Lawley primary school has won a competition for a £10,000 makeover, funded by a major paint manufacturer.

The pupils had to submit a 300-word letter, setting out how the money would help and they were selected to receive the money by a panel of judges.

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The judges said they were impressed by the children's enthusiasm and that it was "great to see pupils at Lawley getting excited about which colours and paints to choose".

A woman will fight the Telford seat for Labour whenever the next general election is held.

The party's national executive has confirmed there'll be an all-female shortlist. It's not yet known when candidates can apply.

The move will disappoint Councillor Kuldip Sahota who stood for the party in June's election.

He was beaten by the Conservative's Lucy Allan - but he'd said he was keen to stand again.

Shropshire's famous Iron Bridge is covered with scaffolding at the moment, ahead of a £1.2m restoration project in the World Heritage Site.

Some of the ironwork is cracking, partly because of ground movement, and they are examining the iron braces an stone abutments which hold the structure together.

The work to erect the scaffolding is expected to take 12 weeks.

They'll also be cleaning and painting the bridge and carrying out some repairs.

It's been 30 years since work like this has been done on the bridge, which was built in 1779.

West Mercia's Police and Crime Commissioner has hit out at councillors who've criticised his plans to take control of the fire services in the area.

Shropshire and Hereford and Worcester's fire services are currently overseen by fire authorities made up of local councillors.

John Campion says his plan could save £4m a year.

Image source, PA

Councillors across the counties have spoken out against the plans - but a public consultation suggests 61% of people support PCC John Campion's idea.

The Fire Brigades Union in Shropshire said it would "vigorously oppose" any move to remove its fire control from the county.

BBC Weather Watchers

A wet start this morning.

Plenty of drizzle about across Shropshire, as seen here in Longnor thanks to our Weather Watcher Peter Steggles.

Image source, Peter Steggles

Image source, Peter Steggles

The Severn Valley Railway is using its annual steam gala, which starts today, to launch a final push to raise the money to redevelop Bridgnorth station.

The railway’s charitable trust is still £1m short of the £2.5m target. The share offer has to close at the end of next month.

Image source, Severn Valley Railway

Four special visiting steam engines will be showcased during the four day event along the 16-mile route from Kidderminster to Bridgnorth.

Charlie Slater
BBC Weather presenter

Rain pushing in this morning, but this should clear this afternoon leaving something a bit drier and brighter with highs of 17C (63C).

Carlie Swain
BBC Local Live

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Hundreds of fans of flight simulator computer games will be returning to the RAF museum at Cosford again next month, for a big flight sim show.

It will be the fifth year the event has been held there and more than 1,500 attended last year.

Image source, RAF Museum Cosford

The show is being held on 7 October and 34 exhibitors have signed up, to show off their latest products.

Image source, RAF Museum Cosford

Shefali Oza
BBC Midlands Today

We are forecast some rain tonight and we're going to see more tomorrow, some of it heavy in places.

BBC Weather Watchers

There's been a lot of cloud around today and we've been seeing that in the photos shared by the BBC Weather Watchers this afternoon.

These pictures were taken near Longnor (top) and Telford (below).

Image source, Peter Steggles

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Shropshire Star

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The team that cleans council buildings in Telford has picked up a national award for their work.

Let's Clean employs more than 350 staff, who work across 140 sites, including schools and council offices. They have been honoured by the Association of Public Service Excellence, which held an awards ceremony in Oxford.

Image source, Telford and Wrekin Council

Haughmond football club says it will spend the £6,000 it collected on its FA Cup run on improvements at Shrewsbury Sports Village - where it plays its games.

The amateur side have climbed the divisions and now play in the Midland League, but manager Matt Burton said that promotion meant they had to add extra stands, to meet league requirements.

Mr Burton said he didn't know what the cost of the new stands would be, but added "it's not going to be cheap".

Andy Giddings
BBC Shropshire

"Unprecedented demand" is being blamed for the closure of Combat Stress's residential programmes in Newport.

The charity said the number of referrals for ex servicemen and women needing treatment had risen by 143% over the last decade.

It also received more than 10,000 calls to its helpline last year and referred 2,400 veterans for treatment.

It said the increase in demand had forced it to consider a new strategy, which will involve more people being treated at home.

Audley Court will become a centre for arranging this treatment in the community.

Shrewsbury Town fans have been able to slash the cost of installing a safe standing area by a sixth, meaning they are closer to affording the 574 rail seats they want.

The original target, set at the start of August was £75,000, but the Supporters Parliament said after talks with contractors and the Sports Ground Safety Authority, they found they could trim £12,500 from the bill.

The fans have been trying to raise the money with an online crowdfunding page and have now passed the £50,000 mark.

They say that the saving was made by cutting a "superfluous row of rail seating barriers".

A Shropshire home for service personnel with mental health problems is to stop providing residential care.

The charity Combat Stress, which runs Audley Court in Newport, says it'll switch to providing programmes closer to users' homes across Wales and the Midlands.

Image source, Combat Stress

It will mean some staff losing their jobs, but Combat Stress hasn't said exactly how many.

Nick Southall
Journalist, BBC Shropshire

An inquest into the deaths of two people whose bodies were found in a house in Morda has concluded they were drug related.

Today's inquest in Shrewsbury heard police had discovered the bodies of 29-year-old Carly Davies and 31-year-old Vincent Laws at the house in April.

James Bond
Sports Producer, BBC Shropshire

Shrewsbury Town's chief executive Brian Caldwell says their strong start to the season is generating a feel good factor in the town.

The team are five points clear at top of League One and haven't lost a league match.

On Saturday, the visitors will be Blackburn Rovers, who have been in good form recently themselves, with four wins in the last five.