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

Only one Bulldog was ever built but it was sold by the company 40 years ago to raise cash.

Northampton secured their first League One win of the season following promotion with a narrow 2-1 victory at Shrewsbury.

A sculpture based on the path's buzzard waymark will be unveiled on Kingsland Bridge in Shrewsbury.

League One club Shrewsbury Town sign midfielder Shilow Tracey on a season-long loan from Tottenham Hotspur.

BBC Weather

It will be a largely dry and sunny day for most with highs of 20°C (68°F).

This was the scene earlier in Halesowen, Dudley as captured by BBC Weather Watcher Stormchaser Al.

Image source, Stormchaser Al

Crews remain at the scene of a fire at a waste recycling plant in Shropshire.

Image source, Hereford and Worcester Fire Service

The incident is at the Granville waste processing site on Grange Lane, Redhill, and covers an area of approximately 300 sq m across steep-sided terrain, said the fire service.

Drone footage with thermal imaging capability is being used to identify the extent of the fire said Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.

People living nearby are being warned there is still residual smoke and the smell of fumes in the area, and to keep doors and windows closed.

A specialist in dealing with wildfires is brought in to help deal with the blaze in Telford.

A man is charged with physically assaulting children across England during circumcision procedures.

Three hospital trusts in the West Midlands are set to receive funding to expand and upgrade accident and emergency facilities.

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The government has pledged an extra £150m of funding, external to help reduce overcrowding and improve infection control ahead of winter.

This is on top of the £300m previously announced for upgrades.

Royal Shrewsbury Hospital: £6.3m for removing an existing building and replacing it, to support same-day emergency care.

University Hospital Coventry: £3m for emergency department expansion.

Worcestershire Royal Hospital: £2.5m for releasing capacity for the emergency department expansion.

Passers-by film the scene after a huge fire breaks out at the Granville Recycling Plant in Telford.

BBC Radio Shropshire

Whittington Castle in Shropshire has been awarded a £50,000 emergency grant to help secure its immediate future as a visitor attraction.

Volunteers at the community-run castle had feared they'd have to close permanently because of the pandemic.

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The money from the National Lottery Heritage Fund has allowed the attraction to reopen and to carry out improvements, including new toilets.

Local Democracy Reporting Service

It looks like a public meeting to discuss the latest plans for the former Ironbridge power station site won't happen, because of coronavirus restrictions.

Harworth Group is asking tor permission to build about 1,000 homes there and other facilities and published revised proposals in August.

The Telford and Wrekin councillor for the area, Carolyn Healy, had wanted to give local residents the chance to debate them, before they go before the local authority's planning committee in November.

But she's been forced to concede she'll have to distribute a summary of the plans because of the limits on large gatherings.

BBC Radio Shropshire

Dozens of firefighters have been tackling a large fire a recycling plant this morning in Shropshire.

Image source, Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

Eight fire engines were called at 04:42 to the Granville Recycling Plant on Grange Lane, Redhill, near Telford, the fire service said. , external

Crews said residents living north of the M54 over Oakengates, Trench and Hadley should keep their windows and doors closed., external

BBC Weather

It will be a dry and settled day with some cloud but lots of sunny spells with highs of 20C (68F).

This was the scene earlier in Ashton under Hill in Worcestershire as taken by BBC Weather Watcher Morning Amble.

Image source, Weather Watcher/morning amble

BBC Weather

The end of the week is forecast to be a bit cooler, with temperatures on Thursday and Friday up to around 19C (66F) instead of the 25C (77F) we were seeing earlier in the week.

But it should remain sunny and clear.

Image source, Chris L

Local Democracy Reporting Service

Councillors will have another say on the future of Shrewsbury's Clive of India statue when they meet next week.

Thousands of people have signed petitions calling for it to be removed, because of his prominent role in the colonial rule of India and Lib Dem councillor Roger Evans described him today as a "very unsavoury character".

But calls to move the statue have been turned down once already by councillors and the Conservative councillor Steve Charmley said: "The decision at the last council [meeting] was was pretty clear to take no further action and I don’t see any reason to change it.”

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A scrutiny committee meeting which discussed the issue today voted by six votes to two in favour of taking no further action.

The matter, and a rival petition to keep the statue where it is, will be discussed by full council on 24 September.

Branches in Caldicot, Monmouthshire, Ipswich, Shropshire and Wolverhampton are affected.

Shropshire Star

Here are three stories from the Shropshire Star today:

• 34 jobs at risk as Waitrose to close store, external
• Fans back at Shrewsbury Town, external
• Clive of India statue to be debated again, external

BBC Radio Shropshire

An archaeological dig within the grounds of Shrewsbury Castle is coming to an end today.

Over the past fortnight experts have been finding a lot of pottery, including this fragment of a drinking vessel featuring a man's face.

Some of the pottery dates back as far as the 12th Century and some of the items will have to be taken away for further examination.

The team now have to put all the soil back in the 1.5m-deep pit and replace the turf.