BBC Weather

It will be a dry but overcast day with the odd brighter spell and highs of 12C (54F).

BBC Midlands Today

A critical care nurse who qualified a few months before the coronavirus pandemic began said the past year has been "absolutely exhausting".

Holly Minshall, 26, from Market Drayton, graduated from Keele University and went on to work at the Royal Stoke University Hospital throughout the pandemic.

"I never ever thought that six months later after qualifying we would be thrown into a global pandemic with a virus that we knew nothing about and just expected to crack on and deal with it," she said.

Shropshire Star

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• £100 Telford vaccination centre parking fines cancelled as 'gesture of goodwill', external
• New gardens at Shropshire hospitals will honour Captain Sir Tom Moore, external
• Police raid sophisticated Telford drugs farm, external

Rob Lamb, a 58-year-old Scotsman, was greeted back home by applause and bagpipes.

A 15-year-old cyclist was taken to hospital after a collision with a White Skoda in Telford.

West Mercia Police said it happened on First Avenue, Ketley Bank, just before 21:30 GMT on Thursday.

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PC Matthew Jones said the boy was in a stable condition.

Anyone with information or dashcam footage has been asked to contact the force.

Rob Lamb suffered a spinal cord injury in October, leaving him paralysed from the chest down.

BBC Weather

It will be a dry day with occasional bright spells and highs of 13°C (50 to 55°F)

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Photographer Andrew Fusek Peters says perfect weather was also needed for the dramatic shots.

Some patients at a Shropshire hospital will be allowed visitors under new rules.

The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (RJAH) had to restrict all visiting for patients in November in line with national guidance in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

But, from Monday, limited visiting will resume for long stay patients on the Midland Centre for Spinal Injuries (MCSI) and Sheldon Ward, the general medicine and rehabilitation ward

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Patients will be allowed one named visitor who must book their visits with the ward.

Visitors will need to wear face masks at all times and will be provided with a surgical face mask by the trust on arrival.

Stacey Keegan, chief nurse at RJAH, said: "We have been monitoring the situation very closely and feel that now is the right time to allow some visitors back on site.

"It's the right thing to do, especially for our most vulnerable patients who will really benefit from contact with their families."

Shropshire Star

Here are some of the stories on the Shropshire Star website:

• No Covid patients in intensive care at Shropshire's two main hospitals for 'first time in over a year', external
• Some visitors allowed at Shropshire hospital as rules ease next week, external
• Row over rotting windows on Telford housing estate, external

The government announces first stages of plans to get superfast broadband to the majority of UK homes.

Investigations are underway into the cause of a fire in a commercial building in Shropshire.

Image source, Market Drayton fire station

Crews from Shropshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire fire services were called to assist with the fire in the building in Market Drayton from 23:33 GMT.

The fire was contained to the single story building.

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• Couples left waiting at the altar over wedding confusion, external
• West Mercia Police launches new improvement charter, external
• 'We're staying': Thorntons franchise in Bridgnorth will remain open, external

BBC Midlands Today

Firefighters in Shropshire have given almost 10,000 Covid-19 vaccinations to residents in just over a month.

It is to help support the government's target with the rollout of the vaccine.

Sixty staff at Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service have been trained and redeployed at three centres across the county.

BBC Weather

It is set to be a dull and cloudy day, but it should stay dry, with highs of 12°C (54°F).

The chief constable of West Mercia Police has announced he will retire in September.

Image source, West Mercia Police

Anthony Bangham, who joined the force as a constable 30 years ago, said he had enjoyed an "amazing career with every day bringing new challenges".

"I have served as a police officer across West Mercia in many roles and different ranks and have always done so with great pride," he said.

Mr Bangham, who was assistant chief constable for the Avon and Somerset force, said he had been "delighted" to finish his career with West Mercia, serving the area where he had spent most of his life.

The force's Police and Crime Commissioner John Campion praised Mr Bangham as "a determined leader in challenging times" and said he had always put the public at the heart of his work.

Ollie, 11, has been making the pompom pets which finders can "squeeze" when they feel anxious.

Angry customers have taken to social media to complain about delayed deliveries and dead blooms.

Shropshire Star

Here are some of the stories on the Shropshire Star website:

• Crash witnesses sought after pensioner sustains 'serious injuries', external
• Fire service set to adopt new response targets, external
• Shropshire hospital boss praises team effort during pandemic a year on from first Covid death, external