Mark Elliott
Reporter, BBC Shropshire

Ellesmere Library has officially been reopened by the Born Free actress, author and activist Virginia McKenna (pictured below left).

The library has merged with the Meres Day Centre, following Shropshire Council cuts.

The new facility will be run by the social care charity Bethphage and includes a café and will also look after young people with learning difficulties.

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Mark Elliott
Reporter, BBC Shropshire

A brilliant goal from Scott Quigley wasn't enough to earn The New Saints the result they wanted in the first leg of their Uefa Champions League qualifier against Europa of Gibraltar.

Goals either side of Quigley's from Alex Quillo and Kike Gómez saw them go down 2-1 at Park Hall and stand on the brink of elimination.

Saints have reached the second qualifying round in each of the last five seasons, but will need to win in Faro, Portugal, the venue of the second leg next week to make it six in a row.

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Elaine Muir
Journalist, BBC Shropshire

The boss of Shropshire's acute hospitals says they're working hard to recruit more midwives and keep open Shropshire's rural maternity units.

The midwife-led units in Oswestry, Bridgnorth and Ludlow have all faced a string of temporary closures recently because of staff shortages.

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (Sath) Chief Executive Simon Wright says the consultant-led unit in Telford is his priority and staff are moved there when necessary, because it's where the bulk of the work is.

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Lucy Martin
BBC Weather

A wet start for many parts of the region and here's how the rest of today in the West Midlands is looking.

Keep updated with the latest forecasts for your area on the BBC Weather website.

Mark Elliott
Reporter, BBC Shropshire

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More than £215m is to be invested over the next four years.

The company approached to introduce a safe standing area at Shrewsbury Town's stadium says fans have "been quite keen for some time to get back to the sort of passion that they felt when they were in the Gay Meadow stadium".

Ferco Seating said the application might not be as simple as installing the rail-seats, because a change in the capacity of the stadium might also require changes to things such as entries, exits and toilet facilities, but it was confident it would go ahead.

And the company's managing director Michael Burnett said it could be argued his rail seating was safer than traditional seats, which he described as a "trip hazard" to fans who ended up standing during matches.

Shrewbury Town's goalkeeper Jayson Leutwiler has been selected to play for Canada in the Concaf Gold Cup next month.

He has been given the squad number 22 for the tournament, which is played every two years between national teams from north and central America and the Caribbean.

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Leutwiler has made two previous appearances in friendlies for his country, but is still waiting to make his competitive debut.

The Conservative MP for North Shropshire, Owen Paterson, says the billion pound deal made with the DUP to stay in power is "modest".

The former Northern Ireland Secretary says he sees nothing wrong with the Conservative government being propped up by the party.

Under the terms of the deal, the prime minister will be able to get her Queen's Speech through Parliament tomorrow.

The protesters outside a hospital meeting in Shrewsbury this afternoon say they're worried that maternity unit closures could lead to more avoidable mistakes in the future.

There has been a proposal to temporarily close rural maternity units and move to an on-call system, with the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust saying it is because the units are underused.

Alison Hiles wanted to give birth to her daughter at the Ludlow maternity unit, but had to give birth at home instead because it was closed because of staff sickness, and said the move was an "avoidable death waiting to happen".

The visit of the Shropshire war poet Wilfred Owen to Edinburgh 100 years ago has been marked by a re-enactment in the city.

He arrived at Craiglockhart War Hospital on 26 June 1917 to be treated for shellshock and met anti-war poet Siegfried Sassoon, who would have a big influence on his work.

The event saw Owen, played by historian and teacher David Clarke, arrive by train and be welcomed to the city by local dignitaries.

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The Shropshire company which installed rail seating at Celtic and Bristol City's grounds says Shrewsbury Town's application to install some will be "closely watched" by a number of other clubs, possibly including West Bromwich Albion

Ferco Seating, external installed 33 at Ashton Gate in Bristol in 2014 as a trial of the technology and last year added 2,900 to Parkhead in Glasgow.

The rail seats allow clubs to take part in competitions which insist on all-seater stadia and can be folded away to allow fans to stand in other games.

Ferco says they also allow up to 80% more spectators per row.

Nick Southall
Journalist, BBC Shropshire

Families of babies who died because of mistakes at Shropshire hospitals have been protesting outside an NHS meeting in Shrewsbury this afternoon.

They are angry they weren't allowed into the meeting, which is reviewing the recommendations of a report into the way serious incidents like those are investigated.

Richard Stanton, who lost his daughter Kate in 2009, said the decision to bar them showed lessons hadn't been learnt and showed the trust had a "culture of cover-up and denial".

A 65-year-old man has been arrested after the victim died at Tony's Diner near Shrewsbury.

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The New Saints have got plenty of backing for their Champions League qualifier at Park Hall tonight - including support from other Welsh football clubs.

This will be the 11th season in which TNS has represented the Welsh League in the competition.

Two months on from the mayoral election, a progress report on Mayor Street.

A 65-year-old man from Shrewsbury has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a 67-year-old man from Halfway House yesterday afternoon.

Police say they want to speak to anyone that was in Tony's Diner in Halfway House on the afternoon or evening of Sunday 25 June.

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The council-owned Meole Brace pitch and putt course in Shrewsbury will be put up for sale next week.

Shropshire Council says use of the 3.95-acre site beside the main Meole Brace golf course has declined from a peak of 2,590 visits in 2011 to below 1,600 last year and took the decision earlier this year to sell it off.

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The authority says it's expecting interest from hotels, drive-through restaurants and care home providers and up to £50,000 raised from the sale will be used to improve the larger golf course.

Community groups will also be offered the chance to make a bid to keep the pitch and putt running.

Worcester City, external have announced the resignation of football secretary and director Joe Murphy and say he'll be joining AFC Telford United, external.

He will be replaced as football secretary by Kevin Preece, who will combine this role with "safety officer on matchdays and sponsorships".

In a statement, the club said: "Joe will be sorely missed and the club are naturally extremely grateful for the exceptional work he has carried out."