1. One hundred tonnes of hay alightpublished at 07:56 BST 16 September 2019

    Firefighters have spent the night at the scene of a fire involving 100 tonnes of hay.

    FireImage source, Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

    Crews were called to land close to Baschurch Road in Leaton on Sunday afternoon.

    FireImage source, Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service
  2. Video: Your 50-second weather forecastpublished at 07:09 BST 16 September 2019

    Rich Davis
    BBC Weather presenter

    After a dull morning with patchy rain it will be a cloudy day with highs of 17C (63F).

    Media caption,

    Latest weather for the West Midlands

  3. Midlands Live: Breaking news and local storiespublished at 06:55 BST 16 September 2019

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

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  4. AFC Wimbledon 1-1 Shrewsbury Townpublished at 17:54 BST 14 September 2019

    Jason Cummings' second-half strike cancels out Ethan Ebanks-Landell's own goal as AFC Wimbledon are held to a home draw by Shrewsbury.

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  5. Eagle on the loose after escaping falconry centrepublished at 18:53 BST 13 September 2019

    A large Chilean Blue Eagle has escaped from a falconry centre in Shropshire and is thought to be on the loose in the Wem area.

    It's thought Paco broke free when a ring on his perch broke and the Shropshire Falcon Centre, external said he would still have his leash attached.

    EagleImage source, Shropshire Falconry
  6. Weather: A warm and sunny weekend aheadpublished at 18:35 BST 13 September 2019

    BBC Weather

    We're forecast sunny weather and temperature over 20C (69F) this weekend.

    Media caption,

    Weather forecast for the West Midlands

  7. Why is Friday 13th considered unlucky?published at 11:08 BST 13 September 2019

    We look at the psychology behind the superstition.

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  8. Food festival marks 25th anniversarypublished at 10:21 BST 13 September 2019

    Ludlow's staging its 25th food festival, starting today and more than 180 food and drink producers are involved.

    The three-day event was started by the local chamber of trade as a way to boost the image of the town and it said it was a "novel idea" at the time and was launched "just to see what happened".

    Food festival

    It now attracts more than 20,000 visitors and has a team of more than 100 volunteers working on it.

  9. Council set to appoint new chief executivepublished at 09:53 BST 13 September 2019

    Telford and Wrekin Council is set to appoint one of its former directors as their new Chief Executive.

    If councillors confirm the move, Dave Sidaway will take over the role in the winter, with an annual salary of £155,000.

    Dave SidawayImage source, Telford and Wrekin Council

    He went to work for Stoke-on-Trent City Council after leaving Telford in 2015 and became its City Director.

    He'll replace Richard Partington, who announced he was leaving in July, after eight years in the post.

  10. Video: Your 50-second weather forecastpublished at 07:13 BST 13 September 2019

    Rich Davis
    BBC Weather presenter

    It will be a dry and settled day with plenty of sunny spells and highs of 16C (61F).

    Media caption,

    Latest weather for the West Midlands

  11. Weather: Light cloud overnight and a fine weekend aheadpublished at 18:41 BST 12 September 2019

    Rich Davis
    BBC Weather presenter

    We're forecast some light cloud overnight, but we could see some sunshine tomorrow and the forecast for the weekend is looking pretty good for September.

    Media caption,

    Weather forecast for the West Midlands

  12. Police forces look for 'amicable split'published at 16:59 BST 12 September 2019

    The West Mercia and Warwickshire police forces say they're working out the terms of their "amicable and negotiated separation" after West Mercia decided to pull out of their "strategic alliance".

    But the Warwickshire force is looking for its neighbours to meet the costs of the divorce and said: "The alliance agreement is clear that the party which terminates the agreement is liable to pay the other party’s reasonable costs."

    Police badges

    Warwickshire Police said there was "considerable work to transition out of the current alliance arrangements".

    And it said 80% of the services they had been sharing were currently based in the West Mercia force area and would have to be re-established in Warwickshire, which it said could take time.

