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A woman with ginger curly hair, glasses, a blue coat and yellow jumper stood in front of a brick wall

Kerosene leak continues, sparking pollution fears

Councillor Ruth Houghton says the kerosene in the drains is "still flowing" after 10 days.

Oliver Morgan is crouching on the side of a swimming pool wearing a white T-shirt. Below him in the pool are five people. Two men on the left are wearing yellow Children in Need T-shirts, a woman is wearing a swimming costume. To her right is a woman and a man, both also wearing yellow Children in Need T-shirts

Olympic swimmer gives BBC staff top tips

Staff from BBC Radio Shropshire have been taking part in the Children in Need Big Swim

A man is standing in the street, he has brown hair and is wearing dark blue dentist scrubs

Kerosene leak in town forces dentist closure

Shropshire Council says the leak is coming from a house uphill from the buildings affected.

Danny Lloyd-Jones has black hair and a black beard and moustache. He is standing in front of a light blue wall that has photo frames with paintings of food in them

Men's sanitary bin campaign launched by charity

The scheme is being launched in Bishop's Castle and is aimed at businesses like pubs and cafes.

The gruelling training of an Olympic swimmer

Months after the Paris Games, Oliver Morgan shines a light on the return to training.

Two men standing in front of a building. The man on the left is Melvyn Wilkes, he has grey hair that is spiked up, and is wearing black glasses and a black football shirt. On his right is Kyle Wilkes, who has long blonde hair and is also wearing a black football shirt

Old care home to host Aussie footballers

Sunshine Coast FC, based in Queensland, Australia, will launch a sister club in Bishop's Castle.

A close-up of a silver police badge, with the words West Midlands Police around the edge

Alleged supporter of banned group arrested

A 61-year-old woman was detained at an address in Shropshire.

Grey concrete Victorian sewer, with blue water pipes on top of it.

Victorian sewer halts town resurfacing work

The road has now been closed, and will remain so for about a week, Shropshire Council says.

Woman giving blood. A nurse in a blue uniform and wearing blood gloves holds a needle above another woman's right arm. She has a green tourniquet on the arm to help raise the veins in her arm for the test

Patients thankful as blood tests return in town

The future of blood testing services in Bishop's Castle has been uncertain since the start of May.