The latest news, sport, travel and weather across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.

It will be a dry day with some spells of sunshine and highs of 14C (57F).

The latest news, sport, travel and weather across the West Midlands and south Cheshire.

Shrewsbury move closer to League One survival as second-half goals from James Bolton and Tyrese Campbell earn victory at Gillingham.

Customers pay £1 to have their hot drink in a thermoplastic foam cup and return it to get their deposit back.

The trail from Shropshire to Carmarthenshire is one of the UK's longest fully-waymarked footpaths.

Shropshire Star

These are some of the headlines in the Shropshire Star today:

• Midwives cautioned over baby's death, external
• Alleged racist abuse during Shropshire cup clash, external
• ‘Lazy’ Shrewsbury homes plan is thrown out, external

Sara Thornton
BBC Weather

We could be seeing some sunshine this weekend and temperatures could be up to around 10C (50F) in places.

The council plans to improve nine schools across Newport under the Welsh Government's education plan.

The pair's punishment over their handling of an expectant mother is to lie on file for patients to see.

Senior judges will gather in Shrewsbury later to mark the official opening of the town's new Justice Centre.

The building, next to the Shropshire Council headquarters, used to house a magistrates court and £5m has been spent to convert it.

The centre now houses the town's crown court and has been operating for a month.

Magistrates court cases are now held in Telford.

A planned demonstration against netting placed over hedgerows near Ludlow has been cancelled.

The nets had been put up to deter birds ahead of 200 new houses being built in Rocks Green.

Image source, Andy Boddington

A protest was due to take place on Sunday, but it's been called off after the netting was torn down.

The practice is legal and is done by developers all over the country. A national petition to make it a criminal offence has attracted more than 319,000 signatures.

Alex Hamilton
BBC Weather

It should be a dry day with sunny spells and highs of 9C (48F).

Shropshire Star

A few of the day's headlines from the Shropshire Star:

• Midwives found guilty of misconduct over Telford hospital baby death, external
• Jobs safe as two Shropshire garden centres taken over, external
• Retrial over Shrewsbury student's diet pill death as convictions overturned, external

BBC Weather

It will be a dry night with clear periods and lows of 0C (32F).

You can find a full forecast for your area on the BBC Weather page.

BBC Shropshire

A woman whose daughter died after taking toxic slimming pills says it will be hard hearing the details of her death for a second time.

Image source, Family Handout

Eloise Parry, 21, a bulimic student from Shrewsbury, took eight tablets containing dinitrophenol (DNP) in 2015.

Today, Bernard Rebelo was told he would face a retrial over the death after his convictions on two counts of manslaughter in connection with her death were overturned on appeal.

Court of Appeal judges ruled Rebelo, 31, from Gosport, would face a single count of manslaughter at a retrial.

Sanctions over two women's "misconduct" are due on Friday.

A dance class aimed at helping ease the symptoms of Parkinson's disease is being held in Shropshire.

Two midwives have been found guilty of misconduct in connection with the death of a baby in Telford.

Laura Jones and Hayley Lacey, based at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, have been appearing before the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) in London.

Earlier this week, Ms Jones admitted some elements of her care were "completely unacceptable", including not carrying out a proper handover and said she should have referred the mother to a doctor when her blood pressure was too high.

The child, known as Baby K, died four days after being born at Telford's Princess Royal Hospital on 19 August 2015. Neither midwife is accused of causing the death of the boy.

The NMC must now decide whether further action is needed.

A third midwife Kerry Davies was told she would face no further action.

A councillor who opposes the netting says tearing down a mesh net is "a stupid way of protesting".