Police were called to a house in Telford and found more than six people at the property.

Shropshire Star

Here are some of the stories in the Shropshire Star:

• Telford woman found guilty over hair switch for drug testing, external
• Plea for more support at Oswestry and Shrewsbury markets, external
• Shropshire care homes ordered to close to all but essential visits, external

Dan Hardeman of Telford is the millionth young person to be supported by the Prince's Trust.

Norbury Hill has an asking price of about £200,000 and goes to sealed bids on Wednesday.

BBC Weather

It will be a largely fine and dry day with sunny spells and highs of 18°C (64°F).

This was the scene earlier in Staunton on Wye in Herefordshire as taken by BBC Weather Watcher Fiona D.

Image source, Weather Watcher / Fiona D

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Keri Trigg

Four of Shropshire’s natural landscapes are set to be designated as nature reserves while plans to designate four others have been put on hold.

Image source, Shropshire Council

Shropshire Council’s cabinet is being asked to approve the designation of Nesscliffe Country Park, Llanymynech Heritage Area, Lyth Hill and Poles Coppice in order to formally "recognise their value, attract more visitors and offer an extra layer of protection from development," a report says.

The council has legal powers to designate new local nature reserves, and a report to cabinet ahead of a meeting next week says the heightened status for the four council-owned sites, covering almost 120 hectares (297 acres) of land between them, will bring considerable benefits including the ability to attract external funding.

The report due to be considered next week says Natural England has been consulted and is supportive of the proposals.

BBC Weather

After a cloudy start there will be some sunny spells before cloud and patchy rain push in later in the afternoon with highs of 18°C (64°F).

This was the scene earlier in Knowle, Solihull.

Image source, BBC Weather Watchers/Dammo

The latest news, sport, travel and weather across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.

Plymouth extend their unbeaten League One start with a home draw against Shrewsbury, still seeking their first win after three league games.

Jenny Nelson and Nick Barratt decided on Tuesday to bring forward their wedding by two weeks.

The venue, in Stafford Park, was in breach of Covid-19 legislation, police said.

"They need to wake up and smell the coffee." So says Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey talking about his party and how it has failed to connect with voters.

Listen to the goals he has for the Lib Dems on the Politics Midlands Podcast on BBC Sounds this Sunday.

League One club Shrewsbury Town sign experienced former Sheffield United striker Leon Clarke on a one-year deal.

The CEO of Telford's Southwater Events Group believes the government has unfairly left the hospitality and events industry out of its Job Support Scheme.

Tom Gray, who's business includes the Telford International Centre, said the sector was worth about £70bn to the UK economy and added: "We were not an industry that was struggling, we were booming."

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Under the chancellor's scheme.employees must be in ''viable jobs" to benefit from the scheme. Those in industries currently closed - such as those in the entertainment industry - may lose out as there isn't any work.

Mr Gray said he'd already had to let his casual staff go and there have been "significant other redundancies to full time staff".

But without further help, he warned more job losses are likely.

On Wednesday, the NEC Group in Birmingham warned job losses were inevitable.

Shropshire Star

Here are three stories from the Shropshire Star today:

• New coronavirus testing centre opening in Telford, external
• Police patrols after flowers stolen from graves, external
• 'My croc fell off' says driver caught speeding, external

Raven Meadows in Shrewsbury is temporarily closed to traffic and pedestrians because of glass falling from the shopping centre.

West Mercia Police said it would remain shut until the area could be made safe.

Image source, West Mercia Police

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service said it was using a ladder to make the window on the Darwin Centre safe.

BBC Weather

We're forecast a dry day and there could be some sunshine breaking through the cloud, but it will also be breezy and temperatures won't get much above 13C (55F).

And that weather is expected to continue through the weekend.

Image source, Videoman

British Asian weddings are traditionally lavish affairs that tend to have hundreds of guests.

BBC Weather

The showers of the last couple of days are going to be replaced by clear skies and some sunshine in the West Midlands.

It's going to be a bit cooler that it was though, with temperatures unlikely to go higher than 12C (54F).

Image source, Chris n Ginny

A Normandy veteran from Wellington in Shropshire who later became a peace campaigner and wrote a series of books has died at the age of 97.

George Evans taught geography for 40 years and helped liberate the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

Mr Evans was involved in securing a patch of land in Wellington to be used as a "peace garden" and was well known for his love of the Wrekin, which he used to climb regularly.