Positive test at TV Millionaire teacher schoolpublished at 14:23 British Summer Time 16 September 2020
Four year groups are kept off school following a boarding pupil's coronavirus result.
Read MorePositive test at TV Millionaire teacher schoolpublished at 14:23 British Summer Time 16 September 2020
Waitrose to close supermarketspublished at 14:06 British Summer Time 16 September 2020
Waitrose has announced it is closing its store in Shrewsbury town centre in December and selling its supermarket in Wolverhampton to Tesco.
It's also closing supermarkets at the Ipswich Corn Exchange and Caldicot in Wales, with the loss of 124 jobs in all.
The 140 staff at the Wolverhampton Waitrose will all be transferred to Tesco.
Image source, GoogleA Waitrose spokesperson said: "We have found trading challenging in these four shops and, despite the best efforts of Partners [Waitrose staff], we have not been able to find a way to make them profitable in the long-term."
Discussion over future of Clive of India statuepublished at 08:44 British Summer Time 16 September 2020
A discussion about the future of Shrewsbury's Clive of India statue is going to take place today.
More than 13,000 people have signed a petition calling for it to be removed, because of Robert Clive's involvement in Imperial rule in India and it's been suggested it should be moved to the town's museum instead.
Image source, Getty ImagesA counter petition was also signed by more than 8,000 people, saying removing it would erase part of the town's history.
Shropshire Council's scrutiny committee will consider a report and then make a recommendation which will then be debated by the full council.
Weather: Another sunny day forecastpublished at 08:26 British Summer Time 16 September 2020
We're forecast another sunny day, with temperatures up to 25C (77F).
Tomorrow should also be fine, but temperatures are expected to fall a little for the rest of the week.
Image source, HelenTDemand for food banks increased in Shropshirepublished at 18:31 British Summer Time 15 September 2020
Local Democracy Reporting ServiceDemand for some Shropshire food banks went up dramatically during the height of the coronavirus outbreak, the Shropshire Food Poverty Alliance has said.
The group, which is made up of public bodies, faith groups and third sector organisations, said food banks had had a "challenging" six months, made more complicated because some volunteers had to isolate.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe demand has varied in different parts of the county and in some areas it didn't rise at all.
There have also been new food banks established at places including Bishop's Castle and Gobowen.
Shopping centre demolition could start in new yearpublished at 11:52 British Summer Time 15 September 2020
Local Democracy Reporting ServiceThe demolition of Shrewsbury's Riverside shopping centre could get underway in the new year.
Shropshire Council wants to knock it down, along with the medical practice, multi-storey car park, bus station and footbridge, to make way for a new development with flats, offices, a hotel, restaurants and ships.
The authority has been held up by legal issues over rights of way, getting utilities connected and by the coronavirus outbreak.
It believes the project could take two or three years.
Five hunts share £50,000 in coronavirus grantspublished at 11:30 British Summer Time 15 September 2020
BBC ShropshireFive registered hunts in Shropshire have shared government grants of £50,000 to help them during the coronavirus pandemic.
The money was passed on to them by Shropshire Council, which has recieved £91m to help small businesses.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe council said it was legally obliged to provide grants to those who had applied if they met the criteria set by ministers, and the hunts ticked all the boxes.
Mass balloon launch to make up for cancelled fiestapublished at 10:27 British Summer Time 15 September 2020
There's no balloon festival in Telford this year, but people are being encouraged to look to the skies for the next best thing.
A mass balloon launch has been organised from a number of secret locations so people can see them from their homes.
Image source, Telford and Wrekin CouncilLast year, more than 50,000 people turned out for the event in the town park.
The balloons will be launched during the mornings and evenings this weekend.
Another warm sunny day in storepublished at 08:32 British Summer Time 15 September 2020
It will be another dry, sunny and hot day, with highs of 27°C (81°F).
The picture was taken earlier in Telford by BBC Weather Watcher Raj's Range.
Image source, Weather Watcher/Raj's Range'A few students have tapped me for a tenner'published at 18:45 British Summer Time 14 September 2020
Don Fear becomes the first person to win the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire jackpot in 14 years.
Read MoreTeacher 'overwhelmed' since Millionaire winpublished at 18:20 British Summer Time 14 September 2020
Don Fear became the first person to win the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire jackpot in 14 years.
Read MoreCouncil HQ sale to fund shopping centre revamppublished at 15:37 British Summer Time 14 September 2020
Shropshire Council hopes selling its Shirehall headquarters will provide £10m to transform Pride Hill.
Read MoreWoman attacked and raped in park areapublished at 11:53 British Summer Time 14 September 2020
The attacker is described as having a "distinctive" octopus tattoo on his right shoulder.
Read MoreLots of sunshine expectedpublished at 08:25 British Summer Time 14 September 2020
It will be a dry, fine and warm day, with lots of sunshine throughout and highs of 26°C (79°F).
This is how the day started in Newcastle-under-Lyme as recorded by BBC Weather Watcher Snow Crystal.
Image source, Weather Watcher/Snow CrystalsMidlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 06:20 British Summer Time 14 September 2020
The latest news, sport, travel and weather across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.
Read MorePortsmouth 0-0 Shrewsbury Townpublished at 17:53 British Summer Time 12 September 2020
Portsmouth made a disappointing start to their League One campaign after being held to a goalless draw at home by Shrewsbury.
Read MoreBroadband boost for rural areaspublished at 14:08 British Summer Time 12 September 2020
A scheme to bring ultrafast broadband to areas across England is getting a £22m funding injection.
Read MoreVeteran takes to the sky for 99th birthdaypublished at 00:02 British Summer Time 12 September 2020
A World War Two veteran and active pilot from Shropshire celebrated his 99th birthday in the sky.
Read MoreTeacher beats brother to win Millionaire jackpotpublished at 22:34 British Summer Time 11 September 2020
Donald Fear is the first person to win the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire jackpot in 14 years.
Read MoreWarning to care homes over virus case risespublished at 12:40 British Summer Time 11 September 2020
Care homes in the Telford area are being warned they might want to restrict visits.
The warning has come from the borough's director of public health, Liz Noakes, after the number of cases per 100,000 people rose to 15.6 for the seven days to 7 September.
Image source, Getty ImagesHer letter to care homes said a “number of care homes” in the borough were being affected by infections in staff and residents.
