Police officer from Telford who downloaded child porn is sacked
Shropshire's A&E departments have busiest day of the year so far
Number of fly-tipping incidents in Shropshire falls
Updates on Friday 10 March 2017
Tracey Higgins
BBC Local Live
Businesses in Newport are frustrated by a road closure that's expected to last 10 weeks.
It's because 50 new houses are being built along Station Road, to the south of the town, and a pipe needs to be fitted to connect them to nearby sewers.
A diversion route is in place for cars heading northbound into Newport, via the A518, Pitchcroft Roundabout, and Wellington Road.
Shrewsbury Chronicle
Trustees who want a large concert rearranged because it clashes with the West Mid Show will take their complaints to a council meeting., external
The number of fly-tipping incidents has dropped across Shropshire.
They fell from 5,639 in 2014-15 to 4,719 in 2015-16 with roughly three-quarters of those incidents in the Telford and Wrekin local authority area.
Those figures don't take into account the amount of rubbished dumped in each case however.
At the start of February an estimated five lorry-loads of household-waste were dumped alongside a railway line at Lightmoor in Telford .
The staff shortages at the county's two acute hospital are "significantly worse" than Shropshire Councillors realised, according to one member of the Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny committee.
Labour councillor Andy Burford said they knew about the problems facing accident and emergency, but a report delivered yesterday had revealed other services "were in a worse state than we had believed".
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust is looking at sending some patients out of the county because it can't treat them here and the committee has called for a meeting with its chief executive, Simon Wright.
Quote MessageEven though we had some prior knowledge of the difficulties that the trust were facing in recruitment, we hadn't realised that things had gone that far."
Councillor Andy Burford, Shropshire Council
A volunteer-run Shropshire bus service has won government funding to buy a new one.
The Bridgnorth Community Transport Group's been given £55,000 from the Department for Transport.
Local MP Philip Dunne will hand over the keys this afternoon.
Tracey Higgins
BBC Local Live
Health campaigners say the situation at the county's two main hospitals has now reached a "crisis" point.
A council committee earlier this week was told that, because of a combination of doctors leaving and going on sick leave, three more specialist services - neurology, dermatology and spinal surgery - may have to stop accepting new referrals, or find alternative providers.
The hospitals trust says it's been warning about problems in some areas for a while and it's doing its best to find doctors to fill the posts, but that safe and dignified care for their patients has to be the priority.
Quote MessageCouncillors were describing this repeatedly as a crisis, that was the word that they used, a crisis. And absolutely rightly because this is a genuine out and out crisis, for patient care, for people living in Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin, an appalling situation."
Gill George , Chair of 'Shropshire Defend our NHS'
The death of an elderly woman, found in a canal in north Shropshire, isn't being treated as suspicious.
Police say the woman was discovered early yesterday morning near Barley Meadows in Llanymynech.
Officers say her family's been told and they're investigating what happened, but don't think anyone else was involved.
Tracey Higgins
BBC Local Live
Bishop's Castle features strongly in a Sunday Times guide, this weekend, to the best places to live, in Britain.
Crime rates, house prices and school performance and quality of life are all taken into account.
People we spoke to, who live there, say the town has a positive spirit, good local shops, all set in beautiful countryside.
Bishop's Castle mayor Jane Carroll explains what makes the town so special
Tracey Higgins
BBC Local Live
A number of businesses are already said to be interesting in moving to a new science and enterprise park, due to be built on the outskirts of Newport.
Image source, GoogleMore than 900 jobs could be created, and given that Harper Adams University isn't that far away, many of the firms will be in the food and agricultural industries.
Quote MessageWe've had our fingers crossed for months and months and months that this announcement would come. It's a little bit short, in terms of a grant that's being made available to us, but what we've done as a council is immediately committed the extra £3m to make this happen."
Shaun Davies , Labour Leader of Telford and Wrekin Council
BBC Sport
The England and former Shrewsbury Town goalkeeper Joe Hart believes he can't see himself playing for Manchester City again, saying he's surplus to requirements.
