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BBC Midlands Today
Services at two of Shropshire's maternity units are being suspended again because of staff sickness.
The unit in Ludlow will close for 12 hours from tonight and the one in Oswestry will be closed all weekend.
It hasn't been possible to give birth at Shrewsbury's maternity unit since 11 December because of damage to the roof and the hospital can't say when it will reopen.
During the closures, women giving birth will have to travel to Telford or Bridgnorth, unless they want to give birth at home, or go outside the county.
News Editor, BBC Shropshire
A Shropshire councillor who was taken to court over non-payment of council tax says it was down to a mix-up.
Steve Davenport, who's now a cabinet member on the council, was sent six reminders and a summons over arrears of more than £600 in the last financial year.
Details emerged in a Freedom of Information request by Private Eye magazine. The legal process was cancelled when the money was paid and it emerged the summons had been sent to the wrong address.
Councillor Davenport told BBC Radio Shropshire the situation arose when a tenant left his house suddenly.
He initially disputed the demand for payment, and had to stand down from voting on financial matters for a while, but says he eventually decided to pay up.
River levels in Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire are continuing to fall, but a number of Environment Agency flood alerts remain in force across the three counties.
They cover stretches of the rivers Avon, Lugg, Severn, Tern and Perry.
Most of the rivers reached their peak last night.
Flood barriers in Shrewsbury town centre have been removed.
A Shrewsbury man whose wife accidentally posted some incorrectly addressed Christmas cards has praised Royal Mail for returning them 22 days later.
David Bevan-Jones says the cards were marked with the first names of his son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter - and nothing else - when they went into the postbox.
They were found among 30,000 items at the main sorting office in Chester and returned with £200 still inside.
I think we take things for granted, that people do the same job every day. People we never see very often. And we take the whole thing for granted. And I think they deserve absolute credit."
The swimming pool in Bishop's Castle will close for refurbishment for three weeks from mid-February.
It's to allow the ladies changing rooms at the Sparc centre to be improved, at a cost of £100,000.
The pool will reopen on 12 March.
There are still flood alerts in place for the Severn and Avon in Worcestershire and River Lugg south of Leominster, says the Environment Agency.
Temporary flood barriers put up in Shrewsbury are being removed this morning.
Shrewsbury Market has been voted "Britain's favourite" after an online campaign.
Judges for a competition run by the National Association of British Market Authorities also visited the indoor site and tested customer service with a mystery shopper.
BBC Midlands Today
A body found at the scene of a house fire in Shropshire is believed to be that of a man who lived there, police say.
West Mercia Police says next of kin has been informed, although formal identification is due to take place.
The fire service was called to the blaze in the Cramer Gutter Lane area of Oreton, Cleobury Mortimer, on Monday night and a search for a missing man was launched at the site. It announced the discovery of a body on Wednesday.
The West Mercia force says the fire is not being treated as suspicious, but enquiries are under way as to the cause.
Alsager snowboarder Rowan Cheshire has been called up to the GB squad for the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
She had been seen as a medal prospect for Sochi, but missed out after suffering a head injury in training.
It was the first of three head injuries which almost forced her to quit the sport.
There's also a place in the GB squad for Shropshire's Ben Simons, who won silver in the four-man event at the Bobsleigh World Cup in Canada last month.
A sculpture to celebrate 70 years of the NHS will be made in Shropshire using out-of-use medical equipment, including beds, microscopes and blood pressure monitors.
It will be constructed at the British Ironworks Centre, which is home to a giant gorilla made out spoons and an 8m (27ft) angel made out of knives surrendered to the police (pictured below).
Artist Luke Kite is behind the project which is due to go on display at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital on 7 July.
He is asking the public to decide what form the sculpture should take, with a deadline of 16 February for sharing ideas.
Flood alerts remain in place across the West Midlands.
Heavy rainfall has led to a rise in river levels and the weather is expected to remain unsettled over the next 48 hours.
The River Severn is running particularly high and other areas affected include Shropshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Herefordshire.
The Environment Agency says it's closely monitoring all rivers in the region.
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A £400 fixed penalty notice has been handed out to the person who dumped this rubbish in the Brookside area of Telford.
On Tuesday a couple from Priorslee were issued a £300 fine by Telford and Wrekin Council for dumping this rubbish in the Red Lake area of the town.
Parents of children at a Shropshire primary school say they're worried about the safety of a nearby road.
Pupils at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School, in Newport, have to cross Chetwynd Road to get to an outdoor learning centre, which they say has become busier since two new housing estates have been built.
