More than 2,000 people have signed an online petition, calling on the Shropshire Community Health Trust to accept a £2,500 donation from fund-raisers who dressed up in drag to support Ludlow hospital.

The health trust's chief executive turned the money down because she was unhappy with the way the money was raised, saying the costumes were "demeaning" and "insulting" to the nursing profession.

Image source, Alison Hiles

The money had been meant to go towards the costs of a new ECG machine, but the health trust says it will fund the machine itself.

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Students across Shropshire are today collecting their GCSE results with early indications showing another successful year of results, external.

Rebecca Wood
BBC Midlands Today

The cloud will break up during the evening to give some late sunshine and a good chance of another spectacular sunset.

A dry, cool and clear night will follow - lows of 13C (55F).

You're being warned about extra traffic around the County Showground in Shrewbury over the bank holiday, because of the Shrewsbury Folk Festival.

Thousands of people are expected to attend and Shropshire Council says the congestion will be greatest tomorrow morning around Ellesmere Road, Coton Hill and Berwick Road.

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On Saturday there will be road closures around the town centre while the folk festival parade takes place.

It is due to start at 13:30 and will travel from the castle to the Square.

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We've had a bit of dry weather today and the farmers are taking the opportunity to get some harvesting done.

These photos were taken by BBC Weather Watcher Nick near Cleobury Mortimer (top) and by BBC Radio Shropshire's Ian Perry at Beckbury (below).

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The new grading system for GCSE exams could lead to "confusion" for students, parents, and employers, according to a Shropshire headteacher, external

A West Mercia police dog is recovering from serious injuries after being stabbed with a knife while on duty in Bridgnorth.

The force said Canto and his handler were called to a home on Tasley Close at 20:10 on Monday, because of concerns a man might try to harm himself.

Image source, Warks and West Mercia Dogs

The police dog unit said the German Shepherd has had surgery and is now recovering at home with his handler and is doing well.

The man was detained under the Mental Health Act.

James Bond
Sports Producer, BBC Shropshire

The long-serving former Shrewsbury goalkeeper Alan Boswell has died at the age of 74.

He played for Shrewsbury for six seasons in the 1960s, playing 222 times and also had spells at Walsall, Bolton and Wolves.

He finished his career at Port Vale, where he played nearly 500 games and managed Oswestry Town before retiring to run a newsagent's and a business supplying gaming machines to pubs.

Ian Perry
BBC Radio Shropshire

The wet weather this month hasn't been good news for Shropshire farmers bringing in the harvest.

They've had to dodge the showers and Richard Solari, who farms at Beckbury, told us it's affected the quality of his wheat harvest.

In contrast, his potato harvest has been very good, but he said he's been finding market conditions hard.

James Bond
Sports Producer, BBC Shropshire

Shrewsbury Town goalkeeper Dean Henderson has been called up to the England under-21 squad for their European Championship qualifiers against Holland and Latvia.

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The 20-year-old, who is on loan from Manchester United has kept two clean sheets this season.

He has represented England at under-16 and under-17 levels and played for the national squad at the under-20s World Cup earlier this year.

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We love this photo of the weir at Ludlow, taken by BBC Weather Watcher David.

If you want to share your photos of the weather around the county, take a look at the Weather Watchers website.

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Shrewsbury Town manager Paul Hurst says the signing of midfielder Ben Godfrey will be his last addition to the squad this summer.

Godfrey is the third Norwich player to join the club on loan, joining Ebou Adams and Carlton Morris.

Faith Page
Reporter, BBC Shropshire

Engineers have discovered what's been causing the unexpected traffic congestion in the centre of Shrewsbury over the last few days.

Cars have been backing up along Smithfield Road and beyond.

Image source, Google

Shropshire Council blames the software which co-ordinates the traffic lights.

It says a temporary fix has been put in place while engineers work on a more permanent solution.

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Tougher penalties for online hate crime have been welcomed by Telford MP Lucy Allan., external

West Midlands Ambulance Service is the focus of a new fly-on-the-wall series starting on BBC One tonight.

The programme will feature a dramatic 999 call from Joan after her husband Terry collapsed.

It also follows a service controller trying to juggle between helping a crew search for an elderly man - and a call about a street brawl in which a man is reportedly being attacked with a baseball bat.

The eight-part programme Ambulance starts on BBC One tonight at 21:00.

Andy Giddings
BBC Shropshire

Telford Tigers have unveiled their jerseys for the new season and they're going with orange at home, with a black away kit.

The same colours will be worn by both the division one and two teams and the Tigers have gone with local kit supplier No Bull, the same company which made the jerseys in the second half of last season.

Image source, Telford Tigers/No Bull

Both Tigers teams play friendlies this weekend, with Tigers D1 away to Billingham Stars on Saturday, while Tigers D2 play Coventry Blaze NIHL at the Telford Ice Rink.

Billingham Stars come to Telford on Sunday, to play the D1 team.

The health trust which rejected a donation of £2,500 because it was raised by men dressed as female nurses has said activities of this sort are "inhibiting recruitment".

Image source, Mark Hiles

The group of men clad in uniforms and some wearing suspenders collected the money for the Ludlow Community Hospital this summer with a charity bed-push.

The Shropshire Community Health Trust, which runs the hospital, said it has been asking the hospital's league of friends to put a stop to this method of fundraising, but that the "request has not been heeded".

It also reassured patients that it would still be able to afford the ECG machine which the money had been earmarked for.

Changes to the grading system for GCSEs have been criticised by the head of the Marches School in Oswestry, who says they will be difficult for parents and employers to understand.

The new papers are graded one-to-nine this year, instead of the old alphabetic system, making it hard to compare results with those in previous years.

Executive head teacher Sarah Longville also said it would take schools some time to get used to the new system.

A car described as "one of the the rarest Jaguars in existence" has gone on show for the first time after a huge restoration by Bridgnorth-based Classic Motor Cars.

The 1954 XK120 is the only one to have its bodywork designed by Italian design house Pininfarina and took 6,725 hours to put back together.

It was unveiled at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in California.

Image source, Classic Motor Cars

The engineers working on the project had to rely on old photographs to remake items such as the bumpers and chrome work.

Telford College of Arts and Technology and New College have now officially merged under the new name Telford College.

A pop-up shop has opened in Telford Town Centre today, to explain the changes. The principal and chief executive of Telford College, Graham Guest, said the new design was "modern, powerful, simple, and reflected our confident, professional and dynamic organisation".

The existing TCAT and New College Telford campuses will continue to operate during the coming academic year, before all students are brought together on the current TCAT site from September 2018.