Edwards is new AFC Telford United managerpublished at 16:47 British Summer Time 28 June 2017
AFC Telford United have confirmed former Wolves coach Rob Edwards (below) as their new manager.
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Edwards is new AFC Telford United managerpublished at 16:47 British Summer Time 28 June 2017
Image source, Getty ImagesGingerbread milestone in Market Draytonpublished at 16:31 British Summer Time 28 June 2017
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Reporter, BBC ShropshireBillington's is celebrating 200 years of making gingerbread in Market Drayton today.
To mark the occasion the biscuits are being re-designed.
Gingerbread is thought to have arrived in England with the Crusades, with the earliest recipe dating from 1390.
Baking came to Market Drayton 400 years later.
Warning on temporary employmentpublished at 16:19 British Summer Time 28 June 2017
Ludlow & Tenbury Wells AdvertiserBusinesses in Ludlow and south Shropshire that take on temporary workers over the next few months are being warned not to let paperwork oversights give them the summertime blues, external.
Care home in special measures 'carrying out improvements'published at 15:57 British Summer Time 28 June 2017
A Shropshire care home now in special measures says it has been "carrying out a comprehensive programme of improvements" since an inspection in April.
The overall rating for Meadowbrook Care Home in Gobowen was inadequate, the Care Quality Commission, external (CQC) says.
The home said it had reviewed staffing and "adjusted how staff are deployed" so there "are always sufficient staff on duty to meet the needs of residents in a timely way".
It was "supporting staff with enhanced training in our policies and procedures" to maintain quality of care, it added.
Image source, GoogleThe home said the CQC inspectors' report was critical of a lack of management leadership and support and it had "since put in place a new management structure".
It said it had been working "in close liaison" with the CQC and Shropshire council.
The home said: "We are sorry that Meadowbrook Care Home has fallen well below the standards that we expect all of our homes to provide."
Telford school football coach charged with child sex offencespublished at 15:30 British Summer Time 28 June 2017
A school football coach has been charged with a number of child sexual offences, external.
AFC Telford part company with Smith and Chamberspublished at 15:09 British Summer Time 28 June 2017
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Journalist, BBC ShropshireThe AFC Telford United management team of Rob Smith and Larry Chambers have left the club.
Club chairman Ian Dosser has also gone.
The BBC understands significant new investment is coming into the club.
However, this isn't a takeover and nothing will change with regards the current share structure or the name of the club.
We'll have more later.
Your photos: Church Strettonpublished at 14:44 British Summer Time 28 June 2017
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Image source, Peter Steggles'Inadequate' care home must improvepublished at 14:19 British Summer Time 28 June 2017
Inspectors found ants on a dining table and a soiled mattress during an inspection in April.
Read More'Safe standing' application welcomedpublished at 14:02 British Summer Time 28 June 2017
The EFL, external says it's welcomed Shrewsbury Town's application to become the first EFL club to introduce so-called rail seating before the end of the coming season.
Media caption, Grimsby Town wanted to introduce rail seating in 2015 before they were promoted to the EFL and demonstrate how they work
The club aims to have 500 rail seats fitted and in use in a section of the Salop Leisure stand.
EFL chief executive Shaun Harvey said: "This is an important step on the journey towards our stated aim of seeing standing in stadiums across the EFL and I wish Shrewsbury Town every success in reaching their crowdfunding target to support their application.
"The installation of standing accommodation will be popular with the club's fans and, more widely, will prove a valuable opportunity to assess the use of this form of accommodation at an English football ground."
'Morale was low' at care home now in special measurespublished at 13:26 British Summer Time 28 June 2017
Staff "felt stressed" and morale "was low" at a Shropshire care home now in special measures, the Care Quality Commission, external (CQC) says.
Meadowbrook Care Home in Gobowen, which was inspected in April, was rated as inadequate overall.
The CQC said there were "not enough suitably trained staff deployed to meet people's needs in a timely and person centred manner".
The home faces another inspection in six months.