  13. Farmer 'absolutely raving' to find people pooing in fieldspublished at 14:52 BST 12 September 2019

    BBC Shropshire

    A Shropshire farmer says she's caught people pooing in her fields three times, and ordered one of them to clean up his mess.

    Earlier this week, the issue made the headlines when a Nottinghamshire woman caught a suspected delivery driver defecating in an alley outside her house.

    DHL said it was investigating.

    Hedge

    Sarah Winwood, from Brick Kiln farm near Whitchurch said she had had a similar experience -not once, but on three occasions over recent years.

    Most recently, she said she had found the offending item under a piece of paper she had gone to pick up thinking it was a receipt - leaving her "absolutely raving".

    Mrs Winwood, who has a footpath and bridleway running through her land, said she even witnessed a walker drop his trousers and poo behind a hedge.

    On another occasion, she said she confronted a workman in a high-vis vest and marched him to the scene of the crime after he initially tried to deny it.

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    I made him pick it up, he wasn't going anywhere and I certainly wasn't going anywhere until he picked it up. He'd wiped his bum and there was tissues as well."

    Sarah Winwood, Farmer

  14. Row over site of baby ashes memorialpublished at 14:07 BST 12 September 2019

    Glen Perkins, whose baby's remains were lost, claims the town council does not like the design.

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  15. Your photos: A fine autumn morningpublished at 11:54 BST 12 September 2019

    BBC Weather Watchers

    The evenings are getting darker, it's a little bit colder and the central heating is coming on, but it's still fine outside and the BBC Weather Watchers have been out and about again.

    These photos feature Condover, Hereford and Penkridge.

    CondoverImage source, Peter Steggles
    HerefordImage source, Step Counter
    PenkridgeImage source, WolgarstonSci
  16. PM asked to back £3.6bn rail improvement planspublished at 11:38 BST 12 September 2019

    The chair of the Midlands Connect group has appealed to the prime minister to back its bid for £3.6bn to improve the region's rail network.

    It set out plans in June which included more passenger trains and improvements to a number of stations and asked for £25m to create an outline business case.

    Train at station

    It said up to 60 towns and cities could benefit from improved services, including Birmingham, Coventry, Stoke-on-Trent, Crewe, Shrewsbury, Worcester and Wolverhampton.

    Sir John Peace said his message to Boris Johnson was: "It’s time you made a long-overdue commitment to the future of our rail network. Ten million Midlanders are counting on you; invest in their futures, turn our vision into reality, back Midlands Engine Rail.”

  17. New location found for baby ashes memorialpublished at 10:39 BST 12 September 2019

    BBC Shropshire

    A memorial for the victims of the baby ashes scandal in Shrewsbury is set to be installed at Longden road cemetery, instead of the Quarry park.

    Shropshire Council agreed to fund a memorial and Shrewsbury Town council agreed for it to be in the Quarry's Dingle gardens.

    But despite Shropshire Council and the majority of parents liking the design, there was a change of plan and campaigners have claimed the town council objected to the inclusion of a baby in the memorial design.

    The Dingle

    The clerk of Shrewsbury Town Council, Helen Ball, told BBC Radio Shropshire the memorial "wasn't in keeping with the municipal park and there was concern about the design in the setting of the Dingle".

    In a statement, the council said " We've been having ongoing discussions and as far as we're concerned there was a good solution for everybody."

  18. Concerns about road safety before girls hit by buspublished at 09:25 BST 12 September 2019

    A Shropshire councillor says there were concerns about the safety of the road into Dorrington, before two schoolgirls were hit by a bus there, yesterday afternoon.

    The two children were taken to hospital, but West Mercia Police said their injuries weren't thought to be life-threatening and they're now recovering at home.

    DorringtonImage source, Google

    A pelican crossing was also damaged in the collision and councillor Dan Morris said: "People are concerned about drivers' speed, driver behaviour, the shape and speed of the road itself."

    He also said the speed limit drops abruptly from 60mph to 30mph on the way into Dorrington.