The 29-year-old joined the Italian side Torino on loan in August after being told he was free to pursue other playing opportunities.
Image source, Getty ImagesHart, who grew up and has family in Shrewsbury, says he's not sure what his future entails at the end of the season.
Quote MessageI've still got a parent club that I need to respect and I need to work with. I don't know, if I'm being brutally honest. I don't know where my future lies, in terms of team wise, because I've certainly had no communication with anyone."
Joe Hart , England and former Shrewsbury Town keeper
Carlie Swain
BBC Local Live
A Telford family have spent their first night in their newly adapted home in Trench.
Volunteers working with the BBC's DIY SOS team have spent just over a week installing the adaptations needed by 12-year-old Matthew Cooper, who's learning to cope with the after effects of a brain tumour.
DIY SOS and a team of volunteers have finished making improvements to a house in Telford
Quote MessageThis community is so powerful. Do you know there was not one cross word on this job, no-one fell out, everybody was coming up with solutions. You know it took this many people to get Matthew home, but they did it in 10 days. I am so proud to be part of the whole thing, every one of them are superstars. Telford, where's my hat? Hat off. I love you Telford, well done!
Mark Millar, DIY SOS build manager
Tracey Higgins
BBC Local Live
Councillors have asked for an urgent meeting with the county's hospital bosses after they were told that more specialist services are under threat.
Treatment for new patients with several conditions are being stopped, locally, because too many senior doctors have quit or are on sick leave.
Cuts to referrals have, or will soon be made, in neurology, dermatology and spinal surgery, as well as ophthalmology, which announced similar problems before Christmas.
Quote MessageWe've asked for a meeting, to find out the extent of the problems. It does look, when presented all together like this, as though things are significantly worse than we'd realised."
Andy Burford , Telford and Wrekin Labour councillor
Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather
A cloudy day in store with occasional light drizzle, but also some patches of brightness - highs of 13C (55F).
You can find a detailed forecast for your area on the BBC Weather site.
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BBC Sport
A flooded training pitch has disrupted Shrewsbury Town's preparations for the Chesterfield match and forced them to live a nomadic existence this week
They've had to practice in three different places this week, including the pitches at Lilleshall and the manager, Paul Hurst says he can't wait for their new training facilities at Sundorne to be complete.
Normally they play at pitches beside the Greenhous Meadow and they hope to be back there tomorrow, but they have been waterlogged this week.
Quote MessageOnce we are I think it will be a real asset for the football club and for me as manager to get players down and show them round, what we are about. We know we've got a nice stadium."
Paul Hurst, Shrewsbury Town manager
Mary Rhodes
Presenter, BBC Midlands Today
On Midlands Today this evening, we'll have more on shocking statistics that more babies die before their first birthday in the West Midlands than anywhere else in the country.
Health professionals are trying to reduce the numbers of deaths by 20% by 2021.
And with the chancellor Philip Hammond looking to kick-start the so-called Midlands Engine with £392m, we'll look at how it's going to be spent.
Those stories plus more, including your weather forecast for the West Midlands, from 18:30 on BBC One.
It's been a beautiful day in Shropshire today, judging by these photos, taken this afternoon.
They were taken by BBC Weather Watchers based in Ruyton-XI-Towns (above left), Oakengates (above right) and Hopton Heath (below).
Image source, Desmondo/Ray
Image source, Hopton KarenThe leader of Telford and Wrekin Council says he is "absolutely delighted" that Newport is getting £6m from the government to build a new enterprise park.
Councillor Shaun Davies said the council would be working closely with Harper Adams University to develop the site, just off the A518.
Mr Davies said the council was already getting enquiries from companies interested in moving in.
And he said the investment could be "critical" to Newport's future economy.
Rebecca Wood
BBC Midlands Today
Here's a look at tonight and tomorrow's weather for the West Midlands.
Keep up-to-date with the BBC Weather website at any other time.
Rebecca Wood