The parents say traffic coming around the bend might not see children crossing until it is too late and want warning signs and traffic calming measures.
Telford and Wrekin Council says it has worked with the school to put safety measures in place, including giving children yellow fluorescent jackets and road safety education, but it will look again at road signs, to see if they can be improved.
The school said it was satisfied with the safety measures in place, but said "we fully support plans for improvement at the location".
The road safety officer has inspected and approved our procedures and risk assessments so that the children will be able to cross safely, and our wonderful forest school provision can be protected
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Workmen have been attempting to secure the end of a footbridge which connects Bridgnorth to the Severn Valley Railway.
Last week Shropshire Council discovered eight bolts which are designed to hold down the walkway "appeared to be hanging dangerously in mid-air" and that support cables had lost some of their tension.
These photos were taken today and show the council workmen using weights to hold down the bridge while new bolts are fixed in place.
This work is being described as a temporary solution by the authority, with a permanent repair job due to take place later in the year.
River levels are expected to peak this evening or overnight on a number of rivers across the West Midlands.
Three Environment Agency flood warnings remain in place for stretches of the River Wye in Herefordshire and there are several flood alerts for rivers in Shropshire and Worcestershire.
BBC Midlands Today
Shropshire Council has completed the purchase of Shrewsbury’s three main shopping centres for about £51m.
The authority said it wanted to have greater control over the town centre and that buying them will "support economic growth and regeneration" as well as generating £2.7m by the time of next year's budget.
The council said it would bring in a specialist property management company to run the centres.
And it confirmed the purchase had been made via an offshore trust in Jersey.
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to enhance and improve the town centre and change Shrewsbury for the better
Critics of planned changes to Shropshire's hospitals say they fear there has been another delay.
The plans, known as Future Fit, aren't on the agenda for a meeting of the NHS Improvement body today, leading the anti-cuts group Shropshire Defend Our NHS to suggests the long-awaited public consultation won't start any time soon.
The plans have to get the approval of a number of NHS bodies, including NHS Improvement, to go ahead.
Publicly, local health officials aren't moving beyond their position of "waiting to hear", and aren't getting drawn in to whether they expected progress today.
They remain convinced that making the changes, which would include making Shrewsbury the county's main centre for emergency care, is the way to make Shropshire's health service stronger.
BBC News Health
Public Health England is starting a review into the "growing problem" of prescription drug addiction.
NHS data suggests one in every 11 patients in England is being prescribed medication that could be addictive, or difficult to come off.
Judy (not her real name), who is 43 and from Shropshire, was prescribed diazepam at the age of 30 to treat anxiety. She still takes it now.
My whole life has been torn apart. It's an absolute medical disaster. My aim is to get off it, of course, but with each tiny drop in dose, the symptoms hit - and so hard - it's horrific
BBC Weather Watchers
The heavy rain overnight's just added to the water levels in our local rivers and waterways.
These photos are from BBC Weather Watchers Eskimodens lens in Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, and Shropshire Lass, in Ludlow:
A body has been found at the scene of a house fire in Shropshire.
The house at Oreton, near Cleobury Mortimer, was badly damaged by the fire on Monday night and search teams had been going through the wreckage, looking for a man believed to live there.
The number of unemployed people in the West Midlands region rose by 6,000 to 155,000 in the three months to November, official figures show.
The Office for National Statistics said the region's unemployment rate for the period is 5.5%, compared to 4.3% for the whole of the UK.
But, compared to the same period in 2016, the number of jobless in the West Midlands fell by 6,000.
The search is resuming this morning for a man who has been missing since a serious house fire in Shropshire on Monday night.
The house at Oreton, near Cleobury Mortimer, was seriously damaged and Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service says it fears the shell of the building could collapse - it may call in a structural engineer later.
West Mercia Police says the cause of the fire is currently unknown, but is not being treated as suspicious at this time.
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Part of the A5 on the Shropshire/Wales border is still closed this morning after a lorry load of cheese overturned, police say.
It's happened on the southbound side which is closed between the A483 and the Gledrid roundabout.
Police say the load of cheese was shed by the lorry at about 01:00 but it's now been removed - however the road may need to be repaired.
Sports Producer, BBC Shropshire
Shrewsbury Town are within 90 minutes of a Wembley final after beating Oldham last night in the quarter-finals of the EFL Trophy.
Stefan Payne (pictured) fired Shrewsbury ahead after just 16 seconds with his 11th goal of the season.
Oldham equalized midway through the second-half but Alex Rodman won the game with a curling effort in the dying minutes.