Summary

  • 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

  1. Lidl yet to confirm Ludlow storepublished at 12:00 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2017

    Lidl says it hasn't decided whether to build a new supermarket in Ludlow. 

    Permission to build on land at Rocks Green on the A49 was confirmed last week, but no deal has yet been done with a retailer.

    Lidl signImage source, PA

    Lidl confirmed it wanted the site during the planning process, and says Ludlow is "very much an area of interest". 

  2. Ice Hockey: Tigers make it 12 wins in a rowpublished at 11:45 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2017

    BBC Sport

    With just two weeks to go until the playoffs, Telford Tigers are keeping their form going with a 12th consecutive victory at the weekend.

    They beat Hull Pirates 5-2 at the Telford Ice Rink.

    Corey McEwenImage source, Steve Brodie

    With the league title already in the bag, Tigers' head coach, Tom Watkins, is looking to find new ways to keep his players motivated and maintains the winning run is one way of doing that.

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    It shouldn’t be hard to get up for a game and I thought we played pretty well tonight. If you don’t play hard or play your normal game, you run a lot of risks. You can pick up bad habits and possibly even injuries, because you’re not playing with the same intensity that you normally do."

    Tom Watkins, Telford Tigers head coach

  3. Bridge won't be built in Ludlowpublished at 11:25 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2017

    A controversial footbridge to a planned housing development in Ludlow won't be built, according to one of the town's councillors. 

    People living on Fishmore View, a cul-de-sac near the River Corve, feared others would park there to get to the 200-home development across the river.

    Fishmore ViewImage source, Google

    Liberal Democrat councillor for Ludlow North, Andy Boddington, says Shropshire Council has now agreed that the bridge isn't needed.  

  4. Prison shortlisted for design awardpublished at 11:10 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2017

    A prison, chapel, university and ice arena make the shortlist of Wales' annual property awards.

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  5. Football: 'Why would you get sick of winning trophies?'published at 11:02 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2017

    The New Saints manager, Craig Harrison, has got his sights firmly set on winning more games this season, after they became Welsh Champions for the 11th time. 

    They remain on course for a third successive Welsh domestic treble.

    Having already won the league and the Nathaniel MG League Cup , TNS face Gap Connah's Quay in the Welsh Cup semi-finals on 1 April.  

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  6. Travel: Train services disrupted by incident at Craven Armspublished at 10:43 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2017

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    Arriva Trains Wales are reporting a person has been hit by a train at Craven Arms and it is causing major disruption on the line between Shrewsbury and Hereford.

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  7. Police want to educate children over sextingpublished at 10:35 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2017

    Andy Giddings
    BBC Shropshire

    The police say some children seem unaware they could be committing an offence when they share explicit images with their phones.

    Last year 170 children were investigated by the police in West Mercia and Warwickshire for "sexting" - sending explicit text or photos by social media or text message.

    SextingImage source, PA

    Police in Warwickshire dealt with the largest number of cases - 68, while Herefordshire dealt with only 16.

    There were 44 cases in Shropshire and 42 in Worcestershire over the course of the year.

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    It becomes something some children think is the norm. Obviously we wouldn't say that is the case and certainly I think a lot of people don't realise that it is an offence."

    DCI Sean Paley, West Mercia Police

  8. Weather Watchers: Where's the snow?published at 10:17 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2017

    BBC Weather Watchers

    The last 24 hours couldn't have been more different. 

    Most of Shropshire woke to a covering of snow yesterday morning, but today there's glorious sunshine (but it's still chilly).

    This was the scene in Oswestry yesterday (top) and this morning (bottom), taken by Weather Watcher Julie. 

    OswestryImage source, Julie
    OswestryImage source, Julie
  9. Football: 'We were a shambles' despite winpublished at 09:49 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2017

    AFC Telford United boss, Rob Smith, has criticised his team, despite getting all three points in Saturday's 1-0 win over Altrincham. 

    He questioned his team's commitment, application and passing and says they didn't deserve the victory.

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  10. Children as young as 11 sextingpublished at 09:33 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2017

    Faith Page
    Reporter, BBC Shropshire

    Forty-four children in Shropshire were investigated last year for sending sexually-explicit photos or messages, according to West Mercia Police figures. 

    The youngest was 11. Most were aged between 13 and 15. 

    PhoneImage source, PA

    Young people are often unaware of the dangers and don't realise that they may be acting illegally and could face police action. 

    The government's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre says sending and receiving nude pictures is becoming increasingly normal among teenagers.

  11. Football: TNS are Welsh Champions for the 11th timepublished at 09:09 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2017

    The New Saints won their sixth straight Welsh Premier League title with a 4-0 victory at home to Bangor City.

    Bala Town's 1-1 draw against Gap Connah's Quay on Friday meant Craig Harrison's side needed to beat Bangor to seal their 11th Welsh title.

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  12. Travel: Road closed after tractor firepublished at 08:52 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2017

    Watch out for delays around Ludlow this morning after Lower Broad Street leading onto Overton Road has been closed. 

    It's while the fire service deal with a tractor fire.

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  13. Watch: Forecast for the West Midlandspublished at 08:25 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2017

    Alex Hamilton
    BBC Weather

    After a bright start, there may be a few scattered showers, but also some sunny spells, with highs of 11C (52F).

    You can find a detailed forecast for your area on the BBC Weather site.

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    Latest weather for the West Midlands

  14. Good morning from BBC Shropshirepublished at 08:00 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March 2017

    Carlie Swain
    BBC Local Live

    I'm taking a look at the latest news, sport, travel and weather for Monday morning. 

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