Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 BST 19 May 2016
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 19 May 2016
News, sport, travel and weather updates to resume at 08:00 on Friday
Our live coverage across the daypublished at 18:00 BST 19 May 2016
Watch: Foreign criminals targeted by region's policepublished at 17:57 BST 19 May 2016
Tom Turrell
BBC Midlands TodayPolice officers from across Europe are in the Midlands this week, as part of a major crackdown on foreign criminals, external.
Operation Trivium involves teams from Holland, Romania and Lithuania, helping to track people with criminal records.
I'll have more on Midlands Today on BBC One from 18:30.
Shropshire farmers counting cost of late asparagus croppublished at 17:54 BST 19 May 2016
Everything great is worth waiting for but even Shropshire farmer Caroline Hulland admits her patience has been tried this spring with asparagus crops running late., external
Image source, Shropshire StarHorse riders urged to wear hi-vis clothing so they can be seen from the skiespublished at 17:50 BST 19 May 2016
Faith Page
Reporter, BBC ShropshireIf you ride horses you're being urged to wear high-visibility clothing so you can be spotted from the air by helicopter pilots.
RAF Shawbury says it's important to train pilots in low-level flying, and by spotting horse riders sooner it allows the aircraft to avoid them and hopefully prevent scaring the animals.
Speaking last year, Commander Steve Doubleday said pilots would do all they could to avoid horse riders and would return if they spotted one unseated.
Man freed from under quad bikepublished at 17:39 BST 19 May 2016
A quad biker has suffered serious injuries after the machine toppled down an embankment and landed on top of him leaving him trapped against a fence, external.
It happened at about 10.00 today on a hillside between Snailbeach and Stiperstones, West Midlands Ambulance Service says.
Image source, West Midland Ambulance ServiceHe suffered broken ribs and internal injuries and was airlifted to the Royal Stoke University Hospital.
Weather: Outbreaks of rain this eveningpublished at 17:22 BST 19 May 2016
The weather forecast for this evening with Shefali Oza.
Headlines: Police and specialist dog teams search for dead body on welsh border; horse riders are being urged to wear hi-vis clothingpublished at 17:08 BST 19 May 2016
Sam Fleet
Journalist, BBC ShropshireThe top stories from the the BBC Shropshire newsroom:
- Dozens of police officers and Army specialists with dogs, are searching for a body near Wrexham
- Police in Madeley are looking for two men who broke into a house last night and threatened the occupants with a knife
- Horse riders in Shropshire are being urged to wear high-visibility clothing so they can be seen from the air by helicopter pilots
Murder 'might date back five years'published at 16:57 BST 19 May 2016
Police have said the murder may have happened within the last five years.
Searches include the use of excavators, metal detectors and specially trained dogs used to find bodies.
As yet police don't know if there is definitely a victim, or who he or she might be.
Police search Shropshire Welsh border for dead bodypublished at 16:42 BST 19 May 2016
North Wales Police are searching for an unidentified body buried in land somewhere in the Wrexham area after receiving anonymous information.
Detectives and forensics experts have started a "detailed" search of land in forestry at Nant-y-Ffrith on the outskirts of Bwlchgwyn and said it may take several days
It followed yesterday's search of a house in Gobowen.
Quote MessageThis search is linked to a number of searches conducted over the last few days in the Wrexham and Gobowen area and is believed to be linked to an historic murder."
Supt Sian Beck, Eastern Area Commander
Legal challenge over school bus fees for Shropshire studentspublished at 16:25 BST 19 May 2016
BBC Wales NewsParents of pupils at a Powys school launch a legal challenge after being told transport fees for some children will quadruple.
Those affected live outside the catchment area for Llanfyllin High School, including 150 from Oswestry.
South Shropshire pupils learn to 'sword dance'published at 16:07 BST 19 May 2016
Les Walton
Journalist, BBC ShropshirePrimary school pupils in Worthen have been learning a form of sword dancing as part of a project by Shrewsbury Folk Festival, external to encourage children to try out traditional music and dance.
