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Updates on Friday 4 August 2017
It's been another wet day around Shropshire and BBC Weather Watchers have been sharing their photos of rain about the county.
These ones were taken near Longnor (top) and Ludlow (below).
Image source, Peter Steggles
Image source, Shropshire LassBlackburn Rovers sign Canada goalkeeper Jayson Leutwiler from Shrewsbury Town on a two-year deal for an undisclosed fee.
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Mark Elliott
Reporter, BBC Shropshire
Government officials from Nigeria say they are keen to work with Telford College of Arts and Technology (TCAT) after being impressed by its "state-of-the-art" facilities.
It follows a fact-finding visit by a delegation, led by Captain Idris Wada, former governor of Kogi State and a member of the Nigerian Governor’s Forum.
He said the courses on offer at TCAT "are ones that Nigeria, and indeed Africa, can benefit from".
Image source, TCATThe Centre for African Entrepreneurship and Leadership, part of the University of Wolverhampton, arranged the two-day visit.
BBC Sport
Shrewsbury Town have sold goalkeeper Jayson Leutwiler to Blackburn Rovers.
The clubs haven't revealed how much he cost, but he's signed a two-year deal at the fellow League One club.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Canadian international made 141 appearances for Shrewsbury and broke the club record for the most clean sheets in a season.
A deer has died after getting trapped in a ditch near Cleobury Mortimer last night.
The fire service were called at 22:41 to reports it was was in distress at the bottom of the 7ft (2m) hole, which contained water.
When they arrived they found the animal was dead and was being removed by the landowner.
Blists Hill Victorian town is going to be on the TV tonight, in a documentary about the history of sweet making.
It features four modern confectioners attempting to follow old recipes, using ingredients and tools available to the original sweet-makers.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Sweet Makers will be on BBC Two at 20:00.
BBC Sport
Shropshire and Devon had to settle for a draw in their rain-hit minor counties match at Sandford.
The two captains eventually agreed to call the game off at 17:30, once Devon had wiped out their first innings deficit of 74, for the loss of only two wickets.
Image source, Stuart DunnShropshire had looked in trouble at 62-7 in their first innings, but a half century from wicket keeper Simon Gregory helped steady the ship.
The county’s final Championship match of the season is against Wiltshire at Bridgnorth, starting on Sunday.
Quote MessageBoth teams were beaten by the weather really. Conditions weren’t great. The ground staff did a good job in getting the game on, but the pitch was pretty wet and it wasn’t conducive to batting."
Steve Leach, Shropshire CCC
Young musicians are coming from as far afield as Kenya, Croatia, and Switzerland to perform in south Shropshire.
They're taking part in the Bedstone International Summer Youth Orchestra Camp at Moor Park School near Ludlow over the next two weeks.
Image source, Getty ImagesResearch by the Royal Albert Hall says the price of music lessons is making them "inaccessible" for children.
The organisers of this camp say they go to lengths to make bursaries available to students who need them.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to Chester Street in the town after a report of a man in the water, external.
A dog owner is due to be sentenced later after he admitted allowing his two animals to kill and injure dozens of lambs on a Herefordshire farm.
Charles Ross-Robertson, from Stanton Lacy, pleaded guilty to owning the dogs which killed the sheep, valued at more than £25,000, in Risbury last September.
He's due to be sentenced at Hereford Magistrates Court today.
He's contesting an order for the destruction of the dogs.
Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather
Looks like you'll need your umbrella today - here's how the whole of Wednesday is looking across the West Midlands.
You can also keep up-to-date with the latest weather forecasts for your area by using the BBC Weather website.
Sara Blizzard
Welcome to the Local Live service for BBC Shropshire on Wednesday morning.
I'll be bringing you all the news, sport, travel and weather as it happens.
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We'll be back with our usual mix of news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 tomorrow, but keep an eye out here for more updates this evening and into the morning.
The FA Cup has been around since 1871, but this will be the first year Whitchurch Alport has been involved.
They travel to play Walsall Wood in the extra preliminary round this weekend.
Image source, Whitchurch AlportTwo other Shropshire teams will also be involved - Haughmond FC are away to Wolverhampton Social and Shropshire Senior Cup winners Shawbury United are on the road against Wulfrunians.
A critical fire service report which questions the idea of a merger between the bodies overseeing the police and the fire service is contradictory, rushed and ignores key issues - according to the West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner.
John Campion said "there was absolutely no need for this report to be completed within such a short time frame" and dismissed the report as a "hatchet job".
Image source, West Mercia Police and Crime CommissionerAnd Mr Campion repeated his assertion that his merger proposals are "not about politics, personalities, personal reward, empire building or empire protecting".
Quote MessageThe hasty approach taken and conclusions reached reinforce my concerns that this exercise was simply a hatchet job, designed to support opinions that are already fully formed.”
John Campion, West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner
Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter
It will be a cloudy day for most of us tomorrow, with some rain around the region.
Weather forecast for the West Midlands
James Bond
BBC Shropshire
An A-Z map of Oswestry has been created to introduce visitors to local characters and places.
A range of 26 postcards has been produced in the town with each letter corresponding to a different attraction - for instance W is for the war poet Wilfred Owen and I is for the Iron Age hill fort.
Image source, Oswestry Civic SocietyThe map is on sale at a number of shops in the town.
Kate Tebby
Journalist, BBC Shropshire
Plans to merge the authorities that run Shropshire's police and fire services have been criticised by consultants brought in by the county's fire authority.
Their report questions claims the move would save £4m and says it could lead to a loss of accountability and transparency.
The consultants have studied the initial business plan put forward by West Mercia's Police and Crime Commissioner, John Campion, which is out for consultation.
'No Goodbye' by Alex Jayne is Shropshire Song of the Month for August.
Two people have been taken to hospital after a crash involving two cars and a tractor near Atcham last night.
One of the injured pair, a man in his 20s, had to be cut free from his car.
He was suffering injuries to his leg, chest, back and neck.
