The NHS says it spent £50,000 on an independent review of plans to reorganise the county's hospital services.

The plans would involve moving emergency care and specialist women and children's services from Telford to Shrewsbury and the review was ordered after concerns were raised about the way the recommendations were reached last year.

The county's two Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) will be paying the bill and the head of the Shropshire CCG, Simon Freeman, said on Monday he thought the independent review was unnecessary.

The Future Fit programme team, which produced the plans, met on Monday and concluded "there is nothing in the independent reports that materially affects the decision to go to public consultation".

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A Shropshire farmer has been told that his dogs must be destroyed because there is a risk they will kill more lambs.

Two rottweiler cross-breeds belonging to Charles Ross-Robertson killed 35 lambs at a farm in Risbury, near Leominster, in September and another 20 lambs were so badly injured they had to be put down.

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In passing sentence this afternoon, the chair of the magistrates bench at Hereford, Lavinia Sole, said: "If the dogs get out again then they’re likely to do the same. You have a drink problem so we cannot risk the chance."

She said she wasn't satisfied a suspended destruction order would be sufficient, adding "farmers must be protected from these dogs".

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This is a performance any cricketer would be proud of - Shropshire's under-15 girls team has bowled out Oxfordshire for just nine runs.

They batted first at Alberbury on Monday and struggled with the bat at first, scoring just 88.

But their bowlers produced an amazing performance, with just five runs being scored off the bat, and dismissed the visitors in just 11.1 overs.

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And how's this for bowling figures - Megan Trickett took five wickets for just two runs and Emily Churms finished with 3-2 and Harriet Shuker took 2-1.

Magistrates also order the two Rottweilers who killed the lambs be destroyed.

The owner of dozens of lambs killed or injured by two dogs says the attack cost him £25,000 and his "livelihood".

Charles Ross-Robertson, from Stanton Lacy, was handed a 12-month community order after pleading guilty to owning the rottweiler cross-breeds which killed the sheep at Risbury in Herefordshire last September.

Farmer Tom Hadley says four years of breeding was destroyed with the death of his lambs.

Listen to live BBC local radio commentary of today's National League and National League North fixtures.

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It's brightened up a bit this afternoon and we wanted to share some more BBC Weather Watchers photos with you.

These ones were taken near Oswestry (top) and Oakengates (below).

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The Grenfell fire could have an impact in the ongoing debate over who should run Shropshire's Fire and Rescue service, according to the chairman of the county's fire authority.

Councillor Eric Carter said the need for more fire inspections and changes in building regulations could mean an "expanded role" for authorities like his, adding "we've got a lot more on our plate".

The police and prime commissioner for West Mercia, John Campion, has put forward proposals which would result in him running Shropshire's fire service in the future, saying the move would save millions of pounds.

But Mr Carter questioned whether "one man in Worcester can look after his police service efficiently as well as the fire service" and asked Mr Campion to "leave us alone to manage our own affairs".

Shrewsbury Town fans are looking to raise £75,000 to install rail seating at the League One club.

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A Shropshire man who allowed his two rottweiler cross-breed dogs to kill and injure dozens of lambs last September has been given a 12-month community order and magistrates in Hereford have ordered the dogs to be destroyed.

Charles Ross-Robertson, from Stanton Lacy, has previously pleaded guilty to owning the dogs which killed the sheep, valued at more than £25,000, at Risbury in Herefordshire.

He had contested an order for the destruction of the dogs.

A 39-year-old man has needed the help of the fire service after getting stuck in railings in Wellington this lunchtime.

Firefighters were called out at 12:33 and took just under half an hour to cut him free.

Changes to the way West Merica Police uses stop and search powers have not gone down well with the organisation which represents police officers.

Russell Yeomans, the chairman of the West Mercia Police Federation, is complaining that forcing officers to justify their use of the power and the increased scrutiny meant they had lost an "effective tool".

The force has seen a sharp decline in the number of times the powers were used in the last year and a chief superintendent said officers had undergone training to introduce a new "best practice".

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The Bucks Head is going to host another England youth international, with the under-20s side taking on the Netherlands on 31 August.

It will be the team's first fixture since lifting the U20s World Cup in South Korea in June.

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The stadium hosted an U19 friendly against the same opponents last September.

The use of stop and search powers has "improved" after "being put on the naughty step", West Mercia Police say.

There has been a sharp decline in the number of times officers used the powers in the past year and Ch Supt Charlie Hill says the force had done "a whole range of training" and was working to new guidelines set out by the College of Policing.

He explained the change had come about because there was a feeling among some people, nationally, that use of the powers "was perhaps oppressive" and "may not have been reasonable".

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Telford manager, Rob Edwards, has gone back to his former club to sign young Wolves defender Aaron Hayden on a season-long loan.

In June, Wolves agreed to give the club additional financial support and Edwards left his coaching role at Molineux to become the Telford boss.

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Hayden has spent four years at the Chelsea academy and has also had a spell playing for League Two Newport County.

Police use of stop and search powers in Shropshire has seen a sharp decline in the past year.

They nearly halved from 2,875 in 2015-16 to 1,696 in 2016-17 and there was a similar decline across the wider West Mercia force area.

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Under the powers, a police officer can stop and search someone if they have "reasonable grounds" to suspect they're carrying illegal drugs, a weapon, stolen property or something which could be used to commit a crime.