Developed in the north east of England the "swords" were flexible strips of metal that were used by coal miners to clean off their pit ponies.
The Worthen Primary pupils were taught by performing group The Demon Barbers.
Your pictures: Overcast in Telford, but sunny in south Shropshirepublished at 15:50 BST 19 May 2016
Some Weather Watchers photos from this morning in Oakengates and Badger.
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Image source, PJ'sWhat's the future for Future Fit?published at 15:36 BST 19 May 2016
Patrick Burns
Political editor, MidlandsPolitical reporter Joanne Gallacher will be investigating the future of Future Fit in Shropshire for Sunday Politics this weekend.
More than two years and £2m on, a decision is yet to be made on plans to focus A&E care in either Shrewsbury or Telford.
Extra drainage for AFC Telford pitchpublished at 15:18 BST 19 May 2016
BBC SportThe green green grass of the New Bucks Head has gone as AFC Telford introduce new drainage to improve the pitch for next season.
A special machine has been brought in by contractors to spike holes in the soil and encourage oxygen to penetrate to the roots, as well as allowing surface water drain away.
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End of X postHeadlines: Two people have been threatened at knife point in Telford; police continue to search for body near Wrexhampublished at 15:00 BST 19 May 2016
Sam Fleet
Journalist, BBC ShropshireThe latest news stories:
- Two people have been threatened with a knife by two men who forced their way into their home in Madeley
- North Wales police continue to search for the body of an unidentified man that may have been dumped on the outskirts of Wrexham
- Police in Broseley are looking for a man who indecently exposed himself to a woman as he sat in a car
Newport nursery staff praised for being good role modelspublished at 14:45 BST 19 May 2016
Staff have been praised for being good role models at a nursery, external which has been given a "good" rating by education inspectors.
War veterans back bid to recognise armed forces in next censuspublished at 14:23 BST 19 May 2016
Nigel Dolman
Reporter, BBC ShropshireTwo former soldiers have backed a campaign to recognise veterans in the next census, due in 2021.
Jeff Foxall, from Bridgnorth, and Les Bill from Stafford, who has just been awarded the Ambassador for Peace Medal 63 years after serving in the Korean War, said it was important to remember the role veterans have played.
The Royal British Legion says there are believed to be between 6.5 and 6.7 million members of the Armed Forces community living in the UK.
Despite that, the legion says the group has been ignored in past versions of the census, external, which means we know more about those who claim their Jedi as their religion.
Pair threatened with knife in Madeley break-inpublished at 14:04 BST 19 May 2016
Two men have been threatened with a knife in a break-in Madeley last night, external.
West Mercia Police say two white men forced their way into the home in Meadowlea at about 23:00, before making off with mobile phones.
Officers say nobody was injured, but the occupants were "shaken" by the experience.
They're asking anyone with information to contact Crimestoppers.
Image source, ThinkJunior doctors' row: BMA fears 'uphill struggle' to sell dealpublished at 13:46 BST 19 May 2016
Nick Triggle
Health CorrespondentJunior doctors' leaders fear they could face an "uphill struggle" to convince the profession to accept the new contract agreed with ministers.
It was announced on Wednesday that the two sides had reached a deal after talks at conciliation service Acas.
The England-wide deal will now be put to a vote of more than 40,000 BMA members in June.
Image source, PAThere are fears at the union that the profession could reject the deal despite it believing it is the "best and final" way out of the row.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt called it a "historic agreement" and a "win-win" for the government and junior doctors.
Historical images of Telford make digital gallerypublished at 13:26 BST 19 May 2016
Les Walton
Journalist, BBC ShropshireWith the help of a lottery grant, Telford's Southwater library, external has digitised more than 500 images telling the story of the town's development.
The library has a digital table about the size of a pool table that you can interact with by touching it to look at the images. Librarian Jane Baker explains how it works.