BBC Weather Watchers: Shrewsburypublished at 13:06 British Summer Time 28 June 2017
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Image source, Balgreen DiBaby death probe 'affecting staff illness'published at 12:51 British Summer Time 28 June 2017
Investigations into baby deaths at Shropshire's main hospitals are having an effect on midwife sickness levels, according to the boss of the hospital trust.
Health Secertary Jeremy Hunt ordered a review of maternity services in Shropshire in April, after BBC News learned of several avoidable deaths over just two years.
Staff sickness over the last six months has led to a string of temporary closures at midwife-led units in Ludlow, Oswestry and Bridgnorth.
A report is due to be published tomorrow into how maternity problems are investigated. Yesterday's internal staff briefing on the report was disrupted by protesters.
Image source, ThinkstockQuote MessageWe've never had a difficulty recruiting. We've always seen our staff happy to do overtime and it's really in this particularly intense period of scrutiny that we're under that it is actually affecting our sickness levels and our staff's ability to be able to do extra shifts. So we need to be able to move through this and part of our solution to that is to employ staff who want to live and work in Shropshire."
Simon Wright, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust chief executive
Telford 50th anniversary: Council hits back in row over £20k celebrationspublished at 12:29 British Summer Time 28 June 2017
Telford & Wrekin Council has hit back at claims, external that £200,000 earmarked for the town's 50th anniversary celebrations should be spent elsewhere.
Football: New Telford club secretary brings 'wealth of experience'published at 11:57 British Summer Time 28 June 2017
AFC Telford United have described their new club secretary as a man with a "wealth of National League experience".
Image source, Getty ImagesJoe Murphy has taken up the post after being at Worcester City since 2009 and he has also had spells with Solihull Moors and Solihull Borough.
The club says Murphy will "oversee all first team football related activity within the club".
Quote MessageLeaving Worcester City after eight memorable years was a really tough decision, but I feel the time is right for a new challenge and I trust my experience in the game will be of benefit to my new club."
Joe Murphy, AFC Telford United club secretary
BBC Weather Watcherspublished at 11:41 British Summer Time 28 June 2017
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Image source, RayAssets of community value: Shropshire Council in rules changepublished at 11:23 British Summer Time 28 June 2017
Community groups will have to provide more detailed information, external to register "assets of community value" in future.
Care home placed in special measurespublished at 11:00 British Summer Time 28 June 2017
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Reporter, BBC ShropshireA north Shropshire care home is in special measures after being rated as inadequate by inspectors.
The Care Quality Commission says Meadowbrook in Gobowen is neither caring nor well-led and struggles to recruit and keep staff.
Image source, ReutersInspectors found that some residents were not getting their breakfasts until late morning, with others ignored for most of the day.
Ants were found on a dining table and residents had been left in soiled clothes and bedding.
The home will remain open, but faces another inspection in six months.
Watch: TNS lose Champions League qualifierpublished at 10:27 British Summer Time 28 June 2017
BBC Sport WalesWatch highlights of The New Saints' 2-1 defeat to Europa FC of Gibraltar last night in their Champions League first qualifying round tie.
TNS travel to Faro next week for the return leg.
Media caption, Champions League qualifying highlights: The New Saints 1-2 Europa FC
Man due to be sentenced over Rottweilers killing lambspublished at 10:06 British Summer Time 28 June 2017
A dog trainer is due to be sentenced today after he admitted allowing his two dogs to kill and injure dozens of lambs on a Herefordshire farm.
The two dogs killed 35 lambs at a farm in Risbury, near Leominster, in September. Another 20 lambs were so badly injured they had to be put down.
Charles Ross-Robertson, from Stanton Lacy, Ludlow is due to be sentenced at Hereford Magistrates' Court later, where he is also expected to contest an order for the destruction of the dogs.
Woman rescued as crash closes A49 near Church Strettonpublished at 09:48 British Summer Time 28 June 2017
An early morning crash closed the A49 between Dorrington and Church Stretton, external this morning.
