BBC Local Live: Shropshire on Friday 25 August 2017

Summary

Copthorne Barracks homes proposal goes back to planners
Nurses uniform row: Turned down cash to be spent locally
Shrewsbury Town: Hurst hails 'best ever squad'
Updates on Friday 25 August 2017

Live Reporting

Two Shropshire sailors taking part in yacht racepublished at 16:28 British Summer Time 21 August 2017
Two Shropshire sailors are taking part in the Clipper Round the World Race, which started in Liverpool yesterday.
Bob Beggs from Telford (pictured below, centre) is captaining one of 12 identical 70ft yachts involved and he skippered the winning boat in the year 2000.
The competition was set up by Sir Robin Knox-Johnson over 20 years ago with the aim of introducing non-sailors to long-distance racing.
Image source, Graham Hughes
Kate Sumner, who lives near Shrewsbury, is the other Shropshire competitior.
She will board the Unicef boat for two legs, later in the race.
Image source, Graham Hughes
More information about woman found dead in Wroxeter crashpublished at 16:02 British Summer Time 21 August 2017
The police have released more information about a single-vehicle crash near the Wroxeter Roman ruins this morning.
They say the woman found dead inside a black three-door Fiat Punto was 28 years old and that while the incident was reported to the police at 05:07, it is believed the vehicle had been there for some time.
Plan for 600 homes in Oswestry hit by new delaypublished at 15:30 British Summer Time 21 August 2017
Shropshire Star
Plans for up to 600 homes on the edge of Oswestry are likely to be delayed again as highways bosses ask for more proof it will not affect the existing road network., external
Hover board catches light in Newport kitchenpublished at 15:06 British Summer Time 21 August 2017
A hover board caught fire at a house in Newport last night and two people had to be given oxygen by the fire service.
They were called to Broomfield Road at 21:12 and found a charger attached to the board had exploded in the kitchen of the property.
Image source, Shropshire Fire and Rescue
Your photos: Grey and rainy in Willey and Longnorpublished at 14:45 British Summer Time 21 August 2017
BBC Weather Watchers
It's been a drizzly morning in Shropshire and the BBC Weather Watchers have been sharing their soggy photos with us.
These ones were taken near Willey (top) and Longnor (below).
Image source, Furry Cottage
Image source, Peter Steggles
Football: Two Shropshire sides learn FA Cup opponentspublished at 14:17 British Summer Time 21 August 2017
James Bond
Sports Producer, BBC Shropshire
In the draw for the first qualifying round of the FA Cup, Haughmond FC have been given a big home tie against Matlock Town from the Northern Premier League.
The Shropshire side have had to battle through two preliminary rounds to get there and will play the tie a week on Saturday,
Market Drayton Town will play Alvechurch if they can first win tomorrow's home replay with Sporting Khalsa.
Large amount of cash stolen from Co-op cash machinepublished at 13:54 British Summer Time 21 August 2017
Thieves have taken "a large amount of cash" from a Co-op store in Ludlow.
Police say they broke into the shop at the Foldgate Lane petrol station somewhere between 23:00 on Saturday and 03:45 on Sunday and forced their way into a cash machine inside.
Image source, Andy Boddington
Local councillor Andy Boddington said the petrol station was cordoned off for more than eight hours, while detectives carried out their enquiries.
Music journalist has respect for 'very successful' V Festivalpublished at 13:24 British Summer Time 21 August 2017
The music journalist and punk musician John Robb has praised the organisers of the V Festival, for putting on a "very successful" event.
He said it was "very much a mainstream pop festival" and said he had to laugh at the "soap stars you've never heard of" who are given backstage passes.
But he went on to say "it's not easy putting a really good festival on and it's a pretty spectacular affair" and that the V Festival team "make it work".
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It's a very successful festival, it's a very good model of the new kind of festival, the pop festival. It's very different from the kind of old school kind of festivals."
John Robb, Music journalist and musician
Football: Hurst sees big improvement in Shrewsbury squadpublished at 13:06 British Summer Time 21 August 2017
BBC Sport
The Shrewsbury Town manager Paul Hurst says his current squad is "a long way ahead" of the group of players that escaped relegation last season.
Shrewsbury are one of four teams to make a perfect start to the League One season and they travel to fellow high-flyers Oxford United next Saturday.
Hurst added there was a "hell of a long way to go" and that time would tell how they end up.
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There's no doubt whatsoever we are taking strides in the right direction."
Paul Hurst, Shrewsbury Town manager
New logo for merged Telford collegespublished at 12:46 British Summer Time 21 August 2017
A new logo has been produced for two Telford colleges which are expected to officially merge next month.
Telford College of Arts and Technology and New College Telford will become known as Telford College if the arrangement is approved by the government in the coming weeks.
Image source, Telford College
The principal and chief executive of Telford College, Graham Guest, said the 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.
Views sought on Church Stretton librarypublished at 12:25 British Summer Time 21 August 2017
People in Church Stretton are being asked what they want , externalfrom their local library.
Shropshire Council is looking to put the service out to tender, but says it wants to know what their priorities are, so it can select the right provider.
Image source, Google
The authority's plans to move the library to another site were shelved in spring 2016, after a legal challenge by local residents.
It responded by asking community groups to run the library instead and received two expressions of interest last autumn, which are now being considered.
