Alex Seftel
Journalist, BBC Shropshire

The people behind an East Shropshire village shop are to be honoured with the Queens Award for Voluntary Service.

The store at Tibberton is not for profit, has been open for six years, and it's run by around 60 volunteers.

Image source, Tibberton Village Shop

The volunteers took over when the village's last privately run shop closed.

A driver has died after hitting a tree in Telford last night.

The ambulance service says it was called to Ironbridge Road in Madeley shortly before 22:30 and the driver died at the scene.

A man in his 20s, who was a passenger in the car, was taken to hospital with neck, back and abdominal pain.

Mark Elliott
Reporter, BBC Shropshire

The military is in action at Shropshire's hospitals over the next three days.

Army medics will be demonstrating their skills at a field hospital set up outside the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthapeadic in Oswestry today.

The reservist troops from the Army’s Birmingham-based 202 (Midlands) Field Hospital will set up beds and equipment in tents and move it all to the Royal Shrewsbury on Wednesday and the Princess Royal on Thursday.

Mark Elliott
Reporter, BBC Shropshire

Shrewsbury Town face higher division opposition tonight when they visit the banks of the Trent to play Nottingham Forest in the Carabao Cup.

Both teams won their opening games of the season. Shrewsbury beat Northampton 1-0 in League One whilst Forest beat Millwall by the same scoreline in the Championship.

The Town manager Paul Hurst expects a tough test.

Tracey Higgins
BBC Local Live

Discussions over safety will take place after the death of a young farmer attending the Royal Welsh show.

James Corfield, 19, was found in the River Wye in July, six days after he was last seen leaving a local pub.

Image source, Dyfed-Powys Police

His death follows those of two other young men who have attended the event over the past 13 years. None of those who died were actually on the showground site at the time.

The meeting will take place at the end of the month.

A campaign to see the Knife Angel sculpture installed on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square is being backed by the West Midlands Assistant Police and Crime Commissioner.

Created at the British Ironwork Centre in Oswestry, it's made from 100,000 knives handed into the police.

As things stand, it can't be displayed on the plinth - reserved for temporary artworks - after being turned down by the Mayor of London's office.

Assistant PCC, and Coventry councillor, Lynette Kelly now intends to write to the mayor supporting the sculpture's inclusion.

Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter

After a damp and cloudy start, Tuesday will continue to be overcast with showers and longer spells of rain - some of them heavy at times.

It will feel cooler than yesterday, with highs of 15C (59F).

Mark Elliott
Reporter, BBC Shropshire

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BBC Weather Watchers

The photos being shared by the BBC Weather Watchers today have had a common theme to them - cloud.

This one was taken near Ellesmere this afternoon.

Image source, Rick and Meg 10000 steps

And we're continuing to get photos of bees buzzing around the county.

Maybe they're not as endangered as we thought.

Image source, Peter Steggles

Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter

The soggy start to August is going to continue, with more rain forecast tonight and tomorrow.

Some of it could be quite heavy.

Andy Giddings
BBC Shropshire

The news that there is probably no place for the Oswestry knife angel in Trafalgar Square has been provoking a lot of comment on BBC Radio Shropshire's Facebook page.

Craig Reeves is still keen to see it on display in London, writing: "Another location in London should be pursued."

Nanny Price and Caroline Harrison were among those who said they'd prefer to keep it here anyway, with Caroline writing: "Let's keep it in Shropshire then where it's more appreciated!"

And Andus Mcabu said he could see it from the point of view of the London authorities, who say they have a policy of only accepting work they commission, he wrote: "Fair enough. If they have a policy for what they'll show, it's unreasonable to expect them to make an exception just for this."

Shropshire planners need to be "more open minded" about the buildings in Shrewsbury's town centre, the director of a local property company has said.

James Evans from Halls Commercial said that while the authorities "need to retain the inherent character of Shrewsbury" national chain stores were looking for bigger premises.

He went on to say that the people responsible for listed buildings are "going to have to realise" that it may be necessary to combine some buildings to make larger shops and restaurants possible.

Shropshire Star

A man has been airlifted to hospital after falling from a ladder, external in Shrewsbury.

High insurance excesses meant the police in West Mercia and Warwickshire had to pay the bill for the 14 cars written off last year.

The forces both had policies with excesses of £10,000 on their vehicles last year, meaning West Mercia Police had to pay out £100,173.62 and Warwickshire £34,924.45.

Image source, Getty Images

The forces have decided to increase that excess for each vehicle to £100,000 for this year, but point out the policies cover not just damage to the vehicles, but to the equipment they contain.

BBC Sport

On-loan Wolves striker Niall Ennis isn't fit enough to play a full 90 minutes, Shrewsbury Town manager Paul Hurst has said.

The 18-year-old was on the bench for the Northampton match at the weekend, but Hurst went on to say he thought his fitness was improving.

Image source, Shrewsbury Town

Shrewsbury play Nottingham Forest in the League Cup tomorrow.

A major project to resurface Castlefields Way in Telford has had to be postponed for seven days, because of issues with a gas pipe.

The work is due to take 18 days and affect the road from the Castlefields Roundabout to just past Southall Road.

It is being carried out because tests found problems with its sub structure and cracking on the surface.

The road, which closed this morning to allow work to start, has now reopened.

BBC Weather Watchers

One of the regular contributors to the BBC Weather Watchers site, Bingoswestry appears to have been for a walk along the River Severn in Shrewsbury today.

Image source, Bingoswestry

Image source, Bingoswestry

Last year, cars worth more than £130,000 had to be written off by the West Mercia and Warwickshire police forces, because of damage they'd sustained.

In the West Mercia area, 11 vehicles were damaged beyond repair in 2016-17, the most expensive being an Audi A4. Warwickshire lost three vehicles, with a BMW being the most valuable.

The two forces said some vehicles which they'd treated as write-offs might have been repairable, but that it was easier for them to get new vehicles than repair the damaged ones.

The knife angel sculpture, built at the British Ironworks Centre near Oswestry, doesn't meet the criteria for the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, the Mayor of London's office has said.

Nearly 10,000 people have signed online petition has called for the statue, made of knives and other bladed weapons surrendered to the police, to be erected there.

But the mayor's office said its policy is only to display work commissioned in advance and it won't allow pre-existing work to appear on the plinth.

It also said it had chosen all the artwork due to be displayed there between now and 2022.