Shrewsbury.
There is no suggestion that the next incarnation of the road, if it ever gets built, will follow the same route.
In 2009, the route attracted opposition from environmental groups, which said the road would destroy valuable habitats north of Shrewsbury.
Tracey Higgins
BBC Local Live
People in Baschurch, especially parents, are being asked for feedback, following the introduction of a zebra crossing and other traffic calming measures in the village.
There's a public meeting at the Corbet School tonight at 18:30 to discuss how to improve the safety of children on Eyton Lane and Shrewsbury Road.
Image source, GoogleSchools, the parish council, the police and Shropshire Council are all involved.
Quote MessageThose who're against road safety measures are concerned about the congestion. The upside of the congestion, is that traffic is moving significantly slower through Baschurch than it was two years ago."
Nick Bardsley, Shropshire Councillor for Baschurch
Andy Giddings
BBC Shropshire
Our headlines this lunchtime:
- No guarantee Shrewsbury's north west relief road will be built
- Farmers warned about impact of water running off fields into rivers
- Meeting to discuss Baschurch road safety
Shrewsbury's north west relief road looked set to be built in 2009, but plans were put on hold only a year later, because of a spending review at the Department for Transport.
The project was costed at £100m almost a decade ago.
While £1m has been allocated by the government to explore in depth resurrecting the scheme, that is by no means a guarantee it will be built, Shropshire Council says.
Image source, Shropshire CouncilTracey Higgins
BBC Local Live
Commuters faced delays on the M54 this morning after a four-vehicle crash.
It happened on the M54 eastbound between J3, A41 (Albrighton) and J2, A449 (Wolverhampton).
The Ambulance service said one man had been trapped in his car, but was freed by ambulance crews. No-one was taken to hospital.
A Telford man poisoned his new wife by giving her laxatives, external over a three-year period. David Thomas Smith has admitted poisoning his wife Elizabeth.
Image source, Shropshire StarTracey Higgins
BBC Local Live
Shropshire Council has been explaining how it will use government funding of nearly £950,000 to look again at a controversial relief road, north of Shrewsbury.
A four-mile extension of the outer ring road to the north west of Shrewsbury is estimated to cost well over £100m.
The proposal to complete the circle of road around the town has been going on for nearly two decades.
Tracey Higgins
BBC Local Live
The top stories in Shropshire this morning:
- Farmers warned about impact of water from farms running into rivers
- Almost £1m of government cash to refresh business case for North West Relief Road
- The award-winning comedian Omid Djalili is performing in Telford tonight
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
A chilly, generally dry, but cloudy day for all of us. Some brighter spells are possible, most likely in the south. The chance of the odd spot of light rain or drizzle.
Top temperatures of 8C (46F).
Tracey Higgins
BBC Local Live
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One lane is closed on the M54 eastbound between junction three, for the A41 (Albrighton). and junction two, the A449, because of a multi-vehicle accident.
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