Our coverage across the daypublished at 18:00
Andy Giddings
BBC Local Live
Live updates for Shropshire have finished for the day but we'll be back from 08:00 Friday with the latest news, sport, travel and weather.
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Updates on Thursday 5 November 2015
News, sport, travel and weather updates to resume at 08:00 on Friday
Our coverage across the daypublished at 18:00
Weather: Another mild nightpublished at 17:57
We're forecast another mild night in Shropshire with temperatures this evening up to 14C (57F) and mostly dry, with some rain in the west of the county.
Cannabis plants found in Dawleypublished at 17:52
Tracey Higgins
BBC Local LiveCannabis plants that police say would have produced a crop worth £40,000 a year have been discovered during a raid in Dawley.
The plants were up to nine feet (2.7m) tall.
Image source, Getty ImagesCrack cocaine was also discovered and a 25-year-old man has been arrested and released on police bail while forensic tests are carried out.
Housing plan 'provides clarity'published at 17:39
Joanne Gallacher
Political reporter, BBC ShropshireShropshire Council says it's "pleased" that its housing framework has got the approval of the planning inspectorate.
The Sam Dev document will set out where homes can be built over the next five years and will get signed off by councillors next month.
Quote MessageSAMDev provides more clarity about what is going to be developed and what is coming forward. It also gives people some certainty about what is going to happen and that is the key message.
Shropshire Council statement
Virginia Wade's pants sell for £1,600published at 17:04
Sam Fleet
Journalist, BBC ShropshireA pair of frilly pants worn by tennis player Virginia Wade in the Wimbledon title-winning final in 1977 have sold at auction in Ludlow for £1,600.
Mullocks Auctioneers had given them a guide price of £200-£300.
Image source, Mullocks AuctioneersExtra train for Shifnal commuterspublished at 16:50
Andy Giddings
BBC Local LiveShifnal commuters will get an extra service into Birmingham, starting next month.
The Shifnal Forward Action Group has successfully lobbied London Midland to make an extra stop in the town at 07:18 and it will arrive at New Street before 08:00.
Image source, GoogleThe group is dubbing this service the "Shifnal Express" and it will make its first stop on 14 December.
Hospital staff ensure 100-year-old Susie gets party she deservespublished at 16:35
A woman who has lived through four monarchs celebrated her 100th birthday, external at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital yesterday in the company of her family.
Image source, Shropshire LiveTennis: French star to return to Shrewsburypublished at 16:10
Faith Page
Reporter, BBC ShropshireThe rising French star Oceane Dodin will defend her Aegon GB Pro-Series title in Shrewsbury later this month.
The 19-year-old has been as high as 116th in the world rankings, and recently beat the former World No 1 Jelena Yankovich in the US Open in New York.
Image source, Richard Dawson PhotographyShropshire housing plan almost completepublished at 15:51
Faith Page
Reporter, BBC ShropshireShropshire council's plan outlining where new homes can be built over the next five years has been signed off by the planning inspector.
The document known as Sam Dev will now go before councillors next month to get final approval.
Pictures: Rail crash training exercisepublished at 15:36
Alex Seftel
Journalist, BBC ShropshireThe fire and ambulance services have been recreating a rail crash on the Severn Valley Railway this afternoon, as a training exercise.
Students from Telford College of Arts and Technology have been playing the part of trapped passengers in the burning train.
Headlines: Apologies over MEP cremation and train crash training exercisepublished at 15:23
Andy Giddings
BBC Local LiveThese are the top stories on BBC Radio Shropshire this afternoon:
- A funeral director and an NHS Trust apologise after the wrong man was cremated at the funeral of MEP Philip Bradbourn
- Fire and Ambulance services stage rail crash training excercise near Bridgnorth
- Police officers who investigated Wellington killer Jamie Reynolds face misconduct hearings
Cows cleared from railway trackpublished at 15:08
Andy Giddings
BBC Local LiveTrains between Shrewsbury and Hereford are running to time again, after cows were moved off the line south of Ludlow.
Feel free to make your own puns.
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End of X postOn tomorrow's breakfast show: Giant poppy attempt and horse semenpublished at 14:54
Clare Ashford
Presenter, BBC ShropshireTomorrow morning we'll be off to Newdale Primary school to watch 360 children attempt to create a giant image of a poppy.
And I've been to a Shropshire stud farm to learn how they collect and freeze horse semen.
Lessons learnt from Shropshire floods 15 years agopublished at 14:38
Andy Giddings
BBC Local LiveThe Environment Agency has been telling us about the lessons learnt since the great Shropshire floods of 2000, when the River Severn reached its highest level since 1946.
Flood barriers have been installed in Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth since then, and the agency says councils are introducing stricter flood management guidelines for developers.
Quote MessageI think Shropshire council have really sent a message to developers around their planning policies
Anthony Perry, Environment Agency area flood risk manager
Rail crash training exercise near Bridgnorthpublished at 14:21
Alex Seftel
Journalist, BBC ShropshireA mock rail crash is being staged on the Severn Valley Railway, external this afternoon.
They're at the Eardington Halt station and the scenario involves a car running on to the tracks and being hit by a train, which then bursts into flames.
The fire service and ambulance crews are taking part.
The casualties are being played by students from Telford College of Arts and Technology, external.
Some of the mistakes that led to a body mix-up at a cremationpublished at 14:05
A report found bodies were moved multiple times because of a lack of refrigeration space in mortuaries and the former MEP Philip Bradbourn's patient identification was also missing a digit when it was written down on the mortuary register.
When the MEP's body was moved to a different fridge, the request was made by phone giving his name only and was not followed up with an email so no one checked the details against Mr Bradbourn's full name, date of birth and address and instead Philip Bradburn's body was moved.
MEP body mix-up: Mistakes from hospital, funeral directors and undertakerpublished at 13:48
A report into how the wrong body was cremated after the death of a West Midlands MEP has found a combination of errors from a hospital, funeral directors and an undertaker played their part.
Philip Bradbourn, a Conservative MEP, and Philip Bradburn were both sent to the same mortuary.
A month after the former MEP's funeral it was revealed that there had been a body mix-up.
Weather: Turning windy with heavy rainpublished at 13:35
It will be a cloudy afternoon, turning windy later with persistent and occasionally heavy rain.
Maximum Temperature: 14C (57F).
Image source, bbTelford captain a doubt for Saturdaypublished at 13:17
Nick Southall
AFC Telford United commentator, BBC ShropshireThe AFC Telford United, external captain Paul McCone could be a doubt for Saturday's game at Corby.
He'll have the knee injury he picked up in Tuesday's win at FC United assessed at training tonight.
Your photos: Autumn in Shropshirepublished at 13:02
Andy Giddings
BBC Local LiveYou've been sending us some brilliant autumnal photos of the Shropshire countryside.
This one was taken in Dudmaston by Michael Scott.
Keep them coming - you can email them to us or share them on Facebook, external or Twitter, external.
Image source, Michael Scott