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It is important that we work alongside residents in Church Stretton, and other communities in Shropshire, to shape how services will look in the future. We would encourage all residents to give us your views.”
Councillor Lezley Picton, Shropshire Council
'You don't throw like a woman'published at 12:01 British Summer Time 21 August 2017
Charlotte Greenway's success is music to the ears of hardcore stone skimmers who are keen to make the sport more inclusive.
"During the last nine years, we have rarely seen women stone skimmers come to the fore and shine," Julius Barratt, one of the organisers of the All England event, told The Guardian, external.
The paper said Greenway had encountered a fair share of sexism on her way to success, with the organiser of another event telling her she didn't "throw like a girl".
Shropshire 'role model' comes second in stone-throwing championshipspublished at 11:48 British Summer Time 21 August 2017
A Shropshire woman is being described as a "role model in a male-dominated sport" after coming second in the All England Open Stone Skimming Championships., external
Charlotte Greenway from Condover is 32 and only took up the sport a couple of years ago.
Image source, Simon Greenway
She held the lead in the Lake District yesterday, until it was snatched from her with eight minutes to go.
Her father, Simon Greenway, said she's now being offered coaching by a former champion.
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We're going to go for the World Championships. She's going to practice and go for it this time. There will be no real ale the night before and a big fry up in the morning, it'll be proper training."
Simon Greenway
Drugs arrests up 'due to tighter V Festival security'published at 11:29 British Summer Time 21 August 2017
Jodie Looker
Newsreader, BBC Radio Stoke
Staffordshire Police says they've found a lot more drugs at this year's V Festival, external because they stepped up their security.
Image source, Staffordshire Police
With the UK terrorism threat level currently at severe,, external the force said they searched every festival-goer visiting the Weston Park event.
They say that led to them finding more drugs and a total of 41 arrests, nearly double the figure from last year.
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All individuals have been searched including their bags coming into the V Festival. We've had drug detection dogs on all the search entrances which has resulted in a lot more fines in relation to those drugs."
Ch Insp Pete Owen, Staffordshire Police
Football: Telford need 'more self belief'published at 11:23 British Summer Time 21 August 2017
BBC Sport
Telford manager Rob Edwards says his players need more self belief if they are going to win games this season.
Image source, Mike Sheridan
They picked up their second away win of the campaign at the weekend - beating Darlington 1-0.
It brought to an end a three-game losing-streak.
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I've just said to them, 'you've got to start believing in yourselves more' because we're a good team and we've got to now begin to show that every single game, every single time we get on the pitch."
Rob Edwards, AFC Telford United manager
Telford holds first ice-painting sessionpublished at 11:04 British Summer Time 21 August 2017
Paul Shuttleworth
Reporter, BBC Shropshire
Telford's ice rink has held its first "skate and paint" session at the weekend, offering artists of all ages the chance to decorate the ice.
They were given water-based paints and a poncho to protect their clothing and told to be creative.
The ice has now been cleaned. The ice rink management say they hope it will encourage more young people to take an interest in skating.
Portable toilet set alight in Telfordpublished at 10:45 British Summer Time 21 August 2017
A portable toilet has been set alight in Telford this morning.
The fire service says it was called to Brindleyford on Brookside just after midnight and that the fire appears to have been started deliberately.
Clean-up under way at V Festival campsitepublished at 10:25 British Summer Time 21 August 2017
Andy Giddings
BBC Local Live
A team of volunteers has arrived at Weston Park to begin the clean-up after the V Festival.
They're collecting abandoned tents and sleeping bags, which are then given to aid charities for use overseas.
Last year, the Ironbridge and Severn Gorge Lions collected over useable 4,000 tents and the ones they couldn't use were sent to landfill.
American football: Shropshire storm into semi-finalspublished at 10:06 British Summer Time 21 August 2017
Shropshire Revolution had a comfortable 60-8 quarter-final win over Morcambe Bay Storm yesterday, setting up a home semi-final against Gateshead Senators.
They were 47-0 up in the second quarter, so decided to rest their starters for the second half.
The semi-final will be played at Oakengates next Sunday, with the Brit Bowl final scheduled for 10 September in Leeds.
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It was a fantastic result for us and we dominated right from the opening whistle. In the second half we rested our starters in order to avoid any unnecessary injuries ahead of our clash with Gateshaed, so a number of rookies and fringe players were able to experience a play-off game for the first time."
Stephen Tonks, Shropshire Revolution head coach
Shrewsbury Town 3-2 Rochdalepublished at 09:39 British Summer Time 21 August 2017
BBC Sport
Shrewsbury's impressive start to the season continued as they beat Rochdale to make it three wins out of three in League One at the weekend.
Despite starting brightly, Shrewsbury went behind to a 17th minute penalty confidently converted by Steve Davies after Toto Nsiala upended Bradden Inman.
Image source, Getty Images
Shrewsbury responded positively and soon converted a penalty of their own, through Shaun Whalley, before goals from Norwich loanee Carlton Morris and Stephan Payne - just a day after signing from Barnsley.