Sacked first responder gets her job back
Telford lorry driver charged over M25 death
Plane makes crash landing in field
Prince Andrew visits Shrewsbury
Updates from Friday 17 March 2017
Spring definitely seems to be in the air this week and we've been seeing some stunning photos from the BBC Weather Watchers.
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Image source, BingoswestryThe organisers of a prostate cancer screening evening in Madeley, Shropshire, have had to apologise after they ran out of testing kits - because of the huge turnout.
The event at Jubilee House attracted 450 men and the Ironbridge Lions and Ironbridge Rotary Clubs said they had not realised house successful it would be.
Image source, GoogleThe Rotary groups say they ordered 420 testing kits, but they didn't want to buy too many, because they cost £15 each.
They will be holding two more testing events in the coming months.
Quote MessageWe can only apologise for having to turn away the last few men who came and hope that they will understand the situation was beyond our control. This is the first time we have staged such an event and we didn't in a million years envisage that the 420 kits we had ordered would be insufficient."
John Marsh, Ironbridge Lions President
North Shropshire MP Owen Paterson says the Scots would be better of remaining part of the UK, saying Brexit offers a "a wonderful opportunity for Scotland".
He also told BBC Radio Four that Spain might block Scotland from joining the EU as an independent nation, for fear it might give a boost to those who want independence for Catalonia.
Mr Paterson said the SNP had other domestic issues it should be concentrating on, instead of demanding a second independence referendum.
Quote MessageSurely far better is to see how Brexit pans out and instead of all this doom mongering to see the tremedous opportunities that Brexit will bring to thousands of people across Scotland?"
Owen Paterson, MP for North Shropshire
A planning inspector has rejected plans to build four homes on the site of a Shrewsbury beer garden, explaining it would be an unacceptable loss of local facilities. , external
A developer wanted to build on the grounds of the Inn on the Green on the Radbrook Green estate and had appealed to the inspector after Shropshire Council turned it down.
Image source, GoogleThe inspector concluded the pub was a "cherished facility at the heart of the local community" and that the "spacious beer garden adds to the attraction of the Public House".
She also dismissed proposals to replace it with a smaller beer garden, saying "It is difficult to see how this area would provide an attractive area for patrons to sit" and that it wouldn't be big enough for children to play in.
Quote MessageIt would seem to me that the existing beer garden contributes to the vitality of the Inn on the Green. The replacement offer would be significantly less attractive or flexible for use than the existing provision."
Elizabeth Pleasant, Planning inspector
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A life-saving volunteer first responder has been sacked because she shredded two pieces of paper instead of taking it on a 50-mile round trip to Shrewsbury., external
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Amy Cole
BBC Midlands Today
A Staffordshire farmer loses his cattle herd after an outbreak of bovine TB and a warning over internet scams.
All this and more on Midlands Today, BBC One at 13.30.
BBC Sport
Paul Hurst says he wants to use tonight's Shropshire Senior Cup final as the chance to give some players more playing time and to introduce some youth team players.
He said there are places up for grabs in his league side and tonight will be an opportunity for several players to show what they can do.
But Hurst also says that he is focused on winning the final, which they have won for the past two seasons.
Quote MessageSome players will play from the first team squad. Some lads haven't had any game time for quite a while. Bit of match practice. But it will be a mixed team with some of the youth team as well."
Paul Hurst, Shrewsbury Town manager
South Shropshire Journal
Calls have been renewed for something to be done about huge articulated lorries crossing an historic bridge after it was damaged yet again., external
Members of the film club at the The Meadows Primary School in Ketley will be walking the red carpet in Leicester Square today.
The club has been nominated for a film club of the year award in the 2017 Into Film Awards, external .
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With just one game remaining in the regular season and the league title already in the bag, Telford Tigers say they are now looking ahead to the playoffs.
The tournament starts on 22 March, with the top eight teams in the English Premier League divided into two groups of four and the top two teams from those two groups advancing to the finals in Coventry on 8 and 9 April.
Image source, Telford TigersThe Tigers know that eighth-placed Sheffield Steeldogs will be in their group and that second-placed Milton Keynes Lightning won't, but the rest of the line-up is still to be decided.
Quote MessageYou never want to stop at just one trophy and you want win as many as possible. Everyone in the changing room will be geared up and ready to go.”
Jason Silverthorn, Telford Tigers captain
Rebecca Wood
BBC Weather
When the going gets tough, the tough get checking the weather forecast, or at least those who want to pick a winner at the races do.
As Cheltenham Festival 2017 gets under way, BBC Weather's Rebecca Wood explains about having a flutter in the wind and more.
How the weather can leave your Cheltenham Festival tips under a cloud
Shrewsbury Town and AFC Telford United are competing for bragging rights tonight in the Shropshire Senior Cup Final at the Greenhous Meadow.
Shrewsbury beat Telford on penalties in last year's final.
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Andy Giddings
BBC Shropshire
Shropshire has one of the highest number of registered museums for any local authority area in the country, according to an interactive map, external which went online this morning.
It was created by the charity Nesta, external which used data from the Arts Council to show which parts of country had the best access to museums.
Image source, GoogleThe Shropshire Council area is seventh on the list, behind local authority areas like Cornwall, Westminster and Wiltshire, but ahead of some big cities like Leeds, York and Birmingham.
Shrewsbury Chronicle
Shrewsbury Town Council hopes to have feedback on its plans for the future of the town’s swimming baths, external from Shropshire Council by next week.
It was looking like another bright spring morning, and we had a couple of photos of bright blue skies shared by the BBC Weather Watchers, like this one from Gordon in Oakengates.
Image source, GordonBut it's started to cloud over now, and we are getting photos like this one taken by Julie in Oswestry.
Image source, JulieFigures show there were nearly six million fraud and cyber crime cases across the country in a year - including 4,557 in the West Mercia area.
Image source, ReutersThe cases - many involving online banking - were reported by Action Fraud in the year prior to September last year.
But police forces are concerned that most still go unreported - leaving many victims "forgotten".
Joan Cummins
Midlands Today reporter
Up to three lorry-loads of waste, dumped at the Enville Estate just off the Bridgnorth to Stourbridge Road, will cost thousands to clean up.
The fly-tippers were spotted on Tuesday afternoon by a passer-by who was then chased away by men in balaclavas.
200 tonnes of commercial rubbish dumped on private woodland
A 64-year-old dog trainer is due to be sentenced later after he admitted allowing his two dogs to kill and injure more than 50 lambs.
Charles Ross-Robertson, from Stanton Lacy, Ludlow, pleaded guilty at Hereford Crown Court in January to allowing his Rotweiller cross dogs to attack the sheep in a field at Risbury near Leominster.
He's due to appear at Worcester Crown Court today.
An application has been made for the dogs to be put down.
The Big Busk has enlisted its 100th act for this year's event.
It means the 2017 event next month will be the biggest one yet.
It was set up in memory of Ben Bebbington, a musician who was murdered in Shrewsbury in 2012 and all the money raised goes to the Shrewsbury Ark, a centre for homeless and vulnerable people.
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Sara Blizzard
BBC Weather
After a cloudy start, a few brighter intervals are possible; feeling mild with highs of 14C (57F).
You can find a detailed forecast for your area here.
Latest weather for the West Midlands
